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Maximisation of greenhouse horticulture production with low quality irrigation waters (CARBGROWTH)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research for the benefit of SMEs
Destination: Research for SME associations
Action type: Research for the benefit of specific groups
Countries involved: Italy,France,Malta,Croatia,Spain,Spain,Romania
Call:  (FP7-SME-2011, 2011)
Start date: 2011-12-01
End date: 2014-11-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2344551.81
EU funding (EUR): 1864819.0
Participants: 11
Project status: CLOSED

Agriculture in the European Union faces some serious challenges in the coming decades:competition for water resources, rising costs, competition for international markets, changes in climate and uncertainties in the effectiveness of current European policies as adaptation strategies. Greenhouse production appears as an alternative to face some of the upcoming challenges. In 2009, the surface dedicated to greenhouse production at worldwide level was up to 800kha, from which 20% belongs to Europe. This production is characterised by a climate conditions associated to fourth climate regions, which allows for diversity in technologies and practices used for greenhouse vegetable production. On the other hand, The EU is the main export destination with almost one-half of the world’s imports. In the period 2002-2008, fruit and vegetables imports have experimented a constantly growth (up to 39% for this period).Therefore, in order to ensure their competitiveness against producers from other Non-European countries with lower labour costs as Morocco, or Israel, European growers need to adopt new agricultural technologies to improve net production, ensure quality and reduce production costs. On the other hand, European aquaculture represents 20% of the total fish production. Major environmental impacts of aquaculture have been associated mainly with high-output of wastewater of intensive systems. In 2009, the Commission proposed a strategy for the future of the European aquaculture which includes new wastewater management strategies.In order to satisfy the needs of this two different sectors, Carbgrowth aims to: (1)increase net production and tolerance to salinity through CO2 injection (2)recover CO2 for injection by photocatalysis (3)reusing industrial wastewater for irrigation purposes and reducing the cost associated to water supply, (4)reduce charge loses in irrigation systems.(5)Develop process control to optimise irrigation, CO2 injection and greenhouse climate control.

Keywords: photocatalysis,protected horticulture,greenhouse agreiculture,aquaculture wastewater,water treatment,wastewater,co2 recovery
Maximizing marine omega-3 retention in farmed fish: sustainable production of healthy food. (OMEGA3MAX)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Spain,Norway,Germany,Spain
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IAPP, 2011)
Start date: 2012-01-01
End date: 2015-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 611948.0
EU funding (EUR): 611948.0
Participants: 4
Project status: CLOSED

Reduce the fish oil inclusion level in aquaculture feeds while maintaining high levels of marine omega 3 fatty acids (EPA and DHA) in fish products to meet consumer expectations is a major problem of modern aquaculture. Both of these conditions reflect the necessity to examine in depth nutritional strategies aimed to maximise EPA and DHA retention on fish tissues. Omega3max aims to optimise dietary fatty acid composition and antioxidant sources and concentration to limit in vivo oxidative stress in fish tissues helping to preserve EPA and DHA. In addition not only the quantity of EPA+DHA, but also the position of both fatty acids to conform triacyglycerols and phospholipids, is becoming an important aspect in terms of function and bioavailability for human consumers. Therefore, the present project also aims to study the regiospecificity of fatty acids which is a novel issue for fish nutritionist with important implications on the nutritive quality of the fish flesh. This programme aims to increase the EU aquaculture industry competitiveness being more cost-effective and improving the nutritional value and quality of aquaculture products but also to strengthen the research and educational potential on aquaculture of both sectors industry and academia. The proposed research group in this Consortium comprises four partners, including two national non-commercial organisations namely the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM-Spain) and the Christian-Albrechts University Kiel (CAU-Germany) as well as two commercial enterprises namely Skretting Aquaculture Research Center (Skretting ARC-Norway) and Lucta (Spain). Both the academic and industrial partners have a strong track record on research activities and already established successful research collaborations in the recent past. We propose to create a long-lasting consortium of leading researchers with complementary expertise that can synergize innovative research in the fields of fish nutrition and health.

