Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-actions-marie-curie-participations-et-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Projet GaLIophore (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2015)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Environment and Geosciences
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The projected use of GaAs and CIGS solar panel will lead to 137 tonnes deficit of Ga in 2020. As the Ga can only be economically mined as a by-product of bauxite mining which is not going to increase dramatically in near future, the only way to meet the projected EU requirement is by the recovery of Ga from scraps (LED waste) or GaAs fabrication industry wastewater. However, there is so far no commercially viable technology available. The objective of this project is to develop a commercially viable green technology for the recovery of Ga from GaAs fabrication industry wastewater. This proposal exploits the high affinity of siderophores towards Ga(III) to selectively recover Ga from GaAs fabrication industry wastewater. The biggest challenge in developing siderophores based Ga recovery technology is achieving efficient solid-liquid separation and easy scalability. This study proposes to anchor, entrap and immobilize selected siderophores on solid surfaces, gels and cellulose filter, respectively, thus easing solid-liquid separation and scalability. Batch adsorption and desorption experiments will be carried out to optimize the experimental conditions for the recovery of Ga from the GaAs fabrication industry wastewater. The interaction of Ga(III) and siderophores will be studied at molecular level. This understanding will help us to apply the developed technology to different critical metals as well and develop siderophores based bioleaching process and biosensors. The next phase of the project would involve semi-continuous and continuous experiments to scale-up the best possible configuration selected during the batch study. Finally, economic modeling will be carried out to support the commercialization of the developed technology. This proposal will train the experienced researcher in developing green technology and soft skills, make host the forte of innovative biotechnology and increase the competitiveness of EU at global scale in critical raw metals.

Mots clés : siderophores, gallium, biosorption, biocomposites, spectroscopy, critical metals, resource recovery, sustainability, green technology

Participants :
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Allemagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 171460.8 €
Projet Spin1D (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2015)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Physics
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The properties of materials are determined by the order in their most fundamental constituents, generally appearing at sufficiently low temperatures after a phase transition. This generic picture encompasses phenomena as diverse as: the ordering of atoms into perfectly periodic crystals, into superfluid phases for liquid Helium or dilute atomic gases, or even cosmological phenomena. In the case of magnetic materials, usually described in terms of localized spins on lattice, ordering refers to the spatial organization of spins. Examples of such organization are the ferromagnetic and anti-ferromagnetic phases in electronic (spin-1/2) systems: the former is characterized by the parallel alignment of adjacent electron spins in a lattice, while the latter exhibits an antiparallel arrangement of the spins. Spin-exchange interactions are responsible for the emergence of such magnetic quantum phases. Magnetic systems are of the utmost importance for fundamental and applied reasons. A general understanding the nature of magnetic quantum phases of matter requires the study of magnetic systems beyond spin-1/2, where more magnetic phases are possible. Spinor Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) are highly controllable ultracold atom systems whose internal (spin) degree of freedom allows for different types of magnetic ordering, therefore offering a wider span of magnetic quantum phases. The real time control of the experimental parameters also enables a detailed study of the dynamics of the system out of equilibrium, where topological defects can arise. Furthermore, under spin-orbit coupling (SOC) spinor BECs can display even richer behavior arising from the interplay between ordering in momentum space due to SOC and in real space due to spin exchange. This project aims at the realization of 1D quantum systems with ultracold Na-23 atoms to investigate magnetic quantum phases (with or without SOC) in and out of equilibrium.

Mots clés : quantum magnetism, bose gas, spinor system, spin exchange, quantum phases, quantum phase transitions, optical lattices, non equilibrium phenomena, topological defects, spin orbit coupling

Participants :
- Collège de France (France) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 138807.0 €
- Centre national de la recherche scientifique (France) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 46269.0 €
Projet THERARC (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2020)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : TERMINATED

