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Development of an integrated approach based on validated and standardized methods to support the implementation of the EC recommendation for a definition of nanomaterial (NANODEFINE)

Start date: Nov 1, 2013, End date: Oct 31, 2017,

Nanotechnology is a key enabling technology. Still existing uncertainties concerning EHS need to be addressed to explore the full potential of this new technology. One challenge consists in the development of methods that reliably identify, characterize and quantify nanomaterials (NM) both as substance and in various products and matrices. The European Commission has recently recommended a definit ...
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Microbial Resource Management and Engineering in the Urban Water Cycle (Mermaid)

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

We will provide the first-ever research training in the transdisciplinary area of Microbial Resource Management and Engineering (MRME) to develop new concepts and technologies to meet the imminent societal challenge of closing the Urban Water Cycle (UWC), the sustainable management of residual waters and the preparation and distribution of safe potable water.The network consists of 10 regional wor ...
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Engineered nanomaterial mechanisms of interactions with living systems and the environment: a universal framework for safe nanotechnology (NANOMILE)

Start date: Mar 1, 2013, End date: Feb 28, 2017,

The NanoMILE project is conceived and led by an international elite of scientists from the EU and US with the aim to establish a fundamental understanding of the mechanisms of nanomaterial interactions with living systems and the environment, and uniquely to do so across the entire life cycle of nanomaterials and in a wide range of target species. Identification of critical properties (physico-che ...
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A new paradigm in drug use and human health risk assessment: Sewage profiling at the community level (SEWPROF)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

"SEWPROF aims to develop inter-disciplinary and cross-sectoral research capability for the next generation of scientists working in the newly-emerging field of sewage epidemiology. It will provide an integrated approach towards public health monitoring at a community level based on innovative sewage epidemiology techniques. The approach will deliver real-time profiling of community-wide health and ...
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Bioanalytical evaluation, identification, and characterisation of disinfection by-products formed during drinking water treatment (AQUABIOTOX)

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

Drinking water disinfection, mandatory to provide drinking water free of pathogens, is associated with the formation of disinfection by-products (DBPs) that have been linked to public health concerns. Drinking water chlorination produces a wide range of toxic DBPs, only a fraction of which have been identified let alone characterised for their toxic potential. Bioanalytical tools should complement ...
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Noble gases in ocean sediments as proxies for fluid transport at subduction zones and past climate conditions (NoGOS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Jun 30, 2016,

In order to widen and further stimulate the use of noble-gas geochemistry in the sediment pore water the proposed research aims to systematically apply the analytical state-of-the-art to ocean sediments.On the one hand the researcher will study the fluid transport in forearc regions off shore Japan. A first sampling region is located close to the epicentre of the devastating Tohoku earthquake occu ...
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Exploring the biological significance of phenotypic heterogeneity in Pseudomonas (BioSigHet)

Start date: Apr 1, 2013, End date: Jan 12, 2016,

Phenotypic heterogeneity – physical diversity amongst genetically identical individuals exposed to the same environmental conditions – is a phenomenon that has caught the interest of biologists for decades. Although recent technological advances have revolutionised our understanding of the mechanistic bases of phenotypic heterogeneity, its adaptive significance and associated biological function(s ...
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Development of reference methods for hazard identification, risk assessment and LCA of engineered nanomaterials (NANOVALID)

Start date: Nov 1, 2011, End date: Oct 31, 2015,

The growing development, production and use of engineered nanomaterials and associated products will increase exposure of both humans and ecosystems to these new materials. However, current knowledge is still incomplete and established test methods are as yet inappropriate to reliably assess the extent of exposure and risk of materials at the nano-scale. There is an urgent need to develop methods ...
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REstoring rivers FOR effective catchment Management (REFORM)

