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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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Advanced Training and Research in Energy Efficient Smart Structures (ANTARES)

Start date: Oct 1, 2014, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

Smart mechatronic structures of the future will have to be extremely energy efficient and self-powering in as many situations as possible. In addition to capabilities such as sensing and reacting to their environment in a predictable and desired manner, the next generation of smart structures will have to exhibit top class energy efficiency.In the context of the proposed ANTARES project (Advanced ...
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Carbon dioxide regulation of Earth’s ecological weathering engine: from microorganisms to ecosystems (CDREG)

Start date: Jun 1, 2013, End date: May 31, 2018,

CDREG develops the major new Earth system science research hypothesis that tectonic-related variations in Earth’s atmospheric CO2 concentration ([CO2]a) drive negative ecological feedbacks on terrestrial silicate weathering rates that stabilise further [CO2]a change and regulate climate. This paradigm-changing hypothesis integrates ecological and abiotic controls on silicate weathering to underst ...
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Fundamental breakthroughs in Lithium-Air Batteries (FunLAB)

Start date: Apr 25, 2014, End date: Apr 24, 2018,

Lithium-air batteries are a promising alternative to power the future electric vehicles. However, major improvements at the level of the fundamentals of the reactions will be required in order to improve their practical specific energy and rechargeability. Some of the challenges include: i) the instability of organic electrolytes in the presence of the superoxide radical formed as an intermediate ...
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Circadian Developmental Requirements (Clock Development)

Start date: Apr 1, 2014, End date: Mar 31, 2018,

Circadian clocks are internal daily time keeping mechanisms that are required for autonomous daily rhythms in physiology and behaviour of both fruit flies and humans. Our previous work has identified a developmental role in fruit flies for the transcription factor CLOCK/CYCLE (CLK/CYC), which represents a phylogenetic and functional orthologue of the key human circadian regulator CLOCK/BMAL1. By c ...
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Robust Organic Tectonics (RobOT)

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

This proposal will transform the area of organic crystal engineering by introducing a new level of ‘designability’ into functional molecular crystals. In the last 20 years, extended frameworks, and particularly metal-organic frameworks, have changed the perception of what is possible in terms of purposeful crystal engineering. This is because these frameworks comprise strong and directional extend ...
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Training network on reactive geological systems from the mantle to the abyssal sub-seafloor (ABYSS)

Start date: Mar 1, 2014, End date: Feb 28, 2018,

"ABYSS is a training and career development platform for young scientists in Geodynamics, Mineralogy, Hydrodynamics, Thermodynamics and (Bio-)Geochemistry focusing on mid-ocean ridge processes and their environmental and economic impacts. It brings together 10 European research groups internationally recognized for their excellence in complementary disciplines and 4 Associated Partners from the Pr ...
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Identification of vaccine candidates using reverse vaccinology (RevVac)

Start date: Mar 1, 2014, End date: Feb 28, 2018,

Reverse vaccinology (RevVac) is an emerging field that uses bioinformatics to identify vaccine candidates directly from the genome sequence of pathogenic bacteria. The long-term goal of the proposed research is to identify new vaccine candidates that may be formulated into subunit vaccines that protect against bacterial pathogens. The objective of this particular application is to dramatically imp ...
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From Radio-Frequency to Giga-Bit Optical- and Quantum-Wireless (Beam-Me-Up)

Start date: Mar 1, 2013, End date: Feb 28, 2018,

The majority of the globe's population carries a mobile phone, but with the increasing proliferation of smart phones and tablet-computers the tele-traffic is predicted to grow 1000-fold over the next decade, especially, when aiming for creating the impression of ubiquitous and flawless 'tele-presence' based on crisp, three-dimensional (3D) video with its sense of joy and wonder. For tele-presence ...
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Breakthrough Solutions for the Sustainable Exploration and Extraction of Deep Sea Mineral Resources (BLUE MINING)

Start date: Feb 1, 2014, End date: Jan 31, 2018,

Earth provides natural resources, such as fossil fuels and minerals, that are vital for Europe´s economy. As the global demand grows, especially for strategic metals, commodity prices rapidly rise and there is an identifiable risk of an increasing supply shortage of some metals, including those identified as critical to Europe's high technology sector. Hence a major element in any economy’s long-t ...
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"Clinical and public health research to improve maternal, newborn health and to control sexually transmitted infections" (MNSIRSES)

