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Neuronal circuits controlling fear behavior (NEUROFEAR)

Start date: Nov 1, 2011, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

"Accurate adaptation to stimuli predicting threatening outcome is critical to survival. An insufficient fear reaction may lead the animal to overlook future signs of danger, whereas overreacting may lead the animal to failure to explore and miss opportunities for feeding or mating. Numerous data indicate that the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) plays a key role in the control of fear behavior and ...
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TRAINING NETWORK IN INNOVATIVE POLYELECTROLYTES FOR ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT (RENAISSANCE)

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

The introduction of new ionic moieties (cations and anions) into polymers is giving rise to a new family of functional polymers with particular properties and new applications which is provoking a RENAISSANCE of the chemistry and applications of classic polyelectrolytes. However, further developments and a better understanding of the properties and applications of innovative polyelectrolytes are ...
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Neurocircuitry of endocannabinoid regulation of food intake (ENDOFOOD)

Start date: Feb 1, 2011, End date: Jan 31, 2016,

Few tasks executed by the brain hold greater survival and adaptive value than keeping us fed and in adequate nutritional state. The regulation of energy metabolism represents a prototypical homeostatic system, with the brain acting as the central coordinator. Any alteration of these mechanisms can lead to pathological states threatening the survival of the individual.The main brain region regulati ...
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Network of European funding for Neuroscience research (ERA-NET NEURON II)

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

Research into the human brain and its diseases is one of the key challenges of our century, since among the many diseases affecting health, disorders of the brain are major causes for impaired quality of life. Despite some progress in understanding the molecular mechanisms of the various neurological and psychiatric disorders, research is far from being able to offer solutions how to conquer them ...
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Innovative fabrication routes and materials for METal and anode supported PROton conducting fuel CELLs (METPROCELL)

Start date: Dec 1, 2011, End date: May 31, 2015,

PCFC is one of the most promising technologies to reach the requirements related to cogeneration application, especially for small power systems (1-5 kWel). The investigation in the concept of advanced thin-film ceramic fuel cell technology at operating intermediate temperature between 400 and 700 °C aims at improving the characteristics (thermal cycling, heat transfer, current collection,.) as w ...
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In the brain, at the level of a single synapse an individual astrocyte releases several gliotransmitters (Syntwogliots)

Start date: Jun 1, 2011, End date: May 31, 2015,

In the brain, information is transmitted from one neuron to a second one at the level of a specialized structure, the synapse. During a long time, the transmission of information in the brain was only a neuronal story. Indeed, it was considered that the synapse was made of only two neuronal components: a presynaptic terminal that releases neurotransmitters and a postsynaptic element that receives ...
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Mitosis with broken chromosomes (BroChroMito)

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

The mechanisms that safeguard cells against aneuploidy are of great interest as aneuploidy contributes to tumorigenesis. To gain insight into these mechanisms, we studied the behavior of cells entering mitosis with damaged chromosomes. We used the endonuclease I-CreI to generate acentric chromosomes in Drosophila larvae. While I-CreI expression produces acentric chromosomes in the majority of neur ...
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Sugar Alcohol based Materials for Seasonal Storage Applications (SAM.SSA)

Start date: Apr 1, 2012, End date: Mar 31, 2015,

The SAM.SSA project aims at developing new phase change materials (PCM) for thermal energy seasonal storage applications (STES) in the range of medium temperatures. The generated materials shall provide:• Low cost, environmentally sound and safe solutions for seasonal storage applications• Easy adjustment of the melting point for optimal ”tuning” to the required applications• Energy densities > 20 ...
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Tracing the evolution of symbolically mediated behaviours within variable environments in Europe and southern Africa (TRACSYMBOLS)

Start date: Apr 1, 2010, End date: Mar 31, 2015,

The aim of TRACSYMBOLS is to examine how key behavioural innovations emerged among Homo sapiens and Homo neanderthalensis in southern Africa and Europe respectively, and explore whether and how environmental variability influenced this development between 180 25 ka [Marine Isotope Stages (MIS) 6 31. To achieve this goal the PI will develop a new research team that for the first time will combine a ...
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HYBRID ABLATIVE DEVELOPMENT FOR RE-ENTRY IN PLANETARY ATMOSPHERIC THERMAL PROTECTION (HYDRA)

