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TRansforming Institutions by Gendering contents and Gaining Equality in Research (TRIGGER)

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

TRIGGER aims at promoting systemic interventions designed to have deep, long lasting and widespread impacts at all the different levels in 5 research organisations. The project, coordinated and co-funded by the Italian Government, assisted by an institute specialised in gender and science, involves as co-funders five universities from different EU countries (Czech Republic, France, Italy, UK, Spai ...
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European Medical Information Framework (EMIF)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

In response to the need to tackle increasingly complex medical research questions, a growing amount of human health data is being collected, either in routine Electronic Healthcare Record (EHR) databases, through research-driven cohort studies, in biobanks or related efforts. However, data sources are typically fragmented and contain information gaps which prevent their full exploitation. EMIF aim ...
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Drug Disease Model Resources (DDMORE)

Start date: Mar 1, 2011, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

Model based-drug development (MBDD) is accepted as a vital approach in understanding patient risk/benefit and attrition. At the core of MBDD lies Modelling and Simulation (M&S), a technology providing the basis for informed, quantitative decision-making.M&S facilitates the continuous integration of available information related to a drug or disease into constantly-evolving mathematical models capa ...
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Improving beta-cell function and identification of diagnostic biomarkers for treatment monitoring in diabetes (IMIDIA)

Start date: Feb 1, 2010, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

An absolute or relative loss of beta-cell mass and function underlie the development of type I and type 2 diabetes.Preventing beta-cell demise or restoring their number and function is a major therapeutic goal. However,development of novel diagnostic and prognostic tools, and of novel therapeutic modalities, is hampered by the limited knowledge of the molecular pathways that control beta-cell demi ...
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Investigating the Roles and Mechanisms of Action of Estrogens via Estrogen Receptor ß in Granulosa Cell Tumours of the Ovary (ESTROVARYTUMOUR)

Start date: Mar 1, 2011, End date: Jun 21, 2015,

"Granulosa cell tumours (GCT) are a rare form of malignancy affecting women of all ages. Because GCT display a high propensity to recurrence and there is no efficient curative treatment beyond surgery, ~ 20% of adult patients die of the consequences of their tumour. However, despite the importance and insidiousness of GCT, very little is known of its molecular etiology. Although most GCT produce e ...
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Advanced optoelectronic Devices with Enhanced QUAntum efficiency at THz frEquencies (ADEQUATE)

Start date: May 1, 2010, End date: Apr 30, 2015,

The aim of this project is the realisation of efficient mid-infrared and THz optoelectronic emitters. This work is motivated by the fact that the spontaneous emission in this frequency range is characterized by an extremely long lifetime when compared to non-radiative processes, giving rise to devices with very low quantum efficiency. To this end we want to develop hybrid light-matter systems, alr ...
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TreatPolyQ – Industrial Academic Initial Training Network towards treatment of Polyglutamine Diseases (TREATPOLYQ)

Start date: Mar 1, 2011, End date: Feb 28, 2015,

Protein aggregation is a hallmark of many late onset neurodegenerative disorders including Parkinson’s Disease (PD), Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), prion diseases as well as the group of polyglutamine diseases (polyQ). The aim of this proposal is to create a network of European partners bridging important basic mechanisms involved in proteinopathies, research of mod ...
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Graphene-based Electrodes for Application in Supercapacitors (ElectroGraph)

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

For vehicle applications, it is desirable to have devices with high energy density, high power density, long cycle and shelf life, and low cost. Supercapacitors are considered one of the newest innovations in the field of electrical energy storage. In hybrid electric vehicle, supercapacitors can be coupled with fuel cells or batteries to deliver the high power needed during acceleration as well as ...
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Staff Exchanges to estimate vegetation structure and biochemistry from remote sensing in connection to carbon and water fluxes (SENSORVEG)

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

Remote sensing can provide systematic global estimations of vegetation structure and biochemistry imparting data such as leaf area index (LAI), water content or fractional light interception by green vegetation (fPAR). However a global network of standardize validation sites is required to reduce the uncertainty of these products. As part of that effort, SpecNet (Spectral Network), an independent ...
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From Mathematical Logic To Applications (MALOA)

Start date: Oct 1, 2009, End date: Sep 30, 2013,

"Mathematical logic is a rapidly-developing subject with sophisticated techniques and many applications in algebra, geometry, number theory, analysis, and computer science. Even though the branches of logic share vital concepts and techniques, in recent years increased specialism has meant that most researchers are trained in just one branch of logic, and there is a need in Europe for researchers ...
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Therapeutic challenge in Leukodystrophies: Translational and ethical research towards clinical trials (LEUKOTREAT)

