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In-situ second harmonic generation for emergent electronics in transition-metal oxides (INSEETO)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2021,

Since transition-metal oxides heterostructures can be grown by pulsed laser deposition (PLD) with semiconductor-like accuracy, fascinating phases and functionalities derived from their spin-charge correlations have been discovered. So far, reflection high-energy electron diffraction is the only widely established technique for monitoring the structure and homogeneity of multilayers in-situ, while ...
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Multi-scale model of bacterial cell-cell interactions (T6S)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2021,

Transporting selected proteins across the cell envelope in a controlled manner is a fundamental property of all cell types. For bacteria, secretion systems play a central role in the translocation of effectors that mediate interactions with other cells. The bacterial Type VI Secretion (T6S) system is one of the most widespread secretion systems and, in a cell-cell contact-dependent fashion, it inj ...
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The Collaborative Seismic Earth Model Project (CSEM)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2021,

Seismic tomography images of the Earth's interior are key to the characterisation of earthquakes, natural resource exploration, seismic risk assessment, tsunami warning, and studies of geodynamic processes. While tomography has drawn a fascinating picture of our planet, today's individual researchers can exploit only a fraction of the rapidly expanding seismic data volume. Applications relying on ...
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MAchine for Time Reversal and Immersive wave eXperimentation (MATRIX)

Start date: Dec 1, 2016, End date: Nov 30, 2021,

There is a need for a radically new laboratory experimental approach for studying the interaction of seismic waves with the complex media of the Earth’s subsurface. We present here a fundamental new approach to seismic wave experimentation that involves fully immersing a physical seismic experiment within a virtual numerical environment. This enormously challenging endeavour, which is relevant to ...
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Automatization of perturbative QCD at very high orders. (PertQCD)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2021,

In recent months, we broke new ground in perturbative Quantum Chromodynamics computing for the first time a physical cross-section of a hadron collider process - Higgs production - at the fourth order in the strong coupling constant expansion. This breakthrough improved the perturbative precision of a fundamental cross-section by a factor of four, paving the way for a very precise testing of the ...
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Microtechnology and integrated microsystems to investigate neuronal networks across scales (neuroXscales)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2021,

To advance knowledge in electrophysiology and information processing of neuronal networks, we propose employing microtechnology and microelectronics to rigorously study neural networks in vitro across scales. Across scales pertains to the spatial domain - from details of subcellular components through single neurons to entire networks - and the temporal domain - from single action potentials to lo ...
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Microfluidic Crystal Factories (μ-CrysFact): a breakthrough approach for crystal engineering (microCrysFact)

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2021,

To study and understand the aggregation, nucleation, and/or self-assembly processes of crystalline matter is of crucial importance for research and applications in many disciplines. For example, understanding the formation of crystalline amyloid fibres could lead to advances in the treatment and prevention of both Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, whereas controlling the process of crystal for ...
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A graph complex valued field theory (GRAPHCPX)

Start date: Jul 1, 2016, End date: Jun 30, 2021,

The goal of the proposed project is to create a universal (AKSZ type) topological field theory with values in graph complexes, capturing the rational homotopy types of manifolds, configuration and embedding spaces.If successful, such a theory will unite certain areas of mathematical physics, topology, homological algebra and algebraic geometry. More concretely, from the physical viewpoint it would ...
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Engineering of hybrid cells using lab-on-chip technology (HybCell)

Start date: Jul 1, 2016, End date: Jun 30, 2021,

The overall aim of the here described projects is to learn fundamental characteristics of cellular organization and compartmentalization, in particular the role of the lipid membrane, and to exploit this knowledge for engineering minimal cells with a great impact in the context of synthetic biology and also for pharmaceutical and medical applications. The first major objective aims at combining na ...
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Data-centric Parallel Programming (DAPP)

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2021,

We address a fundamental and increasingly important challenge in computer science: how to program large-scale heterogeneous parallel computers. Society relies on these computers to satisfy the growing demands of important applications such as drug design, weather prediction, and big data analytics. Architectural trends make heterogeneous parallel processors the fundamental building blocks of compu ...
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Vaccine profiling and immunodiagnostic discovery by high-throughput antibody repertoire analysis (Antibodyomics)

