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MUSE Imaging of the Cosmic Web – Ultra-Deep Observations of Intergalactic and Circumgalactic Gas (MUSICOS)

Start date: Mar 1, 2014, End date: Feb 28, 2019,

"This project aims at making major advances in our understanding of galaxy formation through the direct detection and spectroscopic mapping of gas outside of galaxies at high redshifts. This experiment will employ the 2nd generation ESO-VLT instrument MUSE, currently being finalised under my leadership. MUSE is a highly innovative integral field spectrograph featuring an unparalleled combination o ...
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Water-walking insects: marrying evo-devo with ecology for a better understanding of morphological evolution (WaterWalking)

Start date: Mar 1, 2014, End date: Feb 28, 2019,

Understanding the origin of the remarkable biodiversity in nature is an important goal in biological studies. Despite recent advances in evolutionary developmental biology, our understanding of the interaction between developmental genetic processes and the ecological environment in shaping the phenotype remains largely fragmented. This is mainly because of the difficulty to transfer molecular gen ...
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Advancing the European Multilingual Experience (ATHEME)

Start date: Mar 1, 2014, End date: Feb 28, 2019,

"The project Advancing The European Multilingual Experience (AThEME) takes an integrated approach towards the study of multilingualism in Europe by incorporating and combining linguistic, cognitive and sociological perspectives; by studying multilingualism in Europe at three different levels of societal magnitude, viz. the individual multilingual citizen, the multilingual group, and the multilingu ...
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"Large Deviations and Non Equilibrium Phase Transitions for Turbulent Flows, Climate, and the Solar System" (TRANSITION)

Start date: Mar 1, 2014, End date: Feb 28, 2019,

"The aim of this project is to predict and compute extremely rare but essential trajectories in complex physical systems. We will compute rare transitions trajectories, first between two different turbulent attractors in models of planetary jet dynamics, and second between two configurations of ocean currents for a model of the thermohaline circulation. We will compute the dynamics and the probabi ...
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MANAGING THE EFFECTS OF MULTIPLE STRESSORS ON AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS UNDER WATER SCARCITY (GLOBAQUA)

Start date: Feb 1, 2014, End date: Jan 31, 2019,

Water and water-related services are major components of the human wellbeing, and as such are major factors of socio-economic development in Europe; yet freshwater systems are under threat by a variety of stressors (organic and inorganic pollution, geomorphological alterations, land cover change, water abstraction, invasive species and pathogens. Some stressors, such as water scarcity, can be a st ...
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Rome's Mediterranean Ports (ROMP)

Start date: Feb 1, 2014, End date: Jan 31, 2019,

Rome was connected to its Mediterranean provinces by commercial routes articulated through networks of ports acting as poly-functional nodes. Ships, people and goods moved along these, drawing the micro-regions of the Mediterranean into closer economic and commercial relationships with the City. Central to the success of these networks were the major ports through which were channelled major comme ...
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Anionic PhosPhoLipids in plant receptor kinase signaling (APPL)

Start date: Feb 1, 2014, End date: Jan 31, 2019,

"In plants, receptor kinases form the largest family of plasma membrane (PM) receptors and they are involved in virtually all aspects of the plant life, including development, immunity and reproduction. In animals, key molecules that orchestrate the recruitment of signaling proteins to membranes are anionic phospholipids (e.g. phosphatidylinositol phosphate or PIPs). Besides, recent reports in ani ...
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cmos-compatible nonlinear integrated Mid-IR frequency COMBs (MIRCOMB)

Start date: May 1, 2014, End date: Apr 30, 2018,

MIRCOMB for « nonlinear integrated Mid-IR frequency COMB » is aiming at creating novel integrated nonlinear sources on CMOS for applications in the mid infrared (mid-IR, wavelength range between 2 and 10 um). The mid-IR wavelength domain is of great interest for a huge range of applications that affect almost every aspects of our society, from highly sensitive biological and chemical sensors, home ...
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Toward a new generation of multi-dimensional stellar evolution models: the TOol of the FUture (TOFU)

Start date: May 1, 2013, End date: Apr 30, 2018,

"Modelling stars and planets in three dimensions is the holy grail of stellar and planetary astrophysics and is now the necessary step forward in stellar evolution. It is the only way to proceed in order to correctly understand the various physical processes which rule the life of a star or a planet. The heart of the TOFU project is the development of an unique numerical tool, namely a three dimen ...
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Coupling laser spectroscopy to mass spectrometry and ion mobility: from fundamentals to analytical sciences (LASER-IMS)

