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A synthetic biology approach for magnetization of foreign organisms by genetic engineering and transplantation of bacterial magnetosome biosynthesis (SYNTOMAGX)

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

An immensely valuable asset to the field of synthetic biology would be a means to genetically endow magnetism to living organisms, which is still an unsolved challenge due to the lack of appropriate tools. In contrast, biomagnetism is innate to magnetotactic bacteria, mud-dwelling microbes which as geomagnetic sensors biomineralize iron nanocrystals with exceptional properties, the magnetosomes. H ...
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Antibodies against Nogo-A to enhance plasticity, regeneration and functional recovery after acute spinal cord injury, a multicenter European clinical proof of concept trial (NISCI)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

Spinal cord injury is a severe and devastating neurological disorder that leaves patients with permanent paralysis of the body. No treatment is available today to regenerate interrupted nerve fibers and repair the damaged spinal cord. The incidence of spinal cord injury is about newly injured 10’000 people per year in the EU, and due to an almost normal life expectancy more than 200’000 patients a ...
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Protein design from sub-domain sized fragments (Protein Lego)

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

Proteins are ubiquitous, very diverse, and participate in virtually every cellular process. Nature has generated this impressive set of proteins using mechanisms such as recombination of smaller, sub-domain sized protein fragments that serve as building blocks in a Lego-like manner. Based on these observations we propose a rational design strategy in which new functional proteins are build from fr ...
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Interfaces in opto-electronic thin film multilayer devices (INFORM)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2019,

Development of new materials over the past decade paved the way for organic/hybrid electronics into commercial applications. Now, perfection of material interfaces in organic/hybrid thin-film devices is key to drive the technology further and enable new, more advanced applications. INFORM offers a paradigm shift from focusing on materials to focusing on devices by probing, modelling and controllin ...
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Stories of Tomorrow - Students Visions on the Future of Space Exploration (STORIES)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Jun 30, 2019,

The STORIES project aims to contribute to a dynamic future of children’s ebooks evolution by a) developing user-friendly interfaces for young students (10-12 years old) to create their own multi-path stories expressing their imagination and creativity and b) by integrating the latest AR, VR and 3D printing technologies to visualize their stories in numerous innovative ways. In the heart of this in ...
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ECOPOTENTIAL: IMPROVING FUTURE ECOSYSTEM BENEFITS THROUGH EARTH OBSERVATIONS (ECOPOTENTIAL)

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2019,

Terrestrial and marine ecosystems provide essential services to human societies. Anthropogenic pressures, however, cause serious threat to ecosystems, leading to habitat degradation, increased risk of collapse and loss of ecosystem services. Knowledge-based conservation, management and restoration policies are needed to improve ecosystem benefits in face of increasing pressures. ECOPOTENTIAL makes ...
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"Topological, Algebraic, Differential Methods in Classification and Moduli Theory" (TADMICAMT)

Start date: Apr 1, 2014, End date: Mar 31, 2019,

"Moduli of curves with symmetries:determine the stable irreducible components of the moduli space of curves of genus g with an action of a finite group G, using a new homological invariant. Stable means: for g sufficiently large, or for sufficiently large numerical branching function. Higher homological stabilization for these moduli spaces. Faithful actions of the absolute Galois group on moduli ...
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Industrial Development of Water Flow Glazing Systems (InDeWaG)

Start date: Aug 1, 2015, End date: Jan 31, 2019,

Although Nearly Zero Energy Buildings will become a “must” for new buildings in Europe by the end of 2020 – no particular building concept exists, which would enable maximum use of daylight by a transparent glass façade and at the same time ZEB performance.InDeWaG is introducing a new, disruptive building envelope system which has a at least 15% building cost reduction potential and could be broug ...
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Laser Ignition - A Twinning Collaboration for Frontier Research in Eco-Friendly Fuel-Saving Combustion (LASIG-TWIN)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

The objective of LASIG-Twin is to create a networking collaboration between the Romanian National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics (INFLPR) and its Laboratory of Solid-State Quantum Electronics (ECS) and four other high renowned institutes from Germany, the UK and France, providing a unique opportunity for INFLPR and its partners to significantly increase their science excellence ...
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Support Tool for Energy Efficiency pRogrammes in medical centres (STEER)

