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Ensuring the Integrity of the European food chain (FOODINTEGRITY)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

Food Integrity “the state of being whole, entire, or undiminished or in perfect condition”.Providing assurance to consumers and other stakeholders about the safety, authenticity and quality of European food (integrity) is of prime importance in adding value to the European Agri-food economy. The integrity of European foods is under constant threat from fraudulently labelled imitations that try to ...
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LEGumes for the Agriculture of TOmorrow (LEGATO)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

The project has been conceived to promote the culture of grain legumes in Europe by identifying priority issues currently limiting grain legume cultivation and devising solutions in term of novel varietal development, culture practices, and food uses. LEGATO will develop tools and resources to enable state of the art breeding methodology and to exploit fully the breadth of genetic resources avail ...
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Analyzing metabolism in an unusual nitrogen fixing symbiosis using metatranscriptomics (TRANSUCYNA)

Start date: May 19, 2014, End date: Nov 18, 2017,

UCYN-A is a globally abundant nitrogen fixing cyanobacterium with a very unusual metabolism and lifestyle. These microorganisms express nitrogenase genes with maximum transcript abundances during the light period (Zehr et al., 2007).Previous results in the group of Jonathan Zehr found that UCYN-A cyanobacteria are genetically incapable of oxygenic photosynthesis because the entire PSII apparatus ...
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Sensing and integration of signals governing cell polarity and tropism in fungi (FUNGIBRAIN)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

"Cell polarity and directed growth (tropism) are fundamental biological processes. Most fungi are dependent on these processes because they grow as polarised filaments called hyphae, whose growth and developmentare governed by physical and chemical cues from the environment. Such cues include surface-contact, light, nutrients, mating partners, host organisms, or ‘self’ hyphae from within the fung ...
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Application of new technologies and methods in nutrition research – the example of phenotypic flexibility (NutriTech)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Jun 30, 2016,

NutriTech will build on the foundations of traditional human nutrition research using cutting-edge analytical technologies and methods to comprehensively evaluate the diet-health relationship and critically assess their usefulness for the future of nutrition research and human well-being. Technologies include genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, laser scanning cytometry, NMR based ...
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Innovative Sensor for the fast Analysis of Nanoparticles in Selected Target Products (INSTANT)

Start date: Mar 1, 2012, End date: Nov 30, 2015,

INSTANT will face the challenge of the detection, identification and quantification of engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) in complex matrices such as cosmetic products and engineered food and drinks. Therefore, new detection methods and technologies are mandatory. This is completely in line with the Call FP7-NMP.2011.1.3-1 which deals especially with innovative, practically implementable and cost eff ...
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COmmunity-based Management of EnvironmenTal challenges in Latin America (COMET-LA)

Start date: Jan 15, 2012, End date: Jan 14, 2015,

Current development models are leading to unprecedented environmental challenges, chief amongst them, climate change. How to respond to these challenges are key research questions. Although they are global problems, their effects are felt locally, especially by the communities that traditionally base their livelihoods in those natural resources. The relevance of these problems at global level has ...
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Systems biology towards novel chronic kidney disease diagnosis and treatment (SysKID)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2014,

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects up to 10% of the population. Besides eventual progression towards end stage renal disease CKD impacts the patient’s quality of life by causing serious comorbidities including cardiovascular complications and bone metabolism disorders. On the everyday clinical level early stage diagnosis and tailored treatment of CKD are still inadequate. In addition, CKD seems ...
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Compatibility of Agricultural Management Practices and Types of Farming in the EU to enhance Climate Change Mitigation and Soil Health (CATCH-C)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2014,

The Catch-C project assesses the farm-compatibility of ‘Best Management Practices’ (BMPs) that aim to promote productivity, climate change mitigation, and soil quality. These are the three overall goals of sustainable soil management. Catch-C will first (WP2) set up a typology of the main farm types and agro-ecological zones across Europe. This frame, coupled to a pan-European database of socio-ec ...
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Strategies for the eradication and containment of the invasive pests Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Olivier and Paysandisia archon Burmeister (PALM PROTECT)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2014,

"The PALM PROTECT consortium aims to develop reliable methods, for use by national plant protection organisations (NPPO), inspection services, growers and other end-users, for early detection, eradication, control and containment of the red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus and the moth Paysandisia archon. The methods will be developed for use at origin, point of entry, in transit and on-site ...
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Metabolic Control of Puberty: Role of Epigenetic Regulatory Mechanisms (EPI-PUBERTY)

Start date: Nov 1, 2011, End date: Oct 31, 2014,

"Puberty is under the control of complex regulatory mechanisms that are sensitive to endogenous factors and environmental cues; metabolic signals and body energy stores being key modifiers of puberty onset. While the mechanisms underlying puberty have been widely studied, our knowledge of its neurohormonal and molecular regulators remains incomplete. Compelling, but still fragmentary, evidence is ...
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A new tool for sustainable forest management based on LiDAR (Laser Imaging Detection And Ranging) and THERMAL data integration (THERMOLIDAR)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2014,

THEMOLiDAR project propose the application of advance technologies and methods aimed at increasing efficiency, productivity and reliability of forest exploitation to ensure sustainable forest management. Traditionally, forest management has been performed based on forest inventory measured in the field using hand-held equipment. These methodologies are expensive and have very low efficiency. In a ...
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Campus Transfronterizo para la Gestión Sostenible de los Recursos Hídricos (CAMPUS EAGUA)

Start date: Sep 30, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2013,

Reforzar la excelencia tecnológica y científica en el campo de la gestión sostenible de los recursos hídricos en las regiones participantes mediante la integración de la capacidad investigadora y la transferencia de conocimientos entre los socios del proyecto. ...
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Strengthening the implementation of durable integration of EADGENE (EADGENE_S)

Start date: Jun 1, 2011, End date: May 31, 2013,

By integrating the key European teams in genomics, bioinformatics, animal health and animal models, EADGENE has enabled:- the gathering of a critical mass of scientists and a unique access of complementary resources across host and pathogen models- the development of innovative functional genomics so that it has become a powerful tool in veterinary molecular medicine and has contributed to a bette ...
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"Improving, transference and applicability of knowledge in conservation and characterization technologies in cattle breeds from Egypt and the Iberian Peninsula" (CATTLECON IKTA)

Start date: May 15, 2011, End date: May 14, 2013,

"European cattle domestication happens in the near east since the Neolithic period. From this region, Bos taurus domestic cattle extended the length and the breath of Europe and Africa always accompanying the human civilization in their expansions. Nowadays, cattle breeds are completely integrated in the national production systems of Egypt, Portugal and Spain. These breeds are the basis of high q ...
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Quercus Ilex proteomic studies on the germination and early seedling growth under drought stress (QUIPROD)

Start date: Oct 17, 2011, End date: Apr 16, 2013,

"BACKGROUND: Proteomics is a high-throughput approach that could provide comprehensive understanding of complex developmental processes. Holm oak (Quercus ilex L.) is a dominant tree in Mediterranean natural communities. Oak seeds are recalcitrant. Seed proteome and germination under stress are studied predominantly in cereals and model plants, but there is very limited information on forest speci ...
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Novel Integrated Water Management Systems for Southern European Regions (NOVIWAM)

Start date: Feb 1, 2010, End date: Jan 31, 2013,

Most countries in European Union are suffering severe water scarcity caused by a negative balance between water resources and water demands. A sustainable management of hydrological resources results totally necessary, as it is established by the European Water Framework Directive (60/2000/EC), which makes compulsory for every water management authority in EU to prepare a river basin management pl ...
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