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2021,

Vaccines and immunodiagnostics have been vital for public health and medicine, however a quantitative molecular understanding of vaccine-induced antibody responses is lacking. Antibody research is currently going through a big-data driven revolution, largely due to progress in next-generation sequencing (NGS) and bioinformatic analysis of antibody repertoires. A main advantage of high-throughput a ...
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Smart Monitoring, Inspection and Life-Cycle Assessment of Wind Turbines (WINDMIL)

Start date: May 1, 2016, End date: Apr 30, 2021,

The excessive energy consumption that Europe is faced with, calls for sustainable resource management and policy-making. Amongst renewable sources of the global energy pool, wind energy holds the lead. Nonetheless, wind turbine (WT) facilities are conjoined with a number of shortcomings relating to their short life-span and the lack of efficient management schemes. With a number of WTs currently r ...
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Development of Quantitative Metrologies to Guide Lithium Ion Battery Manufacturing (BATMAN)

Start date: May 1, 2016, End date: Apr 30, 2021,

Lithium ion batteries offer tremendous potential as an enabling technology for sustainable transportation and development. However, their widespread usage as the energy storage solution for electric mobility and grid-level integration of renewables is impeded by the fact that current state-of-the-art lithium ion batteries have energy densities that are too small, charge- and discharge rates that a ...
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TRANSATLANTIC TRADE AND INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP-INTERNATIONAL TRAINING NETWORK (TTIP-ITN)

Start date: Apr 1, 2017, End date: Mar 31, 2021,

The EU currently is negotiating a controversial Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) agreement with the USA, the main features of which will be the abolition of tariffs, the reduction of non-tariff barriers to trade between the EU and the USA and the introduction of a dispute settlement mechanism. The objective of the proposed TTIP Innovative Training Network (TTIP-ITN) is to fost ...
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Soluble dietary fibre: unraveling how weak bonds have a strong impact on function (BINDING FIBRES)

Start date: Apr 1, 2016, End date: Mar 31, 2021,

Dietary fibres are recognized for their health promoting properties; nevertheless, many of the physicochemical mechanisms behind these effects remain poorly understood. While it is understood that dietary fibres can associate with small molecules influencing, both positively or negatively their absorption, the molecular mechanism, by which these associations take place, have yet to be elucidated W ...
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Learning from Big Code: Probabilistic Models, Analysis and Synthesis (BIGCODE)

Start date: Apr 1, 2016, End date: Mar 31, 2021,

The goal of this proposal is to fundamentally change the way we build and reason about software. We aim to develop new kinds of statistical programming systems that provide probabilistically likely solutions to tasks that are difficult or impossible to solve with traditional approaches.These statistical programming systems will be based on probabilistic models of massive codebases (also known as " ...
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Formulations and Computational Engineering (FORCE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

The FORCE consortium is a 10 pan-European expert partnership with the objective to develop a integrated Business Decision Support System (BDSS) based on open standards for industries engaged in formulating chemical ingredients. The generic BDSS is an open framework that connects any existing or future materials models at various levels of complexity and discretion (electronic, atomistic, mesoscop ...
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Collective effects and optomechanics in ultra-cold matter (ColOpt)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

The network “Collective effects and optomechanics in ultra-cold matter” (ColOpt) will train early-stage researchers (ESR) in fundamental science and applications in the areas of cold atom and quantum physics, optical technologies and complexity science to promote European competiveness in emergent quantum technologies. It consists of nine academic nodes and three companies from six European countr ...
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Integrating National Research Agendas on Solar Heat for Industrial Processes (INSHIP)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

Despite process heat is recognized as the application with highest potential among solar heating and cooling applications, Solar Heat for Industrial Processes (SHIP) still presents a modest share of about 0.3% of total installed solar thermal capacity. As of today’s technology development stage – economic competitiveness restricted to low temperature applications; technology implementation requiri ...
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Readiness of ICOS for Necessities of integrated Global Observations (RINGO)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

The proposed project “Readiness of ICOS for Necessities of integrated Global Observations” (RINGO) aims to further development of ICOS RI and ICOS ERIC and foster its sustainability. The challenges are to further develop the readiness of ICOS RI along five principal objectives: 1. Scientific readiness. To support the further consolidation of the observational networks and enhance their quality. Th ...
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Synthetic bacterial lipid rafts to optimize industrial bioprocesses (Rafts4Biotech)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

Genetic tractability of bacterial cells allows generating synthetic microbial chassis platforms (SMCPs) with remarkable biotechnological applications but their functionality currently faces important off-genome limitations due to deficient protein-protein interactions, unfavorable protein stoichiometry or generation of toxic intermediates that ultimately compromise the industrial production proces ...
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Micro/Nano Robotics for Single Cancer Cells (MNR4SCell)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