Start date: Mar 1, 2010, End date: Aug 31, 2013,

Leukodystrophies (LDs) are inherited rare neurodegenerative diseases of the white matter and its main component, the myelin, that are affecting predominantly children. Severity of the disease is related to the axonal dysfunction due to myelin deficiency or destruction. Despite the achievement of remarkable advances made in the past decade, there is no current curative therapy. The development of t ...
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RISK ASSESSMENT OF ENGINEERED NANOPARTICLES (ENPRA)

Start date: May 1, 2009, End date: Oct 31, 2012,

Engineered Nanoparticles (ENP) are increasingly produced for use in a wide range of industrial and consumer products. Yet it is known that exposure to some types of particles can cause severe health effects. Therefore it is essential to ascertain whether exposure to ENP can lead to possible health risks for workers and consumers. We have formed a consortium of well-known scientists from European U ...
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Development of methodology for alternative testing strategies for the assessment of the toxicological profile of nanoparticles used in medical diagnostics (NanoTEST)

Start date: Apr 1, 2008, End date: Mar 31, 2012,

Nanoparticles (NP) have unique, potentially beneficial properties, but their possible impact on human health has not been adequately assessed. The main goal of this proposal is to develop alternative high-throughput testing strategies using in vitro and in silico methods to assess the toxicological profile of NP used in medical diagnostics. Our specific aims are to: 1. Define NP properties and ful ...
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Structural Analysis of Mathematical Proofs (STRUCTPROOFS)

Start date: Nov 1, 2009, End date: Oct 31, 2011,

"Proof Theory is the branch of mathematical logic that investigates formal proof systems modelling mathematical reasoning. There are different types of proof systems, each having its own advantages and disadvantages. A certain class of proof systems (Gentzen-type systems) has the interesting property of exhibiting a geometric structure in proofs. Logical and proof-theoretic problems that are formu ...
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Study of magnetic responsive biopolymer based materials (MAGBIOMAT)

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

"The aim of the proposed project is to synthesize and characterize new nanostructured magneto-responsive biopolymer-based materials by the introduction of functionalized magnetic nanoparticles in biogel and foam to gain a deeper understanding of two fundamental aspects: - The understanding of the formation mechanisms of such structures: magneto-responsive networks. - The correlation between the be ...
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High-energy cosmic neutrinos astronomy using a Mediterranean undersea telescope (NEUTEL-APC)

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

"The observation of high-energy cosmic neutrinos, produced in distant astrophysical accelerators (and possibly by means of more exotic processes as well), has turned into one of the major challenges of today’s astroparticle physics, motivated by the possibility to open a new observational window on the distant Universe. The present project is a contribution to the experimental effort being carried ...
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Synthesis of innovative organic semiconductors based on functionalized tetracenes and derivatives of rubrene (TETRA-FUN)

Start date: Jun 1, 2009, End date: May 31, 2011,

"Organic semiconductors represent a real alternative to inorganic semiconductors for many applications, since they present some evident advantages: are lighter, cheaper, compatible with large area, flexible devices. One of the most promising molecular organic semiconductor is rubrene (5,6,11,12-tetra-phenyl-tetracene); single crystals of rubrene showed hole mobility comparable with that of amorpho ...
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NoE PolyNET - Network of Excellence for the exploitation of organic and large area electronics (PolyNet)

Start date: Jan 1, 2008, End date: Dec 31, 2010,

Description Network of Excellence for the exploitation of organic and large-area electronicsThe Network of Excellence (NoE) PolyNet aims to establish Europe in the area of organic and large area electronics as the world leader in science, technology development and subsequent commercial exploitation of printing and large area technologies ...
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ANALYSIS OF PML/RARA ONCOGENIC COMPLEX IN ACUTE PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA (APL)

End date: Nov 1, 2010,

"Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) appears to be primarily a monogenic disease characterised by a specific t(15 ;17) translocation that fuses the PML and the RARA gene to generate a PML/RAR fusion protein. PML/RARA is a transcriptional repressor, and RARA homo-dimerisation through the coiled coil of PML was believed to be the basis for repression via enhanced binding of co-repressors. Clinically ...
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The epistemology of biopolitics (Biopolitics)

Start date: Oct 1, 2008, End date: Mar 31, 2010,

The epistemology of biopolitics: rediscovering Georges Canguilhem This research project will cast new light on the works of the philosopher of life and medical sciences, Georges Canguilhem. In the second half of the Twentieth Century a new and pressing issue emerged in international intellectual discourse: the ability of scientific rationality to intervene in the evolution of the human species. I ...
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