Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-actions-marie-curie-participations-et-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Projet WISE (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2021)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : CLOSED

Since the Middle Ages, the name of Genghis Khan has been associated in the West with the idea of the Apocalypse. In accordance with this negative representation, the women who contributed to the rise of his empire have long been described as sinister witches and warriors, indistinguishable from the men of their horde. However, studies carried out starting in the last century, thanks to the opening of Mongolia to the West and the rediscovery of new local sources, have led Western scholars to a profound revaluation of Genghis Khan, now seen as one of the makers of the modern world. This revaluation has also affected our view of Mongol princesses, who enjoyed a freedom and a consideration unknown to their sedentary neighbors. Wise and resilient, they took part like men in war, politics and trade, and could choose whether and with whom to marry. Western Images of the Steppe Empresses (WISE) is the first research in the field of comparative literature aiming to understand whether the new anthropological, archaeological, historical and philological studies carried out by the Mongolists have triggered a change in the perception of Genghisid female royalty in 20th and 21st century Western culture. It analyses their representation in American and Anglophone, Francophone and Italophone European literature and cinema. WISE seeks to understand the cultural reasons for the metamorphosis of the image in question, and whether it is connected to the changed role of women in the West as a result of feminist claims. Moreover, it explores the possibility of an Oriental influence, linked to the steppe culture, on the model of emancipated and combative women prevalent in the West today. The training at Sorbonne Nouvelle University and the École Pratique des Hautes Études will give me the opportunity to deepen my knowledge of Mongolian civilization, and to acquire expertise in Orientalism, gender and film studies, to be added to my existing skills in comparative literature.

Mots clés : genghis khan mongolia european literatures orientalism oriental women

Participants :
- Université Sorbonne Nouvelle (France) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 211754.88 €
- École pratique des hautes études (France) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
Projet BiophInLLPSInt (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2021)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Chemistry
Statut du projet : CLOSED

Liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) is central to compartmentalisation of biochemical processes and allows co-localisation of a whole biological machine and its substrates at high local concentrations. This often dynamic and reversible assembly is formed by multivalent interactions between several biomolecules, and some instances involve low complexity sequences that have been linked to amyloid fibre formation. While the biophysical understanding of this phenomenon has recently been of high interest in the scientific community, the interactions of LLPS-forming proteins from the dilute phase with the interface to the condensed phase remain elusive. In this project we aim to dissect these transient interactions using state-of-the-art biophysical techniques. More specifically, we will use nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), high-resolution-relaxometry (HRR) and an array of single-molecule fluorescence techniques to dissect up to atomic resolution and at multiple time-scales the transient interactions of the dilute phase proteins with the interface of the condensed state. We shall rely on the non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) system, that our laboratory has recently shown to exhibit LLPS in a broad range of conditions. Atomic-level dynamic information on the mechanisms for NHEJ phase separation and assembly could prove crucial both in the fundamental understanding of LLPS formation and growth, and in rational drug design aimed at preventing double-strand break repair by NHEJ in the frame of cancer treatment.

Mots clés : liquid liquid phase separation, high resolution relaxometry, nmr, smfret, nhej, transient interactions

Participants :
- École normale supérieure PSL (France) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 195914.88 €
- Université de New York (Etats-Unis) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Aix-Marseille Université (France) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
Projet AIRSEA-PLASTIC (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2023)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Environment and Geosciences
Statut du projet : SIGNED

In this project, I will focus on one of the most uncertain processes governing the worldwide spreading of plastic particles, the ocean-to-atmosphere emission of microplastics (MPs). I hypothesize that these marine emissions are significant at the global scale and contribute to dispersal of MPs to remote ocean regions and back to land. I propose an innovative and complementary approach to test this hypothesis based on three Training & Research Objectives (TROs) including Field Observation and MPs identification (TRO1): The goal is to collect and identify marine-atmospheric MPs from surface ocean and atmospheric marine boundary layer; I will be trained for field sampling and MPs identification methods. Experimentation (TRO2): The purpose will be parameterization of the water-to-air transfer of MPs via bubble bursting experiments; I will be trained in laboratory experiments on bubble bursting MP emission. Modeling (TRO3): I will be trained for numerical ocean-atmosphere modeling of MPs emitted via sea spray and their atmospheric fate. All these three TROs will be addressed at the host institute CNRS-GET in Toulouse, and at UGA and AMU (secondments). In general, this interdisciplinary approach combining field observations, experimental work and modeling will enlarge our knowledge of the fate and global dispersal of MPs, constituting a threat in themselves but also as potential chemical and biological contaminants carrier, and will thus contribute to the characterization of the human, animal and plant exposomes.