Cancer is considered as the second leading cause of death worldwide. It is important to develop methodologies that improve understanding of the disease condition and progression. Over the past few years, single cell biology has been performed using micro/nano robotics for exploration of the nanomechanical and electrophysiological properties of cells. However, most of the research so far has been e ...
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The nanoparticle-scope : a new integrated instrument for accurate and reproducible physico-chemical characterisation of nanoparticles (npSCOPE) (npSCOPE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

The npSCOPE project aims at developing a new integrated instrument (the nanoparticle-scope) optimised for providing a complete physico-chemical characterisation of nanoparticles both in their pristine form or embedded in complex matrices such as biological tissues. Using sophisticated correlative data processing methodologies and algorithms based on statistical methods in conjunction with appropri ...
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An Artificial Leaf: a photo-electro-catalytic cell from earth-abundant materials for sustainable solar production of CO2-based chemicals and fuels (A-LEAF)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

A novel concept for a photo-electro-catalytic (PEC) cell able to directly convert water and CO2 into fuels and chemicals (CO2 reduction) and oxygen (water oxidation) using exclusively solar energy will be designed, built, validated, and optimized. The cell will be constructed from cheap multifunction photo-electrodes able to transform sun irradiation into an electrochemical potential difference (e ...
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Open transPREcision COMPuting (OPRECOMP)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

Guaranteed numerical precision of each elementary step in a complex computation has been the mainstay of traditional computing systems for many years. This era, fueled by Moore's law and the constant exponential improvement in computing efficiency, is at its twilight: from tiny nodes of the Internet-of-Things, to large HPC computing centers, sub-picoJoule/operation energy efficiency is essential f ...
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Analytical and Characterisation Excellence in nanomaterial risk assessment: A tiered approach (ACEnano)

Start date: Dec 1, 2016, End date: Nov 30, 2020,

An increasing number of nanomaterials (NMs) are entering the market in every day products spanning from health care and leisure to electronics, cosmetics and foodstuff. Nanotechnology is a truly enabling technology, with unlimited potential for innovation. However, the novelty in properties and forms of NMs makes the development of a well-founded and robust legislative framework to ensure safe dev ...
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PlantHUB - Boosting technology transfer and responsible research and innovation (RRI) in plant sciences (PlantHUB)

Start date: Dec 1, 2016, End date: Nov 30, 2020,

In PlantHUB will capture the academic, industrial and regulatory expertise from 5 world-class universities, 1 public research organisation, 1 governmental organization, 8 enterprises including 5 SMEs to train 10 ESRs in skills and competencies necessary to apply responsible research and innovation (RRI) in the area of plant breeding and production. We wish to address the demand of RRI leadership i ...
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Innovation pathways, strategies and policies for the Low-Carbon Transition in Europe (INNOPATHS)

Start date: Dec 1, 2016, End date: Nov 30, 2020,

The Paris Agreement substantially increased the need for countries and regions to understand the full economic, social and environmental implications of the deep decarbonisation to which the global community is now committed. The EU has long had decarbonisation ambitions, but there remains considerable uncertainty as to precisely how these ambitions will be achieved, or what the impacts of such ac ...
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Coordinated Research in Earth Systems and Climate: Experiments, kNowledge, Dissemination and Outreach (CRESCENDO)

Start date: Nov 1, 2015, End date: Oct 31, 2020,

CRESCENDO brings together seven Earth System Modelling (ESM) groups with three Integrated Assessment Modelling teams, as well as experts in ESM evaluation, ESM projection and feedback analysis, climate impacts and science communication to address the following goals; (i) improve the process-realism and simulation-quality of European ESMs in order to increase the reliability of future Earth system ...
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Fishfriendly Innovative Technologies for Hydropower (FIThydro)

Start date: Nov 1, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2020,

FIThydro addresses the decision support in commissioning and operating hydropower plants (HPP) by use of existing and innovative technologies. It concentrates on mitigation measures and strategies to develop cost-efficient environmental solutions and on strategies to avoid individual fish damage and enhancing population developments. Therefore HPPS all over Europe are involved as test sites. The f ...
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Interacting polaritons in two-dimensional electron systems (POLTDES)