Start date: Dec 1, 2014, End date: Nov 30, 2018,

To meet the greenhouse gas reduction targets set by the European Commission and to reduce the reliance on imported energy sources from not-EU countries, the energy efficiency sector vitally needs basic analytical and decision support tools. This is especially true for large scale energy-consumer plants (for ex. foundries) but also for medical centres which typically (1) use large amounts of energy ...
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CREATIONS - Developing an Engaging Science Classroom (CREATIONS)

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

The CREATIONS coordination action aims to demonstrate innovative approaches and activities that involve teachers and students in Scientific Research through creative ways that are based on Art and focus on the development of effective links and synergies between schools and research infrastructures in order to spark young people’s interest in science and in following scientific careers. It aims to ...
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Creating Online Materials & Products At STEM Subjects

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

In the 21st century, careers in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) are the fastest growing sector of jobs. In contrast, there is a crisis in the European STEM education which is being monitored by the Education and Training 2020 initiative. On the other hand, the education sector has invested heavily in digital technology: millions of computers in the schools, millions of laptops i ...
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Higher education student and staff mobility project

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2018,

This is a higher education student and staff mobility project, please consult the website of the organisation to obtain additional details.
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Accretion and Early Differentiation of the Earth and Terrestrial Planets (ACCRETE)

Start date: May 1, 2012, End date: Apr 30, 2018,

Formation of the Earth and the other terrestrial planets of our Solar System (Mercury, Venus and Mars) commenced 4.568 billion years ago and occurred on a time scale of about 100 million years. These planets grew by the process of accretion, which involved numerous collisions with smaller (Moon- to Mars-size) bodies. Impacts with such bodies released sufficient energy to cause large-scale melting ...
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Novel ecological adsorbent using Schwertmannite material for Removal of Selenate and Selenite from contaminated water (NARS)

Start date: May 1, 2016, End date: Apr 30, 2018,

The purpose of this project is to test the suitability of recently developed schwertmannite adsorbents as filter bed materials as a new low-cost technique to remove selenite and selenate from mine water and agricultural drainage. The proposal deals also with critical societal and political issues like water management and sustainability as well as promoting good governance. To this end, an interdi ...
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Template assisted assembly of METAmaterials using MECHanical instabilities (METAMECH)

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

The concept of optical metamaterials has opened completely new perspectives for manipulation of electromagnetic radiation. In contrast to homogenous materials, metamaterials enable qualitatively new features like negative index of refraction. These give rise to new fundamental physical effects, but as well to completely new applications like super-lensing or loss-free molding of the flow of light. ...
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Concrete micromolds for microinjection molding (CONMIC)

Start date: Jul 1, 2016, End date: Jun 30, 2017,

Microinjection molding is the current standard technology for the production of microcomponents. There is an increasing demand for microcomponents with feature sizes down to micrometers due to a general trend towards miniaturization in the medical and automotive industry. The main problem to meet this demand is the considerable fix-cost of the micromolds (microstructured injection tool inserts). C ...
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Higher education student and staff mobility project

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2017,

This is a higher education student and staff mobility project, please consult the website of the organisation to obtain additional details.
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Structural evolution at the nano- and mesoscale (STREAM)

Start date: May 1, 2012, End date: Apr 30, 2017,

"This proposal aims to establish a novel type of kinetic experiment by combining microfluidics with micro-x-ray technology to develop a fundamental understanding of nucleation and growth of organic and inorganic nanoparticles, thus aiming to help producing these particles more efficiently in times of constraint materials resources.The methodology maps particle growth kinetics form the time- to the ...
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LInking farmland Biodiversity to Ecosystem seRvices for effective ecofunctional intensificATION (LIBERATION)

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

The next few decades will witness a rapidly increasing demand for agricultural products. This growing demand needs to be met largely through intensification (produce more from the same land surface) because there is little scope for an increase in agricultural area. Eco-functional intensification has been proposed as a promising solution. Eco-functional intensification is the optimization of all p ...
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Advanced Material And NAnotechnology Cluster (AMANAC)

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

AMANAC targets to create an effective and long lasting collaboration and coordination platform within the EeB-PPP Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology projects, whose activities address development of (nano)materials, components and systems for the improvement of energy efficiency in buildings. The CSA aims to maximize the impact of the participating projects towards the European Industry and Soc ...
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Development of physically based simulation chain for microstructure evolution and resulting mechanical properties focused on additive manufacturing processes (SIMCHAIN)

