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Women Writing Saints: Proto-feminist Discourses in Religious texts written by Women in Counter-Reformation Italy (WomenWritingSaints)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Standard European Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: Norway
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2018, 2018)
Start date: 2019-09-01
End date: 2021-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 202158.72
EU funding (EUR): 202158.72
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

WomenWritingSaints is an interdisciplinary project exploring the religious literature authored by different categories of early modern women writers in post-Tridentine Italy (1563-1700), bringing together literary studies, cultural history, the history of ideas and women’s studies. The sacred writings authored by women writers provides extraordinary grounds for challenging the misapprehension that the Counter-Reformation was an era of overarching repression and censorship. WomenWritingSaints will argue against this premise through an inquiry into the hagiographical production of lay and religious women that will disclose unexpected proto-feminist and political patterns in their writings. By exploring a diverse range of understudied material, including prose writing, hagiographical texts, letters and autobiographical confessional accounts, the fellow, Dr. Stella will revise our understanding of the Counter-Reformation and thoroughly recast the accepted picture of post-Tridentine religious production through a close focus on the key role of female agency. The research, to be based at the Norwegian Institute in Rome, will encompass extensive archival searches in Central Italy (Rome, Florence and Perugia) and will create an open-access database with valuable data on the circulation and ownership of the materials examined. The project will be supervised by Unn Falkeid, Professor of History of Ideas at the University of Oslo, who manages the international interdisciplinary research project, ‘The Legacy of Birgitta of Sweden’ funded by the Research Council of Norway (2018-2021). There is undoubted potential to generate significant valuable research synergy given the overlap in aims and time frame between the two projects. Beyond its scholarly value, the project aims to disseminate important alternative narratives of the history of women, countering oppressive patriarchal discourses which still pervade parts of contemporary Italian and European society.

Keywords: early modern women writers,female saints,hagiography,religious literature,italy,florence,rome,counter reformation
Surface-supported Molecular ARchiTectures: THEory Meets Experiment (SMART THEME)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Career Restart panel
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Chemistry
Countries involved: Italy
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2018, 2018)
Start date: 2019-11-01
End date: 2022-10-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 275209.92
EU funding (EUR): 275209.92
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The future of nano-electronics has been proposed to be switching soon from bulk 3D materials to lower dimensionalities. The self-assembly of well-designed molecular precursors on appropriate surfaces is a very promising route towards 1D/2D materials with a high degree of long-range order and tailored functionalities. However, the synthesis of well controlled molecular networks is a lengthy and expensive trial-and-error process because growth driving forces are poorly understood and generally hard to investigate. Research in the field can be improved and sped up thanks to optimization guidelines derived from first principles modeling of the elemental steps of the growth process. This project aims to develop a synergistic theoretical and experimental line of research on the on-surface synthesis of novel surface-supported molecular architectures. The candidate is a well experienced computational quantum chemist which will integrate a team of experimentalists and theoreticians expert in the field of molecular assembling and reactivity at surfaces. Novel methods in density functional theory will be employed to simulate complex molecular configurations and reactions paths. On one side the theoretical activity will provide predictive modeling of the mechanisms of surface-assisted reactions and fundamental insights for the interpretation of microscopy and spectroscopy observations. On the other side, precisely targeted experiments will provide the necessary validation of the theoretical approaches employed and will stimulate the most pertinent directions over which the theoretical modeling should be addressed. The ultimate goal of the project will be to build an irreplaceable theoretical tool to rationalize experiments and to drive them towards optimal synthesis routes.
ADDovenom: Novel Snakebite Therapy Platform of Unparalleled Efficacy, Safety and Affordability (ADDovenom)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)
Theme: EIC Pathfinder
Destination: Novel ideas for radically new technologies
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Belgium,France,France,United Kingdom,Portugal,United Kingdom
Call: FET-Open Challenging Current Thinking (H2020-FETOPEN-2018-2019-2020-01, 2019)
Start date: 2020-10-01
End date: 2024-09-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3675558.75
EU funding (EUR): 3675558.75
Participants: 6
Project status: SIGNED