The proportion of the number of people aged 65 years and over compared to the younger population is steadily increasing in Europe. To accommodate growing healthcare needs, at least three European countries recently allocated a budget of €477 toward the building of new healthcare facilities. With age, the incidence of cancer greatly increases. Cancer is one of the primary causes of morbidity in Europe, with more than 3 million new cases yearly. Moreover, cancer patients’ experience of mental and physical fatigue, and anxiety is more pronounced due to the ageing process. Costly cancer medicine and research address the treatment of illness, yet the socio-spatial therapeutic qualities of cancer clinics, a fundamental aspect of health, remain an overlooked element of healthcare provision. Medical and architectural researchers recognize the therapeutic role of the built environment, yet primarily focus on patients’ needs in inpatient wards. Research in outpatient clinics has been scarce, even though the transient nature of outpatient clinics often fails to support fundamental socio-spatial needs such as privacy, territoriality and accessibility. Articulation of how the built environment of care, particularly outpatient cancer clinics, can support older patients’ wellbeing lacks interdisciplinary perspective. The scientific objectives of this project are a) exploration of the spatial elements that influence multifaceted needs of older cancer patients through ethnographic, quantitative research and gender analysis; b) the establishment of an interdisciplinary theoretical foundation based on medical sociology, environmental psychology and built environment studies. Articulating the spatial determinants of healthcare provision for the older population increases their survival rates and of other vulnerable groups with cognitive and physical impairment. This research addresses three Horizon 2020 challenges: inclusive society, wellbeing and health and resource efficiency.

Mots clés : wellbeing, therapeutic environments, older patients, cancer, environmental psychology, user centered design research, user experience, medical architecture, healthcare environments

Participants :
- University of London (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 337400.64 €
Projet Technopolitics (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2019)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The proposal aims to advance an innovative research on the links among community engagement, political participation and digital social media to influence the policy-making processes that can benefit democracy in Europe. Establishing a multi-method based in the Engaged theory, underpinned by a cross-disciplinary approach which involves History, Sociology, Political Science, Communication, Culture and Media Studies and Digital Humanities, through the study of two in-depth cases, the project will achieve the proposed objectives: 1) To investigate the influence of digital media technologies in the citizen and political ecosystem; 2) To develop a theoretical framework including the Good Practices for democratization which can oriented the policy-making processes; 3) To transfer new knowledge of international impact to ERC and the host institution; 4) To reinforce my career gaining a stable position in the university after the two-year training through-research project, which is the main goal of my Personal Career Development Plan. The proposal presents a dissemination and communication plan and outreach activities of the theoretical framework, including the publication of two high impact scientific articles and a final monography, as outcomes of the project and an intense diffusion activity of the results (online/offline), aligned with the Pillar 6 of H2020 program on societal challenges.

Mots clés : community engagement, political participation, digital media

Participants :
- Universidad de Sevilla (Espagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 172932.48 €
Projet DCMeta (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2017)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Chemistry
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The proposal aims to integrate visible light photoredox catalysis with metal catalysed C-H functionalisation processes, with an emphasis on meta functionalisations under ruthenium catalysis. This dual catalysis approach will offer a very direct approach to addressing C-H bonds that are hard to manipulate under standard conditions. By using photoredox catalysis to control the electon transfer events that govern the metal catalytic cycle, we hope to establish new reactivity under mild conditions, that can be widely exploited in chemical synthesis. The first part of this proposal sets out our strategy to achieve this using substrates with covalently attached directing groups. We then want to advance further and develop ways of direct C-H activation using directing groups that can be installed in situ, which is described in the second part of the proposal.

Mots clés : synthetic methodology, photoredox catalysis, c h activation

Participants :
- University of Manchester (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 183454.8 €
Projet Coupled (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2015)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The proposal focusses on investigating the incorporation of microstructural aspects of soil fabric into an existing coupled mechanical and retention framework for saturated and unsaturated soils. Particular emphasis will be given to two challenging patterns of microstructural behaviour: (1) Soils exhibiting a highly directional-dependent response, as a consequence of a particular orientation of their internal structure (anisotropic behaviour); (2) Soils exhibiting large swelling deformations on wetting, as a consequence of the presence in the soil of highly expansive clay minerals (expansive behaviour). Both of these aspects are intimately related to the internal clay fabric (micro-level) and an improved understanding of the influences that the microstructural fraction has on the global soil response (macro-level) is central to the development of a novel constitutive model capable to represent comprehensively these advanced features of soil behaviour. Full implementation of such constitutive model into a finite element formulation will provide a unique computational tool from where practitioners and researchers will be able to assess, in a unified manner, simple and advanced geotechnical engineering applications involving both saturated and unsaturated soil behaviour. Effectively, the use of a more reliable material representation in geotechnical designs, by means of the implemented model, will facilitate a safer construction and serviceability of civil infrastructures supported on the ground while potentially reducing associated costs.