Start date: Apr 1, 2013, End date: Mar 31, 2018,

"The motivations for studying the gaseous structures of peptides and proteins range from developing efficient methodologies for protein identification and quantification to fundamental understanding of folding processes and biomolecular architectures. Mass spectrometry allows analyzing biomolecular ions in a variety of different forms, for example, as a function of charge state, bound to their tar ...
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FAST industrialisation by CAtalysts Research and Development (FASTCARD)

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

"To meet short term European 20-20-20 objectives and long term targets of European Energy Roadmap 2050, an energy paradigm shift is needed for which biomass conversion into advanced biofuels is essential.This new deal has challenges in catalyst development which so far hinders implementation at industrial level: Firstly, biomass is much more complex and reactive than conventional feedstock; second ...
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"Host-intestinal bacteria mutualism: ""Learning on the fly""" (MutFlyGutBact)

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

Metazoans establish reciprocal interactions with the bacterial communities that colonize their mucosal surfaces. These interactions contribute to many aspects of host physiology including the promotion of digestive efficiency and proper immune system development and homeostasis. In return, the microbiota derives benefit from the association with its host by inhabiting a nutrient rich environment. ...
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QUANTItative scanning probe microscopy techniques for HEAT transfer management in nanomaterials and nanodevices (QUANTIHEAT)

Start date: Dec 1, 2013, End date: Nov 30, 2017,

The thermal properties of nanostructured materials are of fundamental importance to modern technology, but at present reproducible metrological definitions, tools and methods do not exist. This is because the mechanisms of heat transport at the nanoscale are entirely different to those at the macro scale.The project will place nanothermal metrology on a solid basis by an integrated physics-based e ...
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Access CenTer for PHotonics innovAtion Solutions and Technology support (ACTPHAST)

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

ACTPHAST is a unique "one-stop-shop" European access centre for photonics innovation solutions and technology support (Access CenTre for PHotonics innovAtion Solutions and Technology support). ACTPHAST will support and accelerate the innovation capacity of European SMEs by providing them with direct access to the expertise and state-of-the-art facilities of Europe's leading photonics research cent ...
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Control of meiotic recombination: from Arabidopsis to crops (COMREC)

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

"Global population stands at 7 billion and is predicted to reach 9 billion by 2050. It is anticipated that food production will need to increase by at least 50% to meet the demand arising from this increase in population. This will require a sustained improvement in crop yield. The nature of this challenge is exacerbated by the likely impact of climate change. These factors combine to make Food Se ...
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Delivering European Translational Information & Knowledge Management Services (ETRIKS)

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

Since its inception the IMI has funded over 30 public-private partnership projects. Many of these projects are centered upon data intensive translational research and are employing integrative analysis approaches to achieve their goals. Although a common KM platform for IMI projects was envisioned in the original IMI Strategic Research Agenda it has not yet been implemented. The lack of a common p ...
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Procedures In Simple Arithmetic: neural implementation and development (PISA)

Start date: May 1, 2013, End date: Apr 30, 2017,

"More than 20% of 15-year-old European students are low achievers in mathematics. Because low math competence can have dire economic and social effects, improving our knowledge of the neural mechanisms involved in arithmetic processing is critical to inform teaching and reduce low achievement. A central question in math education is whether calculation procedures should be emphasized over strategi ...
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Topographic signaling and spatial landmarks of key polarized neuro-developmental processes (YODA)

Start date: Apr 1, 2012, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

Polarization, which confers asymmetry at molecular, cellular and tissue scales, is a fascinating process establishing fundamental features of biological systems. In multicellular organisms, symmetry breaking triggers the specification of embryonic body axes, governing the positioning of subsequent morphogenetic processes. Cells and tissues acquire complex polarity features, which remarkably, are h ...
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European High-performance Infrastructures in Turbulence (EUHIT)

Start date: Apr 1, 2013, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

Advances in key economical and societal issues facing Europe, like transport, energy generation, climate change, or industrial, environmental and geophysical mixing processes are obstructed by the lack of understanding of turbulence. To date, models fail to explain many fundamental features of turbulence, from boundary layers and particle transport, to heat transport and turbulence in complex and ...
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ET-LCGT Telescopes: Exchange of Scientists (ELiTES)

Start date: Mar 1, 2012, End date: Feb 28, 2017,

A new way to investigate the Universe will be possible when the new generation of gravitational wave telescopes becomes operative. First, the advanced detectors, then the 3rd generation observatories will allow to detect the gravitational wave signal emitted in catastrophic event in the Universe. The Large-scale Cryogenic Gravitational wave Telescope (LCGT, now named KAGRA) in Japan and the Einste ...
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High Altitude Ice Crystals (HAIC)

