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Papyri and Manuscripts: Exploring Layers of Ages (PAMELA)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Staff Exchanges
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: Czechia,United Kingdom,Poland,Australia,Japan,United States,Argentina,Austria,Italy,Germany,Switzerland
Call: MSCA Staff Exchanges 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-SE-01, 2024)
Start date: 2026-01-01
End date: 2029-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1803600.0
EU funding (EUR): 1803600.0
Participants: 18
Project status: SIGNED

The PAMELA (Papyri and Manuscripts: Exploring Layers of Ages) project is a pioneering initiative that transforms the study of Greek papyri and medieval manuscripts by integrating traditionally separate disciplines. Through a unique synergy of papyrology, manuscript studies, conservation science, AI-driven paleographic analysis, and material sciences, PAMELA introduces a new research paradigm for understanding the transmission and preservation of written heritage across historical periods. Despite being housed in the same libraries and archives, papyri and manuscripts are rarely studied together due to disciplinary divides. PAMELA bridges this gap by fostering knowledge exchange between historians, digital humanities specialists, scientists, and technologists, redefining how these materials are analyzed. The project employs AI-assisted script recognition, non-invasive material studies, and digital reconstruction techniques, leading to deeper insights into textual transmission, manuscript production, and conservation strategies. A key focus of PAMELA is training early-career researchers, equipping them with highly transferable skills in data science, digital humanities, and project management. International secondments will facilitate intersectoral collaboration between academic institutions, cultural heritage organizations, and private-sector technology firms, ensuring a robust exchange of expertise. By developing open-access resources, digital repositories, and standardized methodologies, PAMELA will set a new standard in manuscript research and heritage preservation. Aligning with the MSCA Staff Exchanges scheme, the project fosters long-term collaboration, ensuring that the legacy of ancient and medieval texts remains accessible, scientifically advanced, and sustainable for future generations.

Keywords: cultural heritage,papyri,manuscripts,greek,latin,libraries,fragments,collections,digital humanities,computer science,chemistry,egypt,antiquity,middle ages,conservation,ai
Worlds first sulfuric acid-free kraft lignin recovery system (LignEasy)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Open to supporting projects in all areas of science, technology,...
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Finland
Call: EIC Accelerator Open 2023 (HORIZON-EIC-2023-ACCELERATOR-01, 2023)
Start date: 2023-09-01
End date: 2026-02-28
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2901500.0
EU funding (EUR): 2031050.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

LignEasy technology helps to unlock the potential of a high-scale bio-based raw material which is currently wasted on a 100 Mt/a scale. With game-changing technology, a pulp mill waste stream can be processed into value-added lignin products without affecting the pulp mill's process. The LignEasy technology is efficient, sustainable, and scalable. In brief: - The process is integrated into pulp mills' production system - Pulp mills side stream is utilized for lignin production - Lignin is sold to the chemical industry as feedstock LignEasy product’s benefit is its high suitability for several end-product use cases as the product can be chemically modified. A flagship application has been demonstrated: phenolic resin in plywood manufacturing. Further uses are pursued. LignEasy brings to market the circular economy concept for industrial waste streams. Positive environmental impacts are gained both in the pulp and manufacturing industries.

Keywords: pulp industry,sustainability,biorefining,kraft pulp,lignin,paper and wood,engineering and technology,environmental and green technologies,circular economy
Fibre-based plasmonic micro reactor for flow chemistry (reaCtor)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Pathfinder
Destination: Open to supporting projects in all areas of science, technology,...
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Germany,Spain,Poland,Netherlands
Call: EIC Pathfinder Open 2022 (HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDEROPEN-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-04-01
End date: 2027-03-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3111973.25
EU funding (EUR): 3111973.0
Participants: 6
Project status: SIGNED

Major challenges of the European and worldwide society such as the climate crisis, insufficient environmental protection, food and pharmaceutical shortages, and military aggressions require technologies that substitute fossil fuels with sustainable energy sources in basically all industries. Following the green deal of the EU commission, the European continent shall become the first climate-neutral continent by 2050. The chemical industry is a major contributor to CO2 emissions, as it accounts for about 30% of the industry’s total energy use worldwide. Even though so-called photochemistry promises to sustainably produce chemical compounds by (sun)light, corresponding reactors suffer from insufficient light management, even in modern micro flow reactors, which hinders their upscaling to applications in industry. This is exactly where the key to the technological and economic breakthrough lies, and this is where reaCtor comes into play. It will contribute to the ambitious goal of a sustainable chemistry by developing and validating a novel type of light-driven chemical reactor with enormous scale-up potential for industrial applications. It will be based on an interdisciplinary and innovative technological approach, combining optical fibres for smart light management, metallic nanoparticles as efficient energy transmitters, nano- and micro-fabrication for micro-fluidic functionalization as well as monolithic optical integration, and flow chemistry as an eco-friendly and safe chemical technology. For the first time, a demonstrator of the novel reactor architecture will be set-up and benchmarked with relevant photochemical reactions. Ultimately, the proposed fibre-based microfluidic reactors will enable implementation of new and efficient routes driven by light to prepare pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and materials on both lab and industrial scales.

Keywords: chemical micro reactor,flow chemistry,plasmonic nanoparticles,optical fibres
Tales of the Diasporic Ordinary. Aesthetics, Affects, Archives (TODO)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Texts and Concepts
Panel description: Literary studies , literature,  philosophy
Countries involved: Germany
Call: ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS (ERC-2021-COG, 2021)
Start date: 2022-10-01
End date: 2027-09-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1999957.5
EU funding (EUR): 1999957.5
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Migration is almost always framed as the result of exceptional circumstances, as in the 2015 refugee crisis for instance. This impacts the reception of narratives produced by those living in the diaspora. Works by Black and ethnic minority artists are overwhelmingly associated with labels that set them apart from the unmarked norm. These frameworks favour generational models such as the Windrush generation in Britain, so-called guest worker literature in Germany, and ethnic and area studies designations in the US. Such formulas reinforce an understanding of migration as perpetually new. By turning to what we call Tales of the Diasporic Ordinary, this project asks what happens if we instead apply a ‘normalising’ perspective to the study of contemporary diasporic art. Extending PI Haschemi Yekani’s pathbreaking work on entangled tonalities in the rise of the British novel, TODO mobilises three conceptual terms: aesthetics, affects, and archives. This, firstly, disrupts models of national canon formation and considers (queer) diasporic artistic practice and aesthetics as entangled with post-World War II global histories of the decline of empire, neo-imperialism, and the more recent rise of the New Right. Secondly, drawing on innovative methods from autotheory and queer diasporic critique, TODO stipulates that “ordinary” diasporic texts promote an affective bearing that exceeds the binary of romanticising the homeland of once and neoliberal ideals of assimilation and integration. Thirdly, the analysed texts complicate official historiographies and contribute to an archive of the lived experiences of migrants and their children across generations, exposing the continuity of racism. Artistic practice can acknowledge negative affects and contribute to a reimagination of community that goes beyond national and heteronormative constraints. Thus, the project underlines the relevance of Tales of the Diasporic Ordinary to challenge racism and foster new modes of belonging.

Keywords: diaspora,queer theory,postcolonial studies,affect,archive,narrative,media
Innovative IT tools for a circular textile economy: driving sustainability and resource efficiency. (AIdesignTEX)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area
Programme: Widening participation and spreading excellence
Theme: Improved access to Excellence
Destination: Improved access to Excellence
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Panel: Environment and Geosciences
Countries involved: Poland,Norway,Belgium,Spain
Call: Twinning Green Deal (HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-02, 2023)
Start date: 2024-10-01
End date: 2027-09-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1498183.75
EU funding (EUR): 1498183.75
Participants: 4
Project status: SIGNED

The AIdesignTEX project aims to enhance the research profile of Łódź University of Technology (TUL) FMTTD in sustainable textile production by leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning tools to develop easily recyclable or biodegradable textiles. Through networking and partnership activities with EU counterparts, such as Stavanger University (UiS), Ghent University (GU), and the Catholic University of Avila (UCAV), TUL researchers seek to expand their knowledge of the circular economy principles and their application to textile production. The project aligns with the goals of the European Green Deal, which aims to promote a circular economy and reduce waste. The textile industry is a major contributor to environmental pollution, with large amounts of water consumption, CO2 emissions, and waste production. By implementing AI and ML tools, the project seeks to help textile producers adopt sustainable practices, save resources, and minimize environmental impact. During long-term visits and complementary activities with the advanced partners, TUL researchers will acquire expertise in sustainable technology, eco-design awareness, and administrative skills. Upon completion of the visits, TUL researchers will conduct training sessions for businesses and stakeholders in the Łódź region to share their newly acquired knowledge and skills. This knowledge dissemination will foster interest in cooperation and joint development of a Future Plan for sustainable textile production. Coordination and support activities will include lectures, workshops, and training sessions for experienced TUL researchers and ESRs to disseminate the gained knowledge and skills within the institution and beyond (Polish textile companies and interested entities from Asian countries).

Keywords: textiles,waste,clothing industry,circular economy,artificial intelligence,
Transcultural Weaving: Exiled Jewish Women Artists in the 20th-Century Americas (TransCultWom)

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: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: Spain,United States
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-10-16
End date: 2027-10-15
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 247122.0
EU funding (EUR): 247122.0
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

At a time when the refugee and migration crisis is shaping European and international politics, and racism is increasingly reflected in hate speech, TransCultWom offers a historical and humanistic understanding of pressing global issues. As processes of migration are necessarily entangled in cultural encounters, this project looks at the role of women artists in exile not only to shed light on transcultural dynamics in art history, but also to provide a unique insight into gendered migration experiences. Based on the hypothesis that the exile of women artists in the 1930s had a profound and lasting impact on modern art that has only recently been recognized, TransCultWom proposes to examine the transcultural creative practices of women artists in the circumstances of exile. To do so, it will focus on the careers of three Jewish artists born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire who had to flee Nazi Europe and start a new life in Latin America, where they became deeply interested in indigenous weaving. As Lene Schneider-Kainer (1885, Austria–1971, Bolivia), Olga Anhalzer-Fisch (1901, Hungary–1990, Ecuador), and Gisela Ephrussi de Bauer (1904, Austria–1985, Mexico) passed through several countries before reaching their final destination, their works and documentation are scattered, destroyed or forgotten in private collections. This project recovers and analyzes these neglected sources to reconstruct a genealogy of women artists that will contribute to a decentered and more inclusive art history, challenging the Eurocentric narrative of modernism. From an intersectional gender perspective, it will investigate the strategies of artists as cultural producers to subvert the patriarchal order. Taking a decolonial and transcultural approach, it will explore the artists' interest in local crafts and their production of textiles using indigenous techniques. Weaving the stories of women in exile will provide a complex and nuanced reading of cultural encounters.

Keywords: modernism,women artists,jewish exile,latin american art,transculturality,handicraft
Research on PHOENIcian-punic sites in Andalusia with eXperimental Unmanned Aerial System with Lidar (PHOENIX-UASL)

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: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: 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): 181152.96
EU funding (EUR): 181152.96
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Among the most recent remote sensing methodologies applied in archaeological research are proximity analysis carried out with UAS (Unmanned Aerial System). Commonly referred to as drones, they are rapidly evolving instruments that allow the use of different acquisition sensors, such as LiDAR (Laser Imaging Detection and Ranging). This is a tool that makes it possible to scan not only objects, but also entire landscapes and to observe the ground surface (virtually cutting through vegetation and man-made elements), thus enabling better topographical reading and the identification of archaeological features. LiDAR mounted underneath aircraft has already proven to be a valuable tool for archaeological research in the past, although it is little used due to the high costs and low resolution of the digital terrain models produced in which only the topographical macro-elements are highlighted, such as fortifications and urban districts. Now, with the drastic reduction in prices and the miniaturization of hardware, it is not only possible to equip a drone with LiDAR, but also to obtain data at a centimetric resolution that allows even micro-topography to be appreciated. Despite its considerable potential, there is little pioneering research on the subject and a lack of manuals on the use of these LiDAR UAS and the interpretation of the data. Therefore, the aim of PHOENIX-UASL is the study and experimentation of these new technologies on some case studies that are well suited to the investigation, in order to grasp their potential and limitations; the results of which will be complementary to the classic studies of landscape archaeology and aimed at the diachronic reconstruction of places. Specifically, it is intended to target research at some important archaeological sites in Andalusia (Spain), such as the two Phoenician-Punic walled sites of Castillo de Doña Blanca and Cerro del Castillo (Cadiz), and, on the other hand, the indigenous sites on the hills of Medina Sidonia.

Keywords: drones lidar remote sensing phoenician punic archaeology andalusian history
Bridging Disciplines: Unraveling the Morphological Alterations in the Shoot Apical Meristem during Flowering (SAMap)

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: Life Sciences
Countries involved: Germany
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): 173847.36
EU funding (EUR): 173847.36
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The life cycle of flowering plants includes a major developmental change known as floral transition, which occurs in response to endogenous signals or environmental variables [1]. During this transition, the shoot apical meristem (SAM), which contains a stem-cell niche, transitions from a vegetative meristem that generates leaves to an inflorescence meristem that initiates flowers. This identity change is accompanied by substantial morphological alterations, which transform the SAM from a small, flat structure to a larger, domed one [2]. Increasing SAM size at floral transition is proposed to allow more properly spaced flowers to be formed in the inflorescence, but the mechanisms underlying SAM doming remain poorly understood. I hypothesize that SAM doming results from an extensive internal reorganization. To test this, I will characterize SAM morphology at the tissue and single-cell levels from confocal images of the SAM throughout floral transition. This analysis will provide a time-resolved morphological characterization of the internal organization. This will be complemented by an examination of reporter gene expression domains within the meristem. The studied genes will include WUSCHEL and CLAVATA3, which maintain the stem-cell niche, and genes related to floral transition such as APETALA2, which contributes to doming. Subsequently, I will develop a multicellular model of the SAM during floral transition and of the expression domains of those genes and investigate their relationship with tissue organization and the doming process. This study will provide an unprecedented quantitative characterization of the internal organization of the SAM and will elucidate how tissue internal reorganization affects morphogenesis.

Keywords: arabidopsis floral transition,stem cell niche
Beyond Turing: Reaction-diffusion mechanisms of embryonic self-organization (SELFORG)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Cell Biology, Development, Stem Cells and R egeneration
Panel description: For all organisms : Structure and function of the cell, cell -cell communication, embryogenesis, tissue differentiation, organogenesis, growth, development, evolution of development, organoids, stem cells, regeneration, therapeutic approaches
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2024-STG, 2024)
Start date: 2025-01-01
End date: 2029-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1488736.0
EU funding (EUR): 1488736.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Developing embryos display a remarkable capacity for self-organization, generating diverse shapes, patterns and structures de novo. First conceived in the 1950s, Turing’s reaction-diffusion hypothesis proposes that this self-organization is driven by interacting and diffusing signalling molecules. Indeed, mathematical Turing models recapitulate patterning in silico. However, key limitations cast doubt on the relevance of Turing models in vivo. First, current models are highly simplified and extremely fragile, at odds with the highly reproducible nature of embryonic development. Second, Turing mechanisms form repetitive patterns (e.g., fingers), whereas many in vivo patterns do not repeat. Third, Turing patterns do not scale with tissue size unlike most embryos and tissues. We propose that these limitations arise because current models are too simple to capture the molecular complexity operating in vivo. Turing models thus represent only a small subset of the much larger class of in vivo reaction-diffusion mechanisms. Here, we will build biologically-aligned mathematical models to investigate reaction-diffusion systems with unprecedented levels of complexity and biological realism. Aided by new computational tools (Aim 1), we seek novel self-organizing mechanisms that are: highly robust (Aim 2); do not repeat (Aim 3); and scale to tissue size (Aim 4). Our pilot data already indicates that this will reveal new paradigms for pattern formation beyond Turing’s original hypothesis. Our models will be challenged by data from various biological systems, including published datasets as well as close collaborations with experimentalists, taking advantage of the increasing availability of high-resolution quantitative data. Our unique blend of expertise spans theoretical physics, experimental embryology, and computational biology, ideally positioning us to discover conceptually new mechanisms of pattern formation that allow embryos, tissues and organoids to self-organize.

Keywords: mathematical modelling turing s reaction diffusion hypothesis theory led developmental biology symmetry breaking in developing tissues nonlinear dynamics