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

Powder bed based additive manufacturing processes belong to the key technologies of the future. They allow the production of complex shaped components from powder with nearly no waste. However, to optimize the process and the properties of the components, it is fundamental to identify reasonable process windows, ensuring part integrity and stable mechanical properties without giving up too much fl ...
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INvasive SPecies Evaluation, ConTrol & EDucation.NETwork (INSPECTED.NET)

Start date: Aug 1, 2012, End date: Jul 31, 2016,

Climate change, soil degradation and the need of alternative energy sources are main challenges at the beginning of the 21st century. Exotic plant species are introduced on purpose for wood production, CO2 sequestration and soil amelioration. Some of these exotics spread out without control and are able to facilitate their invasion into native ecosystems by altering habitat properties. These so-ca ...
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Higher education student and staff mobility project

Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: May 31, 2016,

Die Beantwortung der Fragen wurde zur besseren Übersicht in einzelne Phasen des Projekts untergliedert: 1. Vorbereitungsphase: - Es erfolgt stets gezielte Werbung durch Informationsveranstaltungen zusammen mit den Fachverantwortlichen in den jeweiligen (Mint-)Fächern (z.B. Lehramt & Ingenieurs-Studiengänge). - Die Konzeption von Informationsmaßnahmen umfasst: einen International Day, d.h. die Ge ...
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Open Discovery Space: A socially-powered and multilingual open learning infrastructure to boost the adoption of eLearning resources (Open Discovery Space)

Start date: Apr 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

Open Discovery Space aims to serve as an accelerator of the sharing, adoption, usage, and re-purposing of the already rich existing educational content base. First of all, it will demonstrate ways to involve school communities in innovative teaching and learning practices through the effective use of eLearning resources. It will promote community building between numerous schools of Europe and emp ...
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Harvesting solar energy with multifunctional glass-polymer windows (HARWIN)

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

In HarWin new materials will be developed with the aim of constructing next generation windows. These windows will improve significantly energy efficiency of windows and the buildings. They will enable extension of window functionality beyond the current European State of Art. The improvements are based on reduced weight, reduced thermal conductivity and energy consumption, reduced material usage ...
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The fate and behaviour of volatiles during subduction of oceanic crustal material towards greater mantle depths (fatemantle)

Start date: Sep 10, 2012, End date: Aug 23, 2015,

The world’s oceans contain up to 5.5 times less water by mass than is believed to exist in the Earth’s interior (i.e. Earth’s mantle and core). Yet the presence of volatiles such as H2O, CO2, C, CH4 (i.e. H-C-O) in the Earth’s interior are often overlooked despite critical for life on Earth.The chief means of replenishment of the Earth’s interior with volatiles over geological time is via subducti ...
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FUnctional Nitrides for Energy Applications (FUNEA)

Start date: Feb 1, 2011, End date: Jan 31, 2015,

The FUNEA vision is to develop an integrated and multidisciplinary research and training programme in the field of inorganic nitrides for energy applications. In terms of fundamental research, the FUNEA aims to advance the state-of-the-art knowledge and understanding of inorganic nitrides and mixed nitride-anion systems by achieving the ability to synthesise, manipulate, characterize, understand a ...
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Status and Trends of European Pollinators (STEP)

Start date: Feb 1, 2010, End date: Jan 31, 2015,

Pollinators form a key component of European biodiversity, and provide vital ecosystem services to crops and wild plants. There is growing evidence of declines in both wild and domesticated pollinators, and parallel declines in plants relying upon them. STEP will document the nature and extent of these declines, examine functional traits associated with particular risk, develop a Red List of some ...
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Sensitivity Analysis for Deterministic Controller Design (SADCO)

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

Optimisation-based design of control systems is concerned with determination of control strategies for complex, dynamical systems, to optimise some measures of best performance. It has the potential for applications to a wide range of fields, including aerospace, chemical processing, transportation systems and resource economics.The multi-partner initial training network SADCO aims at: Training yo ...
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Large-area Organic and Hybrid Solar Cells (LARGECELLS)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Aug 31, 2014,