Start date: Aug 1, 2012, End date: Jan 31, 2017,

Commercial aircraft have been experiencing in-service events while flying in the vicinity of deep convective clouds since at least the early 1990s. Heated probes and engines are the areas of air-craft most prone to mixed phase and glaciated icing threat. In anticipation of regulation changes regarding mixed phase and glaciated icing conditions, the HAIC project will provide the necessary Acceptabl ...
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Systems Genetics of Heritable variaTions (SiGHT)

Start date: Feb 1, 2012, End date: Jan 31, 2017,

The complexity by which genotypes modulate phenotypic variation has been a major obstacle in understanding the basis of inter-individual differences. In the particular case of disease susceptibility, enormous efforts have been conducted among large consortia of quantitative geneticists, and a recent wealth of results showed both victories and frustrations. Victories because many genetic factors co ...
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HYDRODYNAMIC TRANSPORT IN ECOLOGICALLY CRITICAL HETEROGENEOUS INTERFACES (HYTECH)

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

Physical, biochemical and ecological processes in natural water bodies have been the subject of intense research over the past decades by scientists of different expertise. Environmental studies related to natural water bodies are a relatively new area of research, spanning over no more than fifty years. The dawning of environmental studies in the late 20th century has seen developments mainly con ...
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Assess Inquiry in Science, Technology and Mathematics Education (ASSIST-ME)

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

ASSIST-ME is a high level research project with a societal impact that will investigate formative and summative assessment methods to support and to improve inquiry-based approaches in European science, technology and mathematics (STM) education. Based on an analysis of what is known about summative and formative assessment of knowledge, skills and attitudes related to key STM competences and an a ...
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Out of Equilibrium Fluctuations in Confined Phase Transitions (OutEFLUCOP)

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

This project aims at studying experimentally the out of equilibrium fluctuationsin strongly confined fluids. Three main problems will be analyzed :a) The effects on the dynamics when the fluctuations are confined in a volume smaller than the spatial correlation length; b) The fluctuations of the injected and dissipated power in out of equilibrium in highly confined systems, where extreme events ma ...
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What You Say Is What You Did (WYSIWYD)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

The What You Say Is What You Did project (WYSIWYD) will create a new transparency in human robot interaction (HRI) by allowing robots to both understand their own actions and those of humans, and to interpret and communicate these in human compatible intentional terms expressed as a language-like communication channel we call WYSIWYD Robotese (WR). WYSIWYD will advance this critical communication ...
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Pushing the Envelope of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy for Paramagnetic Systems. A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Approach (pNMR)

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

A network combining 9 academic research groups and 4 collaborating industrial companies is proposed to train the next generation of PhD students and post-doctoral researchers, in developing and applying novel experimental and theoretical methods in the NMR spectroscopy of systems containing paramagnetic metals. The assembled team, with researchers distributed throughout the EU, will investigate a ...
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Silicon CMOS compatible transition metal oxide technology for boosting highly integrated photonic devices with disruptive performance (SITOGA)

Start date: Dec 1, 2013, End date: Nov 30, 2016,

The SITOGA project will address for the first time the integration of transition metal oxides (TMO) materials in silicon photonics and CMOS electronics. TMOs have unique electro-optical properties that will offer unprecedented and novel capabilities to the silicon platform. SITOGA will focus on two disruptive TMO materials, barium titanate (BaTiO3) and vanadium oxide (VO2), for developing advanced ...
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Optimise Citizen Mobility and Freight Management in Urban Environments (OPTICITIES)

Start date: Nov 1, 2013, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

OPTICITIES’ vision is to help European cities tackle complex mobility challenges. OPTICITIES’ strategy focuses on the optimisation of transport networks through the development of public/private partnerships and the experimentation of innovative ITS services.OPTICITIES addresses both passenger and freight transport issues supporting a user-centred approach.OPTICITIES delivers significant innovatio ...
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Opening bio-based markets via standards, labelling and procurement (OPEN-BIO)

Start date: Nov 1, 2013, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

"Application of standards, certification schemes and labels has positive long-term effects on the overall development of the European bio-based product market. Good product information that presents correct claims to industry and public procurers is vital for the usage of these new products. Ensuring the sustainable sourcing of raw materials and the effective bio-content are important additional s ...
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Iconicity and ecology of languages: new insight (Icon-Eco-Speech)

