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Discovering how bioactive compounds from seaweed kill parasitic worms (SeaWeedWorm)

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: Denmark,France
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021 (HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01, 2021)
Start date: 2023-08-14
End date: 2025-08-13
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 230774.4
EU funding (EUR): 230774.4
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

Infection with gastrointestinal parasites is one of the most severe impediments to sustainable meat and milk production from grazing livestock. Widespread resistance to the small number of available synthetic drugs has rendered continued prophylactic drug treatment unsustainable. One solution is to feed animals on plants or other natural resources that contain bioactive compounds with anti-parasitic activity, such as seaweeds. The in vitro anti-parasitic activity of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) from seaweeds has been reported, but as yet, the anthelmintic mechanism of PUFAs is unknown. The current proposal aims to use PUFAs from Nordic seaweeds to investigate how PUFAs bind to nematode parasites and target the receptors. Furthermore, transcriptomics and functional biochemical experiments will be used to elucidate the biological pathways that are perturbed in nematodes after exposure to sub-lethal doses of PUFAs in vitro. This unique multidisciplinary project will involve leading groups in both veterinary parasitology and receptor biology and combine the latest techniques in molecular parasitology and drug-receptor biology. It is envisaged that the unique skill sets obtained from the project will be highly beneficial to my future career, as well as uncovering novel insights into the biological properties of PUFAs that will greatly aid the practical future use of PUAFs-containing plants and algae, thus ensuring the continued sustainability of pasture-based livestock production.

Keywords: seaweed,fatty acids,parasite,anthelmintic
Delivery of algae oil into vegan milk through novel O/W emulsions (nano-emulsion and Pickering emulsion) stabilized with seaweed peptides (DOEP)

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: Denmark
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-11-01
End date: 2025-10-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 230774.4
EU funding (EUR): 230774.4
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Health benefits of oils rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids, such as algae oil, have surged researchers to find efficient ways to deliver these oxidation-prone oils into food products. One of the hottest areas in this regard is the incorporation of the oils in oil-in-water emulsions; however, the emulsions are physically and oxidatively unstable upon storage, leading to quality deterioration in the final product. The present study is thus an attempt to stabilize these delivery systems by reducing droplet sizes and forming the so-called nano-emulsions as well as taking such measures as the encapsulation of the oil and incorporation of antioxidant peptides from seaweeds. Another state-of-the-art measure is the use of bioactive peptides purified from seaweed in a complex with a cationic surfactant as Pickering particles to form stable PUFA-rich oil delivery systems. The emulsions, either in encapsulated or non-capsulated forms, will then be introduced into oat milk to produce marine oil-enriched vegan food. A unique characteristic of this research is that bioactive agents will be purified from Palmaria palmata, a seaweed found in Denmark, which can contribute to attaining sustainable development in food technology. In this sense, one of the most restricting obstacles to using natural peptides is their bitterness; the present study tries to reduce or ideally remove bitterness by electrospraying the emulsions containing these peptides. This interdisciplinary research will pave the way for prospective researchers to consider the possibility of delivering healthy oil into vegan societies’ food baskets through efficient means in a way that taste and odour of the final products are not sacrificed for this purpose. The gained expertise in the present project will provide great job opportunities for the applicant because an ever-increasing number of food producers are seeking experts in the field of reducing lipid oxidation in their products and producing enriched vegan foods.

Keywords: food technology,algae oil,nano emulsion,pickering emulsion,omega 3 fortification,seaweed peptide purification,physical and oxidative stability,vegan food,microencapsulation,electrospraying
Enabling Targeted Fractionation of Ions via Facilitated Transport Membranes (IonFracMem)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Products and Processes Engineering
Panel description: Product and process design, chemical, civil, environmental, mechanical, vehicle engineering, energy processes and relevant computational methods
Countries involved: Belgium
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2022-STG, 2022)
Start date: 2023-01-01
End date: 2027-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1498250.0
EU funding (EUR): 1498250.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Effective fractionation of ions does not only play a vital role in the functioning of human cell membranes, but also in engineered membranes used to produce drinkable water, extract target minerals and capture energy to address challenges in environmental, resource & energy fields. Nevertheless, most of the state-of-the-art membranes fail to overcome the trade-off between single ion selectivity and throughput. The progress is greatly hampered by the lack of comprehensive understanding on the separation mechanisms across different types of as-claimed ion selective membranes. The IonFracMem project will make breakthroughs by designing novel facilitated ion exchange membranes using an interdisciplinary approach based on electrochemistry, which synergizes with the interaction between target ion and functional materials to form ion selective sites in the membrane and thus facilitate its transport. To achieve a holistic understanding, we will purposely construct two types of membranes with completely different structure for fractionating ions: 1) polymeric membranes of flexible nature, made of conventional or hydrogel polymers (Obj. 1); 2) composite membrane of rigid nature, consisting of nanomaterials with sub-nanometer cavities (Obj. 2). Subsequently, we will provide mechanistic understanding of the facilitated transport phenomena via a multi-scale modelling approach (Obj. 3), to identify governing mechanisms that can be translated to membrane fabrication parameters. The project integrates several key engineering & science disciplines such as separation technology, material processing and functionalization, electrochemistry and fundamental physics, allowing rational design of next generation membranes from a wide range of materials for ion purification. The proposed multidisciplinary approach will impact theories and applications of electro-driven membranes in important domains such as water purification, resource recovery & sustainable energy.