Start date: Feb 1, 2012, End date: Feb 28, 2015,

The aim of this proposal is the development of TPS for their use in space applications with extreme oxidative environments and high temperature resistance, such as hot parts of space vehicles for orbital entry (ARV), planetary probes and NEO exploration. Previous studies on ARV vehicle have shown that TPS hybrid systems based on ablators integrated with thermo-structural materials are good candida ...
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Neuronal NanoCarbon Interfacing Structures (NeuroCare)

Start date: Mar 1, 2012, End date: Feb 28, 2015,

NeuroCare aims to create better retinal, cortical and cochlear implantable devices through the use of improved interfacing between the electronic implants and living cells. The NeuroCare concept involves low-cost, carbon-based materials, well-adapted for medical implants, because they (i) offer wide range of electronic properties (metal, semiconductor and insulator), (ii) are bio-inert and (iii) a ...
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Gaia Research for European Astronomy Training - ITN (GREAT)

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

Gaia is the ESA cornerstone mission set to revolutionise our understanding of the Milky Way. This proposal will shape a critical mass of new expertise with the fundamental skills required to power the scientific exploitation of Gaia over the coming decade and beyond.The GREAT-ITN research theme is 'Unravelling the Milky Way' focused on four fundamental problems: unravelling the origin and history ...
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Gentle remediation of trace element contaminated land (GREENLAND)

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

"Gentle remediation options (g.r.o.) include various (mostly plant based) approaches to remediate trace element contaminated soils at low cost and without significant negative effects for the environment. Although g.r.o. comprise very innovative and efficient technologies, they are still not widely used as practical site solution due to several reasons of hindrance for applying g.r.o. as practical ...
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Experimental UpdateLess Evolutive Routing (EULER)

Start date: Oct 1, 2010, End date: Jun 30, 2014,

The main objective of the EULER exploratory research project is to investigate new routing paradigms so as to design, develop, and validate experimentally a distributed and dynamic routing scheme suitable for the future Internet and its evolution. The resulting routing scheme(s) is/are intended to address the fundamental limits of current stretch-1 shortest-path routing in terms of routing table s ...
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New Designs of Ecological Furnaces (EDEFU)

Start date: Jun 1, 2010, End date: May 31, 2014,

The general objective of the EDEFU project consists in developing new technologies of heating, new refractory materials to improve heat insulations and new designs for innovating recovery systems for residues for industrial furnaces in Non ferrous metals, glass, ceramics and cement industries. The evaluation of the success of the project will be realised through the validation of real scale demon ...
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Robust Advanced Materials for metal Supported SOFC (RAMSES)

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

"The RAMSES project aims at developing an innovative high performance, robust, durable and cost-effective Solid Oxide Fuel Cell based on the Metal Supported Cell concept i.e. the deposition of thin ceramic electrodes and electrolyte on a porous metallic substrate. Both planar and tubular cells will be developed. By considering advanced materials tailored for this cell design, such cells will be ab ...
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Euro-BioImaging - Research infrastructure for imaging technologies in biological and biomedical sciences (Euro-BioImaging)

Start date: Dec 1, 2010, End date: May 31, 2014,

Euro-BioImaging brings together imaging technologies stretching from basic biological imaging with advanced light microscopy, in vivo molecular imaging of single cells to animal models up to the clinical and epidemiological level of medical imaging of humans and populations. Euro-BioImaging, in close consultation with its stakeholders, will address the imaging requirements of both biological and m ...
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Nanoscale Photoactivation and Imaging of Synaptic Spine Dynamics (DYNASPINE)

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

"Synapses are physical sites of communication that transmit and transform information between neurons in a very rapid and dynamic way. Not surprisingly, malfunctioning synapses are at the root of some of our most prevalent neurological and psychiatric disorders.As synapses are smaller than what diffraction-limited light microscopy can resolve, and densely packed in light-scattering brain tissue, i ...
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Dynamic super-resolution mapping of neurotransmitter release events and synaptic glutamate receptors (SYNAPSEMAP)

Start date: Feb 8, 2012, End date: Feb 7, 2014,

"Proper functioning of the brain requires points of rapid communication between nerve cells. This is achieved at specialized junctions called chemical synapses, which function by the vesicular release of neurotransmitter onto a post-synaptic apposition decorated with neurotransmitter-gated ion channels. Fast chemical synapses release glutamate to activate AMPA-type glutamate receptor ion channels, ...
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Physics of Complex Colloids: Equilibrium and Driven (COMPLOIDS)