Keywords: natural sciences,aquaculture,nutrition (aquaculture)
Development and industrial implementation of cost effective advanced CIGS photovoltaic technologies (INDUCIS)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Spain,France
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IAPP, 2011)
Start date: 2011-09-01
End date: 2015-08-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 794000.0
EU funding (EUR): 794000.0
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

The objective of this project is the interchange of knowledge and the establishment of cooperative synergies between the research and industrial sectors that are required for the development and industrial implementation of advanced photovoltaic (PV) technologies for the fabrication of low cost high efficiency Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)2 (CIGS) thin-film solar cells and modules. The project aims exploiting the potential of CIGS based cells for achieving high efficiency devices together with that of electrodeposition (ED) based processes for the low cost industrial implementation of PV technologies. Increase of the competitiveness of these technologies requires for a significant effort in the improvement of the efficiency of the devices, which in turn implies the need for a detailed characterisation of the processes and the identification of the main loss mechanisms in the cells. The main scientific objectives of the project are: a) to decrease the gap in the efficiency of ED-based solar cells in relation to that of devices fabricated with conventional higher cost PVD techniques and b) to improve the production yield and throughput by the implementation of quality control and process monitoring techniques. For this, a consortium formed by a research institute (IREC) and a company (NEXCIS) with strongly complementary competences and scientific background is defined. In this consortium, the strong experience of the group at the NEXCIS company on the development and industrial scale-up of ED based CIGS PV technologies is complemented by the solid background and maturity of IREC on the advanced characterisation of heterostructures and processes in CIGS thin film technologies, and on the application of Raman scattering based techniques for process analysis and monitoring. The consortium covers a broad range of expertises in deposition methods, thin film devices, materials and devices characterization, and looks forward manufacturing and industrial production objectives

Keywords: technological sciences,photovoltaics,pv manufacturing processes,physics of semiconductors
Unlocking and Boosting Research Potential for Photonics in Latvia – Towards Effective Integration in the European Research Area (FOTONIKA- LV)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research Potential
Destination: Unlocking and developing the Research Potential of research entities established in the EU�s Convergence regions and Outermost Regions
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Latvia
Call:  (FP7-REGPOT-2011-1, 2011)
Start date: 2012-02-01
End date: 2015-07-31
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4198520.0
EU funding (EUR): 3752997.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The project aims at unlocking and boosting Latvian R&D potential for photonics at the University of Latvia (LU) with activities contributing to the realization of the full research potential on national scale for the enlarged Union and vision of Innovative Union 2020. Direct beneficiary of the project - the Association FOTONIKA-LV at LU having about 100 researchers: including 4 Professors, 28 with PhD degrees, 7 skilled technicians, 34 PhD candidates and MSc level students. Enhancement of research and outreach activities will covers basic and applied sciences of photonics domain: optics, optoelectronics; in atmosphere and space; Earth geodesy; laser ranging and remote sensing; atomic and molecular physics; laser spectroscopy and plasma light sources; bio-photonics and medical physics. Objectives tasks include: Development of 10 existing strategic partnerships with leading centres in Finland, Sweden, Lithuania, Germany, Spain; Exchanges of know-how through 50 secondments; Helping to reverse the “brain drain” in to a “brain-gain” by repatriating one Dr.Hab, four Dr.Phys and technician back in labs of FOTONIKA-LV; Boosting research with 3 year recruitment Priv.-Doc.Dr. from Germany, Dr. from Russia, Dr. from Bulgaria. Dr from the Ukraine is coming for one year and 4 positions are left open for competitive recruitment; Participation in 24 conferences; Organisation of 3 large scale conferences in photonics, and summer schools in Riga; Organization of 3 strategy technology foresight workshops on RTD policy in the photonics domain; Organization of 1 large scale conference on sustainable development, knowledge society and future manufacturing; Upgrade of research infrastructure - targeted actions allowing to restore experimental capacity for value of 2-3 m€ - purchase of up to date equipment to keep leadership; Establishing a public-access Riga Photonics Centre, to support transfer of knowledge. Various instruments are foreseen to raise research driven activities of photonic's SMEs.

Keywords: health,nanosciences,nanotechnologies environment,space as well as research infrastructures,and research for the benefit of smes and science and society.
Centre of Research Excellence for Advanced Cooperative Systems (ACROSS)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research Potential
Destination: Unlocking and developing the Research Potential of research entities established in the EU�s Convergence regions and Outermost Regions
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Croatia
Call:  (FP7-REGPOT-2011-1, 2011)
Start date: 2011-10-01
End date: 2015-03-31
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3755660.0
EU funding (EUR): 3351776.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The project Centre of Research Excellence for Advanced Cooperative Systems (ACROSS) aims at unlocking and strengthening the research potential of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing of the University of Zagreb (UNIZG-FER) in the area of cooperative systems related to robotics, networked embedded systems and renewable energy systems. Possible applications of such cooperative systems are numerous: advanced flexible manufacturing, renewable and sustainable energy generation, home and office automation, transport, logistics, environmental monitoring, healthcare, security and surveillance, human augmentation, etc. The ultimate goal of ACROSS is to create a Centre of Research Excellence for Advanced Cooperative Systems within UNIZG-FER, which will be at the forefront of research and development of novel methodologies and advanced engineering approaches for cooperative systems with the following objectives: • Strengthening the Research Management Potential; • Increasing the Human Potential; • Increasing the Technology Potential; • Increasing Scientific Visibility and International Reputation; • Developing the Strategic Partnerships with Outstanding Research Centres in EU and leading Croatian industrial partners; • Improving responses to socio-economic needs of Croatia; • Earning a certified recognition “EU Centre of Research Excellence”. The ACROSS Project implements a coherent set of measures for execution of these objectives: • Recruitment of experienced researchers and a project manager; • Upgrading research equipment and establishing three new laboratories; • Exchange of know-how and experience with leading EU centres; • Organisation of workshops and conferences, dissemination and promotional activities; • Ex-post evaluation of research potential by independent experts chosen by the EC.

Keywords: cooperative systems,cognitive systems,robotics,networked embedded systems,renewable energy systems,control systems
ESTABLISHMENT OF A CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR STRUCTURE-BASED DRUG TARGET CHARACTERIZATION: STRENGTHENING THE RESEARCH CAPACITY OF SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE (SEE-DRUG)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research Potential
Destination: Unlocking and developing the Research Potential of research entities established in the EU�s Convergence regions and Outermost Regions
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Greece
Call:  (FP7-REGPOT-2011-1, 2011)
Start date: 2012-01-01
End date: 2015-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3586420.0
EU funding (EUR): 3199527.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

SEE-DRUG’s Major Aim is to strengthen and broaden the scientific reach and socio-economic impact of the University of Patras (UPAT) through the creation of a Regional Centre of Excellence for Structural Biology that emphasizes the characterization and development of bioactive molecules with therapeutic potential. SEE-DRUG takes advantage of UPAT’s pivotal strength and growth potential of Structural Biology and combines it with high-quality, multidisciplinary scientific expertise in Chemistry, Pharmacology, Biology & Bioinformatics. The SEE-DRUG project will enable: (a) the Protein Production group to efficiently produce and characterize protein drug-targets for structural analysis and drug development efforts, (b) the Structural Biology group to perform high-resolution structure determination, through time- and cost-effective NMR-based, cutting-edge techniques, and (c) the Pharmacology group to characterize lead therapeutic molecules in a comprehensive array of in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo systems. The long-term benefits of SEE-DRUG implementation will manifest on 3 levels: (a) the pooling of scientific expertise & the upgrading of infrastructure within UPAT, (b) the optimal integration of UPAT’s Structural Biology in ERA through the establishment of long-lasting partnerships, (c) the creation of a solid scientific platform that will become a pole for therapeutic biomolecule-oriented Structural Biology in Greece and in SouthEastern EU, and (d) the exchange of expertise (via twinning actions with 8 EU partnering organizations) and the building of networks with other scientists and technology end-users at a regional or local level, including the bio-pharmaceutical industry. Last, but not least, such a state-of-the-art Centre will create a number of positions for highly skilled scientists and thus enhance scientific and economic growth both at a local and at a regional level, which will hopefully be sustained for years to come.

Keywords: upat growth,centre of excellence,high-tech scientific pole,nmr,structural biology,biomolecule,preclinical drug development,multidisciplinary translational research,networking,partnerships
Biofilm Alliance (BALI)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Health
Destination: Translating research for human health
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Netherlands,Switzerland,Netherlands,Austria,Austria,Israel,Hungary
Call:  (FP7-HEALTH-2011-two-stage, 2011)
Start date: 2011-10-01
End date: 2016-09-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3866924.43
EU funding (EUR): 2999709.65
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

Infections by biofilm-forming microorganisms on indwelling medical devices such as catheters, prosthetic joints and internal fracture fixation devices pose a serious health threat. Overall, approximately 3% of all patients receiving such devices develop biofilm infections, with costs adding up to billions of Euro’s. Current strategies to combat biofilms are based on conventional antibiotics. They often fail because 1) biofilms are difficult to penetrate, 2) micro-organisms in biofilms are resistant to most conventional antibiotics, 3) antibiotics cause release of pro-inflammatory microbial compounds, and 4) the locally available concentrations are too low. The aim of BALI is to disrupt biofilm formation by a unique combination of Synthetic Antimicrobial Antibiofilm Peptides (SAAPs) with biofilm dispersing, microbicidal, and immune-orchestrating activity, incorporated in novel controlled release drug delivery formulations (PolyPid), for both prevention and treatment of biofilm infections. The recently developed SAAP OP-145, already tested in humans, will be the first candidate. PolyPid, a unique polymer-lipid-based drug delivery platform will be tailored for coatings allowing prolonged and pre-determined release rates of SAAPs, to ensure the required local concentrations over a desired period. The coatings will be optimized in vitro and subsequently in mice and rabbit studies to prevent and treat biofilm infection. Finally a phase 1 study in patients with bone fracture fixation devices will be performed. The novel SAAP-delivering PolyPid formulations can control biofilms and allows for treatment and management of infections, reducing infection rates of implanted medical devices. Patients relying on safe and effective medical devices thus will benefit strongly by reduction of infection frequencies. Besides improved health of EU citizens, the associated cost savings for hospitals and the economic benefits for the SMEs contribute to realization of EC policies