Keywords: membrane separation technology facilitated transport membranes electro assisted ionic control strategy electro driven membrane process surface modification transport phenomena modeling resource recovery water purification sustainable energy
Nexus framework for biodiversity-relevant transformative change (BIOTRAILS)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
Theme: Bio-Environment
Destination: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Italy,Ghana,Switzerland,Greece,Germany,Belgium,Netherlands,Cyprus,Colombia
Call: Assessing the nexus of extraction, production, consumption, trade and behaviour patterns and of climate change action on biodiversity in the context of transformative change (HORIZON-CL6-2022-BIODIV-01, 2022)
Start date: 2022-12-01
End date: 2025-11-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2999998.0
EU funding (EUR): 2999998.0
Participants: 14
Project status: SIGNED

BIOTRAILS aims to generate knowledge and develop tools that will inspire and accelerate biodiversity-relevant transformative change in our society. BIOTRAILS will use Participatory Systems Dynamics Modelling to take into account the complex interrelations between the indirect drivers of change in four value chains of traded products (cocoa produced in Peru; forest-based cultural products created by indigenous communities in the Brazilian Amazon; fisheries and aquaculture products supplied by the Mediterranean basin and consumed within the Mediterranean countries; and gold mined in Ghana), and in an integrated manner alongside the climate and social justice agendas. Based on this knowledge and tools, BIOTRAILS will bring together stakeholders across different stages of product/material global value chains to collaboratively design pathways that can lead to a sustainable future, proposing interventions in policy, urban consumption patterns and corporate policies. BIOTRAILS will set up Learning and Action Alliances: groups of organisations and individuals with a common interest to address the multiple challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss and people’s good quality of life, across different spatial and administrative scales and stages of global value chains. Environmentally Extended Multi-Regional Input–Output analysis and Life Cycle Assessment methods will be used to trace the environmental pressures arising from extraction / production, trade, and consumption activities, and behaviour patterns along global supply chains in the target sectors. The project will assess, besides the economic values, the biophysical, social and relational values emerging across different steps of value chain. Behavioural studies will be conducted based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour, which considers psychological and behavioural patterns. Structural Equation Models will be used to identify the most significant factors that drive behavioural change.

Keywords: biodiversity relevant transformative change,nexus of climate biodiversity society,indirect drivers of biodiversity loss,viable and sustainable pathways,communities and social actors engagement
Free Electrons to Bound Electrons and Photons Quantum Coherent Coupling (FreeQCC)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Condensed Matter Physics
Panel description: Structure, electronic properties, fluids, nanosciences, biological physics
Countries involved: France
Call: ERC ADVANCED GRANTS (ERC-2024-ADG, 2024)
Start date: 2026-01-01
End date: 2030-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3495436.0
EU funding (EUR): 3495436.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Quantum coherence, a cornerstone of modern physics, encompasses phenomena like quantum entanglement and Rabi oscillations, which lack classical analogs. FreeQCC seeks to expand the frontiers of quantum mechanics by leveraging advances in free electron beam nanophysics and quantum nano-optics. Key questions include whether a free electron can be entangled with an atom or photon, and if a solid qubit's quantum coherence can be imprinted onto a free electron beam. By exploiting the quantum properties of free electron beams and their interactions with matter and radiation, FreeQCC aims to reveal atomic-scale dynamics and quantum coherence effects previously inaccessible. The project will develop cutting-edge experiments using advanced electron and optical microscopy technologies, enabling precise control and measurement of free electrons and photons' quantum states. This includes measuring at the nanoscale optical polarization of nanophotonic devices via free electrons linear and orbital angular momentum transfer and photon polarization, and characterizing nanometric artificial atoms with ultra-high spatial and spectral resolution. These efforts will demonstrate entanglement between free electrons and photons mediated by plasmons, and the measurement of Rabi oscillations in individual artificial atoms with free electron beams. FreeQCC addresses the challenge of balancing temporal, energetic, and spatial resolutions while maintaining the sensitivity and cryogenic conditions needed to preserve quantum coherence. Ultimately, FreeQCC aims to provide new insights into quantum mechanics and open unprecedented opportunities for manipulating and measuring quantum coherence at the nanoscale, potentially pioneering a new field in free electron physics and introducing a groundbreaking tool for quantum information technologies.

Keywords: quantum nano optics quantum coherence plasmonics photonics quantum dots cathodoluminescence electron energy loss and gain spectroscopy scanning transmission electron microscope
A Digital Twin for Electromobility Flexibility Forecast (eMob-Twin)

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: France
Call: ERC PROOF OF CONCEPT GRANTS2 (ERC-2022-POC2, 2022)
Start date: 2023-05-01
End date: 2024-10-31
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 150000.0
EU funding (EUR): 150000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

As efforts for environmental protection become a major priority, Electric Vehicles (EVs) have started to emerge as one of the main components of sustainable traffic systems in cities worldwide. Indeed, some countries have started to incorporate plans to phase-out conventional vehicles during the next few years with a view to reducing carbon emissions. However, this shift towards an electrified traffic network involves several challenges that need to be met for EVs to become a mainstream feature. On the consumers’ side, one of the most common complaints about EVs is the lack of appropriate charging infrastructures that would make for seamless day-to-day mobility. On the side of city officials and stakeholders, EVs could have a great impact on the power network infrastructure by overloading congested nodes, but at the same time, EVs could be actively used to benefit the power network if Vehicle-to-Grid connections became commonplace. In order to leverage these opportunities for e-flexibility, it will first be necessary to model the power requirements and the energy consumption of EVs in time and space, which are linked to the mobility patterns of people in urban areas as they go about their everyday lives. eMob-Twin is a digital-twin based on a macroscopic model in which urban EV mobility is combined with an energy model describing vehicles’ State-of-Charge, which can run simulations with a fine space/time granularity. eMob-Twin will also include charging stations along with their exact locations and power characteristics. eMob-Twin will thus become a key tool for making full use of the potential advantages of e-flexibility in a wide range of business and industrial contexts, including fleet transportation services, integration of renewables, charging station companies, electricity aggregators, Transmission System Operators, Distribution System Operators, and electricity markets.
Turbulence and Interactions with Dispersive Equations and Fourier Analysis (TIDE)

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: Mathematics
Countries involved: Spain,United States
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01, 2022)
Start date: 2024-09-01
End date: 2026-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 165312.96
EU funding (EUR): 165312.96
Participants: 2
Project status: TERMINATED

The turbulence of fluids and waves is one of the most important mechanisms that govern our environment, affecting air travel, prediction of ocean surface or weather forecasting. Even if simulations are used every day to predict turbulence, its accurate mathematical description is one of the biggest open problems in Mathematical Physics. On the other hand, dispersive PDEs are central objects in Mathematical Analysis and are among the most successful models for several physical phenomena. In this project I propose to advance in both theories, turbulence and dispersive PDEs, by studying their interaction. The project is divided in two Work Packages, each focused on one direction of such interaction: WP1) To advance in the rigorous mathematical treatment of intermittency and multifractality, central concepts in turbulence. The approach proposed is to identify them in the Vortex Filament Equation, the 1D Schrödinger map on the sphere and the non-linear Schrödinger equation (NLS), well-established models connected through the Hasimoto transformation and directly related to fluid and wave turbulence respectively. This is a novelty with respect to previous works, which mainly focus on abstract, often isolated mathematical objects. WP2) To study the pointwise convergence problem to the initial datum, one of the most important problems in dispersive PDEs and Fourier Analysis, from a novel probabilistic approach coming from fluid and wave turbulence. This is motivated by recent progress in wave turbulence, which has put forth the value of probabilistic techniques. To solve the problems, techniques from Fourier Analysis, PDEs and probability, complemented by number theory and geometry, will be required. For this I will have the support and training of two co-supervisors, experts in complementary areas in Harmonic Analysis and PDEs. Besides, the project will benefit from interdisciplinary collaboration with physician experts in turbulence.

Keywords: turbulence,intermittency,multifractality,dispersive pdes,non linear schr dinger equation,vortex filaments,convergence problem for dispersive pdes
Sustainable Energy and Alternative Fuels from Advanced Intermediate Renewable Energy carrieR technology (SEAFAIRER)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Climate, Energy and Mobility
Theme: Energy
Destination: Sustainable, secure and competitive energy supply
Action type: Innovation actions
Countries involved: Denmark,Mexico,Ukraine,Italy,Germany,Spain,Portugal
Call: Demonstration of improved intermediate renewable energy carrier technologies for transport fuels (HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-01, 2024)
Start date: 2024-09-01
End date: 2028-08-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 10935515.19
EU funding (EUR): 9996021.41
Participants: 10
Project status: SIGNED

The aim of the SEAFAIRER project is to demonstrate, at Technology Readiness Level (TRL 7), the production of improved intermediate biofuels followed by processing in existing refinery infrastructure to deliver climatepositive drop-in biofuels for maritime transport. The feedstock (biogenic waste residues) will be transported in short distances to decentralised vertical intermediate pyrolysis-based reactor (VINTER) units. The SEAFAIRER project will collect, characterise and process 3 different residual biomass feedstocks: (i) rice husk from the Valencia region, Spain; (ii) biowaste sieving material from Bavaria in Germany; and (iii) agave bagasse from southern Mexico. These feedstocks have been strategically selected from exclusively fair and residual sources without indirect land use change (iLUC) issues. The VINTER unit will convert the biomass through a single-stage intermediate pyrolysis and post-reforming process into three main products: biochar, raw oil (intermediate biofuel) and syngas. The high-quality biochar is suitable for European Biochar Certification (EBC) as carbon sink with vast agricultural and industrial applications. The carbon sink will play a crucial role to achieve the climate targets of the maritime transport sector. At commercial scale, the intermediate biofuel, which has a high energy density (approx. 32 to 36 MJ/kg), branches out into two market entry pathways that leverage existing refinery infrastructure: Pathway A is designed to cover the immediate biofuel needs of the industrial maritime shipping sector, which is under considerable regulatory pressure and has strict GHG reduction/decarbonisation targets, such as the ones set out in FuelEU Maritime. This pathway will target direct blends (B10 to B30) of intermediate biofuel (VINTER raw oil) on par with Very Low Sulfur Fuel Oil (VLSFO) according to the ISO 8217:2017 quality thresholds for marine fuels (cf. Table 4). Pathway B targets the medium- to long-term demands of the maritime industrial shipping sector. In this case, the intermediate biofuel will be upgraded via hydrodeoxygenation (HDO), targeting higher blending capacity up to pure drop-in fuel quality (B50 to B100), on par with Marine Diesel Oil (MDO) according to the ISO 8217:2017 quality thresholds for marine fuels.

Keywords: intermediate energy carrier pyrolysis biofuels biomass biogenic waste feedstock maritime shipping marine fuels advanced biofuels
Nobula – Breaking the glass ceiling in Additive Manufacturing through laser-assisted glass 3D printing (NOBULA)

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: Sweden
Call: EIC Accelerator Open 2023 (HORIZON-EIC-2023-ACCELERATOR-01, 2023)
Start date: 2023-08-01
End date: 2026-04-30
Duration (months): 33.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3571250.0
EU funding (EUR): 2499875.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Traditional glass fabrication produces medium to large sized parts, typically with low resolution and simple geometry. Moving towards higher resolution and more complex structures becomes increasingly more challenging and expensive or is simply inaccessible. Nobula3D printer, with its unique and patent-pending Direct Glass Laser Deposition (DGLD™) technology, is the first commercial system that can directly 3D print glass from a glass filament without the need of post-processing. It enables cost-efficient printing of highly customized and complex glass parts with short lead-time. The printers require no infrastructure, offering unique possibilities to transform glass fabrication in ways not possible today. We generated initial market traction as we have offered prototyping services to academic institutions (e.g., Lund University, KTH) and we have ongoing discussions with interested industrial players (e.g., Scientific-Lab Glass, Schott, Yokogawa, Heraeus, Saint-Gobain, Luxottica).

Keywords: micro system engineering,materials engineering,energy efficiency,glass packaging,free form optics,microfluidics,life science,3d printing,glass additive manufacturing