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Benthic ecosystem fisheries Impact Study (BENTHIS)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

Benthic ecosystems provide important goods and services, such as fisheries products and supporting, regulation and cultural services. There is serious concern about the adverse impact of fisheries on benthic ecosystem which may negatively affect the fisheries yield and integrity of the sea bed. To develop an integrated approach to the management of human activities in the marine environment, in pa ...
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Eco-innovative, Safe and Energy Efficient wall panels and materials for a healthier indoor environment (ECO-SEE)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

The ECO-SEE project aims to develop new eco-materials and components for the purpose of creating both healthier and more energy efficient buildings. We will create and symbiotically use natural eco-materials for healthier indoor environments through hygrothermal (heat and moisture) regulation and the removal airborne contaminants through both chemical capture and photocatalysis. Our objectives inc ...
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Integrated Biotechnological Solutions for Combating Marine Oil Spills (Kill●Spill)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

Kill●Spill delivers innovative (bio)technologies, which can be integrated to the real sequences of state-of-the-art actions used currently to cleanup oil spills. The catalogue of Kill●Spill products & technologies is based on a review of technology & knowledge gaps in approaches of oil spill disasters and brings appropriate tools for 1st response, follow-up, and longer-term actions, specifically t ...
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The development of tools for tracing and evaluating the genetic impact of fish from aquaculture: “AquaTrace” (AQUATRACE)

Start date: Nov 1, 2012, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

The genetic changes associated with domestication in aquaculture pose an increasing threat to the integrity of native fish gene pools. Consequently, there is a bourgeoning need for the development of molecular tools to assess and monitor the genetic impact of escaped or released farmed fish. In addition, exploration of basic links between genetic differences among farmed and wild fish and differen ...
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The Impact of Observational Learning on Brain and Behaviour Throughout the Lifespan (WATCH AND LEARN)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

As humans, our ability to survive within a social world is facilitated by learning through observing others. As such, when learning tasks as simple as tying one’s shoes or as complex as performing heart surgery, we learn by watching from childhood through to old age. Many researchers from the behavioural and brain sciences suggest that observational and physical learning share common features. Wha ...
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Fly Algorithm in PET Reconstruction for Radiotherapy Treatment Planning (FLY4PET)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

This project is focused on developing new software technologies for lung cancer treatment and it is based on accurate physical models implemented using high performance computing. Four research themes have been identified: i) improvement of our original reconstruction algorithm for Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging, ii) fast respiration simulation, iii) tumour segmentation and extraction, ...
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New tailor-made biopolymers produced from lignocellulosic sugars waste for highly demanding fire-resistant applications (BRIGIT)

Start date: Aug 1, 2012, End date: Jul 31, 2016,

BRIGIT aims to develop a cost-competitive and environmentally friendly continuous process to produce biopolymers (polyhydroxybutyrate, PHB, and succinate-based biopolyesters, PBS-Poly-Butylene-Succinate) from waste-derived lignocelullosic sugar feedstock liquor of wood sulphite pulping process based on “in-situ” fermentation process and new fermentation culture technology without alteration of the ...
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Carmelo M Vicario Reward and Punishment: what somatosensory intra-oral activity can tell about the value of goods (REWARDING THE TONGUE)

Start date: Mar 3, 2014, End date: Mar 2, 2016,

Objectives. This project seeks to understand the psychobiology of reinforcement in health and illness. The neural processing of, and behavioural response to, reward and punishment drives learning, skill acquisition and socialization. It shapes behaviours from the most primitive (fight/flight, ingest/avoid,) to complex (buy/sell).Motivated by evidence for a direct link between the tongue muscle and ...
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Marine Microbial Biodiversity, Bioinformatics and Biotechnology (MICRO B3)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

Micro B3 will develop innovative bioinformatic approaches and a legal framework to make large-scale data on marine viral, bacteria; archaeal and protists genomes and metagenomes accessible for marine ecosystems biology and to define new targets for biotechnological applications. Micro B3 will build upon a highly interdisciplinary consortium of 32 academic and industrial partners comprising world-l ...
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Metacommunity dynamics of the fish surface mircobiome in health and disease: pathogens and probiotics (FISHPROBIO)

Start date: Nov 1, 2012, End date: Oct 31, 2015,

Wild fish stocks are coming under strain as the demand for cheap sources of protein increases. As a result, aquaculture has expanded to an industrial scale and now accounts for over a third of total fisheries production. The exceptional conditions farming imposes on commercial fish species is driving the emergence of new and more virulent bacterial pathogens, with huge associated economic losses ...
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Vectors of Change in Oceans and Seas Marine Life, Impact on Economic Sectors (VECTORS)

Start date: Feb 1, 2011, End date: Jan 31, 2015,

Marine life makes a substantial contribution to the economy and society of Europe. VECTORS will elucidate the drivers, pressures and vectors that cause change in marine life, the mechanisms by which they do so, the impacts that they have on ecosystem structures and functioning, and on the economics of associated marine sectors and society. VECTORS will particularly focus on causes and consequences ...
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Developing a Knowledge Network for EUropean expertise on biodiversity and ecosystem services to inform policy making economic sectors (KNEU)

Start date: Nov 1, 2010, End date: Apr 30, 2014,

"Knowledge about biodiversity and ecosystem services is well advanced in the European scientific community, as demonstrated by many excellent projects and their scientific impact. However, on the global as well as the European scale, there is a failure to communicate the knowledge gained into the policy-making process and society as a whole. Such communication efforts, must ensure that all relevan ...
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Molecular Approaches and MetaGenomic Investigations for optimizing Clean-up of PAH contaminated sites (MAGICPAH)