Start date: Sep 29, 2014, End date: Sep 28, 2016,

In the present project, we propose a pioneer research that will provide new insights into human language ecology and evolution by exploring three rarely studied natural traditional oral practices with a multidisciplinary methodology. These are alternative speech forms that always rely on a spoken language and that consist of mapping voiced speech signals into very different types of sounds, such a ...
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Biogas robust processing with combined catalytic reformer and trap (BioRobur)

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

In the BioROBUR project a robust and efficient fuel processor for the direct reforming of biogas will be developed and tested at a scale equivalent to 50 Nm3/h production of PEM-grade hydrogen to demonstrate the achievement of all the call mandates. The system energy efficiency of biogas conversion into hydrogen will be 65%, for a reference biogas composition of 60%vol CH4 and 40%vol CO2.Key innov ...
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Exploring the physics of Proto-stars and Extra-solar PlanetS (PEPS)

Start date: Jun 1, 2010, End date: May 31, 2016,

"The PEPS project is dedicated to the understanding of low-mass star, brown dwarf and giant planet formation and evolution and to the characterization of their internal structure and observable properties. The aim is to develop a sound theoretical foundation and a new generation of modelling tools, in close interaction with observing and experimental programs. The ultimate goal of the project is t ...
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Development of an innovative low rolling resistance truck tyre concept in combination with a full scale simulation tool box for tyre performance in function of material and road parameters (LORRY)

Start date: Nov 1, 2012, End date: Apr 30, 2016,

The aim of the LORRY project is to reduce trucks carbon footprint by developing an innovative low rolling resistance tyre concept combined with a comprehensive tool box for fleet fuel saving management. This proposed concept will go beyond current state of art and stakeholder or market expectations regarding tyre rolling resistance, mileage, driving safety, driving performance and material and man ...
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POWER SoC With Integrated PassivEs (PowerSwipe)

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

Europe is a world leader in innovative automotive systems with competencies covering the full supply chain from the main OEMs (Audi, BMW, Daimler, Fiat, PSA, RSA, VW) to Tier1 suppliers (Bosch, Continental, Magneti Marelli) to leading semiconductor companies (Infineon, ST). The vision for electronic automotive control units in 2020 is that the battery will supply multi-core µControllers via multip ...
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Structure and Dynamics of Metal Ion Transporters using Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance at High Field and Fast Magic Angle Spinning (MEM-MAS)

Start date: Mar 1, 2014, End date: Feb 29, 2016,

We propose the determination of metal transporter structures using high field and fast (>60 kHz) magic angle spinning NMR spectroscopy. Proteins provide the basis for many important biological processes. They are found as soluble protines, such as enzymes, membrane associated proteins that interact with specific locations in the cell, and transmembrane (TM) proteins that often serve as the gatekee ...
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Regulation of alpha-v-beta-8 integrin expression and its role in intestinal immune homeostasis (ITGB8 REGULATION)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Dec 30, 2015,

Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-b) plays a critical role in maintaining gut immune homeostasis. Although ubiquitously expressed, TGF-b must be activated in order to enable subsequent signaling. TGF-b activation thus represents a major point of regulation of intestinal immune responses.I have shown that expression of alpha-v-beta-8 integrin (avb8) by dendritic cells (DCs) is required to activa ...
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Nanophotonics for ultra-thin crystalline silicon photovoltaics (PHOTONVOLTAICS)

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

The ambition of PhotoNvoltaics is to enable the development of a new and disruptive solar cell generation resulting from the marriage of crystalline-silicon photovoltaics (PV) with advanced light-trapping schemes from the field of nanophotonics. These two technologies will be allied through a third one, nanoimprint, an emerging lithography technique from the field of microelectronics. The outcome ...
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Unbiased Biomarkers for the Prediction of Respiratory Disease Outcomes (U-BIOPRED)

Start date: Oct 1, 2009, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

RationaleThe inability of pre-clinical studies to predict clinical efficacy is a major bottleneck in drug development. In severe asthma this bottleneck results from: a lack of useful and validated biomarkers, underperforming pre-clinical models, inadequate and incomplete sub-phenotyping, and insufficient disease understanding.HypothesisThe use of biomarker profiles comprised of various types of hi ...
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New BIOtechnologiCaL approaches for biodegrading and promoting the environmEntal biotrAnsformation of syNthetic polymeric materials (BIOCLEAN)

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

In BIOCLEAN project, novel and robust microorganisms (aerobic and anaerobic bacteria, and fungi) able to extensively degrade polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polystyrol (PS) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) polymers and plastics will be isolated from actual-site aged plastic wastes obtained from several European marine and terrestrial sites, composting facilities and landfills, and obtained via ...
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