Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-actions-marie-curie-participations-et-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Projet 3D-Intel-Surgery (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The 3D-Intel-Surgery project aims to advance robotic-assisted and minimally invasive surgery (RMIS) to improve the patient outcomes through novel 3D intelligent algorithm development, inter-disciplinary collaborations, skills training and knowledge transfer between world leading researchers in the EU. The innovative aspects of the project are as follows: (a) New methods for medical image processing for RMIS to advance the field significantly by developing a robust deep learning-based segmentation algorithm, such as the Segment Anything-guided method, for endoscopy images, resulting enhanced accuracy of image segmentation in medical diagnoses. (b) Augmented reality for RMIS through the rapid and accurate 3D reconstructions of soft tissues using monocular endoscopic videos for augmented reality of surgical scenes to improve the visual quality of the medical procedure. (c) Adaptive stereo vision transfer for enhanced depth perceptions through the development of adaptive stereoscopic transformation methods based on the 3D reconstruction, 3D segmentation, and viewing conditions. Interdisciplinary collaborations underpin the success of this project since it is at the cross-section of medical image processing, computer graphics and Augmented Reality, and computer vision. By advancing precision medical technologies such as robotic and endoscopic surgery, the EU can address critical societal challenges, including ageing populations and increased costs and demands for cancer treatment, and sustainable and high-quality healthcare for all its citizen. The project supports knowledge exchange and future academic developments of the research teams and trains the PF into a leading European multi-disciplinary scientist through collaboration with world class researchers in the UK and the digital innovation medical device SEM in Italy to provide essential research expertise and resources for knowledge exchange, log-term collaboration, and industry innovation.

Mots clés : augmented information in endoscopic scenes, 3d scene reconstruction, deep learning networks for medical images robotic and minimally invasive surgery

Participants :
- Université de Bradford (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de Bournemouth (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 276187.92 €
Projet HUMOR-GV (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Gender-based violence is a widespread phenomenon that disproportionally affects women. Gender-based violence subversive humor (GVSH) aims to critique, subvert common myths, and raise awareness of gender-based violence. GVSH often occurs in the form of stand-up comedy or jokes made by victims who seek to reclaim narratives, cope with their negative experiences, and ‘subvert’ stereotypical beliefs about gender-based violence. This project employs mixed methods to a) understand how GVSH is conceptualized, delivered by victims, and perceived by the audience; b) examine the positive effects of GVSH on deconstructing gender-based violence myths, raising awareness, and motivating people to fight gender-based violence, and c) investigate how women who have been victims and are survivors of gender-based violence appreciate, use, and positively benefit in terms of wellbeing from GVSH. The project aims to establish a new line of research by providing evidence about this type of humor and exploring its potential to promote social change and foster inclusive societies

Mots clés : humour studies

Participants :
- Université de Surrey (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 260347.92 €
Projet CircTourEU (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The CircTourEU project addresses pressing environmental challenges in the protected areas (PAs) in EU by applying Circular Economy (CE) principles to tourism. CE promotes resource reuse and sustainability, vital for combatting overtourism, greenhouse gas emissions, and biodiversity decline. Rural regions heavily dependent on tourism face these challenges and require innovative resource management and governance. The Southern Mediterranean hosts many European PAs, facing tourism surges. To protect these habitats, a systematic shift to CE involving small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is crucial. Yet, SMEs in EU tourism lack research and innovation focus, necessitating rural research and innovation pilots.  Led by Dr Ante Mandić, supervised by Prof Xavier Font and Dr James Kennell, the CircTourEU project evaluates CE transition projects for tourism SMEs in the EU. It tests innovative methods in pilot PAs in Spain, Italy, Croatia, and Greece to promote evidence-based CE practices in the tourism industry. CircTourEU's innovation lies in using complexity science-based realist evaluation to understand barriers to innovation and knowledge integration in PAs. This approach offers nuanced insights into intervention effectiveness. The project recognises the importance of macro-level sustainability transitions and empowering rural SMEs with innovative CE business models. It considers context-dependent barriers and tailors strategies to unique PA governance and management contexts.  CircTourEU aims to empower PA authorities for evidence-based CE transitions and disseminate knowledge for widespread implementation. Following the EU's "evaluation first" principle contributes to evidence-based decision-making, aligning with the European Green Deal and Circular Economy Action Plan. The project provides valuable lessons for balancing conservation and economic interests in European PAs.