Mots clés : unsaturated soils, saturated soils, mechanical behaviour, water retention behaviour, constitutive modelling, coupling, anisotropy, irreversible swelling, soil fabric, microestructure, finite element

Participants :
- University of Glasgow (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 183454.8 €
Projet ELLIS-SDI (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2019)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Mathematics
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The proposal studies relativistic generalizations of quantum integrable models of Calogero-Moser-Sutherland (CMS) type and their deformations, and the correspondence between the CMS models and the Painlevé hierarchies. It is divided into several parts. The first part investigates the van Diejen model (which is the most complicated model in the CMS family) and its sophisticated limiting case proposed by Takemura. The aim is to construct exact eigenfunctions of these two models using the kernel function methods. These eigenfunctions belong to an emerging new class in the theory of special functions. The second part is devoted to the study of integrable deformations of the relativistic CMS model (Ruijsenaars model), going back to the works of Chalykh, Feigin, Veselov and Sergeev. In the trigonometric case, the deformed models are known to be integrable and the eigenfunctions of the principal Hamiltonian are given in terms of super-Macdonald polynomials. Using the kernel function identities, I will prove that all higher Hamiltonians of this model are diagonalized by the super-Macdonald polynomials. This will be used to establish orthogonality of the super-Macdonald polynomials. Extending this, I plan to establish integrability of the elliptic case. Furthermore, by using algebraic tools such as Cherednik operators and double affine Hecke algebras, and building upon a recent work of Chalykh, I will construct quantum Lax matrices for the deformed models in all cases. Lastly, we aim to find a conceptual link between elliptic Cherednik algebras and higher Painlevé systems. Namely, first we will obtain the classical Inozemtsev system from Cherednik algebra by a Hamiltonian reduction. By relating this to the recent results of Bertolo, Cafasso, and Rubtsov, we will then find an alternative and more natural interpretation of the higher Painlevé equations as isomonodromic deformations.

Mots clés : quantum integrable systems, special functions, calogero moser sutherland models, calogero painlev  correspondence

Participants :
- University of Leeds (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 212933.76 €
Projet PERMEABLE (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2020)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The proposed 24-month fellowship aims to reintegrate the researcher, Dr. Carlos Romero Villarreal, in Europe after 3.5 years in New Zealand. He will address the feasibility of using powder metallurgy (PM) approaches and coatings to process highly efficient, lightweight bipolar plates (BP) for PEM fuel cells (FC) based on porous flow fields. This fellowship will be carried out in the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), in Spain, under the supervision of Professor Elena Gordo Odériz. As part of this, the researcher will carry out a 6-month secondment in ArcelorMittal, the world’s leading steel manufacturer, under the co-supervision of Dr. Domínguez and Dr. Botas. The scientific objective of the proposal is to develop materials for metallic BP based on porous flow fields that have low density in order to reduce considerably the weight of PEMFCs while keeping a high performance, to increase the energy efficiency of transportation systems. This contributes to key EU and UN objectives like low-carbon and climate-neutral economies. The low-density candidate materials are titanium and Ti-based MAX phases, which have good mechanical and conductive properties. These materials will be processed using PM techniques that allow the fabrication of dense and porous materials. To improve their performance, corrosion-resistant and electrically-conductive coatings based on TiN and graphene will be developed. The mechanical, conductive and corrosion properties of these materials will be characterised to assess if they achieve the PEMFC target properties. Along with the training in the relevant scientific skills, this proposal also has the objective to establish Dr. Romero as an independent researcher by training in several transferable skills key for academic and industrial environments such as leadership, teaching and supervision, project management, IPR and knowledge transfer and scientific communication (especially to non-specialist audiences).

