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Higgs mode in Superconductors (HiggS2)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Condensed matter physics
Panel description: Structure, electronic properties, fluids, nanosciences, biological physics
Countries involved: France,France
Call: ERC Consolidator Grant (ERC-2019-COG, 2019)
Start date: 2020-12-01
End date: 2025-11-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1877588.0
EU funding (EUR): 1877588.0
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

Collective modes are witnesses of their underlying quantum order, such as superconductivity. Experimental observations of the collective amplitude mode of the superconducting state, named the Higgs mode due to its analogy with the high energy particle, are still scarce and controversial, despite being a fundamental outcome of the theory of superconductivity. Besides, many crucial questions remain open, like the mechanism of its observability, its mere existence in two-dimensional or unconventional superconductors, to name a few. Similarly to the Higgs boson, its detection remains a challenge for physicists. I identified a potential mechanism of observability making the Higgs mode detectable by Raman spectroscopy, based on the interplay between an adjacent quantum order and superconductivity. I propose here to unravel and investigate the full capability of this mechanism, and to develop a new framework for the quest of the Higgs mode. A first objective is to unveil the key ingredients of this observability by diversifying the type of adjacent order. A second objective is to explore the Higgs mode observability and nature in unconventional situations; in exotic superconductors and in the proximity of quantum criticality. As third objective, I change the dimensionality of the systems and investigate the Higgs mode stability in two-dimensional superconductors. I propose to monitor the detectability and nature of the Higgs mode in this careful selection of situations using advanced Raman spectroscopic techniques under extreme conditions at very low temperature, under lattice-density tuning or high magnetic field. This project will establish definitive examples of the observation and mechanism of observability of the Higgs mode in superconductors, while developing its phenomenology to address major problems at the frontier of quantum materials research, with impact beyond mere superconductivity and even condensed matter.
5G Verticals INNovation Infrastructure (5G-VINNI)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Spain,Germany,Germany,Italy,Germany,Germany,Ireland,Norway,Greece,Greece,Norway,Finland,Greece,France,Denmark,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Luxembourg,Portugal
Call: 5G End to End Facility (H2020-ICT-2018-1, 2018)
Start date: 2018-07-01
End date: 2021-12-31
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 19997733.75
EU funding (EUR): 19997733.5
Participants: 29
Project status: SIGNED

5G-VINNI will accelerate the uptake of 5G in Europe by providing an end-to-end (E2E) facility that validates the performance of new 5G technologies by operating trials of advanced vertical sector services. The 5G-VINNI strategy to achieve this involves: (1) Designing the most advanced 5G facility to demonstrate that technical and business 5G KPIs can be met, (2) Building and operating 7 interworking instances of the E2E facility to prove the capabilities and openness of the system, (3) Creating user friendly zero-touch orchestration, operations and management systems for the 5G-VINNI facilities to ensure operational efficiencies and optimal resource use, (4) Proving the 5G-VINNI capabilities through extensive experiments and measurements of performance against the 5G KPIs, (5) Developing a viable 5G ecosystem model to support the NaaS infrastructure provision as a sustainable business beyond the project, and (6) Promoting the value of 5G-VINNI results to the relevant standards bodies and open source communities. The 5G-VINNI E2E facility will demonstrate the achievement of 5G KPIs across a range of combinations and permutations of new 5G access technologies and end-user equipment types interconnected by the most advanced 5G core network technologies available. For this 5G-VINNI will leverage the latest 5G technologies, including results from previous 5G PPP projects. This approach employs Network Function Virtualization, Network Slicing and a rigorous automated testing campaign to validate the 5G KPIs under various combinations of technologies and network loads. To ensure realistic load scenarios 5G-VINNI will create and make available an openness framework to give verticals and peer projects easy access to the 5G-VINNI facilities, both legally and technically, e.g. via open APIs. The 5G-VINNI facilities include 7 infrastructure instances in nationally supported 5G nodes across Europe; this number may be expanded as the ICT-19 projects come on-line in 2019.

Keywords: 5g end to end facility,performance evaluation,kpi benchmarking
Neutrophil - Chlamydia interactions at the crossroad of adaptation and defence (NCI-CAD)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Immunity, Infection and Immunotherapy
Panel description: The immune system, related disorders and their mechanisms, biology of infectious agents and infection, biological basis of prevention and treatment of infectious diseases, innovative immunological tools and approaches, including therapies
Countries involved: Germany
Call: ERC Advanced Grant (ERC-2018-ADG, 2018)
Start date: 2019-10-01
End date: 2024-09-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2499340.0
EU funding (EUR): 2499340.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Incidences of sexually transmitted diseases (STI) have increased during the past decades with a concomitant rapid spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria. Chlamydia trachomatis is the most frequent cause of bacterial STIs. These infections often remain asymptomatic and are consequently not diagnosed and treated, resulting in the subsequent development of severe chronic pathologies and an enormous economic burden for health systems. The reason for the asymptomatic nature of chlamydial infection is currently unknown. My laboratory made the intriguing observation that exposure of polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMNs), a major subset of innate immune cells and cause of inflammation and tissue damage, to C. trachomatis causes PMNs to become unresponsive to a broad range of stimuli, including Chlamydia themselves. We identified a chlamydial secreted protease (CPAF) to be the bacterial effector responsible for preventing the activation of the non-stimulated PMNs. Chlamydia not only survive PMN exposure but can also surprisingly exploit the PMN itself as host cell for replication. Unexpectedly, the chlamydial secreted deubiquitinase Cdu1 is required for intracellular adaptation of Chlamydia, indicating that PMNs may posses antibacterial cell-autonomous defence strategies based on the host ubiquitin system. It remains completely unclear how PMNs are converted to host cells for obligate intracellular bacteria. This proposal therefore aims to comprehensively investigate the mechanism of PMN reprogramming from a short-lived major immune effector cells to a host cell for Chlamydia replication and development. PMN paralysis offers an unexpected explanation for the asymptomatic nature of these infections. Furthermore, chlamydial factors involved in PMN reprogramming provide prime targets to rearm the patient’s immune response to effectively resolve Chlamydia infections.

Keywords: chlamydia trachomatis infection,neutrophil,asymptomatic infection,infection model,metabolism,metabolic reprogramming,cell autonomous defence
Innovation Support Network East Mediterranean (InnoSuppEastMed)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: Specific Grant agreement
Countries involved: Türkiye,Türkiye,Türkiye,Türkiye
Call: EEN H2020 SGA3 (H2020-EEN-SGA3-2018, 2018)
Start date: 2019-01-01
End date: 2019-12-31
Duration (months): 12.0
Total project cost (EUR): 12131.25
EU funding (EUR): 6905.0
Participants: 5
Project status: CLOSED

Aim of the project is to become a true one-stop-shop for business and innovation support along the entire value chain, providing its services in the proposed region the context of COSME and HORIZON 2020 Programme and in line with the Europe 2020 strategy. innovation support services will help strengthen the competitiveness and sustainability of regional enterprises. Proposed project will include two acitivity type which are “Key account management under the SME Instrument of Horizon 2020” and “Services to enhance the innovation management capacities of SMEs”

Keywords: i nnovation,nnovation support
Low power consumption silicon optoelectronics based on strain and refractive index engineering (POPSTAR)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Systems and communication engineering
Panel description: Electrical, electronic, communication, optical and systems engineering
Countries involved: France
Call: ERC Consolidator Grant (ERC-2014-CoG, 2014)
Start date: 2015-10-01
End date: 2020-09-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1999300.0
EU funding (EUR): 1999300.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The POPSTAR project aims at building a new class of silicon optoelectronic devices based on nonlinear optical effects for the development of high speed multiple wavelength photonic circuits in the near-IR wavelength range for data communication applications including optical interconnects and high performance computing systems. Three major cornerstones will be developed: (i) a 40Gbit/s optical modulators based on Pockels effect with energy consumption and swing voltage lower than 1fJ/bit and 1V, respectively, (ii) a high responsivity, low dark-current, low bias voltage and high bandwidth (40Gbit/s) Si photodetector based on two-photon-absorption and (iii) a low threshold (<10dBm) tunable optical parametric oscillator source based on frequency comb generation. The ground-breaking concept of the project is to generate 3D strains in sub-wavelength silicon photonic nano-structures leading to significant breakthroughs in second-order nonlinearities efficiency (Pockels effect) and in the band-gap energy changes in order to increase or decrease two photon absorption process in silicon. The new approach developed here is to combine (i) strain engineering generated by functional oxide materials including YSZ, SrTiO3, SrHfO3 which exhibit more appropriate strain-induced characteristics in silicon than the use of silicon nitride and (ii) refractive index engineering using sub-wavelength silicon nanostructures. Generation of tunable strains in silicon with an active control using piezoelectric materials including PZT will be also develop to control the light dispersion. Each of the three optoelectronic silicon building blocks would be world’s first demonstration according to the target performances and the used effects. Indeed, the performance targets cannot be achieved with the current state of scientific and technological backgrounds. Finally, the project will open new horizons in the field of strained sub-wavelength silicon photonics in the near-IR wavelength range.