Mots clés : microplastic nanoplastic transportation entrainment air sea atmospheric oceanic modeling, global emission dispersal marine microplastic atmospheric microplastic

Participants :
- Centre national de la recherche scientifique (France) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 211754.88 €
- Université Grenoble Alpes (France) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Aix-Marseille Université (France) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
Projet SNOMAN (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2023)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Physics
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The magnetic version of the electron, the Dirac magnetic monopole, although predicted to exist, has yet to be discovered. Recently, the search for emergent magnetic monopoles in quantum materials has focused on spin-ice compounds, which host magnetic monopoles as emergent quasiparticles. Even though emergent monopoles have been studied using the toolbox of quantum matter research, the long awaited monopole detection is still lacking because of the limited low spatial resolution probes and temperature range of the experiments. In this proposal, I present a plan to develop a novel concept called Scanned Spin-Noise Microscope (SSNM) and provide a cutting-edge instrument for realising a Sub-Nanoscale Observation of MAgnetic monopole Noise (SNOMAN). The SSNM will be designed to operate in a cryogen-free dilution refrigerator to slow down the monopole dynamics and realise the long-awaited single monopole detection. I aim to undertake this project under the supervision of Prof. Seamus Davis at University College Cork, where all the necessary facilities and expertise are available to achieve the objectives described in this proposal.

Mots clés : magnetic monopole, magnetic noise, scanning experiment, squid, low temperature, permalloy

Participants :
- University College Cork (Irlande) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 199694.4 €
Projet JesLibSouth (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

During the 17th and 18th centuries, the Society of Jesus played a key role in the evangelisation of Indigenous peoples, particularly in the borderlands of the Iberian empires, and contributed to the development of what may be called Catholic and Iberian globalisation. One important aspect of this activity was the creation of libraries, which helped introduce writing and new media technologies to these regions. Over the last thirty years, international research on the Jesuits has increased significantly, with global history-based perspectives analysing the Society of Jesus as a worldwide network for the circulation of science and art and as a key interlocutor with non-European populations. By focusing on the books and libraries that existed in actual Jesuit missions, my project proposes that this image is biased—as it does not accurately reflect the religious objectives of the Jesuits, which were aimed at a complete transformation of culture and society. JesLibSouth then suggests that books and libraries served simultaneously as tools of discipline and subjectification, influencing both Jesuits and Indigenous people. Most of the books in these libraries were far from the types of knowledge that have interested recent Jesuit global history; instead, they largely consisted of pragmatic-normative content, focused on reinforcing Catholic behaviours while encouraging voluntary engagement through introspection, sensory training, and emotional stimulation. The sources for the project include the inventories of the missions, which contain lists of the remarkable number of around 25,000 books in the libraries, as well as descriptive chronicles, histories, and the books themselves. For analysing these documents, I have developed an original and innovative methodology inspired by book history, media studies, and digital humanities, which will involve using databases, statistical techniques, web publishing, data visualisation tools, and algorithmic information processing.

Mots clés : libraries, indigenous literacy, evangelisation, south america, iberian studies, society of jesus, jesuit missions, circulation of books, digital humanities, religious orders, colonial studies

Participants :
- Université complutense de Madrid (Espagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 194074.56 €
- Université Sorbonne Nouvelle (France) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
Projet HySens (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2023)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Physics
Statut du projet : SIGNED

A network of grain boundaries (GBs) and a microstructure which is less sensitive to hydrogen embrittlement using grain boundary engineering will be assessed on multiple scales. The fabrication of bi and tri crystals with a great variability of grains misorientations according to the probability of their presence polycrystalline nickel and nickel-based superalloys will be done. The hydrogen-GBs and hydrogen- triple junctions (TJs) interactions will be examined for different configurations of nickel bi-crystal and tri-crystals systems having variety of grain boundary energy, vacancy concentration and excess volume. Finally, influence of hydrogen on GBs and TJs will be characterized by diffusivity, trapping or segregation energies and cohesive energies. The atomistic level investigation will be done to understand the fundamentals of hydrogen embrittlement of GBs and TJs having same orientation as of fabricated crystals. The bi- and tri-crystals will be modelled in Molecular Dynamics code using LAMMPS software for understanding at atomistic level. A 3D polycrystalline FEM model will be reconstructed and these simulations should provide the optimum solutions for the architecture of the GBs and TJs networks to obtain the less sensitive microstructures to hydrogen embrittlement.

