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Carbon imides bearing distorted-ring-embedded helicene for chiral electronics (IBERIAN)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Chemistry
Countries involved: France
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, 2023)
Start date: 2025-05-01
End date: 2027-04-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 195914.88
EU funding (EUR): 195914.88
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

One of the major goals of the European Union is to accelerate the twin green and digital transitions to achieve climate neutrality in Europe. One of the specific measurements that have been proposed is the development of novel organic materials to apply them in organic semiconductors (OSCs). The reasons behind this lie in their cost and their improved processability compared with the traditional inorganic materials. In addition, the synthesis of new OSCs is one of the key aspects of the scientific development of next-generation optoelectronic devices. IBERIAN project aims to contribute with the synthesis of new organic structures perylene diimide-based with attractive chiroptical properties to apply them in organic electronics. The great novelty of the project is perylene diimide (PDI) derivatives will produce large chiral absorption and emission light even in the near infrared region, thanks to the insertion of an extremely distorted skeleton by the combination of helicenes with non-hexagonal rings. Such highly contorted and twisted structures incorporating rings of unusual size will be unique in the PDI chemistry landscape and push the limit of the structure/properties relationship understanding of chiral n-type OSCs. Besides, a through characterization, especially in solid-state, will be achieved to decide in which kind of device these new material can be implemented. The development of organic electronics would have a huge impact at all levels, creating many job opportunities, contributing to reach the climate neutrality and rising the technologies of the future. The IBERIAN results will be broadly communicated as open as possible through open peer reviewed article resources, and public outreach activities.

Keywords: organic semiconductors,chiroptical properties,nanographenes,perylene diimides,helicenes
European compact accelerators, their applications, and entrepreneurship (EPACE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Doctoral Networks
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Physics
Countries involved: Germany,France,Greece,Lithuania,Netherlands,Sweden,Estonia,United Kingdom,Denmark,Switzerland,Hungary,Australia,Ukraine,United States
Call: MSCA Doctoral Networks 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-DN-01, 2023)
Start date: 2025-01-01
End date: 2028-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4072239.77
EU funding (EUR): 3970022.4
Participants: 32
Project status: SIGNED

New technologies of compact accelerators, in particular plasma accelerators, and laser-based x-ray sources, are on the verge of reaching maturity in this decade, making today the perfect time to steer them towards a broader scope of applications in academia, medicine and the industry. Training the next generation of entrepreneur-minded early-stage researchers on such a disruptive technology will enable them to start successful careers with significant societal impact. This is the goal we pursue with the Marie Skłodowska Curie Action Doctoral Network EPACE (European compact accelerators, their applications, and entrepreneurship). EPACE fosters a culture of excellence, innovation and critical thinking to help the next generation explore opportunities and guide it towards significant contributions in line with the EU missions. Emphasis is put on applications in industry (muon tomography), medicine (FLASH effect with particle beams from plasma accelerators), and impactful progress (reduced energy consumption of particle accelerators). An extensive curriculum from a world-class European business school will help the students identify and transfer the most promising innovations into commercial products. Coordinated by DESY, EPACE gathers 31 industrial and academic partners in Europe, to provide 15 PhD students with great scientific expertise, a thorough awareness of EU values and a drive towards entrepreneurship.

Keywords: particle accelerators,laser plasma interaction,laser driven wakefield accelerators,plasma physics
A novel support material for 3D bioprinting and post-printing tissue growth: Print and Grow (Print and Grow)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Proof of concept grants
Action type: ERC actions
Countries involved: Israel
Call: ERC PROOF OF CONCEPT GRANTS1 (ERC-2022-POC1, 2022)
Start date: 2022-06-01
End date: 2023-11-30
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 150000.0
EU funding (EUR): 150000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Three-dimensional (3D) bioprinting holds great promise for tissue engineering, with extrusion bioprinting in suspended hydrogels becoming the leading bioprinting technique in recent years. In this method, living cells are incorporated within bioinks, extruded layer by layer into a granular support material and undergo gelation through diverse cross-linking mechanisms. It offers high fidelity and precise fabrication of complex structures based on the living tissue properties, however the transition of cell mass mixed with the bioink into functional native-like tissue requires post-printing cultivation in vitro. An often-overlooked drawback of 3D bioprinting is the non-uniform shrinkage and deformation of printed constructs during the post-printing tissue maturation period. This leads to highly-variable and unpredictable engineered constructs, posing a challenge for the technology to meet applicative requirements. We propose to develop a novel technology of "Print and Grow", 3D bioprinting into a specially designed microgel aimed to enhance the long-term structural stability of the printed objects by providing structural support and a possibility for live monitoring during tissue maturation. Our preliminary testing of the “Print and Grow” method demonstrated accurate bioprinting with high tissue viability while preserving the construct shape and size, unlike current state of the art approaches. We aim to optimize the support material properties and develop scalable and reproducible fabrication techniques. We also plan to test the “Print and Grow” for a wide range of tissue types and adjust the microgel according to specific tissue requirements. Finally, we will study the in vivo transplantation possibility of the tissue generated through the “Print and Grow” process. The results of our proof of concept project may lead to emergence of universal and user-friendly 3D bioprinting technology for regenerative medicine, drug discovery and cultured meat industry.
Design rules for Novel Organic photoVoltaics from natural phOtosystems through computational modelling (DeNOVO)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Chemistry
Countries involved: Italy
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, 2023)
Start date: 2025-07-21
End date: 2027-07-20
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 172750.08
EU funding (EUR): 172750.08
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Through photosynthesis, nature has mastered the process of harvesting solar energy and converting it into vital chemical products. Carefully constructed assemblies of light-absorbing molecules, such as chlorophylls, collect light energy from the sun to generate excited species (called excitons) that can spread out among different molecules. These extended excitons travel very efficiently to specific locations where they break into charges, driving photosynthesis. What secrets enable nature to carry out these tasks so efficiently, and how can we draw inspiration from them? Among the materials used for artificial solar energy conversion, organic solar cells made of carbon and hydrogen follow similar steps to natural photosystems and offer practical advantages: chemical tunability, flexibility, and transparency. These low-cost materials can make clean energy more widely accessible and help combat dangerous climate change. Yet, efficient molecular solar energy converters require better design strategies. DeNOVO applies state-of-the-art computation to understand and optimize the primary electronic steps in molecular photovoltaics, drawing insights from evolution's exquisite molecular design. In synergy with the host group, which offers training on advanced multiscale algorithms, I will develop a novel method to simulate the entire process, from light absorption to charge separation, in complex systems spanning a wide range of time scales. I will model energy conversion in both well-studied and new photosystems and will implement natural system features (e.g., well-controlled morphology, reduced interfacial volume) in simplified photovoltaic architectures. These design strategies should enhance morphological stability, boost charge separation driven by enhanced quantum delocalization, and reduce energy losses. The long-term goal is to develop scientific knowledge that can support decision-making in technology development and mainstreaming of new renewable energy sources.

Keywords: large scale excited state dynamics,multi scale approaches,machine learning,organic photovoltaics,photosystems,exciton transport,charge separation,transient delocalization
Development of a Sustainable, Low-cost and Long-term Lab-on-a-Chip colorimetric paper-based sensor for saxotoxin quantification in water and seafood (PON-SXT)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Environment and Geosciences
Countries involved: Sweden,Spain
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, 2023)
Start date: 2025-09-01
End date: 2027-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 206887.68
EU funding (EUR): 206887.68
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

