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Integrative Mechanisms for Addressing Spatial Justice and Territorial Inequalities in Europe (IMAJINE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2021,

IMAJINE aims to formulate new integrative policy mechanisms to enable European, national and regional government agencies to more effectively address territorial inequalities within the European Union. It responds to evidence that spatial inequalities within the EU are increasing, contrary to the principle of territorial cohesion embedded as a third dimension of the European Social Model in the Tr ...
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Optomechanics for Virology (VIRUSCAN)

Start date: Nov 1, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2021,

Viral infections diagnosis demands novel, cheaper and rapid technologies to overcome present constraints. Current gold standard for diagnosis of viral infections is based on pathogen-targeted nucleic acid identification; thus, it cannot discern infectious stages from latent ones and it demands time consuming adjustments when mutations occur or new emerging viruses are to be included in the diagnos ...
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European Master in Clinical Linguistics+

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2021,

The general purpose of the 24-months Erasmus Mundus Joint European Master Degree "European Master’s in Clinical Linguistics+" (EMCL+) is to offer a full-time interdisciplinary and transnational university programme at the Masters level providing integrated training in experimental linguistics, neurolinguistics, psycholinguistics and clinical linguistics. The aim of the Masters Course is to train h ...
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Galaxy Buildup in the Young Universe: from the First Billion Years through the Peak Activity Epoch (BUILDUP)

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2021,

Deep galaxy surveys are the most valuable asset to understand the history of our Universe. They are key to test galaxy formation models which, based on the Cold Dark Matter framework, are successful at reproducing general aspects of galaxy evolution with cosmic time. However, important discrepancies still exist between models and observations, most notably at high redshifts. This Project will reco ...
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Molecular Motors, powering dynamic functional molecular systems (MMDYNASYS)

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2021,

In this proposal the unique properties of unidirectional light driven molecular rotary motors will be built upon to achieve dynamic control of function and develop responsive systems with a particular focus on systems in water. Light-driven molecular rotary motors are distinct from the majority of molecular switches, as they allow sequential access to multiple functional states in a responsive sys ...
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Supramolecular Protective Groups Enabling Antibiotics and Bioimaging (SUPRABIOTICS)

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2021,

The pharmaceutical sector has a huge demand for new active compounds including natural products to fill the drug pipelines and to stop the global decline in novel approved active pharmaceutical ingredients. Therefore, developing new tools to fabricate complex molecular structures in a fast and reliable way is paramount. This holds especially true for the field of antibiotics. Multidrug resistant ( ...
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Cleave and couple: Fully sustainable catalytic conversion of renewable resources to amines (CatASus)

Start date: May 1, 2016, End date: Apr 30, 2021,

Amines are crucially important classes of chemicals, widely present in pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals and surfactants. Yet, surprisingly, a systematic approach to obtaining this essential class of compounds from renewables has not been realized to date. The aim of this proposal is to enable chemical pathways for the production of amines through alcohols from renewable resources, preferably lignoce ...
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Local Training Network on Novel Tailor-Made Antimicrobials and Delivery Strategies From Synthesis towards Clinical Applications (ALERT)

Start date: May 1, 2016, End date: Apr 30, 2021,

The current overuse of antibiotics is leading to the emergence of multidrug resistant (MDR) bacteria. These MDR pathogens continue to evolve at a terrifying rate and confer resistance to most or all presently available antibacterial treatments. Antimicrobial resistance is an eminent global problem that calls for an integrated approach that surpasses national borders, sectors, and disciplines. The ...
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SUrvey Network for Deep Imaging Analysis and Learning (SUNDIAL)

Start date: Apr 1, 2017, End date: Mar 31, 2021,

Though Big Data has become common in many domains nowadays, the challenges to develop efficient and automated mining of the ever increasing data sets by new generations of data scientists are eminent. These challenges span wide swathes of society, business and research. Astronomers with their high-tech observatories are historically at the forefront of this field, but obviously, the impact in e.g ...
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Training Network to Understand and Exploit Mechanisms of Sensory Perception in Bacteria (PATHSENSE)

Start date: Apr 1, 2017, End date: Mar 31, 2021,

The PATHSENSE (Pathogen Sensing) ETN will bring together an interdisciplinary team of world-leading researchers from Europe to tackle a highly ambitious scientific project, focusing on the molecular mechanisms of sensory perception in bacterial pathogens. PATHSENSE will establish an innovative doctoral training programme that will deliver 13 PhD graduates and high-impact scientific outputs. The re ...
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Directed Protein Evolution for Synthetic Biology and Biocatalysis (ES-Cat)