Start date: Nov 1, 2009, End date: Oct 31, 2013,

"With progress in nanotechnology, biophysics, and polymer synthesis, colloidal science has reached a new level of importance. A large variety of complex colloids of different shapes, with binding specificity, and variable softness has been synthesized, opening quite exciting ways for engineering materials at the nanoscale. The purpose of COMPLOIDS is to obtain a fundamental understanding of the Ph ...
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ORDERED INORGANIC-ORGANIC HYBRIDS USING IONIC LIQUIDS FOR EMERGING APPLICATIONS (ORION)

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

ORION puts together a multidisciplinary consortium of leading European universities, research institutes and industries with the overall goal of advancing the fabrication of inorganic-organic hybrid materials using ionic liquids. Maximum research efforts within ORION will be addressed to achieve inorganic-organic hybrids with an ordered nanostructure and to understand and characterize the new gene ...
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Fate of Repository Gases (FORGE)

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

"The multiple barrier concept is the cornerstone of all proposed schemes for underground disposal of radioactive wastes. The concept invokes a series of barriers, both engineered and natural, between the waste and the surface. Achieving this concept is the primary objective of all disposal programmes, from site appraisal and characterisation to repository design and construction. However, the perf ...
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Nanochemistry and self-assembly routes to metamaterials for visible light (METACHEM)

Start date: Sep 15, 2009, End date: Sep 14, 2013,

The objective of the METACHEM collaborative project is to use the extreme versatility of nano-chemistry to design and manufacture bulk meta-materials exhibiting non-conventional electromagnetic properties in the range of visible light. This spectral domain requires nano-scale patterns, typically around 50 nm in size or less. Our strategy consists in designing and synthesizing ad-hoc nano particles ...
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Development and Optimization of THz NDT on Aeronautics Composite Multi-layered Structure (DOTNAC)

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

"Modern aircraft structures have to comply with severe requirements: they have to be light as well as safe. These requirements lead to an increased use of composite materials in the aircraft industry. However, new materials also require new techniques in order to inspect aircraft components during production in a non-destructive way.The primary goal of the DOTNAC project is to develop a safe, con ...
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Electron paramagnetic resonance as a probe for extended interfaces in nanomaterials (EPREXINA)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Feb 28, 2013,

"Ferroelectric materials are considered for applications in telecom devices opera ting at high frequency such as phase shifters, antennas or resonators. With the increasing requirements for miniaturization and low cost electronics, the market is nowadays widely turned to agile components and there is in particular a strong competition for the search of new materials. The best candidates for such a ...
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NoE FlexNet - Network of Excellence for building up Knowledge for improved Systems Integration for Flexible Organic and Large Area Electronics (FOLAE) and its exploitation (FlexNet)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2012,

In the NoE FlexNet, 17 participants from eleven European countries work together in order to support Europe in becoming a world leader in Flexible, Organic and Large Area Electronics (FOLAE). FlexNet aims at interlinking Europe's FOLAE-expertise in the domains of science, technology development, components, devices and systems integration technologies. A special emphasis will be set on the subsequ ...
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Advanced Fault Diagnosis for Safer Flight Guidance and Control (ADDSAFE)

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

"Recent airliner accident and incident statistics show that about 16% of the accidents between 1993 and 2007 can be attributed to Loss of Control In-flight (LOC-I), caused by a piloting mistake, technical malfunctions or unusual upsets due to external disturbances. Loss of flight control remains the second largest accident category after Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) accounting for 23% of ...
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Innovative Switchable Shading Appliances based on Nanomaterials and Hybrid Electrochromic Device Configurations (INNOSHADE)

Start date: Sep 1, 2008, End date: Aug 31, 2012,

INNOSHADE is concerned with an innovative, nanocomposite-based switchable light transmittance technology developed previously for small sized objects (eyewear). It constitutes a breakthrough in smart shading technology by overcoming common limitations of state-of-the-art electrochromic devices. INNOSHADE enables the low cost production of electrochromic shading appliances with lower energy consump ...
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Network in Advanced Materials and Nanomaterials of industrial interest between Europe and Latin American Countries of MERCOSUR (Argentina-Brazil-Uruguay) (EULASUR)

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

A key thrust of FP7 is to promote international collaborative research with third countries. The EULASUR project will address the Call for Co-ordination Action in Materials by creating a cooperation platform for forming strategic research partnerships between scientists, policy makers, technology transfer and industrial experts in the EC and 3 Latin-American countries belonging to MERCOSUR: Braz ...
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METABOLIC EFFECTS OF LEUCINE SUPPLEMENTATION ON THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF DIET-INDUCED OBESITY (LeuObese)

Start date: Jul 1, 2010, End date: Jun 30, 2012,

Among the branched-chain amino acids, leucine is known to decrease food intake via mTORC1-dependent mechanisms. We now hypothesize that leucine protects against diet-induced obesity (DIO) by having a beneficial effect on inflammation and insulin sensitivity. We postulate that these effects are due to leucine’s ability to affect intracellular pathways that modulate energy balance as well as protein ...
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Interaction of ultra-intense laser pulses with plasmas (ILP-Ultra)

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

The goal of the present proposal is to coordinate the activities in the domain of laser-plasma interaction and high energy density matter between four partner laboratories and to elaborate more efficient relations between the theoretical developments,numerical simulations and experiments.The collaboration program accounts for the specific interests and the complementarily of competence of particip ...
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MULTIFUNCTIONAL LAYERS FOR SAFER AIRCRAFT COMPOSITES STRUCTURES (LAYSA)

Start date: Sep 1, 2008, End date: Dec 31, 2011,

"The use of composite materials in aeronautics industry has increased constantly over the last 35 years, due mainly to their high specific strength and stiffness combined with the possibility of designing complex geometry components that are more aerodynamically efficient than metals. But due to organic nature of polymeric matrix component, composite materials are electrically and thermally bad co ...
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Collaborative Communication Driven Decision Management in Non Hierarchical Supply Chains of the Electronic Industry (CONVERGE)

Start date: Jun 1, 2009, End date: Nov 30, 2011,

The European electronic industry faces strong competition with far eastern and US manufacturers. European companies have to respond with improved flexibility to changing requirements and collaborate across the supply chain effectively capitalizing on collaborative decision making, shorter distances, high skill levels and shared cultural understanding. To do so in the electronic industry a number ...
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Low temperature experiments for astrochemical models (LOWTEAM)

Start date: Oct 1, 2008, End date: Sep 30, 2011,

"The physical conditions in the interstellar medium (ISM) are very different from those on Earth. These regions are characterized by low temperatures (~10 K) and densities (~100000 cm-3). Over the years, experimental chemists have developed new techniques to measure the reactivity of chemical species in these environments under conditions pertinent to the ISM. Only recently have techniques like th ...
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A wearable miniaturized fall detection system for the elderly (FallWatch)

Start date: Feb 1, 2009, End date: Jul 31, 2011,

Falls among the elderly occur frequently. Approximately 30% of people over 65 fall accidentally each year, and for those over 80 this rate raises up to 50%. Falls are an important factor in the health limitations of the elderly due to a high morbidity caused by physical and psychological consequences, loss of independence and even death. Late or non existing responses cause 2 million persons havin ...
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Ultra-high resolution imaging of GluR1 trafficking in neuronal spines (GLUTRAF)

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

"The spatial and temporal regulation in the composition of the postsynaptic membrane of synapses participates to the different forms of synaptic plasticity that trigger the cellular processes of memory formation, consolidation, and retrieval. Neurotransmitter receptors move rapidly in and out of synapses by lateral diffusion. This mobility is crucial to control the number of receptors present at a ...
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COOPERATIVE RESEARCH ON EAST AFRICAN TERRITORIAL INTEGRATION WITHIN GLOBALISATION (CREATING)

Start date: Mar 1, 2008, End date: Apr 30, 2010,

This project seeks to improve research capacity and develop collaboration amongst researchers in Europe and East Africa, and by doing so to contribute to the larger objective of regional integration. The project will enhance integration in the research community in both Europe and East Africa through bringing researchers together in a series of training activities. These activities will focus on t ...
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Nanoporous Materials and Supramolecular Clusters for Light Induced Electronic Switches (light induced switch)

Start date: Nov 1, 2008, End date: Oct 31, 2009,

Molecular framework materials recently have been shown to possess immensely rich host-guest chemistry; their porous lattices are capable of highly selective host-guest properties that include reversible guest and ion exchange, heterogeneous catalysis, and gas storage and separation. It was realized that by further exploitation of the porous nature of metal-organic frameworks in combination with sp ...
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