Mots clés : circular economy protected areas nature based tourism tourism sustainable tourism development complexity science realist evaluation evidence informed policymaking rural regions

Participants :
- Université de Surrey (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 276187.92 €
Projet CPMesoMOF (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) are an intriguing class of porous materials with promising applications across energy, environmental, and healthcare sectors. Despite their potential, the large-scale manufacturing of MOFs remains a significant challenge, largely due to the reliance on batch manufacturing methods. These methods often result in products with a wide size distribution, leading to serious operational issues in downstream processes like filtration and drying. Additionally, batch-to-batch variations and the production of nano- to near-micron-sized crystals pose further challenges, particularly in packed bed applications for gas separations. Small-sized MOFs in industrial columns, such as pressure swing adsorption (PSA) units, create higher pressure drops, hindering their ability to operate under industrial conditions (e.g., flue gas, compressed air, higher pressures). In CPM-MOF, we aim to overcome these obstacles by developing a set of standard operating procedures (SOPs) based on chemical engineering principles for the continuous manufacturing of mesocrystal versions of MOFs. Mesocrystals, with their hierarchically crystalline structures formed via the oriented attachment of nanocrystals, self-regulate their size during growth. This process results in a product with a relatively larger size and a narrow size distribution, which are easier to handle in downstream operations and produce a lower pressure drop-in PSA units. The development of SOPs will be supported by process analytical technology (PAT) tools and guided by a novel theoretical framework, ensuring precise control over the manufacturing process. CPM-MOF represents a significant innovation, offering a scalable, sustainable, and economically viable solution to the current limitations in MOF manufacturing. The mesoMOFs produced will be rigorously tested for their effectiveness in addressing critical global challenges such as CO2 capture, O2 separation from air, and H2 storage.

Mots clés : metal organic frameworks, mesocrystals, continuous manufacturing, gas storage, gas separations

Participants :
- Université de Surrey (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 260347.92 €
Projet NEUROCONTRA (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Life Sciences
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The contraceptive pill has been widely used for over six decades and is one of the most frequently used hormonal contraceptive methods, with approximately 151 million users worldwide. Despite its use, research into its effects on the female brain remains limited, primarily due to historical underfunding and the novelty nature of this research area. The NEUROCONTRA project aims to address this knowledge gap through an innovative, multidisciplinary approach that combines neuroimaging, theoretical neuroscience, neuroendocrinology, and machine learning. This research will pioneer applying advanced whole-brain dynamics analyses to a large-sample neuroimaging dataset, encompassing cross-sectional and longitudinal data from adolescent and adult women. By examining the effects of hormonal contraceptives on brain dynamics across multiple spatiotemporal scales, NEUROCONTRA aims to establish a unifying framework for understanding the changes in brain function induced by contraceptives. The findings could significantly enhance our understanding of the complex interactions between hormonal contraceptives and the female brain, with important implications for neuroscience, clinical practices, societal awareness, and women's rights.

Mots clés : oral contraceptives, brain dynamics, fmri

Participants :
- Université Pompeu Fabra (Espagne) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de Salzbourg (Autriche) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 214344.72 €
Projet DynISM (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Life Sciences
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Iridescence, a change in colour with viewing direction, is an optical effect that is abundant in nature. Many insects, birds, plants, and arachnids exhibit iridescence and yet very little is known about the functions of this dynamic signal nor how it has evolved. DynISM will make significant progress towards understanding these fundamental biological questions by taking advantage of a particularly colourful group of spiders, the peacock jumping spiders. Using state-of-the-art approaches in optical physics, behavioural ecology, and evolutionary biology, DynISM will elucidate the mechanisms by which these spiders generate iridescence, how they use these dynamic signals, and how iridescence has evolved within this group. By uncovering the mechanisms employed by nature to generate unique optical effects, like iridescence, DynISM will also have significant implications for the field of bio-inspired photonic materials.

