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Glocal Languages’ and ‘Intercultural Responsibility’ in a postcolonial global academic world (GLOCADEMICS): Power relations between languages/cultures within and between research groups (GLOCADEMICS)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Outgoing Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Portugal
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IOF, 2013)
Start date: 2014-09-01
End date: 2017-09-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 351087.0
EU funding (EUR): 351087.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Given the association of European languages/cultures with historical colonialism and nowadays with economic and epistemological imperialism, the nature of their reception, use and evolution as well as the role of local native/indigenous languages, in academic contexts deserve scientific attention. Furthermore, internationalization and globalization have been established as governmental priorities and subsequently as main goals for higher education institutions and research programmes. At the same time, English has become a powerful linguistic tool, all over the world, and also among doctoral and post-doctoral researchers, but Spanish and Portuguese are gaining preponderance as global languages, also due to their colonial past and with the raise of Latin American economies, especially Brazil. Together with this criss-crossing of linguistic networks, there are cultural identifications and hybridizations that require researchers, in any field of knowledge, here named as ‘GLOCADEMICS’, to be critically reflexive upon the subtleties of intercultural communication/interaction in democratic, postcolonial and global academic exchanges. They should be able to act within a conceptual framework that is mindful of an ‘ecology of knowledges’ and capable of promoting a dialogue between different epistemologies. This project aims to research on the representation, positioning and workings of European ‘glocal’ languages (English, Portuguese and Spanish) and of indigenous languages as well as on the promotion of ‘intercultural responsibility’, both through the study of language and intercultural policies in the curricular management of a sample of Language/Culture Departments and of intercultural communication/interaction in a sample of research teams, both in the Social Sciences and in the Life Sciences. It aims to carry out document analysis and field research, through observation of meetings and focus group interviews, in Brazil and comparative research while back in Europe.

Keywords: language,culture,intercultural,epistemology,research,globalization,internationalization,north-south,academic networking,higher education,latin america,brazil
Neural basis and cognition of nest building in birds (BIRDNEST)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IEF, 2013)
Start date: 2014-10-01
End date: 2016-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 221606.4
EU funding (EUR): 221606.4
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

How do birds know what kind of a nest to build? Building requires physical skills such as choice and manipulation of nest material, but the role of cognition in this apparently complex behaviour is unknown: invertebrates such as wasps can build nests by following simple rules whereas nest building by primates requires learning. Bird brains are functionally similar to those of mammals, and birds have other impressive cognitive abilities including spatial and episodic-like memory as well as tool manufacture. My aim is to understand the neural basis of building behaviour and how birds gain building skills. I will use zebra finches in the laboratory to study experimentally where in the brain nest building ‘occurs’ and whether experience chances building behaviour and related neural activity, i.e., whether building has to be practised. I will map neural activity in the brain using immediate early gene expression. I will further study the links between brain and behaviour by examining the division of labour between zebra finch males that build the nest structure and females that line the nest: I will investigate whether these sex differences in building behaviour are coupled with differences in their neural underpinning, and whether they are plastic (respond to hormonal manipulation). This project will shed light into the relationship between physical skills and cognition as well as that between cognitive and behavioural ‘complexity’. It will also contribute to the question how and why cognitive abilities evolve. I have a strong background in evolutionary ecology and behavioural experiments with birds. Behavioural experiments are the corner stone of this proposal but with the component of neurobiology and cognition research, which will give me new theoretical and methodological knowledge. At the same time, my background will help in bringing evolutionary perspective to the work and in communicating the results to a wider audience.

