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International Doctoral Programme in Biological Bases of Human Diseases (Bio4Med)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes (COFUND)-Doctoral programmes
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Countries involved: Austria,Germany,Italy,Spain,Ukraine,Switzerland,Hungary,Poland,France,Czechia,United States,United Kingdom,Canada,Japan
Call: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes (COFUND-DP) (H2020-MSCA-COFUND-2014, 2014)
Start date: 2015-05-01
End date: 2020-04-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4604160.0
EU funding (EUR): 2302080.0
Participants: 23
Project status: CLOSED

The major aim of Bio4Med (Biology for Medicine) programme is to provide unique, international, inter-disciplinary and inter-sectoral doctoral training for Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) in the domain of biological bases of human diseases. To achieve this goal it combines 22 leading research groups at the Nencki Institute and their scientific partners from world-class laboratories located in EU Member States, Switzerland, Ukraine, Japan, Canada and US. Research programme includes basic science PhD-projects focused on molecular basis of neurodegeneration, neurological disorders, cancer and metabolic diseases. All supervising researchers engaged in the Bio4Med are at the international forefront of biomedical research and have experience in PhD student supervision. Our programme will foster young researchers’ career development and employability by addressing the following objectives: (i) to offer excellent training in modern biology and endow ESRs with unique scientific knowledge, and experience in cutting-edge experimental techniques; (ii) to enhance research-oriented and transferable skills of ESRs; (iii) to promote scientific mobility via international, inter-disciplinary and inter-sectoral collaboration. The objectives of Bio4Med will be delivered through activities encompassing practical laboratory training, hands-on workshops, lectures corresponding to the theoretical aspects of doctoral projects, research-oriented generic skills courses, transferrable skills courses, progress talks and meetings. The training programme itself, focused on medically important issues, will make ESRs highly attractive to commercial enterprises, particularly in biotechnology and pharmaceutical sectors. Bio4Med programme will increase the regional, national as well as EU competitiveness by providing a new generation of visionary and innovative researchers able to transform basic science into healthcare solutions.

Keywords: phd training,bio medicine,brain disease,cancer,metabolic disorders,career development,international mobility,transfer of knowledge
A heart valve prosthesis and delivery system intended to replace damaged tricuspid valves and prevent right ventricle dysfunction (TriSol System)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Israel
Call: SME instrument (H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1, 2018)
Start date: 2018-09-01
End date: 2018-12-31
Duration (months): 4.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

About 17 million people die each year from cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), a number that is expected to grow to more than 23 million by 2030. Of these deaths, an estimated 7.4 million were due to heart disease, including heart valve disease (HVD) such as tricuspid regurgitation (TR). The golden standard methods for tricuspid valve diseases are standard open-heart surgery and transcatheter valve replacement. However, high-risk interventions require long recovery time long in-hospital stays and have significant hospital mortality (more than 10%). Transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement (TTVR) is still ineffective due to the increased risk of side effects in right ventricle making this solution not available on the market. TriSol is introducing the TriSol System, a heart valve replacement system for treating severe TR and preventing RV dysfunction which usually follows tricuspid valve surgery. A flexible delivery system allows to position the valve into the heart through support arms for anchoring to the tricuspid physiological site. The entire procedure is performed in a medical center and takes up to 30 minutes compared to 2-4 hours of standard surgery. Trisol System will allow cardiologists to perform a quick and safe implant procedure thus increasing the number of treated population and reducing in-hospital and recovery time. Moreover, it will increase heart performance and reduce the risk of mortality typical of open-heart surgeries. During the feasibility assessment, a go-to-market strategy and a supply chain will be established, as well as further development plan will be drafted. During the second phase of innovation project, TriSol will upgrade the valve and delivery system components of TriSol system for application in multiple valve conditions such as mitral valve regurgitation. It will also increase the production line up to 4k per year. Multiple clinical trials will then be initiated for obtaining CE mark as a medical device.

