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

The remarkable regenerative capacity of plants to join wounded tissues together through a process known as grafting has been extensively used in agriculture to combine the best properties of two different plants into a single plant. Although grafting has been practiced for thousands of years, many agriculturally important plants are not possible to graft. One of the major limitations that prevent us from improving grafting efficiency is our poor understanding of the molecular mechanism of plant regeneration. When tissues are wounded and joined for grafting, the differentiated cells near the wound site modify their identity and acquire a dedifferentiated fate. These pluripotent cells then differentiate to form the missing cell types leading to tissue regeneration. However, it remains unknown how cells dedifferentiate in response to wounding and how they differentiate to heal tissues, the major problem to be addressed in this project. This gap in knowledge will be addressed by using multidisciplinary approaches that include my experience and skills in plant regeneration, molecular genetics and advanced microscopy, and the host lab's expertise in plant grafting, transcriptomics, and genetics of various plant species. The outcome of this research is expected to enhance the fundamental knowledge in cell-fate transition and vascular regeneration and provide powerful tools for improving grafting in various plant species. The project will allow me to be trained as an independent researcher in plant grafting and vascular regeneration. At the same time, the host lab will benefit from my expertise in plant regeneration and microscopy.

Mots clés : grafting, cell fate transition, regeneration, dedifferentiation, differentiation, scion, root stock

Participants :
- Université suédoise des sciences agricoles (Suède) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 224818.78 €
Projet SIG-STM (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2023)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Physics
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Tailoring electronic properties of quantum matter is of immense current interest in the condensed matter physics community. The ability to control quantum states benefits both fundamental understanding of the underlying physics and the advancement of next-generation quantum techniques. Recently, ionic gating has emerged as a powerful tool in manipulating electronic states by achieving ultra-high doping levels. However, this technique has not been applied to scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) studies, which are crucial in accessing the local density of electronic states and exploring correlated phases. I will establish a new STM technique that integrates ionic gating (SIG-STM) to manipulate quantum states through ultra-high carrier density doping. SIG-STM will open a completely new window to study highly doped correlated materials at the atomic level. 1. I will fabricate the nano-devices that can reach ultra-high doping levels through ionic gating and are compatible with low-temperature STM. 2. I will carry out STM studies on the devices to demonstrate the technique of SIG-STM. 3. I will combine SIG-STM and molecular beam epitaxy to study versatile and low-dimension materials. This project combines the strengths of both the experienced researcher and the host group. Our new SIG-STM technique combines our expertise in the fabrication of high-quality devices (from myself) and STM measurements (from the host group). SIG-STM will be a breakthrough in condensed matter physics that can contribute to long-lasting problems such as the origin of high-temperature superconductivity. In addition, SIG-STM has great potential to expand understanding of new functional materials such as dissipationless materials and advanced electronics in quantum technologies with strong societal and potentially economic impact.

Mots clés : condensed matter physcis, scanning tunneling microscopy, correlated materials, surface physcis

Participants :
- Université Aalto (Finlande) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 199694.4 €
Projet TICP (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2023)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The production of stage costumes relies on the talents and expertise of diverse costume professionals. These practitioners employ a range of tools and technologies as they collaboratively work to convert an idea or 2D sketch into a 3D garment custom-made for that character and show. Industry 4.0 manufacturing technologies, such as virtual patternmaking and 3D printing, offer substantial productivity, financial, sustainability and creativity benefits to costume construction, but the adoption of such technologies is haphazard and obstructed by a perception that costume practice is not technically innovative. This perception is informed by systematic gender biases that limit investment in, and recognition of, the skills and creativity of costume professionals, who are predominantly female. Technological Innovations in Costume Practice (TICP) is a research justice project that investigates the integration of technological innovations with the aim of facilitating their adoption and application in the work of costume makers. This will elevate the field of costume production and strengthen the future employability of professional costumers. The central research question driving the project is: As costume practitioners implement new manufacturing technologies in their workflow, what are the structural and attitudinal factors that constrain and facilitate their adoption? Through a groundbreaking cross-disciplinary approach that applies theories about sociotechnical change to data from practitioner interviews and digital ethnography, the project will develop a model of technological adoption for costume that responds to the very specific context of the live performance industry. Such a model will enable practitioners to be more deliberate, effective and empowered when engaging with new manufacturing technologies. The project results will centre the feminised area of costume at the cutting edge of a currently very male-gendered technical production research discourse.

