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Sustainable Algae Biorefinery for Agriculture aNd Aquaculture (SABANA)

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

SABANA aims at developing a large-scale integrated microalgae-based biorefinery for the production of biostimulants, biopesticides and feed additives, in addition to biofertilizers and aquafeed, using only marine water and nutrients from wastewaters (sewage, centrate and pig manure). The objective is to achieve a zero-waste process at a demonstration scales up to 5 ha sustainable both environmenta ...
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Probing safety of nano-objects by defining immune responses of environmental organisms (PANDORA)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

PANDORA (Probing safety of nano-objects by defining immune responses of environmental organisms) shall assess the global impact of engineered nanoparticles (NP) on the immune responses of representative organisms covering all evolutionary stages and hierarchical levels from plants to invertebrates and vertebrates. Immunity is a major determinant of the survival and fitness of all living organisms, ...
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Eliciting Mucosal Immunity to Tuberculosis (EMI-TB)

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

Tuberculosis (TB) is a global health problem, killing 1.5 million of people every year. The only currently available vaccine, Mycobacterium bovis BCG, is effective against severe childhood forms, but it demonstrates a variable efficacy against the pulmonary form of TB in adults. Many of these adult TB cases result from the reactivation of an initially controlled, latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis ...
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Primary Productivity Measurements in Freshwater: Converting Photosynthetic Electron Transfer Rates to Carbon Fixation Rates (PROMON)

Start date: Jul 1, 2015, End date: Jun 30, 2017,

"Acquisition of rapid, high resolution photosynthesis (i.e. carbon fixation) rates is a major challenge in aquatic research. One way to measure primary productivity in situ at an unprecedented temporal and spatial resolution is by active fluorometry (mainly Fast Repetition Rate techniques). Implementation of this technique, however, requires that the electron transfer rates (ETRs) measured by FRR ...
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Training for functional soil microorganism biodiversity (TRAINBIODIVERSE)

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

The TRAINBIODIVERSE ITN will provide professional skills and training for young scientists covering multi-disciplinary aspects of soil biodiversity, ecosystem services, their economic significance and practical implications and implementation.The researchers will gain access to European educational and network facilities and training aimed at ensuring the wellbeing of human populations and the con ...
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Novel Biocatalysts for the Production of Glycosides (NOVOSIDES)

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

This project aims to develop novel biocatalysts for the production of glycosides (NOVOSIDES). Glycosylated compounds have a wide range of applications, but very few enzymes are able to glycosylate small organic molecules cost-efficiently at the industrial scale. Therefore, glycosylation reactions catalysed by transglycosidases, glycoside phosphorylases and glycoside hydrolases will be explored in ...
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Developing the Next Generation of Biocatalysts for Industrial Chemical Synthesis (BIONEXGEN)

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

BIONEXGEN will develop the next generation of biocatalysts to be used for eco-efficient manufacturing processes in the chemical industry. A collaboration by industrial and academic partners have identified the key technology fields of amine synthesis, polymers from renewable resources, glycoscience and wider oxidase application as four key areas where the next generation of biocatalysts that will ...
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Interplay of microbiota and gut function in the developing pig – Innovative avenues towards sustainable animal production (INTERPLAY)

Start date: Sep 1, 2009, End date: Aug 31, 2013,

"Low input farming occurs under non-SPF (specific pathogen free) conditions. The European ban on in-feed antibiotics exposes the piglets to a higher microbial environmental pressure. The postnatal priming of piglets with a diverse microbiota may affect the development of the piglet’s host-defense and gut functionality. By reversal, the piglets developing host-defense may affect the development of ...
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DEVELOPMENT OF DIAMOND INTRACELLULAR NANOPROBES FOR ONCOGEN TRANSFORMATION DYNAMICS MONITORING IN LIVING CELLS (DINAMO)

Start date: May 1, 2010, End date: Apr 30, 2013,

Dynamic information about biomolecular processes in living cells is important for fundamental understanding of cellular functions, which is one of the primary targets of molecular cell-biology with important applications to pharmacology. However fur further progress in this field, and this specifically for monitoring genomic processes, there is immense need for developing sensing and detection tec ...
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The molecular mechanism of the reversible switch between cell proliferation and migration. The regulatory function of the ERK pathway and ERK pathway scaffold RACK1 (Promote)

Start date: Mar 1, 2009, End date: Feb 28, 2013,

Recent studies suggest that the microenvironment surrounding primary tumor cells can temporarily change tumor cell gene expression, resulting in suppressed cell proliferation and increased cell motility. This genetic program allows tumor cells to invade the surrounding tissue, metastasize to distant parts of the body and suppress apoptosis induced by changes in the environment. Once cells reach a ...
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Health-promoting cross-talk between intestinal microbiota and Humans (CROSS-TALK)

Start date: Oct 1, 2008, End date: Sep 30, 2012,

The multi-partner initial training network entitled “Health-Promoting Cross-talk between Intestinal Microbiota and Humans (CROSS-TALK)” aims at: • Preparing qualified young professionals/researchers and future scientific leaders in the field of an emerging supra-discipline, the human microbiome metagenomics (which calls for new researcher curricula and fosters a dynamic scientific community) throu ...
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PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS: Automated Tools to Measure Primary Productivity in European Seas. A New Autonomous Monitoring Tool to Measure the Primary Production of Major European Seas (PROTOOL)

Start date: Sep 1, 2009, End date: Aug 31, 2012,

"PROTOOL stands for PROductivity TOOLs: Automated Tools to Measure Primary Productivity in European Seas. The project will develop and adapt sensor technologies to measure primary production of phytoplankton with automated optical techniques, so that they can be placed on ships of opportunity (SOOP, ferries, container ships). The complete PROTOOL Measuring Device will consist of (1) a fluorometer ...
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Desorption Electrospray Ionization (DESI) coupled to a high resolution mass spectrometer: fundamental studies and improvements of analytical performance (HighResDESI)

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

The objective of this proposal is to improve analytical performance of Desorption Electrospray Ionization (DESI) coupled to a high resolution Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometer (FT-ICR-MS) and gain more insight into the DESI mechanism and underlying processes. DESI is a novel ionization method, that combines features of electrospray ionization (ESI) with those of the famil ...
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Alage and aquatic biomass for a sustainable production of 2nd generation biofuels (AQUAFUELS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Jun 30, 2011,

AquaFUELS intends to focus on establishing the state of the art on research, technological development and demonstration activities regarding the exploitation of various algal and other suitable non-food aquatic biomasses for 2nd generation biofuels production. In this frame an overall assessment, critical thinking and reasoning are necessary to draft the lines of future developments. This will re ...
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IBD: proteases offer new targets for drug discovery (IPODD)

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

"The inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) which comprise Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis are chronic relapsing and remitting inflammatory disorders of the gastrointestinal tract. The frequency of these conditions has increased in recent decades, particularly in countries making the transition from developing to developed nation status. In western Europe, IBD now affects between 1/1000 and 5/10 ...
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