Dr. Sara Santiago Malagón will conduct a fellowship focused on developing a Lab-on-a-Chip (LOC) colorimetric paper-based device for point-of-need (PON) detection of saxitoxin, a toxin produced by cyanobacteria and certain microalgae. The primary objective of this project is to mitigate cyanobacteria contamination in stagnant water and harmful algae bloom (HAB) occurrences in seawater, which can lead to the death of marine species and the poisoning of animals and humans. We aim to validate an accessible, eco-friendly, cost-effective, and user-friendly technology that can be extended to detect and quantify various biotoxins relevant to public health and the environment. The driving force behind this project is the current gap in the development of portable sensor systems for environmental applications in marine ecosystems, freshwater, and seafood quality control, all without the need for specialized equipment. In addition to the research that will help control and prevent damage to the ecosystem and preserve species diversity, the methodology and materials presented are sustainable and environmentally friendly, aligning with the project's environmental commitment. Furthermore, the materials used (silk) will facilitate the stabilization of biomacromolecules required for the detection and quantification of saxitoxin, enabling the creation of long-span sensors. Ultimately, the end goal is to validate that the colorimetric device, designed as a toolless system, can be operated by minimally trained volunteers (end users) through a user-friendly mobile application interface, even if they do not possess specialized knowledge or skills. These individuals play a crucial role in environmental preservation and prevention efforts. This grant would offer the applicant the opportunity to lead an international project, fostering collaborations with esteemed institutions and researchers for future global initiatives.

Keywords: saxitoxin,silk fibroin,paper based display,lab on a chip,colorimetric detection,harmful algae bloom hab,cyanobacteria,climate change
EuroFlash: exploring the origins of fast radio bursts using a network of European radio telescopes (EuroFlash)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Universe Sciences
Panel description: Astro -physics/ -chemistry/ -biology; solar system; planetary systems; stellar, galactic and extragalactic astronomy; cosmology; space sciences; astronomical instrumentation and data
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call: ERC ADVANCED GRANTS (ERC-2022-ADG, 2022)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2028-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3500000.0
EU funding (EUR): 3500000.0
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) present astronomers with a compelling mystery: what is creating these brilliant but ephemeral flashes that travel billions of lightyears before reaching Earth? Whatever is producing the FRBs, it requires an extreme energy density and the conditions for `laser-like’ coherent radio emission to be generated. While recent discoveries show that magnetars are a leading contender, the heterogeneous properties of the known FRB sample strongly suggest that there are multiple FRB source types. If so, then we have multiple mysterious FRB origins to uncover. Due to the great interest in solving this puzzle, enormous progress has been made in recent years. There are now hundreds of known FRB sources, dozens of which repeat, and some of which have been localised to their exact galactic neighbourhoods. The FRB sample continues to grow at a rapid pace of several new sources per day, thanks to new wide-field radio telescopes. Studying these sources with dedicated follow-up is challenging because they emit sporadically and are only visible for milliseconds or less. At the same time, by casting an even wider net we are likely to discover new types of FRB-like signals. With EuroFlash, I will create a coordinated network of European radio telescopes operating over a broad range of radio frequencies, providing high sensitivity and observing cadence, and achieving the best-possible localisations. I will use this network to perform a world-leading, systematic study of repeating FRBs, to understand their progenitor(s) and their relation to the apparently one-off FRB sources. I will also make a novel exploration of the parameter space of short-duration radio transients by exploiting the large field-of-view of LOFAR2.0 and commensal observations to find new sources. In doing so, I aim to discover new types of astrophysical phenomena that probe the extremes of the Universe.