Mots clés : titanium, ceramic, powder metallurgy, porous materials, coatings

Participants :
- Carlos III University of Madrid (Espagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 172932.48 €
Projet TASTGCEP (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2015)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The proposed Project is the critical edition (editio princeps) of the Greek translation of Thomas Aquinas’ Summa Theologiae Ia IIae by Demetrios Cydones and of its partial Compendium by Cardinal Bessarion. The proposed research is part of the “Thomas de Aquino Byzantinus” Project, which is held by the Royal Holloway University of London and the Department of Education of the University of Patras. This project aims to provide scholarship with critical editions of the Byzantine translations of some of Aquinas’ writings and, thus, to contribute to the research on the relations between the Catholic and Orthodox theological and intellectual traditions. As regards the proposed research, just a few studies deal with the influence of Scholastic moral philosophy on Byzantium. Thus, the proposed critical editions will reveal the influence of Thomas Aquinas’ moral philosophy on Byzantine world and shed more light on the philosophical and theological dialogue among distinguished scholars and theologians in the Greek East and the Latin West in a period of intensive intellectual creativity. In this aspect, the relations between the Latin and Byzantine culture will be seen from a different point of view and the History of Ideas in Europe will be enriched. In this sense, the publication of these texts will become an indispensable tool for scholars and students of Byzantine and Western European intellectual history. Considering the quality of the proposed research, my competences in critical editions, and my research experience on Byzantine Thomism, I firmly believe that the proposed Project is the appropriate next step in my career development. For this reason, I decided to apply for MC – IF, since this Fellowship will give me the opportunity to join an excellent Department in the field of Byzantine studies (Department of Humanities, UNIVE) and produce a voluminous edition, which is estimated to reach 900 pages.

Mots clés : the proposed project is the critical edition of the greek translation of thomas aquinas  summa theologiae, ia iiae by, demetrios cydones and the partial compendium of this translation by cardinal bessa

Participants :
- Ca' Foscari University of Venice (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 168277.2 €
Projet EVIL (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2020)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Life Sciences
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The proposed program, to be developed by Dr Pablo Morande, aims at investigating interactions between chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) B-cells and their microenvironment, with a focus on small extracellular vesicles (sEV). CLL is the most frequent hematological malignancy of the adult in Europe. Despite recent advances in the standard of care, there is still no curative therapeutic option. Small EV represent an important part of the cell-to-cell communication. They play a key role in promoting cancer by influencing multiple tumor-related functions like cellular proliferation, migration, and metastasis; and can also impair an efficient anti-tumor immune response. In this proposal, Dr Morande will study the mechanisms underlying sEV-induced cellular modifications in vivo in the context CLL, using transgenic murine models and patient samples. The host group has proved experience in the field of sEV in cancer and recently deepened into the role of sEV in leukemia development in vivo. The candidate will dissect the mechanisms enabling sEV uptake in various types of target cells in vivo, and test inhibitors or neutralizing antibodies to block the pro-tumoral role of sEV in leukemic mice. He will study the functional impact of sEV on the immune system leading to tumor evasion, focusing on immune checkpoint ligands, and design bioengineered sEV to test them as immunotherapy in preclinical models. Finally, he will focus on sEV understudied cargoes such as metabolites by investigating their occurrence on sEV and the consequences on metabolic activity of target cells, to reveal new directions for the development of innovative therapies. The development of the present proposal will enable Dr Morande to achieve a broad range of new technical and management skills through a variety of multidisciplinary training programs. This will represent a key step for his final objective to become an independent scientist.

Mots clés : small extracellular vesicles, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, immunotherapy, immune checkpoint, cancer metabolism

Participants :
- Luxembourg Institute of Health (Luxembourg) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 178320.0 €
Projet MEXRES (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2015)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The proposed project addresses the restoration of a colonial era Catholic church located in a peripheral indigenous community in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. It investigates the ways in which the professionals concerned with the conservation of the church as a federally-protected historic site engage with the local religious community that has particular rights in, and relationships with, the building and objects that are to undergo repair. It raises larger political and ethical questions of how divergent ideological, aesthetic and cultural values are negotiated in contexts of religious heritage conservation. This is a social anthropology project that is grounded in a broader multidisciplinary approach that connects with art and architectural history, conservation sciences, and religious studies. The aims are to investigate: 1. the cultural, religious, and vocational ideologies and beliefs that come into conflict as actors work through restoration projects together; 2. how the material and immaterial aspects of sacred and historically valuable objects are understood by different stakeholders; and 3. how relations of power are manifested and reinforced or resisted during restoration projects. These aims will be achieved through 8 months of ethnographic research in Oaxaca with conservation experts associated with a private foundation that funds many restorations in the state, and with the local community and clergy in the municipality where the church is located. This research will be supplemented by preparatory research at the University of Kent on heritage conservation practices and will be disseminated through an academic and public engagement plan that includes a public debate, a photograph exhibition, an academic workshop, and two journal articles.

Mots clés : catholicism, mexico, philanthropy, religious heritage conservation, states

Participants :
- University of Kent (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 183454.8 €