Keywords: heart replacement valve,tricuspid regurgitation,right ventricle dysfunction,delivery system,heart valve surgery
Promoting E-Rulemaking in the EU through Deliberative Procedures (PEREDEP)

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: Ireland
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2017, 2017)
Start date: 2018-08-02
End date: 2020-11-01
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 187866.0
EU funding (EUR): 187866.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

This project assesses the potential and limitations of ‘e-rulemaking’ in the European Union (EU). The theoretical approach employed in this research project addresses citizen participation and e-rulemaking through the lens of deliberative democracy theory and new media theory with specific references to legal theory. Along with the novel theoretical dimension that this project will propose regarding law-making procedures in the EU, the researcher aims to produce outcomes that are informed by relevant empirical analysis and are of practical value. To this end, she proposes to examine the specific erulemaking initiative at EU level, through the organization of a workshop with participants from all over Europe that will participate in a real e-rulemaking event in order to assess the potential and possible shortcomings of an e-rulemaking initiative in the EU. As the project aspires to provide valuable contribution to the current ‘Better Regulation” of the EC the researcher will reach her final conclusions after formal engagement and consultation with the Secretariat General of the EU and the newly established Regulatory Scrutiny Board (2016) which exercises a ‘quality assurance role” in the ‘Better regulation Agenda’ of the EC. The researcher aims to organize two short study visits at the European Commission for consultation with EU institutions and sharing of research results. The project addresses two major topics: responsible citizenship and the prerequisites for qualitative civic participation in an e-rulemaking initiative following-deliberative procedures.The project is in nature interdisciplinary as the research it proposes stands at the crossroads of political science (with specific attention to deliberation theory and participatory democracy), media studies (with specific attention to new media theory and e-participation) and certainly law as it refers to law making procedures in the EU.

Keywords: e rulemaking,e participation,deliberative democracy,european politics,internet,citizenship
An intelligent design of user-centric cell-free massive MIMO: A deep learning approach (IUCCF)

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: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Italy
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2018, 2018)
Start date: 2020-02-01
End date: 2022-12-15
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 183473.28
EU funding (EUR): 183473.28
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

IUCCF is a 24-months research project focusing on the intelligent design of future cellular wireless data networks. The project leverages on the concepts of ultra-dense network deployments, cloud-based implementations of radio access networks, and of cell-free, user-centric architecture. The aim is to be able to cope with the difficult challenges of future 5G and beyond-5G wireless networks, which will be required to provide ultra-high data-rates, to support a very large number of devices, to provide ultra-reliable and low-latency communications to specific applications, and to operate with the highest levels of energy efficiency. The project will explore the potentialities of the user-centric cell-free massive MIMO concept, where the antennas are distributed, in the form of simple access points (APs), in the service area instead of being collocated at a cell-center. In addition to the use of fixed APs (FAPs), as in traditional cell-free massive MIMO system, the project will introduce also moving APs in the form of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). This scenario poses many issues related to network management and resource allocation schemes that should be considered. During the project, the ER will learn and adopt tools from machine learning, distributed optimization and statistical signal processing to optimize and add intelligence at both network core and edge in order to tackle the challenges of such a distributed autonomous system. The project will be carried out by the ER at the University of Cassino and Lazio Meridionale (Italy), under the supervision of Prof. Stefano Buzzi. Furthermore, Nokia Bell-Labs Research Center in Dublin (Ireland) will host the ER for a six-months secondment. The applying ER is Dr. Mohamed Elwekeil, currently a post-doctoral researcher at the college of information engineering, Shenzhen University, China.

Keywords: 5g and beyond 5g,mobile cellular networks,cell free massive mimo,deep learning,machine learning for wireless communications,energy efficiency
An Integral Platform for the Early Diagnosis of Skin Cancer (DermoSafe 2.0)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Switzerland
Call: SME instrument (H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1, 2018)
Start date: 2018-12-01
End date: 2019-03-31
Duration (months): 4.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

