Projet PhotoCaM (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2022)
Action : Doctoral Networks
Panel : Life Sciences
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Photosynthesis relies on harvesting the sun light and on transforming the solar energy into chemical energy to sustain almost all life on earth. An enhanced molecular-level understanding of photosynthesis and particularly of the light-harvesting process is of key significance: Firstly, a molecular-level understanding of solar light harvesting and how plants and other organisms achieve this is important if we want to figure out the working principles of nature. From this, we can learn design principles of (organic) solar cells. Secondly, controlling the downregulation of photosynthesis is seen as a strategy for the optimization of crop productivity especially by means of novel tools and biotechnological solutions. In the Doctoral Network “Photosynthetic Antennas in a Computational Microscope” we aim at training a new generation of computational scientists which can treat complex and interdisciplinary problems such as light harvesting on a molecular level using theoretical and computational tools. The interdisciplinary nature of the problem requires a combined knowledge from biology, chemistry, physics and computer science in order to combine state-of-the-art approaches like molecular dynamics simulations, quantum chemistry, theoretical spectroscopy and machine learning into multi-scale schemes. This joint undertaking is a unique chance in research but especially also in training young scientists in interdisciplinary teamwork, method training and high-performance computing in academic as well as non-academic settings. Aim of the Doctoral Network is a detailed molecular understanding of light harvesting from the computational point of view and especially of the downregulatory mechanisms of photosynthesis present in higher plants and diatoms. While the undertaking exclusively focuses on theoretical and computational approaches, the calculation of spectroscopic properties for a direct comparison to experimental findings is of key importance.

Mots clés : light harvesting, photoprotection, molecular level multi scale approaches including machine learning

Participants :
- Université Constructor (Allemagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 260539.2 €
- Université de Linz (Autriche) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 270331.2 €
- Université de Patras (Grèce) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 240098.4 €
- Université de Pise (Italie) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 259437.6 €
- Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft (Allemagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 260539.2 €
- Université de Groningue (Pays-Bas) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 274370.4 €
- Satagro sp zoo (Pologne) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Université polytechnique de Catalogne (Espagne) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de Vilnius (Lituanie) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 229327.2 €
- OneAngstrom (France) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 282693.6 €
- Faccts gmbh (Allemagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 260539.2 €
- Institute of Photonic Sciences (Espagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 251971.2 €