Mots clés : biophotonics, iridescence, signalling

Participants :
- Université de Salzbourg (Autriche) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 230184.72 €
Projet GlycoEggshell (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2022)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Environment and Geosciences
Statut du projet : CLOSED

Bird eggshell is a remarkable specimen for proteins analysis in archaeology and palaeontology as it can be used to understand how biominerals form and how they survive into deep time and elucidate phylogeny of the extinct birds. Proteins are known to survive best in association with minerals and proteins can persist in >6 million years old eggshell. Protective shell of eggs serves a crucial role for birds’ terrestrial adaptation as eggshell provides physical barrier to protect embryo, prevents desiccation during embryonic development, allows gas diffusion and provide calcium source for embryonic bone development. Organic matrix of eggshells is mainly made up of glycoproteins (glycan (sugar) + protein). The glycan study in archaeology and palaeontology is scarce and the application of glycoproteomics and glycomics in ancient eggshells will be a milestone in science, opening a new avenue to analyse sugar. The glycoprotein role in eggshell remains elusive and the GlycoEggshell project intends to describe and investigate specific roles of glycosylation on eggshell proteins across birds and evolutionary time, using modern and sub-fossil samples. GlycoEggshell project has three research objectives: characterise the glycosylated proteins in eggshells, identify the compositions and structures of the glycosaminoglycan (GAG), and determine the GAG-protein interactions. The modern eggshell from diverse bird clades will be used for glycoproteomics analysis to assess the glycosylation status among birds. Glycomics approach will be used to identify the GAG structures and compositions across modern and sub-fossil eggshells while the novel cell-based glycosaminoglycan array developed by my supervisor team in Copenhagen Center for Glycomics will be used to elucidate the interactions of protein and GAG. GlycoEggshell project will enhance our understanding of the glycosylated proteins’ role in the formation of the eggshell, the fastest biogenic calcification process known in nature.

Mots clés : eggshell, palaeo, sugar, glycomics, glycoprotein, avian

Participants :
- Université de Copenhague (Danemark) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 214934.4 €
- Université de Turin (Italie) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
Projet CORE (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2022)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

CORE (Colonial Recipes, Then and Now) investigates how domestic colonial food cultures in the Portuguese empire (1450-1600) reflect the mobility, agency, labour, and knowledge of women and enslaved cooks; and how colonial recipes can create space for more nuanced conversations around colonial heritage. The project takes a ‘global history’ approach to the empire, examining the extent to which the mobility of people, foods, labour, and knowledge between key port cities shaped colonial food cultures. By focusing on domestic spaces, it places women and enslaved cooks, who did the labour of food preparation, centre stage. In this way, the project revalorises domestic spaces as sites of global exchange, which have been largely excluded from studies of global history, as well as insisting on the importance of gender to understand the complexities of the relations between mobility, food, and empire. By spotlighting colonial recipes, CORE will spark new scholarly conversations about the insights these texts offer into: ‘subaltern’ mobility, creativity, and adaptability; the intersecting production of gender, race, and class; and colonial households as the centre of social provisioning and wider infrastructures of empire, examining how new colonial cuisines intersect with colonial regimes of trade, agricultural production, and domestic slavery. It makes three historiographical interventions, namely it: (1) responds to calls to write a global history of the early modern Portuguese empire; (2) brings the ‘new imperial history’ further into dialogue with a history of the Portuguese empire by showing how food illuminates colonial politics, especially negotiations around gender, race, and class; and (3) contributes to public debate around the production of heritage about the colonial past, using colonial recipes to interrogate the multiple valences and contradictions of the empire, and its legacies in the present.

Mots clés : food history, subaltern, history from below, colonial heritage

Participants :
- Université de Lisbonne (Portugal) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 156778.56 €
Projet OLF-ACtion (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2021)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Life Sciences
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The ability to select a suitable mating partner is one of the primary mechanisms under which evolution occurs. Animals have evolved species-specific communication strategies that influence mate choice. During courtship, males display a combination of multisensory sexual cues to attract females. Despite extensive work has been done in understanding the role of different sexual cues in female attraction, the neuronal mechanisms that regulate multisensory integration of courtship displays are completely unexplored. Male mice attract females by releasing sexual chemo-signals, contained in their urine and scent, and emitting ultrasound vocalizations (USVs). In inbred mice, females display an innate preference for USVs emitted by novel unfamiliar individuals. This preference emerges only if they are primed with male odours, indicating multisensory integration to be fundamental for mate selection. How the brain integrates multimodal information for USVs preference is completely unknown. I will capitalize on recent advances in optical imaging and neuroanatomy, including state-of–the art high throughput techniques, such as light-sheet whole-brain imaging and multi-site functional recordings, combined with natural instinctive behaviours and in vivo electrophysiology to: i) identify key brain areas involved in olfactory and acoustic integration for USVs preference during mate choice; ii) investigate how olfaction modulates USVs sensory processing in primary auditory areas. The proposed project will identify the neuronal basis of multisensory integration of courtship cues during mate choice. It will provide extensive training in neuroanatomy, behavioural assays and advanced optical approaches to study naturalistic behaviours and multimodal communication in rodents. The success of this proposal will have a major impact on my career development, enabling me to become an independent researcher and ultimately establish my own research group in the neuroethology field.