ADDovenom initiates a major multidisciplinary effort to achieve a timely step-change in snakebite therapy, by creating an innovative platform with transformative potential for antivenom generation to save countless lives. ADDovenom exploits a disruptive new, protein-based nanoscaffold we developed, the ADDomer - a megadalton sized, thermostable synthetic virus-like particle that offers 60 high-affinity binding sites to rapidly eliminate venom toxins from the blood stream. Further, we will for the first time deploy ADDobody, a small, stable protein motif with randomized flexible loops that will be utilized as a naïve library to select and evolve high-affinity binders in vitro by Ribosome Display. Of note, the ADDobody and ADDomer ‘superbinder’ formats are interconvertible. The ADDovenom project brings to bear cutting-edge proteomics, transcriptomics and bioinformatics to inventorise the toxin repertoire of eight snakes that inflict the most clinically-challenging envenoming syndromes in sub-Saharan Africa: haemorrhage, coagulopathy, paralysis and tissue necrosis. We will implement rational design and high-throughput expression to produce antigens for our selections, based on the major toxin groups we target. We will design consensus-toxins and epitope strings combining conserved sequences, to achieve maximal intergeneric efficacy of our ADDobody binders, boosting neutralizing efficacy for entire toxin families simultaneously. We will develop state-of-the-art bioprocessing to manufacture ADDomer-based antivenoms at pharma scale, preparing for future clinical trials. To achieve these ambitious goals, ADDovenom synergistically combines unique expertise across a range of techniques and scientific disciplines, towards the objective to develop easy to produce, first-in-class neutralizing superbinders for snakebite therapy, to protect with unprecedented efficacy against the most prevalent snakebites – a strategy that can be adapted to all snakes in any geographic region.

Keywords: snakebite,antivenoms,toxin neutralisation,protein engineering,high affinity binders,darwinian in vitro selection,evolution,mass spectrometry,high throughput protein expression,cryo em
INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT, PROMOTE, AND INTEGRATE RESEARCHERS@RISK IN EUROPE (InSPIREurope)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Germany,Germany,Ireland,Belgium,Norway,Greece,Poland,Sweden,Sweden,Sweden,France,Netherlands
Call: MSCA for researchers at risk (H2020-MSCA-RR-2018, 2018)
Start date: 2019-09-01
End date: 2022-08-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1492321.25
EU funding (EUR): 1492321.25
Participants: 13
Project status: SIGNED

The InSPIREurope project will forge a coordinated, cross-sectoral, Europe-wide alliance in support of researchers at risk. The project partners are uniquely suited to lead such cooperation as they include (i) leading organizations in supporting researchers at risk including the French and German national funding programmes and the European office of the Scholars at Risk network (ii) organizations with expertise in European and national R&I programmes (iii) leading actors in influencing EU policies on higher education, research and innovation (iv) universities in regions underrepresented in existing support networks and initiatives for researchers at risk. The project will lay the groundwork for a durable support structure in Europe for researchers at risk through the creation of the InSPIREurope Coordinating Committee, a project team that will live on, grow and diversify beyond the life of the project. Through guidance, coaching, and training, researchers at risk will stand a better chance of accessing existing EU and national funding and support; while employers across Europe will gain new insights into the integration of diverse research talent. Deploying the vast dissemination networks of the partners, the Coordinating Committee will promote the good support measures already in place at the national and European level, encourage their replication, facilitate greater coordination and peer-learning between national-level and European-level research and innovation initiatives, and provide concrete recommendations to the policy level on sustaining such support over the long-term. Through outreach, the project will encourage the development of new support initiatives in particular in Central, Southern and Eastern Europe. Through stakeholder fora and mutual learning opportunities, the project will break down barriers between the academic and non-academic sector towards the common goal of integrating the research talent of researchers at risk.

Keywords: researchers,risk,refugees,marie sklodowska curie,european network,mutual learning,peer learning
Conflictual Democracy: Urban politics, gender and local governance in post-revolution Tunisia (ConflictualDemocracy)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Standard European Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: Belgium
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2020, 2020)
Start date: 2022-09-01
End date: 2024-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 166320.0
EU funding (EUR): 166320.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The 2011 Arab uprisings were extraordinary events. The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has long been understood as the bastion of authoritarianism, stifled markets and Islamic fundamentalism. The protestors who filled streets and city squares in 2011 disrupted these narratives. A decade after the uprisings, I propose to investigate whether politics leads to the weakening of democracy. In a context of deepening socio-economic inequalities, I explore this question from Tunisia, the country celebrated in foreign policy circles as ‘the only hope’ of the Arab revolutions. The hypothesis I aim to test is whether a conflictual democracy is being consolidated at the local level, where ‘the state’, the space of institutionalized politics, meets the street, the space of contestation. Through this fellowship, my research attends to whether and how conflictual democracy in post-revolution Tunisia which manifests at the intersection of municipalities as spaces of encounter, the gendering of these local governments, and the legal battles these decentralized entities have waged against the deconcentrated state. My research engages with three bodies of literature: the urban studies literature on the political, feminist theories of the space, and the political geography literature on scale and topologies of power. The conceptual innovation of this project lies in bridging political theory, urban studies, and feminist studies to theorize the dynamics of an unfolding conflictual democracy while being attentive to questions of gender, the perceived threat of political Islam and the legal aspects of politics. In addition to its theoretical rigor, I aim to build on my professional experience in policy circles and my knowledge of Tunisian politics to develop policy briefs about decentralization reforms, and teach-ins modules aimed at increasing female political participation in local governance.

Keywords: post revolution,urban politics,decentralization,tunisia
IoT-ready radar sensors with micrometer-level accuracy for safe human-machine collaboration (preSENSE)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Germany
Call: SME instrument (H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1, 2019)
Start date: 2019-08-01
End date: 2019-11-30
Duration (months): 4.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Robots are revolutionizing the labour landscape by increasing production and replacing workers in especially hard and dangerous jobs. But when men and robots have to work together, accidents occur due to the low efficiency of the strategies regarding robots in the presence of humans and the detection systems. In recent years, 77 workers have died due to accidents related to robots that, in addition to human losses, amount for millionaire costs. We are going to produce the first mmWave Radar Sensor network designed specifically to increase safety on scenarios involving cobots and humans. Our smart sensor, combined with the specifically designed algorithms and cloud-based software, is able to detect an object with an accuracy of 1 µm under the most extreme conditions, in a compact and IoT-ready device that, in turn, enables additional services and business models for the first time in this area. The Proximity Sensor Market is growing driven by very diverse activities in different sectors of the industry. The sale of collaborative robots has reached its highest levels in 2018 and, together with the implementation of new ISOs standards, that increase the security measures for the collaborative work of robots and humans, opens up great opportunities to enter a market projected to reach €5.75 B by 2020. Our business model is based on direct sales of hardware and renewable software licenses to robot manufacturers and industrial users in Europe and Asia, allowing our company to grow and expand internationally. This is thus a strategic project for ondoSENSE. Its required investment is expected to provide us a profitability after five years in the market with ROI=7.5.

Keywords: radar sensor for the industry,motion sensor,micrometer level accuracy,cloud based,collaborative robots,safety with robot human interaction,new business models
ANNULUS CLOSURE EXPANDABLE DEVICE BASED ON SHAPE-MEMORY MATERIALS AND MEDICAL TEXTILES: SCALE-UP TO PRODUCTION, TESTING AND DEMONSTRATION. (ACE)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials, Advanced Manufacturing and Processing, and Biotechnology
Theme: Nanotechnologies
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Spain
Call: Accelerating the uptake of nanotechnologies, advanced materials or advanced manufacturing and processing technologies by SMEs (H2020-SMEINST-2-2015, 2015)
Start date: 2015-10-01
End date: 2018-09-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2722250.0
EU funding (EUR): 1905575.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The objective of the ACE project is to broaden NEOS’ product portfolio by launching its first Spinal Product, an Annulus Closure Device in 2018. Sales from this product will more than triple NEOS’ turnover between 2018 and 2022. It will also position NEOS in a very strategic segment of the Spinal Implants Market: Non-Fusion Spinal Implants (900-1400 M€, CAGR 10-18%), consolidating its visibility as a manufacturer of innovative implants. The ACE provides a permanent solution to an unmet clinical need: disc hernia management. The ACE solves the challenge by providing a barrier to re-herniation which is expandable, is securely fixed to the vertebra, has minimum impact on the current surgery procedure, and respects natural spine movements. This is done by combining expertise in implant design, textile technology, and advanced manufacturing techniques, and was developed by a European consortium in a Eurostars-funded project. The ACE is currently at TRL6, and is ready for testing in its operational environment. The European patent of the invention is in conversations with the examiner, approval foreseen in 2015. Freedom to Operate had been verified. The ACE has been validated with clinicians and commercial partners and the ACE Business Plan has been approved by NEOS’ Board of Directors. The ACE will address a “Blue Ocean” type market with a dynamic IP and start-up landscape, with only one commercially active player at the moment. The ACE will add value to Patients, Surgeons and Payers by offering a cost-effective, permanent solution to low back pain. NEOS will be the first European company to launch an Annulus Closure Device, which will address many European challenges: the socio-economic impact of low back pain (Health Costs, sick leaves, productivity loss), European industrial leadership in the high added-value Medical Devices sector, and bridging the gap between research and the market. The ACE is the cornerstone of NEOS’ Strategic Plan to accelerate its growth.

