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EUrope-Japan opening of LIMMS (EUJO-LIMMS)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Activities of International Cooperation
Destination: Strengthening European research facilities in third countries: INCO-LAB activity
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: France,Japan,Switzerland,Germany,Finland,Netherlands
Call:  (FP7-INCO-2011-7, 2011)
Start date: 2011-12-01
End date: 2016-05-31
Duration (months): 54.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2350839.0
EU funding (EUR): 1999982.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

EUJO-LIMMS aims to reinforce research collaboration between Europe and Japan to tackle new challenges in micro and nano technologies. The strategy consists in opening the activity of an international laboratory, the Laboratory for Integrated Micro Mechatronic Systems (LIMMS), located in Tokyo, to European partners. The LIMMS is a research unit between CNRS and the Institute of Industrial Sciences of the University of Tokyo (UT-IIS). More than 100 French researchers have stayed at LIMMS and have combined their scientific and technological expertise with their Japanese hosts. EUJO-LIMMS will open LIMMS structure and hosting capacities to researchers from three European partners. To guaranty a smooth evolution, the partners having already networking activities with both CNRS and UT agreed to join the program. These partners are EPFL in Switzerland, IMTEK in Germany and VTT in Finland. The scientific challenge of EUJO-LIMMS is to push the frontiers of micro and nano systems technology in capitalising the complementary expertise of UT and European partners. The hosted European researchers will develop joint projects for new applications in flexible electronics, optics, nanotechnology, molecular and cellular bio-engineering. At mid-project a call will be organised to expend the collaboration to European researchers from other Member States or Associated Countries. The proposals will be stimulated by an open workshop in Europe and the new partner will be selected by the EUJO-LIMMS consortium. The opening of the institutional arrangement of LIMMS/CNRS-UT to additional partners will be studied on the basis of the experience acquired by UT and CNRS, and on the discussions with the consortium. The EUJO-LIMMS targets significant enhancement of EU-Japan's collaborations, as the scientific topic addresses micro- and nanotechnologies, a blooming area where many applications are foreseen. Japan is ahead in that field and is a country where the Technology is a Science.

Keywords: japan,microsystem,nanotechnology,biomems,international collaboration
Advanced Studies on Improving Sheep Fertility by Using Artificial Means of Reproduction (SHEEPREP)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Research Staff Exchange Scheme
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Romania,Romania,Italy
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IRSES, 2011)
Start date: 2012-01-01
End date: 2014-07-31
Duration (months): 31.0
Total project cost (EUR): 197700.0
EU funding (EUR): 197700.0
Participants: 4
Project status: CLOSED

Artificial insemination (AI) in livestock has made it possible to optimize reproduction efficiency. AI is undoubtedly the management technique that has most contributed to the genetic improvement of livestock in modern animal production. By comparison to the other currently available preservation methods of semen, cryopreservation is an established industry used worldwide for performing AI, as it can preserve cells life undefinitely. The main disadvantage of semen cryopreservation is that freezing and thawing induce several forms of cellular lesions, which reduce dramatically the quality and subsequent fertilizing ability of the semen. Sperm motility, viability, membrane integrity and biochemical parameters are all routinely used tests to assess the quality of frozen-thawed semen. However, acceptable motility and viability of spermatozoa do not necessarily lead to acceptable conception rates. By this research project, we aim at increasing the conception rate in ewes following AI, by using frozen-thawed semen. In order to achieve this goal, we have the following objectives: to improve the freezing technologies, to evaluate the cytological and cryobiological indexes of the spermatozoa, to obtain accurate biochemical and electronomicroscopical profiles of the cryopreserved cells, and to test in vivo the efficiency of different preserving and AI technologies, on the cryobiological parameters and reproduction indexes.

Keywords: health sciences,romanian meat sheep breeds,genetic improvement,artificial insemination,cryopreserved semen evaluations,combined & improved biotechnologies
Renewable energy production through microalgae cultivation: Closing material cycles (ALGAENET)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Research Staff Exchange Scheme
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Spain,Czechia,Spain
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IRSES, 2011)
Start date: 2012-02-01
End date: 2016-01-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 709800.0
EU funding (EUR): 709800.0
Participants: 3
Project status: CLOSED