Keywords: nest building,avian cognition,physical skill,sex difference,immediate early gene expression
An aptamer-based multiplex assay to recording molecular signatures of cancer cell fingerprints (APTACELLSENS)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Germany
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IEF, 2013)
Start date: 2014-04-01
End date: 2016-03-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 161968.8
EU funding (EUR): 161968.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The ability to detect pathogenic cells is essential for many applications in clinical diagnostics. Great attention has been focused on the field during the last decade, stressing the importance of an early and unequivocal detection of certain diseases for a successful diagnosis and thus, a favourable treatment and prognosis. To achieve this, molecular tools are required that unambiguously recognise appropriate cell surface molecules that come along with disease onset and progression. Aptamers are short single-chained oligo(deoxy)nucleotides that interact with cognate target molecules with high affinity and specificity. Within the last years they gained much attention to be employed as cell–recognition tools. In this research proposal, DNA aptamers that reveal broad-spectrum interaction patterns with cancer cells derived from solid tumours will be employed for developing a robust, multiplex assay format likely to determine molecular fingerprints of the most prevalent and lethal cancers worldwide. Furthermore, the multiplex aptamer-based assay will allow gaining information of the relative expression levels of yet unknown marker proteins present on different cancer cells. This will enable profiling of cancer cells, which is highly convenient for diagnostic monitoring. A second goal is the identification of the molecular targets of the employed aptamers. This will be achieved by using siRNA libraries, essentially covering the entire human genome and the knockdown of putative target molecules. Loss of aptamer binding in relation to employed siRNA molecules will lead to information on cognate aptamer target molecules, and they will be studied as possible new biomarkers candidates.

Keywords: aptamer,cancer cell recognition,cancer cell fingerprint,flow cytometry,protein identification,sirna,biomarker discovery
Advanced Snapshot Swept-Source Mueller Polarimeter (3SMP)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IEF, 2013)
Start date: 2014-09-01
End date: 2016-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 309235.2
EU funding (EUR): 309235.2
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Optical imaging for medical diagnosis and biology is a fast-growing scientific and technological domain due to their non invasiveness and recent advances in Photonics tools. A major trend in medical imaging is to improve the contrast and access to structural information. Polarisation is a key parameter in this respect. Molecular orientation and microstructural shape are often connected to the degree of the disease. Although polarisation can provide a wealth of relevant information, very few techniques have made it from the lab to the market. The present fellowship is directed to the most exhaustive polarimetric technique, the complete Mueller polarimetry. This technique can analyse the polarization state of backscattered or transmitted light as a function of illuminating light polarization. The object-to-be-investigated microstructure can alter the polarization state in three possible ways: diattenuation, retardance and depolarization. Since 2007 the fellow has been developing a unique Snapshot Mueller polarimeter (SMP) which opens novel avenues in interrogating the polarisation properties. The fellowship aims at advancing the provision of complete Mueller matrix information in at least two technological directions: (i) building a Swept-Source SMP (3SMP) to increase the acquisition speed of the SMP by using recent advances in the field of optical coherence tomography, (ii) devising hand held 3SMP configurations by applying principles of coherence gating. These advances are planned to be fully tested and characterised in directions such as: imaging the posterior and anterior pole of the eye in-vivo and imaging excised tissue, such as basal cell carcinoma of eye lids and vocal cords. Specialist advice in these directions will be provided by clinicians drawn from 5 National Health System teams, which will open important avenues for the fellow to translate his research from lab to the clinic, complemented by relevant training, and by links with 3 industrial partners.

Keywords: complete mueller polarimetry,imaging,fibre,remote sensor,biophotonics,depolarization,birefringence,polarization,swept source,optical coherent tomography
Self-Management for Unified Heterogeneous Radio Access Networks (SEMAFOUR)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Pervasive and Trusted Network and Service Infrastructures
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,Germany,Sweden,France,Spain,Netherlands,Germany,Denmark,Belgium
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2011-8, 2011)
Start date: 2012-09-01
End date: 2015-08-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 6124526.0
EU funding (EUR): 3818000.0
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