Start date: Nov 1, 2011, End date: Oct 31, 2015,

REFORM is targeted towards development of guidance and tools to make river restoration and mitigation measures more cost-effective and to support the 2nd and future River Basin Management Plans (RMBPs) for the WFD. Aims of REFORM are (1) to provide a framework for improving the success of hydromorphological restoration measures and (2) to assess more effectively the state of rivers, floodplains an ...
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Innovative biodiagnosis meets chemical structure elucidation – Novel tools in effect directed analysis to support the identification and monitoring of emerging toxicants on a European scale (EDA-EMERGE)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

"EDA-EMERGE aims to train a new generation of young scientists in the interdisciplinary techniques required to meet the major challenges in the monitoring, assessment and management of toxic pollution in European river basins considering the enormous complexity of contamination, effects and cause-effect relationships. By integrating innovative mode-of-action based biodiagnostic tools including in ...
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Demonstration of promising technologies to address emerging pollutants in water and waste water (DEMEAU)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: Aug 31, 2015,

The water and waste water sector is facing tremendous challenges to assure safe, cost-effective and sustainable water supply and sanitation services. DEMEAU promotes the uptake of knowledge, prototypes and practices from previous EU research enabling the water cycle sector to face emerging pollutants and thus securing water and waste water services and public health. The project exploits four grou ...
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Isotope forensics meets biogeochemistry – linking sources and sinks of organic contaminants by compound specific isotope investigation (CSI:ENVIRONMENT)

Start date: Nov 1, 2010, End date: Aug 31, 2015,

"The initial training network CSI: ENVIRONMENT aims at training 16 young scientists in the discipline of compound-specific isotope analysis (CSIA) for environmental and forensic investigations. Linking sources and sinks of organic contaminants is a major challenge in contemporary environmental science. Chemicals can be released to the environment when leaving their field of application, intended o ...
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BIOfuel From Algae Technologies (BIOFAT)

Start date: May 1, 2011, End date: Apr 30, 2015,

BIOFAT is a ‘microalgae to biofuel’ Demonstration project with a farming area of 10-ha for microalgae cultivation and a target annual productivity of 100 tons per ha. The project will integrate all the processes from single cell to biofuel production. The production stage will be based on photobioreactors for inocula production, and raceways for production of bulk biomass and induction of oil/star ...
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Advancing Sustainable In Situ Remediation for Contaminated Land and Groundwater (ADVOCATE)

Start date: Apr 1, 2011, End date: Mar 31, 2015,

"This project will develop innovative in situ remediation concepts for the sustainable management of contaminated land and groundwater, as required by the WFD. The proposal has 18 academic and industry partners, with expertise in groundwater remediation issues, ranging from pore-scale processes to field-scale application, as well as technology development, water management/treatment, regulation an ...
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BIOTREATMENT OF DRINKING WATER RESOURCES POLLUTED BY PESTICIDES, PHARMACEUTICALS AND OTHER MICROPOLLUTANTS (BIOTREAT)

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

BIOTREAT brings together six research institutions and four SMEs to develop much-needed water treatment biotechnologies for removing pesticides, pharmaceuticals and other organic micropollutants from contaminated drinking water resources. These biotechnologies will be developed into prototype biofilter systems ready for subsequent commercialisation. The biofilters will contain non-pathogenic pollu ...
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Mechanistic Effect Models for the Ecological Risk Assessment of Chemicals (CREAM)

Start date: Sep 1, 2009, End date: Jul 31, 2014,

There is widespread concern about how production and use of chemicals affect the environment. Yet food production and benefits of chemical products are vital for the functioning of European societies. In order to ensure sustainable use, EU regulations require extensive risk assessment before a chemical is approved for use. Current risk assessments focus on risk at the level of individual organisms ...
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Next Generation Hybrid Interfaces for Spintronic Applications (HINTS)

Start date: Jun 1, 2011, End date: May 31, 2014,

The development of conceptually new materials following a “double beyond” trend, that is going “beyond CMOS” with “beyond silicon” materials, is one of the most challenging issues for the next generation of products for Information and Communication applications. Future devices for information processing able to increase the public wealth and occupation require a further material downscaling, toge ...
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Novel processing routes for effective sewage sludge management (Routes)