DermoSafe® is an integral platform based on DermoBrain, a cognitive computing system which will enable the early detection of skin cancer for broad population. The ICT-based approach facilitates and speeds the professional analysis of potential skin lesion by employing Dermoscopy Imaging. DermoSafe provides an accurate tool that allows patient performing the needed increased analysis to combat the exploded incidence of skin cancer without the requirement of an appointment with general practitioners or dermatologists, reducing lead time of the skin analysis results from 42 to 3 days. Hence, patient uncertainty and anxiety is clearly diminished. Furthermore, DermoSafe enables a fast and easy access to Dermoscopy experts to the healthcare professional community (pharmacies, general practitioners and dermatologists). DermoSafe has demonstrated capability to overpass the limitations posed by current Dermoscopy devices for early and broad screening by avoiding the need of a high investment to buy the equipment as well as offsets the lack of specialised dermatology workforce. Once implemented in the healthcare system and at pharmacies, DermoSafe can reduce the skin cancer budget up to 136,000€/patient. Since our platform and associated service will make the use of Dermoscopy imaging as broad as the use of a thermometer, the business opportunity seems unquestionable. The objective of this project is the further development of DermoBrain, to enable (1) skin lesion pattern recognition and identification for automatic history tracking and evolution rating, (2) automatic image quality check, and (3) image automatic classification considering also the patient medical context by artificial intelligence. By deploying DermoSafe platform in Europe, we aim to achieve a cumulative cash flow of 10.7 M€ by 2024, resulting in a ROI of 4.2

Keywords: ict platform,cognitive software,skin cancer screening,skin cancer early diagnosis,melanoma,dermoscopy,dermoscopy imaging
Paybon - disrupting the massive global meal voucher market with a smartphone delivery system (Paybon)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Austria
Call: Open Disruptive Innovation Scheme (H2020-SMEINST-1-2016-2017, 2016)
Start date: 2016-08-01
End date: 2017-01-31
Duration (months): 6.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Meal vouchers have become a common part of employee benefit programs, growing to a €59 billion worldwide market annually. To date this market has been dominated by two global providers, Sodexo and Edenred, accounting for approximately 30% of the market each, as well as internal proprietary company solutions and some local providers. Most of the vouchers are still issued in paper form with its numerous disadvantages. The rise of smartphone technology and digital payment systems has created an enormous opportunity to disrupt the meal voucher market. Paybon GmbH, an Austrian-based ICT SME, is exploiting these trends by launching a fully-automated smartphone-based voucher system that boost efficiencies, reduces costs, and creates positive social and environmental impacts. Vouchers can be simply generated by employers and distributed to employees via an web application, and can be redeemed digitally at the point of sale with their smartphones. It is the web-based infrastructure that allows real-time voucher redemption, verification and clearance from phone to phone that is the real and potentially patentable state-of-the-art innovation behind Paybon. As well as convenience, Paybon improves on current solutions by bringing value for money. Paybon attracts employers by proposing up to 50% savings on transaction fees compared to competitive solutions, as well as eliminating budgetary waste from the estimated 10-20% of physical vouchers that expire or are unredeemed. Employees benefit as they can utilize 100% of their allocated voucher, instead of losing portions to changeless systems or through expiration. And restaurants benefit as they are charged just 2-4% transaction fees, compared to the main competitors’ standard 5% rate. Paybon now seeks to launch a feasibility study prove commercial viability and IP potential, enabling it to raise a larger private funding round and take the product to market for widespread application.

Keywords: employee benefit programs,meal vouchers,smartphone based delivery system
A novel smart trap station as an Internet of Things surveillance solution to remotely count and identify the species of disease-carrying mosquitoes (REMOSIS)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Action type: Innovation actions
Countries involved: Spain,Germany,Greece
Call: Fast Track to Innovation Pilot (H2020-FTIPilot-2015-1, 2015)
Start date: 2016-02-01
End date: 2018-01-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1598836.25
EU funding (EUR): 1193873.0
Participants: 3
Project status: CLOSED