Keywords: silicon photonics,optical interconnects,strained silicon,high speed devices
WELCOME: PAN-EUROPEAN WEB ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND STARTUP ECOSYSTEM (WELCOME)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Theme: Future Internet: Software, hardware, Infrastructures, technologies and services
Action type: Innovation actions
Countries involved: Spain,Italy,Germany,Ireland,Italy,Italy,Italy,Spain
Call: Web Entrepreneurship (H2020-ICT-2014-1, 2014)
Start date: 2015-01-01
End date: 2016-12-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2857138.75
EU funding (EUR): 2000000.0
Participants: 13
Project status: CLOSED

WELCOME aims to connect 4 different major EU ecosystems (Berlin, Dublin, Milan and Madrid), identifying and engaging through WELCOME local partners the most relevant players of the previous 4 web entrepreneur (WE) ecosystems (investors, corporates, media, successful WEs) with prospective, emerging and successful startups. The final goal is to create a Pan-European ecosystem in which every WE in one of the ecosystems feels that belongs to it. WELCOME will run twice over a period of 2 years. There are 5 targets for WELCOME activities in the 4 ecosystems: • WP2. “Prospective wannabe entrepreneurs”, the goal is to impact on younger generations, woman and unemployed population and attract them to become active players in the ecosystems. • WP3. “Seed and early stage startups and investors”, the goal is to identify the emerging startups, investors (BAs, VCs), large & media corporates, media and in each local ecosystem and create connections and relationship cross-borders. The objective is not only to connect startups and investors, but also startups with other startups and build a cross-border investor network, supporting them to successfully launch their operations. • WP4. “Later stage startups and investors”, the objective is to identify the emerging stars in each local ecosystem and connect them with investors, corporates, and media in order to support them scale internationally within EU. • WP5: WELCOME will foster self-sustainability of their activities beyond the life of the project as well as collaboration with SE Initiative and other EU initiatives. • WP6: WELCOME will launch a media and a marketing campaign where the most interesting cases of EU Startups able to scale up will be presented to the public, by means of storytellings in relevant media Channels. The marketing campaign will be conducted by means of the WELCOME camper that will travel around the 4 ecosystems (displaying WELCOME logo).

Keywords: mobile startups,pan eu ecosystem,se initiative,manifesto,encourage prospective we,launchandscale up operations across eu,exposure to investors,corporatesandmedia,celebrations
Robotic Recycling Revolution (Robolution)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Climate action, environment,  resource efficiency and raw materials
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Finland
Call: Boosting the potential of small businesses for eco-innovation and a sustainable supply of raw materials (H2020-SMEINST-2-2014, 2014)
Start date: 2015-07-01
End date: 2016-12-31
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2023750.0
EU funding (EUR): 1416625.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The increasing scarcity for raw materials, growingly strict regulations (European Waste Directive & Landfill tax escalation) and social pressure have turned waste into a resource, making recycling highly attractive. This has created a major market opportunity for new technologies that achieve high purity of sorted materials at a low cost. ZenRobotics Oy has developed a robotic waste sorting system ZenRobotics Recycler (ZRR) that has the potential to revolutionise waste sorting, replacing low-performing hazardous manual jobs with highly efficient and fast autonomous robotic pickers. The key innovation of ZRR is a unique machine-learning based system, which gathers gigabytes of data of its environment, makes smart decisions and moves a robot arm in an unpredictable environment. Given the novelty of the technology, a paradigm shift is necessary in waste management for wide uptake of ZRR. The Robolution project develops the prototype ZRR into a reliable and commercially attractive system for sorting Commercial and Industrial waste that forms more that 25% of total waste stream. The project focuses on: • Robot motion control to be able sort faster smaller objects and pick larger and heavier objects. • Recognition to detect new fractions (plastics, ferrous/non-ferrous metals) with 95% purity and recovery. • Development of the reporting tool enabling optimization within a waste sorting plant. • Optimization of the ZRR commissioning and service to shorten time-to-market time. • Testing and demonstration of the new functionality in real life conditions. ZenRobotics targets the global waste sorting equipment market currently worth about €1.5-3 billion annually, but thanks to technological advances, the market is likely to explode. The expected annual turnover of the Commercial and Industrial waste ZRR reaches €150 million by 2021.