Mots clés : costume live performance technological adoption and diffusion

Participants :
- Université Aalto (Finlande) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 116747.8 €
Projet OPTIMISTIC (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2022)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Physics
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Successful implementation of modern quantum technologies is strongly tied to the efficient realization of quantum bits - qubits that promise to revolutionize our current computational and information processing schemes. However, an outstanding challanges concerns the scalability with an expanding number of qubits, making the execution of complex algorithms problematic. In this respect, molecular spin systems are attractive candidates for a scalable qubit platform. The principal idea of the project is to study the behavior and quantum interactions of molecular spin systems exposed to the magnetic fields at the center of Abrikosov vortices in type-II superconductors (BSCCO, YBCO, NbSe2) using state-of-the-art scanning probe microscopy (SPM). This concept promises access to strongly localized magnetic fields of exceptional strength, offering novel perspectives for molecular qubit research, surface science, and material science. The findings will be further utilized to study magnetic ordering in exotic 2D materials (CrBr3, NiI2) exhibiting noncollinear magnetic ordering. The project's novelty lies both in the methodology and research objectives, which will be achieved via a unique synergy of host group expertise in superconducting substrates and preparation of exotic 2D material systems and researcher's know-how in molecular spin systems and magnetic sensing with functionalized SPM tips (metallocene molecules).

Mots clés : high temperature superconductors, stm, afm, tip functionalization, abrikosov vortex, molecular spin, 2d materials, magnetic fields, qplus sensor, spin sensing

Participants :
- Université Aalto (Finlande) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 215534.4 €
Projet SuperElectro (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2021)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : SIGNED

In recent years, worldwide efforts to tackle climate change have resulted in immense momentum towards renewable energy research. Despite renewables (i.e. photovoltaic) achieving cost parity vs. fossil fuels (32-44$/MWh vs. 44-152$/MWh), implementation remains limited. One persistent challenge is intermittency (i.e. inconsistent energy supply by seasonal/daily cycles). Amongst promising energy storage methods (i.e. Li-ion batteries, hydrostatic, etc.), electrocatalytically-generated hydrocarbons pose numerous advantages. They are 1) non-polluting, 2) benign aqueous compositions, 3) earth-abundant electrode materials, and 4) carbon-neutrality / carbon-negative via carbon dioxide reduction. However, there is still limited control over the gaseous pathways in gas-involving electrocatalysis. This limitation negatively influences both reactant and product flux, affecting conversion efficiency. From a physical perspective, electrocatalysis is a multi-phase process where (liquid) immersed electrodes (solid) interact with reactants/products (gas). Integration of concepts in wettability is thus beneficial. Surface superaerophilicity refers to its strong affinity (-Super) for air/gases (-Aerophilicity). With superaerophilicity, microscopic gas-layers on surfaces (i.e. plastrons) provide highly efficient reactant/product gas transport pathways. In this project, I will investigate design principles for “Superwettability-enhanced Electrocatalysis (SuperElectro)”. The primary goal is to decouple wettability and electrocatalytic activity. Achievements in electrocatalytic-enhancements (i.e. current density, conversion efficiency, etc.) will thus be universal. The choice of electrode catalyst becomes independent from wettability as plastrons provide alternative product and reactant pathways. Electrocatalysis is vital towards a sustainable adoption of renewable energy technologies. The success of this work impacts the future of our energy industries and green-friendly societies.