Keywords: fast radio bursts,radio astronomy,astrophysical transients
Optogenetic control of collective dynamics in Epithelial Cells (OptoEpiC)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Physics
Countries involved: Spain,Germany
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-04-01
End date: 2026-03-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 165312.96
EU funding (EUR): 165312.96
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

Collective cell motility states, such as multicellular flocking and jamming, are active matter states that play important roles in development and disease. However, much of the dynamics of these collective states remains to be discovered. The goal of this proposal is to use optogenetics to control and understand collective cell dynamics. Optogenetics allows to control cell mechanics with unprecedented temporal and spatial precision by photoactivating the molecular machinery that regulates cell protrusion and contraction on-demand. By combining optogenetics with traction force microscopy, we will first study how single epithelial cells reshape their traction forces in response to activation of RhoA, Rac1 and CDC42. We will then investigate collective coordination of intrinsic forces and movements in response to different patterns of photoactivation of these RhoGTPases. Specifically, we will induce and steer flocks made of several cells, and we will jam/unjam well-defined regions in monolayers near the jamming transition. Active gel models will help us identify characteristic mechanical profiles of single- and multi-cellular motility. The project will yield new approaches to understand and control epithelial dynamics at the mesoscale, opening new avenues at the intersection of active matter physics and biology.

Keywords: cell migration,traction force microscopy,cell guidance,optogenetics,photoactivation,active matter,flocking,jamming,tissue mechanics,multicellular systems,epithelium,monolayers
Quality of Service enhancement with Resilient routing and Machine learning (QoSeRM)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Romania,Germany
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-09-01
End date: 2026-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 149575.68
EU funding (EUR): 149575.68
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

By now, the Internet has become a topmost critical infrastructure. Current technology trends point toward a new era of dependable Internet, which includes the concepts of the Internet of Everything, Network Intelligentization, Vehicle-to-everything communication, Augmented and Virtual Reality applications, and many others. Telesurgery, autonomous driving, Industry 4.0 and the stock market are just a few examples of the emerging mission-critical services that involve telecommunication and on which both people and governments increasingly rely. To address the rising challenges of these new mission-critical application-based concepts, ultra-reliable and low-latency communication channels have to be established. Despite this reliance on the Internet, nowadays, it often falls behind the needs and expectations. To enable the advent of a truly dependable Internet, the main goal of QoSeRM is to drastically improve the most important Quality of Service (QoS) metric, the end-to-end availability, that measures the fraction of time in which two endpoints are able to communicate. To create such a reliable Internet, we have to step further from protecting only the classical single network equipment failures and ensure that telecommunication remains operational in the presence of large-scale regional failures caused by natural or man-made disasters too. To this end, QoSeRM forges two major building blocks into an overarching framework, namely: 1) enhanced time series prediction techniques for predicting future spare link bandwidths, and 2) scalable resilient routing algorithms for utilising the spare link capacities for sending redundant data between the communicating endpoints. Thus, my findings will combine the strengths of artificial intelligence and combinatorial optimisation, which are two fields with very different philosophies: while the former says that ‘data is better than algorithms’, the creed of the latter is contrary: `algorithms are better than data’.

Keywords: dependable internet,ultra reliable low latency communication,resilient routing,time series prediction,network failure protection,disaster resilience,shared risk link group,srlg
'It yet remains to see...' - Hybrid electrochemical energy storage system of high power and improved cycle life (IMMOSTORE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Proof of concept grants
Action type: ERC actions
Countries involved: Poland
Call: ERC PROOF OF CONCEPT GRANTS (ERC-2023-POC, 2023)
Start date: 2024-03-01
End date: 2025-08-31
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 150000.0
EU funding (EUR): 150000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

This project focuses on the electric energy storage and offers research on novel type of hybrid electrochemical capacitor (HEC) that stores the energy quickly (due to high power), efficiently (due to reversible interactions inside) and demonstrates the satisfactory performance over thousands of charging/discharging cycles. Innovative concept of redox-active electrolyte as a component that allows for full insertion of the negative electrode will be researched. A comprehensive study, including several operando techniques will be provided, with elaboration on the mechanisms that govern the performance fade. Finally, the device of high energy density (~50 Wh/kg) and power (over 1 kW/kg), retained over at least 1 000 of cycles is aimed to be delivered.

Keywords: energy storage,electrochemical capacitors,metal ion capacitors,novel energy storage concepts