Keywords: antimicrobial peptide controlled release orthopedic infection catheter health antibiotic resistance
Type 2 diabetes and obesity among sub-Saharan African native and migrant populations: dissection of environment and endogenous predisposition (RODAM)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Health
Destination: Translating research for human health
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Netherlands,Ghana,Germany,United Kingdom,Germany,Belgium,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-HEALTH-2011-two-stage, 2011)
Start date: 2012-01-01
End date: 2015-09-30
Duration (months): 45.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3846389.39
EU funding (EUR): 2992200.0
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

Migration from Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to Europe is increasing. The limited evidence suggests that the risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D) and obesity among SSA migrants is higher than among their SSA peers living in Africa and European host populations. The reasons for these observations are only poorly understood, but may involve migration-related changes in lifestyle, genetic predisposition as well as pe¬culiarities in perceptions and practises. Contrasting the increasing number of African migrants in Europe, the health status and needs of these populations remain largely unexamined, and have only insufficiently been integrated into national plans, policies and strategies. Implementation of tailored intervention programmes among migrants implic¬itly requires the identification and the disentanglement of environmental, lifestyle and genetic factors modifying T2D and obesity risk. The RODAM project addresses these fundamental health issues among a homogeneous, and one of the largest SSA migrant groups in Europe (i.e. Ghanaians). RODAM thus aims to contribute to the understanding of the complex interplay between environment, lifestyle, (epi)genetic as well as social factors in T2D and obesity among SSA immigrants, and to identify specific risk factors to guide intervention and prevention and to provide a basis for improving diagnosis and treatment. In a multi-centre study, 6,250 Ghanaians aged >25 years will be re¬cruited in rural and urban Ghana, Germany, the Netherlands, and the UK. The differences in prevalence rates within Ghana on the one hand, and three European countries on the other, will allow us to unravel environmental, lifestyle and (epi)genetic as well as social factors in relation to T2D and obesity. The proposed study will generate relevant results that will ultimately guide intervention programmes and will provide a basis for improving diagnosis and treatment among SSA migrants in Europe as well as in their counterparts in Africa and beyond.

Keywords: diabetes,obesity,environment,lifestyle,genetic,epigenetic priming,sub-saharan african migrants
Silicon nanocrystals coated by photoactive molecules: a new class of organic-inorganic hybrid materials for solar energy conversion (PHOTOSI)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: Materials and Synthesis
Countries involved: Italy
Call:  (ERC-2011-StG_20101014, 2011)
Start date: 2012-01-01
End date: 2017-12-31
Duration (months): 72.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1182606.0
EU funding (EUR): 1182606.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Silicon nanocrystals (SiNCs) have gained much attention in the last few years because of their remarkable optical and electronic properties, compared to bulk silicon. These unique properties are due to quantum confinement effects and are thus strongly dependent on the nanocrystal size, shape, surface functionalization and presence of defects. The aim of the present project is the coupling of SiNCs with photo- and electroactive molecules or multicomponent systems, like dendrons, to build up a new class of hybrid materials to be employed in the field of light-to-electrical energy conversion (solar cells). SiNCs possess several advantages with respect to more commonly employed, quantum dots, which usually contain toxic and rare metals like lead, cadmium, indium, selenium: a) silicon is abundant, easily available and essentially non toxic; b) silicon can form covalent bonds with carbon, thereby offering the possibility of integrating inorganic and organic components in a robust structure; c) absorption and emission can be tuned across the entire visible spectrum from a single material, upon changing the nanocrystal dimension. This project will address the understanding of the fundamental photophysical and electrochemical properties of SiNCs, and their electronic interactions with the functional coating units. Taking advantage of the acquired knowledge, the project will then be devoted to the implementation of these hybrid materials as light-harvesting and charge transport components in photoelectrochemical cells. PhotoSi is expected to lead to solar cells with high efficiency (superior electronic properties of the hybrid material), low cost (the amount of the nanostructured material is significantly reduced compared to conventional Si cells), and low environmental impact (Si is essentially non toxic, and new less-energy demanding synthetic methodologies will be explored).

Keywords: photoinduced energy/electron transfer,fluorescence microscopy,electrochemistry,solar energy