Mots clés : wetting, electrocatalysis, nanomaterials, bubble, plastron, superamphiphobic, superomniphobic

Participants :
- Université Aalto (Finlande) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 199694.4 €
Projet DGIP-CEDS (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The development of common European data spaces is the bedrock of the future European data economy, which could bring huge benefits, but also poses significant challenges and risks. Hence, it is vital to perform research on how common European data spaces should be governed by appropriate rules. Data Governance and Intellectual Property Governance in Common European Data Spaces (DGIP-CEDS) aims to map, analyse and further develop legal definitions, rights and obligations, structures, procedures and related mechanisms to support the conceptualisation and operationalisation of (potentially reoccurring) data governance and related IP governance issues in common European data spaces. To achieve that, the project will: (1) map legal sources, principles, requirements and data space configurations that may define data governance and IP governance in common European data spaces; (2) analyse the legal operationalisation of data governance and IP governance requirements in the implementation of the European Health Data Space (EHDS), the first major sectoral data-sharing legislation (by focusing on the national implementation of the EHDS by public sector bodies in Croatia and on the rights/obligations and interests of various health stakeholders); and (3) develop legal solutions to support the conceptualisation of data governance and IP governance requirements in other common European data spaces (by considering developments in the energy, industrial-manufacturing, and smart city and communities data spaces and the rights/obligations and interests of relevant stakeholders). DGIP-CEDS intends to contribute to the development of common European data spaces with a suppletory legal focus to aggregate and transmit knowledge between data space developments that are taking place in silos. The fellow will be hosted by the University of Rijeka and will cooperate with the EC Joint Research Centre, public sector bodies, economic actors, non-profit organisations and data space experts.

Mots clés : digital law, european data economy, common european data spaces, european health data space

Participants :
- Université de Rijeka (Croatie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 171791.76 €
Projet US-CHIMP (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2022)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Life Sciences
Statut du projet : CLOSED

A lack of oxygen in the human brain (cerebral hypoxia) can result in permanent neuronal damage. Cerebral hypoxia is prevalent in half of all critical ill patients, but poor health impedes research in the intensive care unit. High-altitude exposure (>2500 m) is associated with a lower pressure of oxygen and offers a unique setting to investigate hypoxia-driven changes in otherwise healthy individuals. Unfortunately, at present, non-invasive methods to quantify surrogates of cerebral hypoxia are either laborious and require high-skilled personnel or have large inter-/intra-observer variability and no clear cut-off values. A user-friendly, unambiguous, and accessible diagnostic tool is urgently needed for the monitoring and decision-making in the field and at the beside. US-CHIMP (UltraSound Cerebral Hypoxia Imaging for Monitoring and Prevention) aims to provide a proof-of-concept by combining volumetric US to measure optic nerve sheath diameter as a surrogate of intracranial pressure with wave intensity analysis from the internal carotid and vertebral artery as a surrogate of changes in cerebral oxygen delivery. In three work packages US-CHIMP builds the theoretical groundwork through simulation (WP1/WP2) and the first practical proof-of-concept through translation in an experimental study (WP3) in which human volunteers are exposed to mild hypobaric hypoxia. WP3 is performed in the terraXcube, an extraordinary environmental chamber of the Institute of Mountain Emergency Medicine at Eurac Research. US-CHIMP will provide accurate information about key clinical syndromes. The data is directly relevant to the management of conditions related to high-altitude hypoxia. Besides, many clinical conditions such as intracranial haemorrhage, brain injury and stroke present with elevated intracanal pressures and altered cerebral haemodynamics. Their management will be supported by an accessible and reliable non-invasive bedside monitoring that US-CHIMP aims to provide.