Combination of anaerobic digestion and microalgae growth can be used for the development of closed loop systems, where carbon and nutrients are recycled. Microalgae biomass produced can be fed to an anaerobic bioreactor, where it is converted to biogas. Subsequently, biogas can be used for energy production. CO2 released can be used for microalgae production, as well as the nutrients released during the anaerobic conversion of the microalgae. Such cycle would be actually driven by sunlight, which provides the energy required to sustain the cycle. The main goal of the present joint exchange programme is to determine the feasibility of using sunlight transformation capacity of microalgae to enhance biogas production of anaerobic digestion processes, by means of CO2 capture from biogas and co-digestion of waste and microalgal biomass. Successful development of a process for bioenergy production from microalgae requires a multidisciplinary approach, since it involves two different sub-processes: On one hand, microalgal cultivation and harvesting and on the other hand biogas and hydrogen production process. The IRSES partners were selected to include institutions with proved experience in both areas, both in Chile and in Europe. The consortium includes experts in algae cultivation (UHU and UANTOF), anaerobic digestion for methane and hydrogen production (IG-CSIC, ICTP, UCV and UFRO) and modelling and control of bioprocesses (UCV). Such selection is intended to promote conditions for transfer of knowledge between Chile and Europe in all the research areas related to this proposal.

Keywords: technological sciences,natural sciences,anaerobic digestion,algae production,renewable energy production,resource recovery,hydrogen production,co2 sequestration
Politics of Memory and Memory Cultures of the Russian-Ottoman War 1877/1878: From Divergence to Dialogue (MEMORYROW)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Research Staff Exchange Scheme
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Austria,Bulgaria,Greece,Türkiye,North Macedonia
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IRSES, 2011)
Start date: 2012-02-01
End date: 2016-01-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 524400.0
EU funding (EUR): 524400.0
Participants: 5
Project status: CLOSED

“Politics of Memory and Memory Cultures of the Russian-Ottoman War 1877/1878: From Divergence to Dialogue” Abstract The Russo-Ottoman War (ROW) of 1877-78 is part of the formation of national narratives in the Balkans, in Turkey, and in the Caucasus in the 19th and 20th centuries. The official politics of memory of these countries is based on symbols that unite, generalize and fix contradicting memories, which have been passed from one generation to the next. The ROW was a major historical event, which resulted in the establishment of a new political order in the Balkan and Caucasian regions and determined their long-term development. In the decades that followed, the peace treaties were interpreted as crucial – but in different and often opposing ways by the nations directly involved in the War (Turks, Armenians, Greeks, Georgians, Bulgarians, Macedonians and Russians). In every nation/country contradicting official cultures of memory emerged. In Bulgaria, e.g., the conclusion of the San Stefano Peace Treaty was celebrated as a national feast, but in Greece it was receipted as a tragic event because it stipulated the integration of most of Macedonia to Bulgaria. In the Ottoman Empire, the war and the following preliminary Treaty of San Stefano and the definite Treaty of Berlin have been regarded as dramatic peak of nationalist separatist movements aimed at the destruction of the Empire. Interpreted in contradicting ways, the ROW served national ideologists as basis for strengthening national identities. The overall aim of the proposed project is to prepare ground for a revision of conflicting images of the Russian-Ottoman War of 1877-78. The project considers itself positioned within the new tendencies in regional and memory studies and aims on the establishment of a network of researchers from all countries with relevant ROW memories in order to facilitate this revision. It is worth mentioning that this is the first initiative of this kind.

Keywords: humanities,memory culture,politics of memory,russian-ottoman war,memory studies,caucasus,balkans,black sea,muslims,christians,jews,treaty of berlin,multi-perspectivity,women,gende
Computer simulations of thermally excited molecules and materials by first principles (TEMM1P)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Research Staff Exchange Scheme
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Germany,Italy,France,Spain
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IRSES, 2011)
Start date: 2012-01-01
End date: 2015-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 644700.0
EU funding (EUR): 516600.0
Participants: 4
Project status: CLOSED

With the rapid development of computational sciences and of high-performance computing, first principles computer simulations have become a standard for the simulation of processes in physics, chemistry, biology and materials science. Moreover, the quality of first principles methods, most of all of density-functional theory, reached recently that of experiments, which allows the prediction of new forms of condensed matter, including novel molecules and nanomaterials with specially designed building units. However, these simulations refer to the electronic ground state, while in reality and experiment the materials are exposed to elevated temperatures, where also the electronic structure should be considered to be thermally excited. We will develop, implement and validate methods to simulate processes at thermally elevated temperatures. Our target applications are the formation of fullerenes and endohedral fullerenes in arc discharge plasma, thermolysis of ammonia boranes, chemical reactions of oil sands cracking at high temperature and pressure, ion diffusion in clay-mineral nanotubes, and mass spectrometer chemistry including the formation of new molecules with untypical bonding properties and the chemical reaction of methane with late transition metal and rare earth ions, a hopeful way to produce molecular hydrogen from natural gas. All applications have in common that they occur at high temperature and partially high pressure, and hence require similar computational methods. With this proposal we would like to initiate a Transfer of Knowledge scheme where we will create synergies in developing these methods, implement them for their use in latest supercomputer facilities, and have well-trained personnel to be able to operate them in the individual workgroups. The Exchange Programme includes long-term stays of graduate students (ESR) as well as shorter-term stays of research staff (ER) and professors.

Keywords: physical sciences,computational chemistry,reaction mechanisms ands dynamics
Polaritonic TeraHertz Devices (POLATER)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Research Staff Exchange Scheme
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Greece,Switzerland,Iceland,France,Germany
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IRSES, 2011)
Start date: 2012-03-01
End date: 2015-06-30
Duration (months): 40.0
Total project cost (EUR): 374300.0
EU funding (EUR): 374300.0
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

THz band remains the last region of electromagnetic spectrum which does not have wide application in modern technology due to lack of solid state source of THz radiation: compact, reliable and scalable. Fundamental objection preventing creation of such source is small rate of spontaneous emission of the THz photons: according to the Fermi Golden rule this rate is about tens of inverse milliseconds, while lifetime of the charge carrier in the solid typically lies in picoseconds range due to the efficient interaction with phonons. The rate of spontaneous emission of THz photons can be increased by application Purcell effect, but even in this case cryogenic temperature is required for the operation of solid state THz devices. Further increase of emission rate can be achieved via bosonic stimulation, when THz radiative transition occurs into the quantum state, in which condensate of bosons is formed. Such situation can be realized for transition between upper and lower polariton state in semiconductor microcavity in polariton lasing regime, in the case when parity excitonic parts of upper and lower polariton states is made different. In this case emission of THz radiation characterized by substantial quantum efficiency can be achieved even at room temperature. Further, pronounced non-linear properties of polaritonic systems lead to various non-linear effects in coupled system of polaritons and THz photons, what open the way for development of novel class of solid state devices, like compact THz short pulse generators, THz switch, and THz detectors.

Keywords: thz technology,polariton,microcavity,bistability,optical switching
Modelling the response of biodiversity to environmental change (RANGESHIFT)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IEF, 2011)
Start date: 2012-10-01
End date: 2014-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 200371.8
EU funding (EUR): 200371.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Climate change is considered to be among the largest threats to biodiversity, and the primary response of the species to changes in regional climates is to shift their ranges. However, to date projections of species’ responses to changes in the environment are typically based merely on the species’ association with environmental conditions, and do not take account for either biotic interactions or the ability of species to follow the changing 'climate envelope' through dispersal. Therefore there is an urgent need for incorporating more realism into species distribution modelling in order to inform more successful conservation planning. This project aims both to contribute new theoretical understanding of how the spatial structure of a landscape contributes to the success or failure of range-shifting by species and species assemblages and to provide some novel tools for conservation. These goals will be achieved by adopting a landscape-centric approach for modelling biodiversity responses to environmental change. The novel landscape permeability modelling framework will link ecological and genetic dynamics. The modelling tool will be developed such that it can be used both for strategic modelling for elucidating the generic ecological and genetic dynamics of range-shifting across landscapes with different characteristics and for much more applied modelling focussing on spatial conservation prioritisation for real sets of species on real landscapes. The research will identify strategies for habitat creation and restoration that can easily be applied to current, real landscapes, and that should optimise the proportion and diversity of species able to effectively shift their ranges as climate changes.

Keywords: natural sciences,global change mitigation strategies (climate change),ecosystem management,ecology,ecosystems (climate change)
Development of selective antagonists and subtype selective ligands for the D-myo-inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors. (SELECTIPROBE)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IEF, 2011)
Start date: 2012-06-01
End date: 2014-05-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 200371.8
EU funding (EUR): 200371.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The overall aim of this project is the development of novel ligands to probe the role of D-myo-inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors (InsP3Rs) in intracellular calcium signalling. Two key goals are the development of selective and potent non-inositol InsP3R antagonists and the development of ligands that bind selectively to one of the three subtype of InsP3Rs. Using hits from an in silico screen, we will develop and then employ thermal shift analysis, surface plasmon resonance and isothermal titration calorimetry assays to identify promising lead compounds. We will determine whether these compounds act as agonists or antagonists using a fluorescence-based sea urchin egg homogenate assay before data are obtained in further, more intact, cellular assays. In order to facilitate the use of these compounds in cells they will be rendered cell permeant using previously developed technology. X-ray crystallographic studies with these compounds, in particular the antagonists, will be undertaken in order to shed light the molecular mechanism of InsP3R activation. Subtype selective ligands will be useful in determining the particular role of each of the InsP3R subtypes in normal cellular function and cellular dysfunction, which underlies diseases such as heart arrhythmia and cardiac hypertrophy. This project has been designed to capitalise on the skills of the fellow in chemical synthesis and her knowledge of phosphate bioisosteres. Further advanced training will be provided in chemical synthesis, biophysical techniques and molecular biology in addition to cooperation with industrial collaborators Inhibox. Consequently, the fellow will significantly enhance and diversify her skills in this highly multidisciplinary project.

Keywords: synthetic chemistry,chemical biology,antagonist,probe,inositol,calcium signalling
Stem Cell Cocooning for Targeted Cardiac Cell Therapy (STEM CELLS COCOONING)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Incoming Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Sweden
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IIF, 2011)
Start date: 2012-11-01
End date: 2014-10-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 181418.4
EU funding (EUR): 181418.4
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Stem cell therapy is believed to be the most viable method for restoration of cardiac function after Myocardial Infarction (MI), the leading cause of death in Europe. Despite numerous attempts at injecting stem cells into post-MI heart to affect regeneration, the consensus is that anoikis (cell death) induced by the lack of contact between the cells and the tissue scaffold during injection, the harsh environment at the injection site, and powerful myocardial contractions cause massive cell loss rendering the therapy ineffective. The goal of this project is to enhance treatment efficacy by individual cocooning of bone marrow stem cells in bioengineered collagen-based microspheres. The cocoon provides the tissue support for cell survival, promotes integrin upregulation for better engraftment of the cells onto the heart tissue, and protect the cells from the harsh post-MI environment. The spheres will be grafted with recognition moieties for the infarct areas, e.g. NGR peptide to enhance targeting. They will also contain growth factor VEGF to promote re-vascularization of ischaemic areas, and gold-coated silicon nanoparticles for in vivo tracking. The cocooned cells will be tested in vitro for their safety and efficacy (e.g. spheres degradation rate, cytotoxicity), and in vivo in MI mice models for their effectiveness in restoring heart functions by echocardiography, and for their traceability by dual-energy CT. As a Canadian researcher, I already joined the Liedberg group at Linkoping University, Sweden, in March 2011 as an Assistant Professor on a temporary, short-term basis to establish this project. My expertise in biomaterials and cell encapsulation combined with peptide, nanoparticle, and imaging expertise of the host laboratory are an excellent match for the success of the project. If the funding is granted, it enables me to extend my stay in Sweden to meet the goals of this beneficial project that will enhance collaborative research between Europe and Canada.

Keywords: biomaterial engineering,stem cells cocooning,myocardial infarction,bioengineered microspheres,peptide,gold-coated silicon nanoparticles,enhanced targeting and engrafting,traceability,canada
Elucidating the Mechanism of Lubrication for Sliding Droplets: Hydrodynamics, Surface Forces, and the Role of Surfactants and Polymers (SLIDING DROPLETS)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Outgoing Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Poland
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IOF, 2011)
Start date: 2012-08-01
End date: 2014-07-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 161772.3
EU funding (EUR): 161772.3
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Emulsions are the base for variety of products in industry, food production, cosmetics, pharmacy, and new materials. Many of the important applications of emulsions are controlled by interactions between oil droplets and solid surfaces. The aim of this project is to carry out novel investigations into the interaction between droplets and solid surfaces undergoing sliding contact. Importantly, and for the first time, this project will combine force measurements and spectroscopic characterisation of the system, enabling us to ‘see’ and ‘feel’ the interaction between droplet and solid surface under sliding conditions. In addition, the project will take advantage of the most advanced form of atomic force microscopy for studying the contact between two surface: interferometric-AFM. A further aim for the project is to go one step beyond considering the droplets as representative of the dispersed oil phase in an emulsion. The interaction of a surfactant-coated oil droplet with a solid surface will be a useful model system for considering cell-surface interactions. The control of attachment of cells to surfaces within microfluidic channels is a key goal for studies of cell immune response for disease detection.

Keywords: emulsions,lubrication,surface forces,in situ spectroscopy,microchannels,lateral forces