Start date: Mar 1, 2017, End date: Feb 28, 2021,

ES-Cat will use directed evolution as a tool to reproduce Nature's remarkable ability to generate molecular machines - in particular enzymes – that perform at levels near perfection. Instead of seeing rational and combinatorial approaches as alternatives, we combine them in this network to achieve a ‘smarter’ and more efficient exploration of protein sequence space. By harnessing the forces of Dar ...
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RADiation and reliability challenges for electronics used in Space, Avionics, on the Ground and at Accelerators (RADSAGA)

Start date: Mar 1, 2017, End date: Feb 28, 2021,

Reliability and radiation damage issues have a long and important history in the domain of satellites and space missions. Qualification standards were established and expertise was built up in space agencies (ESA), supporting institutes and organizations (CNES, DLR, etc.) as well as universities and specialized companies. During recent years, radiation concerns are gaining attention also in aviati ...
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MEthane goes MObile - MEasurements and MOdelling (MEMO2)

Start date: Mar 1, 2017, End date: Feb 28, 2021,

Mitigation of climate change is a key scientific and societal challenge and also a headline target of the EU2020 strategy. Strong reductions in greenhouse gas emissions are necessary to reach the global warming target agreed on at the 2015 United Nations Convention of Parties in Paris. Such emission reductions can only be achieved if sources are properly quantified and mitigation efforts are verif ...
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virtual Factories: Interoperation suppoRting buSiness innovaTion (FIRST)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

The manufacturing industry is entering a new era in which new ICT technologies and collaboration applications are integrated with traditional manufacturing practices and processes, which brings virtual organisations to factories, i.e. Manufacturing 2.0. Virtual factory to future manufacturing slows the flexible amalgamation of manufacturing resources in multiple organisations to create timely, dem ...
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Integrated Tissue Slice Culture and NMR Metabolomics – A Novel Approach Towards SystemicUnderstanding of Liver Function And Disease (TISuMR)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

We propose the development of a groundbreaking technology platform that, for the first time, integrates nuclear magnetic resonance metabolomics and micro-imaging with microfluidic perfusion tissue slice culture. This will revolutionise life science research with unprecedented local insight into life processes in intact tissues under highly controlled conditions. We focus on liver tissue slice cult ...
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Advanced Radio Astronomy in Europe (RadioNet)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

RadioNet is a consortium of 28 institutions in Europe, Republic of Korea and South Africa, integrating at European level world-class infrastructures for research in radio astronomy. These include radio telescopes, telescope arrays, data archives and the globally operating European Network for Very Long Baseline Interferometry (EVN). RadioNet is de facto widely regarded to represent the interests o ...
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Readiness of ICOS for Necessities of integrated Global Observations (RINGO)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

The proposed project “Readiness of ICOS for Necessities of integrated Global Observations” (RINGO) aims to further development of ICOS RI and ICOS ERIC and foster its sustainability. The challenges are to further develop the readiness of ICOS RI along five principal objectives: 1. Scientific readiness. To support the further consolidation of the observational networks and enhance their quality. Th ...
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Harnessing the power of enzymatic oxygen activation (OXYTRAIN)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

For the selective and effective incorporation of oxygen into biological molecules (oxygenation reaction), several enzyme types have evolved in nature. They catalyse crucial reactions in various metabolic routes. The chemistry feasible with these biocatalysts is unrivalled when compared with conventional chemical methods. Therefore, these oxygenating enzymes are very promising tools in biotechnolog ...
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Synthetic bacterial lipid rafts to optimize industrial bioprocesses (Rafts4Biotech)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

Genetic tractability of bacterial cells allows generating synthetic microbial chassis platforms (SMCPs) with remarkable biotechnological applications but their functionality currently faces important off-genome limitations due to deficient protein-protein interactions, unfavorable protein stoichiometry or generation of toxic intermediates that ultimately compromise the industrial production proces ...
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Evolving Security SciencE through Networked Technologies, Information policy And Law (ESSENTIAL)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

Though security is a field of study capable of diverse applications in daily life, security science is a young discipline requiring larger inter-disciplinary effort. ESSENTIAL seeks to develop security science by addressing two of its main problems: the ad-hoc approach to security research and the growing complexity of the security environment. To do so, ESSENTIAL has set itself two main goals: a) ...
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Spins for Efficient Photovoltaic Devices based on Organic Molecules (SEPOMO)