Keywords: medical device,spine,biomaterials,nitinol,textile
Towards nanopore proteomics: enhancing cytolysin performance through genetically encoded noncanonical amino acids (nanoEx)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Reintegration panel
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Life Sciences
Countries involved: Slovenia
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2019, 2019)
Start date: 2020-04-01
End date: 2022-03-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 162040.32
EU funding (EUR): 162040.32
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Accurate detection of low-abundance proteins in biological samples obtained from patients or invasive species relies on appropriate handling and fixation techniques. Due to their inherent instability and propensity to denature upon freeze-thaw treatments, important protein markers tend to escape detection. Analogous challenges in RNA sequencing have been mitigated by the use of nanopore technology. European academic research and industry actions led to the creation of the widely used MinION devices that employ nanopore technology to enable DNA and RNA sequencing to be executed on site. Through this application I seek to improve nanopores as biosensors for the detection of proteins that will facilitate immediate protein analysis from clinical or ecological samples. I will use my expertise in genetic code expansion (GCE) techniques to engineer two well-characterized cytolysins with distinct architectures: an α-helical actinoporin and β-barrel containing lysenin. To improve these pores for protein identification and sequencing, the proposed research will advance through four stages: Incorporation of noncanonical amino acid (ncAA) to covalently stabilize smaller pores (1) and modulate the pore’s sensing region (2), directed evolution of residues lining the channel walls (3) and structural characterization of the identified variants (4). This is a multidisciplinary project that combines GCE techniques with advanced biophysical and structural characterization of the evolved nanopores. The host’s expertise in nanopore analysis together with my experience with GCE and directed evolution methods provide an important two-way transfer of knowledge. Action includes a training-through-research essential to advance my future academic career and enhance my employability in the biomedical industry. I anticipate the results of nanoEx project will have a major impact on the progress of nanopore biosensing, increasing the competitiveness of the European industry in protein sequencing.

Keywords: protein nanopores,nanopore sequencing,genetic code expansion,noncanonical amino acids
European Data Science Academy (EDSA)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Theme: Content technologies and information management: ICT for digital content, cultural and creative industries
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Germany,Sweden,Slovenia,France,Netherlands,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,United Kingdom
Call: Big data and Open Data Innovation and take-up (H2020-ICT-2014-1, 2014)
Start date: 2015-02-01
End date: 2018-01-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2976189.75
EU funding (EUR): 2976189.75
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

Data explosion on the web, fuelled by social networking, micro-blogging, as well as crowdsourcing, has led to the Big Data phenomenon. This is characterized by increasing volumes of structured, semi-structured and unstructured data, originating from sources that generate them at an increasing rate. This wealth of data provides numerous new analytic and business intelligence opportunities to various industry sectors. Therefore, more and more industry sectors are in need of innovative data management services, creating a demand for Data Scientists possessing skills and detailed knowledge in this area. Ensuring the availability of such expertise will prove crucial if businesses are to reap the full benefits of these advanced data management technologies, and the know-how accumulated over the past years by researchers, technology enthusiasts and early adopters. The European Data Science Academy (EDSA) will establish a virtuous learning production cycle whereby we: a) analyse the required sector specific skillsets for data analysts across the main industrial sectors in Europe; b) develop modular and adaptable data science curricula to meet these needs; and c) deliver training supported by multiplatform and multilingual learning resources based on our curricula. The curricula and learning resources will be continuously evaluated by pedagogical and data science experts during both development and deployment.

Keywords: data science,big data,elearning,curricula,open educational resources,moocs