Start date: May 1, 2011, End date: Apr 30, 2014,

The Routes project is addressed to discover new routes in wastewater and sludge treatment which allow:a) to prepare sludge for agricultural utilization by transforming it in a very clean and stabilized product regarding the presence of organic micropollutants (conventional and emerging ones) and of heavy metals, and with respect to hygienic aspects and to phytotoxicity;b) to minimize sludge produc ...
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Biodiversity of Freshwater Ecosystems: Status, Trends, Pressures, and Conservation Priorities (BioFresh)

Start date: Nov 1, 2009, End date: Apr 30, 2014,

Scientists and water managers have collected a vast amount of data on freshwater organisms, and yet it is rarely possible to describe the geographic range of an organism. Why is this? It is because the data are dispersed in many locally-managed databases, many of which are not publically available. The bits of the puzzle are scattered, and it is difficult even to find them. What story might they t ...
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Integrated Computational Techniques for Non-Target Screening of Environmental Contaminants using High Resolution Mass Spectrometry (ContaminantID)

Start date: Mar 1, 2012, End date: Feb 28, 2014,

Water is essential for life and the protection of this vital resource is paramount to ensuring quality of life. Millions of chemicals are produced annually and these chemicals, the reactants, by-products and/or transformation products end up at some stage in the water cycle, in potentially toxicologically relevant concentrations. As many of these chemicals remain unidentified, the risk posed to th ...
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High Resolution Freshwater Monitoring: FreshMon GMES Downstream Services (FreshMon)

Start date: Dec 1, 2010, End date: Nov 30, 2013,

In-land aquatic systems are under significant pressure from agriculture, economical development and climate change. EU water policy consists of several European directives; most important the Water Framework Directive (WFD) to sustain aquatic ecosystems. Monitoring programmes have been defined that require a coherent and comprehensive overview about the water status within each river basin and lak ...
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Modelling nanoparticle toxicity: principles, methods, novel approaches (ModNanoTox)

Start date: Nov 1, 2011, End date: Oct 31, 2013,

ModNanoTox will develop a number of well-documented and technically advanced models describing the behaviour of engineered nanoparticles in organisms and the environment. Background to these models will be a thoroughly documented database, constructed based on: (1) an advanced evaluation of physicochemical properties of nanoparticles and in silico modelling of their reactivity; and (2) assessment ...
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EUROPEAN NETWORK FOR ALTERNATIVE TESTING STRATEGIES IN ECOTOXICOLOGY (EUROECOTOX)

Start date: Dec 1, 2010, End date: Nov 30, 2012,

"EUROECOTOX is a Coordination Action which aims at supporting and accelerating the development and use of alternative ecotoxicology methods and strategies in Europe in order to reduce or replace the use of laboratory animals, particularly those used for regulatory testing. For this, a network will be created (EUROECOTOX network) formed by European R&D groups from universities, public research inst ...
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Contaminant-specific isotope analyses as sharp environmental-forensics tools for site characterisation, monitoring and source apportionment of pollutants in soil (ISOSOIL)

Start date: Feb 1, 2009, End date: Jan 31, 2012,

Conventional remediation-monitoring programmes, i.e. analysis of contaminant and metabolite concentrations over time and space, often provide inconclusive assessments due to inability to resolve among mixing of several contaminant sources, degradation, dispersion and other redistribution processes. The isoSoil objective is to firmly establish concentration-independent contaminant-specific isotope ...
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Ecological genetics of Bryozoa-Myxozoa host-parasite interactions (Bryozoa)

Start date: May 1, 2010, End date: Jul 31, 2011,

Understanding the clonal and population genetic structure of the freshwater bryozoan Fredericella sultana is essential for understanding the epidemiology and management of the myxozoan parasite Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae that causes the Proliferative Kidney Disease (PKD) in wild and farmed salmonids. Common, widespread and susceptible F. sultana clones can serve as a persistent parasite reservo ...
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