Start date: Nov 1, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2020,

Organic solar cells (OSCs) have the potential to become an environmental friendly, inexpensive, large area and flexible photovoltaics technology. Their main advantages are low process temperatures, the potential for very low cost due to abundant materials and scalable processing, and the possibility of producing flexible devices on plastic substrates. To improve their commercialization capacity, t ...
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The Hands that Wrote the Bible: Digital Palaeography and Scribal Culture of the Dead Sea Scrolls (HandsandBible)

Start date: Nov 1, 2015, End date: Oct 31, 2020,

The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls has fundamentally transformed our knowledge of Jewish and Christian origins. The scrolls provide a unique vantage point for studying the dynamic and creative engagement with authoritative scriptures that were to become the Bible. They also offer evidence for a scribal culture ‘in action’. Palaeography can provide access to this scribal culture, showing the hum ...
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Computational Microscopy of Crowded Membranes (COMP-MICR-CROW-MEM)

Start date: Nov 1, 2015, End date: Oct 31, 2020,

Cell membranes form a highly complex and heterogeneous mixture of membrane proteins and lipids. Understanding the protein-lipid interplay that gives rise to the lateral organisation principles of cell membranes is essential for life and health. Thus, investigations of these crowded membranes is emerging as a new and exceptionally exciting frontier at the crossroads of biology, life sciences, physi ...
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International Master in Innovative Medicine

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2020,

REFERENCE: 564524-EPP-1-2015-1-NL-EPPKA1-JMD-MOB_IMIMTITLE: International Master in Innovative Medicine, IMIMObjectiveThe mission of the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree International Master in Innovative Medicine (IMIM) is to educate a future generation of excellent translational biomedical scientists and professionals who have the skills and competences to work effectively in different multi-/ ...
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New constraints on the Amazonian carbon balance from airborne observations of the stable isotopes of CO2 (ASICA)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2020,

Severe droughts in Amazonia in 2005 and 2010 caused widespread loss of carbon from the terrestrial biosphere. This loss, almost twice the annual fossil fuel CO2 emissions in the EU, suggests a large sensitivity of the Amazonian carbon balance to a predicted more intense drought regime in the next decades. This is a dangerous inference though, as there is no scientific consensus on the most basic m ...
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Substrate import at work: single-molecule studies of ABC transporters (SM-IMPORT)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2020,

ABC (ATP Binding Cassette) transporters represent the most abundant and diverse family of transport proteins known that play crucial roles in numerous cellular processes. Despite their importance, all proposed molecular models for transport are based on indirect evidence due to the inability of classical biophysical and biochemical techniques to directly visualize dynamic structural changes. To so ...
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iABC Programme (IABC PROGRAMME)

Start date: Aug 1, 2015, End date: Jul 31, 2020,

Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is a common fatal inherited disease with a frequency of 1 in 2500 live births, affecting approximately 36,000 (0.737/10,000) people in the EU. Chronic bacterial pulmonary infection leading to an irreversible decline in lung structure and function is the main cause of mortality and morbidity in patients with CF, with more than 95% of deaths due to respiratory failure. Pseudomon ...
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Identifying pathways of cellular nanoparticle uptake and early processing for novel nanomedicine applications (NanoPaths)

Start date: Jul 1, 2015, End date: Jun 30, 2020,

Nanotechnology applied to medicine has opened tremendous opportunities for the design of devices capable of targeting cancer and other diseases, and to deliver therapies selectively to locations where drugs currently can scarcely arrive. Translation of nanomedicines to the clinic however still remains challenging and the mechanistic details of the pathways used by cells to internalize and process ...
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The ABC of Cell Volume Regulation (ABCvolume)

Start date: Jul 1, 2015, End date: Jun 30, 2020,

Cell volume regulation is crucial for any living cell because changes in volume determine the metabolic activity through e.g. changes in ionic strength, pH, macromolecular crowding and membrane tension. These physical chemical parameters influence interaction rates and affinities of biomolecules, folding rates, and fold stabilities in vivo. Understanding of the underlying volume regulatory mechani ...
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Ion-gated Interfaces for Quantum Phase Devices (Ig-QPD)

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2020,

The aim of this ERC proposal is to develop a highly efficient tunable interface with ion-movement-mediated gating as a rich platform for novel electronic devices by using field effect controlling of quantum phase transitions. Working beyond conventional FETs, the new transistors will be build by combining novel layered semiconductor films grown by the CVD method: newly synthesized ionic material; ...
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Archaeology on the Edge: Northern Europe and the Circumpolar World (ArchSci2020)

Start date: Apr 1, 2016, End date: Mar 31, 2020,

ArchSci2020 will provide structured state-of-the-art doctoral training to the next generation of archaeologists and biomolecular scientists forging a new generation of biomolecular archaeologists. Few other academic disciplines have been so transformed in the last decade as Archaeology. ArchSci2020 meet the need of a new generation of researchers. International, intersectoral and interdisciplinary ...
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European Nuclear Science and Application Research 2 (ENSAR2)

Start date: Mar 1, 2016, End date: Feb 29, 2020,

ENSAR2 is the integrating activity for European nuclear scientists who are performing research in three of the major subfields defined by NuPECC: Nuclear Structure and Dynamics, Nuclear Astrophysics and Nuclear Physics Tools and Applications. It proposes an optimised ensemble of Networking (NAs), Joint Research (JRAs) and Transnational Access Activities (TAs), which will ensure qualitative and qua ...
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Connecting Science with Society (EU-PolarNet)

Start date: Mar 1, 2015, End date: Feb 29, 2020,

The rapid changes occurring in the Polar Regions are significantly influencing global climate with consequences for global society. European polar research has contributed critical knowledge to identifying the processes behind these rapid changes but, in contrast to lower latitudes, datasets from the Polar Regions are still insufficient to fully understand and more effectively predict the effects ...
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Solar Energy to Biomass - Optimisation of light energy conversion in plants and microalgae (SE2B)

Start date: Mar 1, 2016, End date: Feb 29, 2020,

In the face of the increasing global consumption of fossil resources, photosynthetic organisms offer an attractive alternative that could meet our rising future needs as clean, renewable, sources of energy and for the production of fine chemicals. Key to the efficient exploitation of these organisms is to optimise the conversion of Solar Energy into Biomass (SE2B). The SE2B network deals with this ...
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Integrating Entrepreneurship and Work Experience into Higher Education

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

The project responds to the concerns expressed by stakeholders on the shortcomings in the labour market orientation of Higher Education (HE), focusing on the balance between practical and theoretical learning in HE and to mismatches between the skills sets of graduates and the skills they require during their early careers. EU countries have experienced a substantial increase in graduate unemploym ...
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Preparedness and Resilience to address Urban Vulnerability (PRUV)

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

The challenge posed by urban vulnerability is immense and is being compounded by rapid unplanned urbanisation, climate change and resource pressures. While the realisation that there is a fundamental shift in the landscape of crises to cities is no longer contested, aid actors are nonetheless grappling with the complexities of adapting their approaches to the urban context. The Preparedness and ...
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PROMOTioN - Progress on Meshed HVDC Offshore Transmission Networks (PROMOTION)

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

In order to unlock the full potential of Europe’s offshore resources, network infrastructure is urgently required, linking off-shore wind parks and on-shore grids in different countries. HVDC technology is envisaged but the deployment of meshed HVDC offshore grids is currently hindered by the high cost of converter technology, lack of experience with protection systems and fault clearance componen ...
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A gardening robot for rose, hedge and topiary trimming (TrimBot2020)

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

The TrimBot2020 project will research the robotics and vision technologies to prototype the first outdoor garden trimming robot. The robot will navigate over varying terrain, approach rose bushes, hedges and boxwood topiary, to trim them to an ideal shape. The robot will be based on a modified Bosch Indego robot lawnmower, which will navigate using a user-defined garden map and 3D scene analysis, ...
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Accelerated Early staGe drug diScovery (AEGIS)

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

The development of effective novel drugs - especially for rare and neglected diseases - is one of the biggest challenges of the upcoming decades, as illustrated by the recent Ebola outbreak. Moreover, European innovation in new drug registrations is dramatically falling behind compared to the US and Asia.The principal aim of the AEGIS ITN is to implement the first comprehensive, intersectoral cros ...
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Rosalind Franklin Fellowship Cofund Programme (Rosalind Franklin)

Start date: Oct 1, 2014, End date: Sep 30, 2019,

The Rosalind Franklin Fellowship Cofund Programme builds on a very successful programme, run by the University of Groningen, The Netherlands. It attracts the best researchers from all over the world to perform research in their own field of research.The Rosalind Franklin Fellowship programme aims to attract the underrepresented gender in all fields of research, for experienced researchers. The ult ...
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