Mots clés : ultrasound cerebral hypoxia high altitude acute mountain sickness

Participants :
- Eurac Research (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 172750.08 €
Projet SepsISensoR (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2021)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Every 2.8 seconds someone dies from sepsis: 11 million people annually, out of which children under 5 years old. Septic shock is the potentially fatal body’s dysregulated response to pathogens that spread through blood circulation, including viruses like SARS-CoV-2. Half of sepsis cases happen in ICUs with 42% morality, with costs of €30 000 per case and €20 billion per year. Current diagnosis protocols rely on observation of the clinical symptoms to initiate regular monitoring of patients’ vital signs. Blood analyses and other tests identify the source of infection within 2-5 days, during which broad-spectrum antibiotics are administered, contributing to antibiotic resistance. Every hour of delay increases the mortality rate by 5-10%. Hence, early diagnosis of the infection source is a major step towards treatment. Pre-clinical and commercial point-of-care devices reduce the analysis time to few hours but still rely on the manifestation of clinical symptoms and invasive blood-based assays. SepsISensoR will advance the sepsis diagnosis protocol by non-invasive real-time monitoring of ICU patients’ breath to detect pre-symptomatic signs of sepsis based on transient changes of gas biomarkers in early sepsis stages. This will be achieved by: (a) integrating commercial gas sensors with fabricated preconcentrators on a single chip for high sensitivity, efficient and scalable multiple gas sensing; (b) using on-line change-point detection (CPD) on the breath signal to identify temporal variations of single- and multi-gas concentration; (c) validating the system with gases released from in vitro and in vivo models of sepsis. SepsISensoR will go beyond the state-of-the-art by reducing diagnosis time, and in turn reducing time in ICUs, cost, and sepsis fatalities. This aligns with Pillar I Excellent Science MSCA fellowship under the European Research Council and Key Strategic Orientation A with Cluster 1 of the Work Programme on technologies for healthy society.

Mots clés : electronic gas sensing systems, biomedical breath diagnostics

Participants :
- Université de Chypre (Chypre) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 148488.0 €
Projet mGramm (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Physics
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Combining general relativity and quantum mechanics into one unified theory remains a major unsolved problem in physics, in particular due to the lack of experimental data. Probing systems on Planck scales, in which both gravity and quantum theory predict comparable effects, seems unfeasible in the near future. This motivates the idea of investigating the quantum-gravity interface by measuring the gravitational interaction between two small masses with the eventual goal of placing these masses in quantum states. Laboratory-scale experiments in the last four years include kg-sized masses influencing levitating particles, or torsion pendulum experiments, which have shown the gravitational interaction between 90 mg gold spheres. However, such experiments are not designed to reach the quantum regime because either one of the objects is extremely large and thus clearly non-quantum, or the system is not designed to prepare objects in their motional ground state. Here, I propose mGramm: Measuring the Gravitational Attraction of Milligram Masses. Within this project, I will develop and execute an experiment to measure the gravity originating from masses down to 10 mg, the smallest to record. At the same time, mGramm will move gravity experiments into the world of cavity optomechanics, which promises a direct path to systems in which both source and test mass are in non-classical states. The project builds upon this scientifically highly relevant topic with a multi-level dissemination plan to bring this fundamental research to as broad an audience as possible, while also acting as a training program for myself to improve my skills as a productive scientist in academia.

Mots clés : optomechanics, quantum measurement, micromechanics, mems, gravity

Participants :
- Université Aalto (Finlande) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 226276.8 €
Projet ATOPS (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2023)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Physics
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Antiferromagnetic spintronics exploits the antiferromagnetic (AFM) staggered magnetization-Néel vector to manipulate spin dependent transport properties in structures containing antiferromagnetic components. In ATOPS, I plan to use sub 15 fs light pulses to facilitate Neel vector reorientation via optically induced Neel spin orbit torque in the room temperature Dirac Nodal line AFM material MnPd2. The Neel vector reorientation in this material is also associated with changes in Fermi surface topology, where the orientation of the Neel vector controls switching between the degenerate and gapped Dirac states. MnPd2 with its favourable symmetry to support Néel spin orbit torque and the presence of Dirac Nodal lines in a broad range of energies across the Fermi level makes it an ideal candidate for topological AFM spintronics applications. I will employ optical methods that are interesting in the sense that they can control the magnetization dynamics in ultrashort time scales with high spatial resolution. I will use magneto optical (MO) effects that are quadratic in magnetization and magneto-optical Voigt effect (MOVE) has been proposed to be an effective method to identify the Neel vector reorientation in the system. Pump probe technique will be used to measure the MOVE signal in the fully compensated AFM - MnPd2 . ATOPS will also utilise magnetotransport techniques to characterise the material and verify the magnetic ordering. ATOPS plans to establish experimentally that the AFM Dirac material MnPd2 is an ideal system to realise strong response of magneto-transport and optical properties to the magnetization dynamics near room temperature.

Mots clés : ultrafast magnetism control, femtosecond lasers, anti ferromagnetism, dirac materials, spintronics, 

Participants :
- Université d'Umeå (Suède) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 206887.68 €