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

"The overall aim of the proposed staff exchange programme is to establish a long lasting collaboration between Moroccan, South African and European research teams involved in clinical epidemiological and public health research. This effort should ultimately lead to improved mother and child health and better control of sexual transmitted diseases. The proposal is therefore structured in seven work ...
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LODESTONE: Unifying the Radio Spectrum to Map the Magnetic Universe (LODESTONE)

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

Clusters of galaxies are a unique cosmological probe. Beyond the potential wells of individual clusters the vast filamentary cosmic web which binds them together contains two thirds of the baryonic matter in the Universe and represents a rich scientific resource. In order to use such resources correctly it is essential to understand the energetics, dynamics and redshift dependence of the intra/in ...
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Finding order to harness chaos: A new approach to understanding and controlling high Reynolds-number wall-bounded turbulence (WBT)

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

The enormous impact and significance of high Reynolds-number wall-bounded turbulence in various applications ranging from transportation and energy generation systems to meteorology and oceanography cannot be understated. However, almost all existing ideas in modelling and controlling wall-bounded turbulence are based on our limited understanding of low Reynolds-number flows. In higher Reynolds-nu ...
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Development of improved perennial non-food biomass and bioproduct crops for water stressed environments (WATBIO)

Start date: Nov 1, 2012, End date: Oct 31, 2017,

"The goal of WATBIO is to use the power of next generation sequencing to develop an accelerated route for producing new germplasm with enhanced drought tolerance whilst maintaining biomass productivity and quality in water scarce, marginal environments unsuitable for food crops.This will be achieved for three non-food crops (Populus, Miscanthus and Arundo), suitable for growth on water scarce, mar ...
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Community and Ramp Aircraft NoisE (CRANE)

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

"Reducing aircraft noise emission is a priority for the European aviation sector, since both community and occupancy noises have significant environmental impact and constrain airport activities. In addition there is a strong interplay between low-noise technologies, fuel efficiency and air pollution.Computer simulations play a crucial role in the acoustic design of aircraft airframes and engines, ...
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Immunostimulatory Agonist antibodies for Cancer Therapy (IACT)

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

"This concerted action aims at providing new treatment options for cancer patients through boosting innovative drug development by European academia and industry. A wealth of preclinical data shows that the therapeutic impact of cytotoxic regimens is enhanced by simultaneous application of drugs that strengthen the immune system. The recent FDA-approval of Ipilimumab demonstrated that cancer immun ...
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Food-based solutions for Optimal vitamin D Nutrition and health through the life cycle (ODIN)

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

Vitamin D deficiency has significant implications for human health and impacts on healthy growth and development and successful aging. Fundamental knowledge gaps are barriers to implementing a safe and effective public health strategy to prevent vitamin D deficiency and optimize status. ODIN will provide the evidence to prevent vitamin D deficiency in Europe and improve nutrition and public health ...
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Influence of nutrient starvation on corals' susceptibility to bleaching (INCORALS)

Start date: Nov 1, 2012, End date: Oct 31, 2017,

"INCORALS will establish a novel conceptual model that introduces a transition of symbiotic algae from a nutrient limited to a nutrient starved state as a process that renders reef building corals more susceptible to heat stress. Elevated temperatures have been identified as the key driver for coral bleaching, which is the often fatal loss of corals’ symbiotic algae. Thus, studies have estimated ...
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Human Factors of Automated Driving (HFAuto)

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

Road transport is an essential part of society but the burden of traffic crashes, congestion, and pollution is enormous. Highly automated driving (HAD) has the potential to resolve these problems and major car makers foresee that HAD will be technically ready for commercialisation within one decade from now. However, industry is ill-prepared to deal with imminent human-error and legal consequences ...
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Engine Module Validators (ENOVAL)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

The ENOVAL project will provide the next step of engine technologies to achieve and surpass the ACARE 2020 goals on the way towards Flightpath 2050. ENOVAL completes the European 7th Framework Programme (FP7) roadmap of Level 2 aero engine projects. ENOVAL will focus on the low pressure system of ultra-high by-pass ratio propulsion systems (12 < BPR < 20) in conjunction with ultra high overall pre ...
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Cell Metabolomics on A Chip By Integrated High-Resolution NMR Spectroscopy (uF-NMR)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

uF-NMR aims at the development of microfluidic devices that allow the culture and manipulation of populations of live cells while characterising their metabolome in situ through NMR spectroscopy. The basic paradigm is the direct interrogation of sample volumes on the chip. This is achieved through integrating micro-fabricated radio frequency resonators into the microfluidic device. Rather than ext ...
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Accelerated design and discovery of novel molecular materials via global lattice energy minimisation (ANGLE)