Mots clés : olfaction, ultrasound vocalizations, mating behaviour, auditory areas, multisensory integration, multimodal communication

Participants :
- Université de Turin (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 188590.08 €
Projet IEIA (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2021)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - Global Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Several works by Ernesto Neto present huge, warm-colored, pleasantly smelling Lycra tunnels. They are cases of installation art (IA): the public is supposed to enter the tunnels and interact with the physical environment, experiencing the works from within. Works of IA resemble buildings because they envelop the public, but they differ in that, as with paintings and sculptures, they do not have a sheltering function. This raises a philosophical question: what states of mind are distinctive of our engagement with IA? The goal of this project is to develop the first full-fledged philosophical account of our engagement with IA, arguing that, typically, the imagination plays a crucial role in it, by pursuing 5 research and innovation objectives: (1) showing that IA prompts imaginings of a specific kind; (2) arguing that IA can be defined in terms of its imagining-arousing function; (3) arguing against the prevalent view that IA doesn't have a representational or fictional dimension; (4) investigating the link between the imaginings aroused by IA, on the one hand, and abstract painting, on the other hand; (5) integrating the proposal within a broader account of fiction. The project’s goal is relevant to aestheticians and art theorists, because IA dominates contemporary art, and to art practitioners and public, because it can help improve the design, exhibition, and communication of IA. I, Elisa Caldarola (Philosophy PhD), will carry out the proposed research through investigations in the philosophy of fiction and of art, in art theory, in depiction theory, and the philosophy of mind, working at The Graduate Center, City University of New York (Philosophy Program) under the supervision of Prof. Jonathan Gilmore, and at the Department of Philosophy and Education Sciences, University of Turin, under the supervision of Prof. Alberto Voltolini. I shall publish 5 papers in top-level journals, present my work at 8 conferences and at outreach events.

Mots clés : philosophy of fiction, philosophy of art, analytic philosophy of art, aesthetics, art theory

Participants :
- Université de la ville de New York (Etats-Unis) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de Turin (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 288859.2 €
Projet QFT2VOA-DuStRel (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Physics
Statut du projet : SIGNED

A main goal in theoretical physics is to understand foundational aspects of quantum field theories, such as their algebraic or categorical structures, and much of the recent progress in this direction has been deeply linked to advances in mathematics, notably vertex operators algebras (VOA). This interplay has generated surprising insights in both directions, particularly through relations between three-dimensional supersymmetric quantum field theories and certain distinguished VOAs. The latter capture special algebras of local operators, which can be defined from the boundary sector of the parent three-dimensional theories though a twisting procedure, and they are expected to provide meaningful classification invariants for these by encoding fundamental algebraic data.  Nevertheless, the twist VOAs related to general three-dimensional supersymmetric gauge theories remain largely mysterious, with physical analyses usually limited to simple examples. To overcome this impasse, an innovative approach developed by the applicant constructs twist VOAs for large classes of theories as chiralizations of corresponding moduli spaces of vacua. This is a rigorous, systematic procedure which lifts the classical functions on these associated geometries to generating currents of the VOAs, and provides powerful insights into hidden VOA structures. Supported by preliminary data, this breakthrough enables: 1) a systematic analysis of physical symmetries and relations - such as 3d mirror symmetry - from a VOA perspective, as well as 2) concrete realizations of new and intriguing logarithmic VOAs through the lens of supersymmetric quantum field theories - which will be the main objectives of this action.  The proposed research projects tackle fundamental and technically challenging long-standing questions in quantum field theory by creatively using the newly developed technology of chiralization, and they are expected to make an impact by establishing new exact methods of analysis.

Mots clés : vertex operator algebras, w algebras, supersymmetric quantum field theories, quiver gauge theories, nakajima quiver varieties

Participants :
- Université d'Édimbourg (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 276187.92 €