Keywords: robotic waste sorting,commercial and industrial waste,product development
Design and manufacture of sustainable materials for additive manufacturing technologies (DeMANS)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Research and innovation staff exchange
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Germany,Australia,Ireland,Ireland,New Zealand,Finland
Call: Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (H2020-MSCA-RISE-2020, 2020)
Start date: 2021-05-01
End date: 2026-04-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 345000.0
EU funding (EUR): 303600.0
Participants: 7
Project status: SIGNED

There is an urgent need to reduce reliance on fossil fuel derived plastics. The vast majority of these polymers cannot be recycled due to additives within them and developing more sustainable material approaches is an imperative. This international and intersectoral RISE has the ambitious goal of world-class innovation in the design and additive manufacture (AM) of parts, components and devices using sustainable (bio)polymer materials. DeMANS will explore replacing traditional synthetic plastics with biomaterials in consumer products, simultaneously reducing our reliance on fossil fuels and developing new innovations and markets for bio-based products, contributing to the circular economy objectives of the European Green Deal. In line with the principle of ‘transforming knowledge into innovation’, DeMANS will define the key challenges that have to be met to move from laboratory to manufacturing by demonstrating the feasibility of the approach in the area of computer peripherals. DeMANS brings together complementary world-leading expertise from a network of 7 academic and industrial organisations from 3 European and 2 Southern hemisphere countries. The technical approach includes 1) identifying suitable biopolymers with properties matching industry standards, 2) identifying printing methods and 3) fabricating demonstrators and prototypes. The information will be synthesised to define a technological roadmap for sustainable approaches in AM. Knowledge sharing will be undertaken through a series of secondments, complemented by network-wide training events. DeMANS will enhance the quality of research & innovation in Europe, leading to increased competitiveness and growth. DeMANS will develop skills, offer exposure to new research environments and widen the career perspectives of the staff involved. Project results will be disseminated to relevant scientific, industry and governmental agencies to deliver impact in the largely unexplored field of sustainable material AM.

Keywords: additive manufacture,sustainable materials,replacement commodity polymers,volume fabrication,biopolymers,technology roadmap,innovation cycle,product development,prototype fabrication
Imaging and detection of tumor-associated glycan structures on tumor cells (GlycoImaging)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Innovative Training Networks (ITN)-European Training Networks
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Life Sciences
Countries involved: Germany,Finland,Sweden,Sweden,Denmark
Call: Innovative Training Networks (H2020-MSCA-ITN-2016, 2016)
Start date: 2017-04-01
End date: 2021-09-30
Duration (months): 54.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2138720.04
EU funding (EUR): 2138720.04
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

The overall objective of Glyco Imaging is to develop novel assays for detection of glycans as biomarkers associated with aggressive and metastatic cancer forms. The assays will be developed for biomarker detection in blood, urine, cells and tissue. Molecularly Imprinted Polymers (MIPs), or plastic antibodies, have been developed for targeting the human glycan sialic acid (SA), or Neu5Ac. The efficiency of the Neu5Ac specific SAMIPs targeted to the biomarker SA in different solvents (methanol, water, phosphate buffer) will be exploited. The non-human Neu5Gc, which is incorporated into human glycoconjugates through dietary sources such as red meat, and shown to be involved in malignant cell transformation in humans, will also be investigated by using highly specific Neu5Gc-SAMIPs. The imaging and detection techniques used will be based on fluorescence, 3D-viewing of cancer cells by digital holographic microscopy and magnetic separation columns. The results in this research consortium will lead to major technological advances having impact on 1) health care, since it will develop more accurate and reliable diagnostics of aggressive and metastatic cancers, 2) drug discovery allowing a faster and cheaper biomarker targeting and detection; and 3) biochemistry research laboratories in resulting in improved understanding of glycan expression in cancer, with emphasis on aggressive metastatic cancer. The training of researchers will be performed by a consortium consisting of 6 partners with biomedical, imaging and particle synthesis skills (4 groups, one institution, one technology company). This forms the basis for a very competent interdisciplinary training program with high quality in both education and research. 8 early stage researchers (ESRs) working on specific tasks within 5 work packages will follow a rich training program providing a well-balanced spectrum of scientific, business and entrepreneurial skills.

Keywords: glycan,sialic acid,tumor,malignant,imaging,fluorescent,magnetic,clinical,diagnostic,nanoparticle