Mots clés : hydrogen embrittlement, grain boundary engineering, diffusion, crystal growth, triple junction, molecular dynamics, fem

Participants :
- La Rochelle Université (France) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 211754.88 €
Projet NanosamplinK (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2023)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

NanosamplinK is an innovative research project that aims at developing a minimally-invasive sampling protocol for historical manuscripts and documentary materials. It involve the use of several formulations of hydrogels and organogels which will serve as a conduit for solubilizing and absorbing the superficial layers of colored applications, preserving the integrity of the materials being analyzed. The gels will be tested on modern ink and paint reproductions, as well as on real case studies. The project focuses on striking a balance between minimizing invasive color changes on the artworks, selecting the best-performing gels for extracting specific compounds (water-soluble and non-water-soluble), and surpassing the detection limit of the intended high resolution molecular techniques. Rooted in conservation-restoration, material science, and art history, NanosamplinK benefits from expertise in heritage science, mentorship from leading experts in conservation, molecular analysis, chemistry, and nanotechnology. It is a highly interdisciplinary and international project, with a Green character, and significant implications in terms of broadening the commercial viability of these gels.

Mots clés : written heritage, inks, paints, sampling, art conservation, scientific analysis of art, technical art history

Participants :
- Université Paris 1 - Panthéon Sorbonne (France) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 195914.88 €
Projet WorldWideBassani (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2022)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

WorldWideBassani project proposes to study and analyze, for the first time, the extraordinary material represented by the letters exchanged by Giorgio Bassani with foreign intellectuals, between 1948 e 1979, preserved in the Giorgio Bassani Heirs Archive in Paris. Thanks to my previous studies on Bassani's works the heirs have authorized me to study and publish the correspondence. The works of Giorgio Bassani (1916-2000) are now considered one of the highest literary reflections on the theme of Jewish persecution and the Shoah, and are read and studied increasingly all over the world. Writing after the end of Second World War, in one of the most difficult periods in the history of humanity, the author initiates, with exceptional anticipation of the times, a profound reflection focused not only on the need to bear witness to the atrocities of persecution, but also on the duty to refound a society based on peaceful coexistence. Among Bassani's correspondents we find names of important intellectuals of the twentieth century, such as Cecil Roth (English historian of Jewish origin), Hans Nilsson-Ehle (Swedish linguist), Juan Rodolfo Wilcock (Argentine scholar), Francis Ponge (French poet), Warren Penn Robert (American writer), Rolf Rheiner (German politician and former SS). In this dialogue, crucial issues are addressed: the elaboration of the traumatic past of the Shoah, but also the crisis and disaster of the old world and the rebirth of a “Europe of the peoples”. These documents, unpublished and unknown to scholars, will offer a new perspective on the evolution of the author's thought and on the international, collettive debate on the re-elaboration of the tragedy of persecution, as well as on the construction of a European cultural identity. Thanks to the dissemination and exploitation tools provided by the project (see 2.2), this work will offer a new interpretative model to the entire international community of scholars, decision-makers and the broader public.

Mots clés : holocaust studies giorgio bassani european history european identity epistolary studies