"The task of developing large-area, thin film solar cells based on polymers as well as solid-state organic-inorganic (hybrid) systems will be undertaken. The required novel materials (charge transport polymers, semiconductor surfactants/compatibilizers and inorganic nanoparticles) will be synthesized and the compounds with the most potential will be scaled-up for the purpose of modern fabrication ...
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Deep Earth Elastic Properties and a Universal Pressure Scale (DEEP)

Start date: Feb 1, 2009, End date: Jul 31, 2014,

Knowledge of the physical and chemical state of the Earth s inner silicate mantle is central to our understanding of plate tectonics, mantle convection, magma generation and the composition of the Earth as a whole. The key to this knowledge is the ability to interpret studies of seismic wave velocities through the deep Earth using laboratory measurements of mineral sound velocities at high pressur ...
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Securing the Conservation of biodiversity across Administrative Levels and spatial, temporal, and Ecological Scales (SCALES)

Start date: May 1, 2009, End date: Jul 31, 2014,

Our capacity to effectively sustain biodiversity across spatial and temporal scales is an essential component of European environmental sustainability. Anthropogenic and environmental pressures on biodiversity act differently at different scales. Consequently, effective conservation responses to these threats must explicitly consider the scale at which effects occur, and therefore it is crucial th ...
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"Developing novel intelligent labels for chilled and frozen food products, promoting the influence of smart labels application on waste reduction, food quality and safety in the European supply chains" (IQ-FRESHLABEL)

Start date: Aug 1, 2010, End date: Jan 31, 2014,

"IQ-FRESHLABEL will develop two novel innovative intelligent labels. One will monitor the time and temperature of frozen products, the other also the oxygen content in modified atmosphere packed fresh food. Controlling post production life cycle of food is important element of food supply chain. Improper handling of product during transport, storage and in households results in quality defects, in ...
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Transfection Ability and Intracellular Pathway of LbL Nanostructured siRNA Delivery Systems (Nanosirna)

Start date: Jan 2, 2011, End date: Jan 1, 2014,

The scientific objective of the research carried out in this International Research Staff Exchange Scheme, is the development of a new technology to effectively deliver siRNA to cancer cells by the embedding of a polyplex into the multilayers and multifunctional nanocapsules. We propose to target pro-survival and anti-apoptotic factors in human cancer cells by using siRNA encapsulated into polyele ...
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The Pathway to Inquiry Based Science Teaching (Pathway)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

"Following the recommendations of the ""Science Education Now: A renewed Pedagogy for the Future of Europe"" report, the Pathway Supporting Action is bringing together experts in the field of science education research and teachers´ communities, scientists and researchers involved in pioneering scientific research, policy makers and curriculum developers to promote the effective widespread use of ...
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European Clearing House for Open Robotics Development (ECHORD)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

Description Strengthening the knowledge transfer between scientific research and industry in robotics and stimulating their cooperation In Europe the robotics industry is strong, but still fragmented and dispersed. The objective of ECHORD is to provide new opportunities for coordinated and target- ...
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Integration of European Simulation Chambers for Investigating Atmospheric Processes - Part 2 (EUROCHAMP-2)

Start date: May 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

"The fundamental objective of the project is the further integration of existing European research facilities to a grid of reaction chambers in a continuation of the EUROCHAMP project. These facilities were created to study the impact of atmospheric processes e.g. on regional photochemistry, global change, as well as cultural heritage and human health effects under as realistic conditions as possi ...
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Natural Europe: Natural History & Environmental Cultural Heritage in European Digital Libraries for Education (Natural Europe)

Start date: Oct 1, 2010, End date: Oct 31, 2013,

In an era where natural history and environmental education inadequacy in formal and informal contexts is becoming an increasingly challenging issue, harvesting the potential of European digital libraries appears as a very attractive option. However, an impressive abundance of high quality digital content that is available in Natural History Museums (NHMs) around Europe remains largely unexploited ...
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In Vivo Imaging of Beta cell Receptors by Applied Nano Technology (VIBRANT)

Start date: Jul 1, 2009, End date: Jun 30, 2013,

Currently, around 30 million people in the enlarged Europe suffer from diabetes, with a prevalence of 7.5% in member states. In recent years the emergence of type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents is a new and serious health challenge to the youth of Europe, their families and society. By 2025, the number of people with diabetes is expected to rise to around 50 million in Europe, thus increas ...
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