Start date: Apr 1, 2010, End date: Mar 31, 2014,

"MAGICPAH aims to explore, understand and exploit the catalytic activities of microbial communities involved in the degradation of persistent PAHs. It will integrate (meta-) genomic studies with in-situ activity assessment based on stable isotope probing particularly in complex matrices of different terrestrial and marine environments. PAH degradation under various conditions of bioavailability wi ...
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Unravelling and exploiting Mediterranean Sea microbial diversity and ecology for Xenobiotics’ and pollutants’ clean up (ULIXES)

Start date: Feb 1, 2011, End date: Jan 31, 2014,

The project ULIXES aims to unravel, categorize, catalogue, exploit and manage the microbial diversity available in the Mediterranean Sea for addressing bioremediation of polluted marine sites. The idea behind ULIXES is that the multitude of diverse environmental niches of the Mediterranean Sea contains a huge range of microorganisms and their components (e.g. catabolic enzymes) or products (e.g. b ...
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Innovative coastal technologies for safer European coasts in a changing climate (THESEUS)

Start date: Dec 1, 2009, End date: Nov 30, 2013,

Coastal areas are vital economic hubs in terms of settlement, industry, agriculture, trade and tourism to mention some key sectors. There are already many coastal problems including erosion, flood risk and long-term habitat deterioration. As economies continue to develop the asset base at risk will grow, while accelerating climate change will increase the likelihood of damaging extreme events, as ...
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An Integrated Network on Climate Change REsearch Activities on Shrubland Ecosystems (INCREASE)

Start date: Mar 1, 2009, End date: Nov 30, 2013,

"The network INCREASE consists of 6 infrastructures (large-scale field sites) with experimental manipulation of climate e.g night time warming and extended summer drought. Within INCREASE we will improve the technology and methodology for studies of climate change effects on European shrublands. The main objectives of INCREASE are: 1. To optimize technologies and methodologies for non-intrusive fi ...
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Neurosemantics: the human brain as a meaning processor (Neurosemantics)

Start date: Sep 1, 2008, End date: Aug 31, 2013,

This research programme aims at understanding the neural mechanisms underlying the manipulation of meaning in the human brain. Throughout this interdisciplinary research programme four complementary research streams will run in parallel: (a) a developmental stream investigating the characteristics of semantic memory development in infants aged 12 to 36 months; (b) a bilingual stream addressing sub ...
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The effect of emergent compounds and climate change in aquatic organisms with different early life history strategies (EARL)

Start date: Aug 1, 2011, End date: Jul 31, 2013,

"A present challenge in global change research is to determine and understand how multiple environmental stressors combine to affect individuals, populations and ecosystems. In the marine habitat, stressors appear to strongly affect the larval stages. Most aquatic animals develop through dispersive larval stages, highly vulnerable, that must survive and recruit to the adult stocks in order to ensu ...
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Boosting raw material and energy efficiency using advanced sheet structure design and fibre modifications (BoostEff)

Start date: Jun 1, 2010, End date: May 31, 2013,

BoostEff aims at developing new innovative manufacturing concepts for wood-fibre based products giving a significant reduction in environmental footprint. The targeted products are important commodities for the European society: paper and construction board. In spite of the different end uses, the paper making and construction board sectors share wood fibres as a common raw material and convert th ...
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Marine meiofauna diversity explored using environmental DNA sequencing (MARMEDIV)

Start date: Jun 1, 2010, End date: May 31, 2012,

"In an era of global changes, the understanding of the biodiversity became a major issue of science. While some particular groups such as fishes, crustaceans or molluscs are relatively well known, most of the small sized metazoan taxa, which often have few morphological distinctive characters, remain largely undescribed. The difficulties encountered to identify those organisms resulted in a dramat ...
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Using MicroBes for the REgulation of heavy metaL mobiLity at ecosystem and landscape scAle: an integrative approach for soil remediation by geobiological processes (UMBRELLA)

Start date: May 1, 2009, End date: Apr 30, 2012,

"The overall goal of UMBRELLA is to use microorganisms to develop cost-efficient and sustainable measures for soil remediation at heavy metal contaminated sites throughout Europe. This will be facilitated by research in microbiology, plant uptake and (hydro)geochemistry centers on the study of microbial influence on metal biogeochemical cycles and their impact for use in soil and water protection. ...
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Fish Population Structure and Traceability (FishPopTrace)

Start date: Mar 1, 2008, End date: May 31, 2011,

Although exploited fishes have traditionally been managed on a geographic basis, for conservation purposes they should be managed at the population level: the extent and dynamics of population structuring underlies resilience and sustainability. More effective enforcement and conservation demands a focus on identification and monitoring of wild fish populations and traceability of products. FishPo ...
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"MATERNAL EFFECTS: FROM ENVIRONMENT THROUGH TO THE MOLECULAR AND INDIVIDUAL LEVEL, AND BACK TO POPULATION ECOLOGY" (MATE)

Start date: May 1, 2009, End date: Apr 30, 2011,

"One of the main issues in contemporary ecology is to understand how local and global changes in the environment affect natural populations. Recent investigations show that survival and fecundity are strongly affected by environmental conditions experienced during early life.. In particular, the conditions experienced by mothers and embryonic stages, can affect traits of individuals such as lipid ...
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Architectures for fLexible Photonic Home and Access networks (ALPHA)

Start date: Jan 1, 2008, End date: Mar 31, 2011,

The ALPHA project addresses the challenges of building the future access and all types of in-building networks for home and office environments. The proposal supports the evolution towards a cognitive network by dynamically utilising the resources of an optical network infrastructure to support a heterogeneous environment of wired and wireless technologies.The project investigates innovative archi ...
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