The SEMAFOUR project will design and develop a unified self-management system, which enables the network operators to holistically manage and operate their complex heterogeneous mobile networks. The ultimate goal is to create a management system that enables an enhanced quality of user experience, improved network performance, improved manageability, and reduced operational costs. SEMAFOUR aims at taking the operation and management of mobile wireless networks to the next level. The SEMAFOUR project will have two key objectives. The first objective is the development of multi-RAT / multi-layer SON functions that provide a closed control loop for the configuration, optimisation and failure recovery of the network across different RATs (UMTS, LTE, WLAN) and cell layers (macro, micro, pico, femto). Such coordinated adaptation of radio (resource management) parameters in different RATs and cell layers is imperative for the global optimisation of network performance. The second objective is the design and development of an integrated SON management system, which interfaces between operator-defined performance objectives and the set of multi-RAT / multi-layer SON functions. This will provide a unified view on the performance of the complex heterogeneous network environment and allow its efficient control and operation. This important new management system enables operators to move their operational focus towards a higher, more global level, which is more transparent to the specifics of the underlying network technologies and cellular layout. In order to assess the achievable improvements in terms of network performance and manageability, the developed solutions will be evaluated through extensive simulation experiments and visualised by a demonstration system.

Keywords: self-management,self-organisation,son,heterogeneous radio access networks
Joint training and research network on Chromatin Dynamics and the DNA Damage Response (ADDRESS)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Initial Training Networks
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Greece,Netherlands,Denmark,Germany,France,Italy,Spain,United Kingdom,Greece
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-ITN, 2012)
Start date: 2012-10-01
End date: 2016-09-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3804294.12
EU funding (EUR): 3804294.12
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

DNA is tightly wrapped around histones to form chromatin, a highly dynamic structure that can adopt different conformations with contrasting degrees of compaction. Essential processes of DNA metabolism, such as DNA repair, replication or transcription operate in the context of chromatin and higher order chromosomal organization. Understanding how modulation of chromatin structure and repair influence cell fate decisions in development and disease or how genome surveillance factors interact with the chromatin structure to safeguard the genome is an emerging question that represents a major challenge for human health. The objectives of the aDDRess ITN are: 1. to establish a European research platform of excellence in the proposed field, 2. to create a Network dedicated for the training of ESR/ERs promoting their independent careers and prospects and 3. to transform our current collaborations into a stronger intellectual and training network with links to the industry. In addressing these aims, we have put forward a multidisciplinary approach to study this central thematic area at the molecular, cellular and systems level by assembling a group of scientists with cross disciplinary expertise and capabilities. This integrated approach is likely to provide a solid groundwork on genome maintenance and chromatin dynamics driven by DNA damage.

Keywords: l101 molecular biology and interactions,l103 dna biosynthesis - modification - repair and degradation,l202 transcriptomics,l203 proteomics,l208 epigenetics and gene regulation
Science in Motion for Friday Night Commotion (SCIMFONICOM)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: European Researchers' Night
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Serbia
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-NIGHT, 2012)
Start date: 2012-05-01
End date: 2012-10-31
Duration (months): 6.0
Total project cost (EUR): 22460.0
EU funding (EUR): 20000.0
Participants: 3
Project status: CLOSED

Researchers' Night in Serbia 2012, entitled “Science in Motion for Friday Night Commotion” (SCIMFONICOM), will be organized by the Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering (IMGGE), Institute for Biological Research (IBR) and Faculty of Physical Chemistry (FPC), members of the University of Belgrade, highly experienced in organization and implementation of science promotion and popularization events. The objectives of the project are to offer Serbian people from the capital city and rural communities attractive program that combines science and entertainment, to attract large number of participants to the event, to organize broad range of activities for all the categories of the public and to enable direct contact between participants and researchers. Massive media campaign will be launched to announce the manifestation and to get rural communities interested in hosting the event. Researchers’ Night 2012 in Serbia will take place in at least three rural places and in Belgrade, where the program will be set on several locations in Knez Mihailova Street, pedestrian zone in city center. The following activities will be organized during Researchers’ Night: Science Vans (SVans) – teams of researchers dispatched to at least three rural places to perform a set of hands on experiments with participants; Grand Tour of Science – great events from history of mankind demonstrated in chronological order and guided by scientists; Treasure Hunt – completing a set of hands on experiments designed as several entertaining tasks following enclosed map; Science Debate Club – a few „hot“ scientific topics presented and debated by high school students and scientists; Science (in) Fiction – discussion on scientific background of several clips from different science fiction movies; European Corner – learning and entering a quiz competition about famous European scientists to win the opportunity to visit a science laboratory and be a researcher for one day.

Keywords: hands on experiments,science vans,grand tour of science,treasure hunt,debate club,science fiction,quiz
European Doctoral Training Support in Micro/Nano-electronics (EURO-DOTS-2)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Alternative Paths to Components and Systems
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Belgium,Switzerland,Sweden,Slovakia
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2011-8, 2011)
Start date: 2013-01-01
End date: 2014-12-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 357308.0
EU funding (EUR): 346000.0
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

This proposal is submitted to support and ensure continuation of the EURO-DOTS initiative, that was launched as a Support Action in response to the FP7-Call 5 and that has successfully realized all the objectives resulting in the installation of a virtual platform to serve the Doctoral Schools in Europe in micro/nano-electronics. When the present 2-year EURO-DOTS project ends on 30 April 2012, it will not only have a fully operational platform and system in place, but it will also have realized the build-up of a course portfolio of nearly 50 PhD course titles, offered and organized by universities all over Europe. The major objective of EURO-DOTS was to improve the offering and quality of training provided to European PhD students in the micro/nano-electronics area based on the comprehensive analysis of university offering and industrial needs. One week intensive courses help them fulfilling the requirements for ECTS credits imposed by European universities for obtaining the PhD degree in Engineering. Essential in this endeavor are the scholarships that PhD students can apply for. This boosts the mobility of students but most importantly, it allows them to attend the right course at the right place, where the expertise on the treated subject is guaranteed. The major objective of this EURO-DOTS-2 follow-up project with a 2 year duration, is to ensure the continuation and continuity of the present successful action. This implies maintaining and improving operation of the platform, managing course portfolio and planning, stimulating development and submission of new courses in response to the needs of industry and researchers, managing and attributing of scholarships for PhD students and promotion of platform service and course offering. The present partnership, installed committees and organization will be basically retained. This continuity can be realized with a limited but indispensable budget of which half will be used for the scholarships.

Keywords: micro/nano-electronics,education and training,doctoral program,ects credits,virtual platform
Provision of a European Training Infrastructure (EUROTRAINING)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Alternative Paths to Components and Systems
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Switzerland,Denmark,Italy,Hungary,France
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2011-8, 2011)
Start date: 2013-01-01
End date: 2015-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1245145.0
EU funding (EUR): 1043036.0
Participants: 5
Project status: CLOSED

The objective of the EuroTraining proposal is to provide a European Training Infrastructure facilitating the provision of high calibre training across Europe. The structure will support professional advancement training as well as academic training. Professional course providers will get a central place for the presentation of their training offer while academics will get a course material exchange service targeting graduate nanoelectronics schools. The training action will enhance the development of the European knowledge-based society in the field of nanoelectronics. The proposal strongly builds on key building elements from the former EuroTraining project (ICT-211806), however extended with new innovative services, like: - Thematic courses supporting the convergence of advanced More-than-Moore elements with Beyond-CMOS devices - A European platform for multimedia based training - A training material exchange service for graduate schools - A global action offering training support for EU enterprises having operations in Far East - A European wide dissemination of training originating from FP7 projects (IP/NoE/STREPS) - Four new Train-the-Trainers courses for Eastern European universities All services offered will be gathered in the European Training Infrastructure web site, having 12.000 subscribers and more than 1.2 million annual users.

Keywords: training