Start date: Nov 1, 2015, End date: Oct 31, 2020,

Reversible coupling of excitons and photons in a microcavity leads to the formation of mixed light-matter quasiparticles, called cavity-polaritons. Weakly interacting polaritons constitute a rich system for studying nonequilibrium condensation and superfluidity. While exciton-polaritons have been studied mostly in intrinsic semiconductors with no free electrons, two-dimensional modulation-doped se ...
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Plasmonic-Silicon-Organic Hybrid – a Universal Platform for THz Communications (PLASILOR)

Start date: Nov 1, 2015, End date: Oct 31, 2020,

The PLASILOR project aims at combining the best of three worlds by bringing silicon, organic and plasmonic technologies onto one common platform. Within PLASILOR, we will develop novel devices that outperform the current state-of-the-art in terms of functionality, speed and size thanks to unique characteristics only offered by organics and plasmonics. The focus of the device activities will be ...
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Pathways to Intrinsically Icephobic Surfaces (INTICE)

Start date: Nov 1, 2015, End date: Oct 31, 2020,

Icing of surfaces is common in nature and technology, affecting everyday life and often causing catastrophic events. Despite progress in recent years in the area of hydrophobicity, engineered surfaces that can be employed in applications based on their intrinsic icephobicity, going beyond classical additional chemical coatings or heating treatments, are not a reality. Understanding and counteracti ...
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Control of Large-scale Stochastic Hybrid Systems for Stability of Power Grid with Renewable Energy (CONENE)

Start date: Apr 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2020,

The increasing uptake of renewable energy sources and liberalization of electricity markets are significantly changing power system operations. To ensure stability of the grid, it is critical to develop provably safe feedback control algorithms that take into account uncertainties in the output of weather-based renewable generation and in participation of distributed producers and consumers in ele ...
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Continuous Resolution and Deracemization of Chiral Compounds by Crystallization (CORE)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2020,

Industries are in need of highly skilled academically trained experts and powerful sets of tools enabling the design, control & prediction of optimized & efficient production process of future high-value products such as chiral pharmaceuticals. The CORE Network will in parallel train 15 ESRs and develop tools, approaches and methods within the area of Continuous Resolution (CORE), the process to o ...
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Fulfilling Paul Ehrlich’s Dream: therapeutics with activity on demand (ZAUBERKUGEL)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2020,

"Paul Ehrlich was the first scientist to postulate that if a compound could be made that selectively targeted disease-causing cells, then this agent could be used for the delivery of a toxin, which would enable a pharmacotherapy of unprecedented potency and selectivity. With this procedure, a "magic bullet" (Zauberkugel, his term for an ideal therapeutic agent) would be created, that killed diseas ...
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DAFNE: Use of a Decision-Analytic Framework to explore the water-energy-food NExus in complex and trans-boundary water resources systems of fast growing developing countries. (DAFNE)

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2020,

Global trends in population growth and rising economic prosperity will increase the demand for energy, food and water, with more severe impact in fast-growing economies, such as in several African countries. The constraints on water, energy, and food could well hamper economic development, lead to social and geopolitical tensions, and cause lasting environmental damage. DAFNE advocates an integrat ...
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A Clinical Decision Support system based on Quantitative multimodal brain MRI for personalized treatment in neurological and psychiatric disorders (CDS-QUAMRI)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2020,

A large number of neurological and psychiatric disorders lack objective criteria for primary diagnoses, early differential diagnosis with regard to subtypes in treatment response and disease progression or effective therapy monitoring resulting in a tremendous negative socio-economic impact. Scientific studies based on advanced MRI methods indicate that related patients show specific subtle change ...
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EU Training Network for Resource Recovery through Enhanced Landfill Mining (NEW-MINE)

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2020,

Europe has somewhere between 150,000 and 500,000 landfill sites, with an estimated 90% of them being “non-sanitary” landfills, predating the EU Landfill Directive of 1999. These older landfills tend to be filled with municipal solid waste and often lack any environmental protection technology. In order to avoid future environmental and health problems, many of these landfills will soon require exp ...
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Proteomics 4D: The proteome in context (PROTEOMICS4D)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2020,

Elements operating in the context of a system generate results that are different from the simple addition of the results of each element. This notion is one of the basic tenants of systems science. In systems biology/medicine complex (disease) phenotypes arise from multiple interacting factors, specifically proteins. Yet, the biochemical and mechanistic base of complex phenotypes remain elusive.A ...
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