BIOGENTS is a world leader in the development and production of surveillance Traps for Mosquitoes, a key supplier for public and private organizations. BIOGENTS, together with IRIDEON, a specialist in IoT sensor applications, and TEIC, a specialist in bioacoustic species recognition, want to address the problem of disease-carrying mosquitoes that invade Europe due to climate change. Our goal is to prevent the loss of billions of Euros, the infection of millions of citizens and most importantly, the deaths of thousands registered every year worldwide. BIOGENTS and its competitors have a conservative business model: continuously develop increasingly efficient trapping methods, for the best price. However, the customers’ real need is to get reliable information about mosquito populations in a given area, and thus have to periodically inspect traps manually. This is where the real costs are; therefore the next disruptive leap lies in making the traps smart. REMOSIS t will attract insects with great efficiency, and perform stand-alone field monitoring, by automatically counting insects, identifying species, and transmitting the data wirelessly. This reduces inspection costs by 80% improving surveillance programmes, which will prevent unnoticed disease outbreaks, and will save lives. With the new electronic trap, we will be the first in the world to combine human mimicking with automatic pest information in their value proposition. This allows a whole new population of consumers to establish surveillance programmes that were only accessible to those with significant resources. BIOGENTS and IRIDEON will produce the solution, and use their own customer and distributor networks as initial commercial routes, which already cover Europe, USA, Australia, Latin America, Africa and Middle East.

Keywords: internet of things,climate change,environmental risks,resource efficiency,public health and,well being,electronic trap,surveillance networks,disease carrying mosquitoes
Signaturit - The smartest e-Signature solution to send and sign documents on the go (SIGNATURIT_2016)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Spain
Call: Open Disruptive Innovation Scheme (H2020-SMEINST-1-2016-2017, 2016)
Start date: 2016-08-01
End date: 2017-01-31
Duration (months): 6.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Signaturit - The smartest e-Signature solution to send and sign documents on the go. Electronic signatures have been regulated in most of the developed countries, including the European Union and the United States of America, to permite their legal use. Signature is a service that allows to the user handwriting signature of documents through any mobil device in a digitized format. It allows the receiver to sign an attached document received by email. After the session logout, the service automatically converts the attachments to a PDF document that is signad with an electronic signature, sealed and with time stamping. It is a multiplatform application, meaning that it does not requiere any specific device for its use (it only requires a device with a touchscreen). Just a valid email adress and Internet connection on the mobile device are needed for working. It is completely independent from email management software, Wen browsers, etc. We identify the signer in a unique way and certify the electronic evidences generated during the signing process. The purpose of Signaturit is to leader the online world in term of the digital signature of documents, providing the highest possible legal validity to the process and providing to the service the consideration of advanced electronic signatgure according to the definition established by the Act 59/2003 on electronic signature and providing legally valid probative evidence in the process.

Keywords: signature
Micron-scale Ice Core Reconstruction of Abrupt Climate Changes (MICRO-CLIMATE)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Global Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Environment and Geosciences
Countries involved: Italy,United States
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2020, 2020)
Start date: 2022-01-15
End date: 2025-01-14
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 269002.56
EU funding (EUR): 269002.56
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

Understanding natural climate dynamics is fundamental to anticipate, avoid, and assess mitigation potential for abrupt climate change, one of the grand challenges to global sustainability. As one of the most important natural archives, polar ice cores have led to the discovery of past abrupt climate transitions, such as the abrupt onset of stadial-interstadial warming in Greenland, happening as fast as just a few decades. The underlying processes remain to be fully deciphered, especially whether oceanic or atmospheric changes initiate abrupt changes, or if they act simultaneously. To study the sequence of events requires fine temporal detail, which conventional cm-resolution melting techniques cannot provide due to continuous thinning of ice layers. Laser-Ablation Inductively-Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) is a key technology in this respect, offering micro-destructive ice core impurity analysis at micron scale-resolution. At this high resolution, however, it is pivotal to avoid misinterpretation by taking into account interaction of impurities with the ice crystal matrix. MICRO-CLIMATE brings together, for the first time, two state-of-the-art LA-ICP-MS setups (at the Universities of Maine and Venice) to realize what one partner could not achieve alone: high-throughput AND high detail analysis for constraining signal preservation. In Venice, imaging the 2D impurity distribution detects the imprint of the ice matrix. In Maine, impurity profiles over meter-long ice core rods are investigated to decipher the timing of changes in marine, terrestrial and atmospheric proxies, before, during and after abrupt transitions. By this means a high-resolution fingerprint of the abrupt change is unfolded – which climate components change first, which follow? Ultimately, the project will advance our understanding of how to interpret ice core geochemistry at high-resolution and produce a refined LA-ICPMS application that can be employed in upcoming ice core projects.

Keywords: polar ice cores,ice core geochemistry,abrupt climate change,laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry