Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
ABYSS - Assessment of bacterial life and matter cycling in deep-sea surface sediments (ABYSS)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: Evolutionary, population and environmental biology
Countries involved: Germany
Call:  (ERC-2011-ADG_20110310, 2011)
Start date: 2012-06-01
End date: 2018-05-31
Duration (months): 72.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3375692.8
EU funding (EUR): 3375692.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The deep-sea floor hosts a distinct microbial biome covering 67% of the Earth’s surface, characterized by cold temperatures, permanent darkness, high pressure and food limitation. The surface sediments are dominated by bacteria, with on average a billion cells per ml. Benthic bacteria are highly relevant to the Earth’s element cycles as they remineralize most of the organic matter sinking from the productive surface ocean, and return nutrients, thereby promoting ocean primary production. What passes the bacterial filter is a relevant sink for carbon on geological time scales, influencing global oxygen and carbon budgets, and fueling the deep subsurface biosphere. Despite the relevance of deep-sea sediment bacteria to climate, geochemical cycles and ecology of the seafloor, their genetic and functional diversity, niche differentiation and biological interactions remain unknown. Our preliminary work in a global survey of deep-sea sediments enables us now to target specific genes for the quantification of abyssal bacteria. We can trace isotope-labeled elements into communities and single cells, and analyze the molecular alteration of organic matter during microbial degradation, all in context with environmental dynamics recorded at the only long-term deep-sea ecosystem observatory in the Arctic that we maintain. I propose to bridge biogeochemistry, ecology, microbiology and marine biology to develop a systematic understanding of abyssal sediment bacterial community distribution, diversity, function and interactions, by combining in situ flux studies and different visualization techniques with a wide range of molecular tools. Substantial progress is expected in understanding I) identity and function of the dominant types of indigenous benthic bacteria, II) dynamics in bacterial activity and diversity caused by variations in particle flux, III) interactions with different types and ages of organic matter, and other biological factors.

Keywords: marine biology,microbial ecology,community biodiversity,ecosystem research,carbon cycle,deep sea,throphic interactions,organic geochemistry
Cracking the Cerebellar Code (CCC)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: Neurosciences and neural disorders
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call:  (ERC-2011-ADG_20110310, 2011)
Start date: 2012-04-01
End date: 2017-03-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2499600.0
EU funding (EUR): 2499600.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Spike trains transfer information to and from neurons. Most studies so far assume that the average firing rate or “rate coding” is the predominant way of information coding. However, spikes occur at millisecond precision, and their actual timing or “temporal coding” can in principle strongly increase the information content of spike trains. The two coding mechanisms are not mutually exclusive. Neurons may switch between rate and temporal coding, or use a combination of both coding mechanisms at the same time, which would increase the information content of spike trains even further. Here, we propose to investigate the hypothesis that temporal coding plays, next to rate coding, important and specific roles in cerebellar processing during learning. The cerebellum is ideal to study this timely topic, because it has a clear anatomy with well-organized modules and matrices, a well-described physiology of different types of neurons with distinguishable spiking activity, and a central role in various forms of tractable motor learning. Moreover, uniquely in the brain, the main types of neurons in the cerebellar system can be genetically manipulated in a cell-specific fashion, which will allow us to investigate the behavioural importance of both coding mechanisms following cell-specific interference and/or during cell-specific visual imaging. Thus, for this proposal we will create conditional mouse mutants that will be subjected to learning paradigms in which we can disentangle the contributions of rate coding and temporal coding using electrophysiological and optogenetic recordings and stimulation. Together, our experiments should elucidate how neurons in the brain communicate during natural learning behaviour and how one may be able to intervene in this process to affect or improve procedural learning skills.

Keywords: cerebellum,inferior olive,complex spikes,simple spikes
STRENGTHENING COOPERATION IN MOLECULAR BIOMEDICINE BETWEEN EU AND UKRAINE (COMBIOM)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Activities of International Cooperation
Destination: Reinforcing cooperation with Europe's neighbours in the context of the ERA
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: France,Poland,Ukraine
Call:  (FP7-INCO-2011-6, 2011)
Start date: 2011-12-01
End date: 2015-05-31
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 510840.0
EU funding (EUR): 455499.0
Participants: 3
Project status: CLOSED

True European leadership at the emerging frontiers of biomedical sciences could be achieved more effectively with participation of the most prominent scientists from the ENP countries. Ukraine is a country of high potential for scientific and technological development. Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics is one of the leading scientific centres in molecular biomedicine area in Ukraine, which has rather good results in the fundamental research and development of effective diagnostics and therapy of oncological and neurodegenerative diseases. Widening and deepening the existing bilateral collaboration with two EU partners: Gustave Roussy Institute of Oncology, France, and International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Poland, will provide creation of a new research consortium for enhanced involvement of the Ukrainian research center into the ERA (first objective). Supported by the EU partners the building of international cooperation capacities of the Institute for its successful participation in European collaborative research will elucidate its potential for European community and will result in widening the ERA and engagement of new participants in increased number of successful projects (second objective). Development of the Institute’s Research Strategy as a result of SWOT analysis of its research possibilities in molecular biomedicine under supervision of international Advisory Board with participation of the EU partners is our third objective. Having improved opportunities, the Institute will provide broader activities on popularization of science and raising social awareness of the modern biotechnology and biomedicine benefits (fourth objective). We will leverage the activities of the existing informational unit and use the available electronic media to disseminate knowledge. Ultimately, reinforced S&T potential of the Institute will allow it to become more visible and attractive as a collaborating partner in the European Research Area.

Keywords: molecular biomedicine,cancer,neuroderenerative desease,neurobiology,institution's research strategy,advisory board,swot analysis,bilateral relations,collaborative project consortium
Improving International Cooperation and R&D Road Infrastructure Strategy for Ukraine (INCRIS)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Activities of International Cooperation
Destination: Reinforcing cooperation with Europe's neighbours in the context of the ERA
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Ukraine,Belgium,Poland,Sweden,Hungary,Israel
Call:  (FP7-INCO-2011-6, 2011)
Start date: 2011-12-01
End date: 2014-11-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 702262.2
EU funding (EUR): 498957.0
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

Ukraine plays a strategic role in facilitating East-West transport connections, the country’s strategic road network. It however, cannot handle the increasing traffic load due to insufficient technical parameters. The overall objective of the INCRIS coordinating action is to ensure that the cooperation capacities of Ukraine’s leading road research centre, the Shulgin State Road Research Institute (DNDI) are reinforced in order for it to foster its integration into the European Research Area and this improve road infrastructure in Ukraine through joint research. The project aims to establish strategic partnerships between DNDI and EU road research centres in order to facilitate knowledge sharing. The project will help DNDI to develop partnerships and set up joint research programmes through networking. It also aims to strengthen the ability of Ukrainian researchers to take part in future FP7 funded research projects through training on project management accompanied by secondment of DNDI staff at the Brussels office of the Forum of European National Highway Research Laboratories. The sharing and dissemination of knowledge between DNDI and research institutes in member states will be facilitated by setting up a bilingual website, translating scientific results of DNDI into English and disseminating them through various channels. A bilingual project brochure will also be produced and participation of DNDI researchers in international conferences in the partner countries will be supported. The project will also assist in building a research strategy for DNDI in order to increase its scope and regional coverage in Ukraine as well as to improve its responses to the socio-economic needs of the country. Eventually, the project will contribute to improve transport infrastructure in Ukraine through enabling researchers to find the best solutions, locally initiated or an adaption of existing know-how while taking the principle of sustainability into account.

Keywords: ukraine,road research,international cooperation,strategic partnerships
Energy Systems Engineering (ESE)

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,Hungary,Greece
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IRSES, 2011)
Start date: 2012-06-01
End date: 2016-05-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 352800.0
EU funding (EUR): 331800.0
Participants: 3
Project status: CLOSED

The main idea of the ESE proposed project is to exchange and transfer knowledge between 3 European Research groups (Imperial College - UK, University of Pannonia - Hungary and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece) and 3 distinguished and top university groups from China (Tsinghua University and Fudan University) and Korea (Yonsei University). The selected groups are leaders in the energy systems engineering field and working following different approaches and for different industrial case studies. Thus, the ESE proposed project will practically implement its programme through the following main activities: (i) Short-term secondments (2-6 months) of 86 researcher months from EU research groups and 82 researchers months from the Chinese and Korean partners (WP1). A well balanced scheme of both Early-stage (PhD students) and experienced researchers will participate in the exchanges. (ii) Short-term selected research projects covering a range of challenging energy systems engineering problems which will provide the basis for the transfer of knowledge activities (WP2) (iii) Organisation and implementation of a well-structured training programme including trainings courses, seminars, workshops and summer schools open to external and industrial participants (WP3). (iv) A well structured dissemination and exploitation plan including joint publications in peer reviewed international journals, joint conference presentations, presentation to the industrial partners of the consortium, and a web portal to facilitate internal communication other dissemination activities (WP4).

Keywords: thermal engineering,energy technology,chemical engineering,rational use of energy
Perspectives of Conflict Transformation from the Middle East and Europe (CTMEE)

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,Türkiye
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IRSES, 2011)
Start date: 2012-06-03
End date: 2015-06-02
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 159600.0
EU funding (EUR): 159600.0
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

The Perspectives of Conflict Transformation from the Middle East and Europe project aims to enhance understanding and knowledge of conflict transformation through collaborative research and capacity building activities among the Universities of Coventry (CPRS), Kadir Has (KHU) in Istanbul and the Arab American University in Jenin (AAUJ). The objectives are: to identify appropriate conflict transformation strategies and methods for protracted armed conflicts; to examine the ways and which youth could contribute to peacebuilding positively; to build a network of expertise on conflict transformation in the Middle East through workshops, conferences and other activities: to provide opportunities for research on cutting-edge peacebuilding issues for postgraduate students The project adopts a cross-cultural and community centred approach to identify the conflict transformation mechanisms used in Turkey and Palestine, and what they would mean to our understanding of conflict transformation in the West. Communities and youth are often marginalized from conflict transformation and peacebuilding processes despite the fact that their contribution is vital to ensure such processes succeed. The four components of the project are designed to complement each other. The research will be conducted in the UK, Turkey and the Palestinian Administered Areas over a three year period by ERs and ESRs. Findings will be shared among the partners and disseminated through a series of high profile international conferences involving key actors and stakeholders and academic and policy orientated publications. The collaboration provides the opportunity for all partners to strengthen and extend their networks. The ESRs will benefit from research training through organized courses and supervision from ERs and from the opportunity to travel and work with a wider range of people in an international context.

Keywords: conflict transformation,youth,peacebuilding,middle east
Solutions for adapted forest management strategies under the threat of climate change - learning from a climate gradient from Germany over Italy to South Africa (CLIMATE-FIT FORESTS)

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,Switzerland
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IRSES, 2011)
Start date: 2012-05-01
End date: 2015-04-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 205800.0
EU funding (EUR): 205800.0
Participants: 3
Project status: CLOSED

Forests play an important role in carbon fixation and in providing CO2 neutral raw materials. Due to predicted climate changes it is important to know to what extent European forests will be impacted by climate change, how best to mitigate these potential changes through adaptive forest management strategies, maintain current carbon fixation rates and minimize carbon emissions by forest operations. By utilizing the unique temperature and moisture gradient along a north-south orientation from Germany to Italy and South Africa, and with South Africa’s warmer climate and arid conditions, it is potentially possible to simulate future predicted climatic conditions in Europe. This methodology will also allow observations of the characteristics and behavior of close-to-nature forests versus plantation forests as found in each of the partner countries under climate change conditions. As deliverable, existing management tools will be adapted and improved to be able to provide predictions for suitable management strategies under climate changes conditions.

Keywords: forest management (climate change)
NANOCONTAINER-BASED ACTIVE COATINGS FOR MARITIME APPLICATIONS (NANOMAR)

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: Portugal,Germany
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IRSES, 2011)
Start date: 2012-05-01
End date: 2014-04-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 138100.0
EU funding (EUR): 138100.0
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

NANOMAR project aims at establishing long-lasting scientific collaboration network between European research institutions and scientists from two BRIC countries, namely Brasil and Russian Federation. The collaboration will be established on the basis of synergistic combination of the complementary expertises targeting in development of novel “smart” sustainable materials for offshore applications. The collaborative network joints together groups working on development of new functional nanocontainers, novel protective coatings as well as teams holding recognised expertise on the characterization of the anticorrosion coatings. The main scientific objective of the proposal is development of a new generation of “smart” bifunctional coatings that combine the self-healing anticorrosion ability with antifouling properties for offshore applications such as oil-mining platforms and windmill farms. The main scientific approach on which this project is based is the controlled release of the active species (corrosion inhibitor and biocide agent, respectively) from nanostructured receptacles (nanocontainers) in damaged zones of the coating. The separated specific activities are already ongoing in the individual involved institutions. Therefore the high financial investments are not requested. The extensive exchange of knowledge and expertise on the mutual benefit basis seems to be the most appropriate tool for implementation of the planned objectives.

Keywords: materials engineering,bifunctional coatings,nanocontainers,controlled release,corrosion inhibitors,biocides,offshore,protection
Genetic and physiological regulation of skin red colour development on apples under high temperature environments: Genetic tools for developing heat tolerant red-skinned apples (REDHOTGEN 2)

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,Italy
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IRSES, 2011)
Start date: 2012-03-01
End date: 2015-05-31
Duration (months): 39.0
Total project cost (EUR): 114876.0
EU funding (EUR): 39900.0
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

This project is a multidisciplinary initiative enabling the exchange of scientists among three research institutes internationally recognized for their skills in fruit tree biology. This is a unique opportunity to partner these key institutes and combine their skills in plant genomics, biotechnology, plant physiology, postharvest and apple breeding to bring a unique outcome. The objective of the project is to build on the knowledge developed in the previous project funded by the European Commission (REDHOTGEN), in which the genetic and physiological basis of the regulation of skin red colour development in apples grown under high temperature environments was partially established, to identify the genes involved in expression of red colour development under high temperatures and develop appropriate genetic markers to be used in breeding programmes for new apple cultivars combining intense red skin colour and high nutraceutical properties, as well as high eating quality. The new cultivars will firstly improve the economic competitiveness of the EU apple industry in Southern European countries and then further northwards, as climate change affects the quality of existing and new apple varieties grown here. The improved appearance of the apples will be a key factor, that together with improved eating quality will increase the consumption of fruit with health-enhancing properties, and consequently improve the health of European citizens. A complementary objective that will enable these outcomes is to gain knowledge on how cultivar, strain, carbon balance and temperature regulate the anthocyanin physiological pathway and interact with genetic regulation. The results obtained will enable the application of genomics to deliver economic benefits to the EU as a “springboard” for further applications. The results will contribute to food product innovation within Europe by assisting with the development of new and improved fruit cultivar.

Keywords: plant cropping systems,apple,fruit colour,quality,breeding,marker assisted selection,genomics,genetic regulation,climate change,gene expression,health,consumption,nut
ET-LCGT Telescopes: Exchange of Scientists (ELITES)

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: Italy,Germany,United Kingdom,Netherlands,Germany,Italy,United Kingdom,France
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IRSES, 2011)
Start date: 2012-03-01
End date: 2017-02-28
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 256200.0
EU funding (EUR): 203700.0
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

A new way to investigate the Universe will be possible when the new generation of gravitational wave telescopes becomes operative. First, the advanced detectors, then the 3rd generation observatories will allow to detect the gravitational wave signal emitted in catastrophic event in the Universe. The Large-scale Cryogenic Gravitational wave Telescope (LCGT, now named KAGRA) in Japan and the Einstein gravitational-wave Telescope in Europe will adopt new technologies (in cryogenics, mechanics and optics) that necessitate an intense R&D activity and a fully collaborative exchange of know-how between Europe and Japan. The aim of the ELiTES project is to furnish the initial kick-off to this exchange programme.

Keywords: astronomy,cryogenics