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

"The goal of crystal engineering is the design of functional crystalline materials in which the arrangement of basic structural building blocks imparts desired properties. The engineering of organic molecular crystals has, to date, relied largely on empirical rules governing the intermolecular association of functional groups in the solid state. However, many materials properties depend intricatel ...
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Organocatalytic synthesis of fluorine compounds. Development of new methodologies for the enantioselective introduction of fluorine building blocks via CH activation of sp3 carbon (CSP3OCF)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

"The Project will deal with the activation of inert Csp3-H bonds and the enantioselective addition of fluorocarbon nucleophiles to lead to the enantioselective synthesis of fluorinated compounds. The impact of the research will be highly significant to several areas. First of all, a general method for a green and enantioselective synthesis of fluorine compounds through Csp3-H activation will repre ...
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Two-body dynamics in general relativity: the self-force approach (GSF)

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

"The gravitational two-body problem is a longstanding open problem in General Relativity, dating back to work by Einstein himself in the 1930s. Unlike in Newtonian theory, bound binary orbits in relativity are never periodic: the system loses energy via emission of gravitational waves (GWs), and the two masses gradually inspiral until they merge. The description of this radiative dynamics is extre ...
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Semantic Data Management (SemData)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

Semantic data management refers to a range of techniques for the manipulation and usage of data basedon its meaning. Semantically enabled linked and open data have been published at an increasing pace inrecent years, and this technology has been adopted by major industrial players, including Google, Yahoo,Oracle, Talis and IBM. But to reach their full potential of becoming a transformative technol ...
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Biofuel Cells : From fundamentals to applications of bioelectrochemistry (Bioenergy)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

The proposed ITN BIOENERGY deals with the understanding of experimental limits and fundamental principles for exploiting and developing electro-conducting nanoarchitectures to assemble highly efficient bioelectrocatalytic structures as a basis for efficient and stable biofuel cells. Based on that fundamental understanding, the main technological objective of BIOENERGY is to develop efficient and s ...
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SenseOCEAN: Marine sensors for the 21st Century (SenseOcean)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

SenseOCEAN brings together the leading sensor developers from academia and industry across Europe to enable a quantum leap in worldwide in situ ocean biogeochemical sensor technology. It will produce fundamental innovations in analytical sciences fusing together new techniques for microfabrication, system integration, self calibration and cost-effective mass production. It will deliver a new prod ...
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Atomic Scale Group-IV Materials for Beyond-CMOS Applications (ATOMIC SCALE GFM)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

I will systematically exploit the quantum properties in Group-IV Materials (GFMs) at the atomic scale, by using top-down patterning processes developed for Si technologies. Among GFMs, I will examine graphene, Si, and Ge nano-structures, since these materials are technologically important. More specifically, I will use our He-Ion-Microscope (HIM) milling techniques to fabricate nano-structures bey ...
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JEt noise of high bypass RatiO eNgine: Installation, advanced Modelling and mitigatiOn (JERONIMO)

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

The central goal of JERONIMO is the understanding of the physical mechanisms of ultrahigh bypass ratio (UHBR) engines with a bypass ratio (BPR) larger than 12 and the related installed jet noise with potential jet-wing interaction. The aim is to reduce uncertainties in jet noise characterisation of this novel installation configuration by wind tunnel tests and predictions and being able to derive ...
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Dynamic Microfluidic Deflection Systems for High Throughput Single Platelet Function Testing (FREE-FLOW)

Start date: Aug 1, 2013, End date: Jul 31, 2017,

"Single activated platelets can activate other platelets to drive blood clotting. Single, hyper-sensitive platelets could coordinate clotting in healthy individuals or cause pathological clotting in high risk groups such as the elderly, obese peoples and smokers. To identify potentially rare hypersensitive platelets, an assay must enable high throughput population profiling with all platelets isol ...
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Dynamic protein interaction networks in cancer (OncoProtNet)

Start date: Aug 1, 2013, End date: Jul 31, 2017,

The inappropriate activity of signaling pathways and activation of gene-expression programs is a primary driver of transformation in cancer cells. In turn, dis-regulation of signaling pathways in cancer cells is frequently caused by mutations in important oncoproteins, which may alter protein expression, structure or function. In addition, increasing evidence shows that oncoprotein mutations may a ...
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4 pi sky: Extreme Astrophysics with Revolutionary Radio Telescopes (4PI-SKY)

Start date: Jul 1, 2011, End date: Jun 30, 2017,

Extreme astrophysical events such as relativistic flows, cataclysmic explosions and black hole accretion are one of the key areas for astrophysics in the 21st century. The extremes of physics experienced in these environments are beyond anything achievable in any laboratory on Earth, and provide a unique glimpse at the laws of physics operating in extraordinary regimes. All of these events are ...
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Optimizing Antisense Oligonucleotides for Efficient and Specific Knockdown of Nuclear Non-Coding RNA (NONCODOWN)

Start date: Jun 1, 2013, End date: May 31, 2017,

The past decade has seen a dramatic increase in discovery of noncoding RNA with functional regulatory roles in the nucleus of mammalian cells. Yet tools to manipulate these nuclear noncoding RNAs remain inadequate. This proposal will develop optimized antisense oligonucleotides for targeting and degrading structured RNAs in the nucleus. This will be carried out by using both the best of what al ...
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SUPerconducting, Reliable, lightweight, And more POWERful offshore wind turbine (SUPRAPOWER)

Start date: Dec 1, 2012, End date: May 31, 2017,

SUPRAPOWER is a research project focused on a major innovation in offshore wind turbine technology by developing a new compact superconductor-based generator.The project aims to provide an important breakthrough in offshore wind industrial solutions by designing an innovative, lightweight, robust and reliable 10 MW class offshore wind turbine based on a superconducting (SC) generator, taking into ...
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Using Severe Plastic Deformation for the Processing of Bulk Nanostructured Metals (SPDMETALS)

Start date: May 1, 2011, End date: Apr 30, 2017,

"The processing of metals through the application of severe plastic deformation (SPD) provides an opportunity for achieving exceptional grain refinement to the submicrometer or the nanometer range. This grain refinement cannot be achieved by conventional methods and it introduces both significant strength and a potential superplastic forming capability. The two most important SPD techniques are ...
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Enhanced European Coordination for Accelerator Research & Development (EUCARD-2)

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

Research accelerators are facing important challenges that must be addressed in the years to come: existing infrastructures are stretched to all performance frontiers, new world-class facilities on the ESFRI roadmap are starting or nearing completion, and strategic decisions are needed for future accelerators and major upgrades in Europe.While current projects concentrate on their specific objecti ...
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Unraveling new physics on high-performance computers (NEWPHYSICSHPC)

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

"Quarks are bound together by the strong nuclear force as described by QCD. Due to confinement quarks and gluons are not detected in experiments but particles which are complicated bound states. Simulations allow for relating the bound state properties to those of the underlying quarks. The calculation is performed by constructing a discrete four dimensional space-time lattice and then solving the ...
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Position and Personalize Advanced Human Body Models for Injury Prediction (PIPER)

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

"In passive safety, human variability is currently difficult to account for using crash test dummies and regulatory procedures. However, vulnerable populations such as children and elderly need to be considered in the design of safety systems in order to further reduce the fatalities by protecting all users and not only so called averages.Based on the finite element method, advanced Human Body Mod ...
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Mental Health Training through Research Network in Europe (MARATONE)

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

"MARATONE is a Marie Curie Initial Training Network proposal that directly addresses the need for high-level training and career pathways in mental health to increase the inter-sectorial and trans-national employability of young scientists in the academic, public and private sectors to meet the enormous challenge of the 2009 EU Parliament Resolution on Mental Health. The Resolution set out recomme ...
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Engine Breakthrough Components and Subsystems (E-BREAK)

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

Future aero engines will need to be more efficient and contribute to the reduction on environmental impact of air transportation. They must reach some standards of performance by reducing emissions and creating some savings on operation costs.EIMG consortium has launched since several years some initiatives to develop future engines in the frame of the European Committee research programmes.Within ...
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