Participants :
- Université Sorbonne Nouvelle (France) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 211754.88 €
Projet LiTiTox (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Life Sciences
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The oral intake of the food additive E171 (titanium dioxide, TiO2 nanoparticles) has raised significant public health concerns due to its potential adverse health effects. It was recently banned in the European Union after a reassessment by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) due to genotoxicity risks. However, it is still widely used in many countries, and the mechanisms underlying E171's toxicity, particularly its effects on the liver, remain poorly understood. The LiTiTox project aims to address this by investigating the molecular mechanisms of E171-induced liver toxicity, focusing on inflammation, cell death, and the role of pannexin1 (Panx1) channels, which are crucial for inflammasome activation but remain unexplored in this context. LiTiTox will employ a multidisciplinary approach, combining advanced in vitro liver spheroid co-culture models, in vivo mouse studies, and in silico molecular simulations. Liver spheroid models will simulate human liver responses to TiO2 exposure, while in vivo mouse studies will explore the effects of oral E171 exposure on liver toxicity. Molecular docking and dynamics simulations, conducted during the secondment, will predict interactions between E171 TiO2 and liver toxicity-related molecular events (MIEs). The project will also equip the researcher with advanced skills in in vitro toxicology, experimental hepatology, molecular biology, and computational modelling, enhancing career development and leadership in scientific research. The secondment will provide specialised training in chemoinformatics, machine learning, and predictive toxicology. Ultimately, LiTiTox’s findings will offer a deeper understanding of how E171 TiO2 nanoparticles affect liver health, contributing to the development of global regulatory policies. LiTiTox will play a crucial role in promoting food safety, sustainable nutrition, and safeguarding public health.

Mots clés : inflammation cell death pannexin 1 channels e171 titanium dioxide food additive liver toxicology in vitro toxicology experimental hepatology mouse model in silico food safety

Participants :
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgique) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 200400.0 €
- Moldrug ai systems sl (Espagne) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
Projet THREAMS (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The aim of this project is to study oneiric sequences in Hispanic theatre of the 16th and 17th centuries as a representative dramatic mechanism of the Early Modern period. Dream and sleeping scenes played a central role in numerous plays of the Spanish Renaissance and Baroque (also known as "Golden Age"), because they enabled the creation of sophisticated plots, complex characters and visually stunning spectacles. Considering this, the project intends to document and theorise this phenomenon by proposing a key concept: the "theatrical dream device". The proposal is based on a novel and interdisciplinary methodological framework, which involves approaches from literary hermeneutics, theatrical semiotics and art history. The study will examine a corpus of plays composed between 1598 and 1693, written by playwrights such as Lope de Vega, the Count of Villamediana and Calderón de la Barca, among others. The project will be working with dramatic texts, but also with archive sources, historical testimonies and graphic works, such as manuscripts, old printed editions, engravings and records of the time. It is planned that the research outputs will be made available in the form of two products. The first will be a monograph to be published in open access, which aims to contribute to the field of Humanities by making a significant advance in the understanding of Early Modern European literature and theatre. The second product will be an online exhibition targeted at a non-specialist audience, mainly EU citizens related to the sectors of culture, education and artistic creation. This exhibition will display texts, images and documentation using a cutting-edge method from the Digital Humanities, which will allow to translate and adapt the scientific research results into an interactive, attractive and 21st century format. The exhibition will contribute to the preservation and awareness of a cultural heritage that is difficult to access and unknown outside specialist circles.

Mots clés : spanish history and culture, 17th century european literature, renaissance and baroque theatre

Participants :
- Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (France) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 242260.56 €
Projet PARDI (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2022)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Environment and Geosciences
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Forests account for most of the global terrestrial carbon sink. Yet, they are exposed to an increasing stress from climate-induced disturbances (wild fires, droughts, storms, insect outbreaks) and land-use pressure (deforestation, intensive forestry, expansion of plantations ). Due to the coarse resolution of the the past generation of satellites (MODIS, Landsat), the severity, extent and the timing of these disturbances are not accurately assessed across the European continent, which limits our understanding of forest resistance and recovery in the face of climate extremes, compound events and human-induced disturbances. A new generation of satellite constellation (PlanetScope) providing very high resolution imagery at 3 meters resolution daily has been launched in 2016, and reached full capacity to map small scale disturbances down to tree level. The PARDI (PARtial DIsturbances) project will take advantage of this unique dataset and make a giant leap to quantify and understand the impact of disturbances on the mortality, biomass, carbon loss and recovery of European forests. PARDI will go beyond the state of the art by providing an unprecedented spatial resolution (from 30 m in the most recent literature to 3 m in this project), thus reducing the uncertainty on productivity and biomass changes. The outcomes of PARDI will help to assess the sensitivity of European forests to climate change, and the vulnerability of key ecosystem services such as carbon sinks and wood production.


Participants :
- Université de Copenhague (Danemark) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 214934.4 €
- Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (France) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €