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Innovative and cost-effective 100% natural sausage/burger/processed meat producing machine (BioMainca)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Spain
Call: SME instrument (H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1, 2019)
Start date: 2019-12-01
End date: 2020-05-31
Duration (months): 6.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

100% naturally processed meat (sausages, burgers and pre-packaged meals) begin to deteriorate much faster than industrially produced equivalents, mainly because they do not contain chemical preservatives. Hence, either they lose quality faster than industrial competitors, or chemical preservatives have to be added, making them lose their natural status. Industrial sausages contain preservatives/chemicals that are known to be unhealthy. We are Equipamientos Cárnicos S.L. (Mainca), an innovative and well-known Spanish manufacturer of processed food equipment. Our business is to design, develop, produce and market machines for industrial and semi-industrial processed meat manufacturers. Our SME-1 proposal, BioMainca will analyse the feasibility of the production of a new cost- effective machine for butchers and sausage producers. This innovative sausage/burger producing machine will: • guarantee the maximum food safety of traditional, natural products without the need for chemicals; • extend the sausage’s shelf-life by 40%, while preserving its quality and organoleptic properties; • increase butchers’ productivity by 45%; • reduce cost production: 15% energy consumption, 68% water consumption, and 25% food-waste; • lower by 50% the presence of chromium in the meat from the wear and tear of knife and plates; • maintain the organic certification of sausages; • prevent allergic reactions and the formation of carcinogenic substances caused by preservatives; • be recognised by the EU’s TSG scheme (Traditional Speciality Guaranteed) that boosts small meat processors’ revenues and the rural economy in general. Biomainca is key for Mainca. The project will create 35 new jobs and will increase our sales by €9M.

Keywords: food processed equipment,artisans,butcher,sausages,pre packaged meat,food waste reduction,shelf life increase,100 natural,organic food,low chromium,no allergy,no chemicals,energy savings
Enhanced Networking on Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance with Next Generation Sequencing (AmReSu)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Spreading excellence and widening participation
Programme: Widening participation and spreading excellence
Theme: Improved access to Excellence
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Spain,Belgium,Croatia,Hungary
Call: Twinning (H2020-WIDESPREAD-2020-5, 2020)
Start date: 2020-10-01
End date: 2024-03-31
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 899995.0
EU funding (EUR): 899995.0
Participants: 4
Project status: SIGNED

Our project “Enhanced networking on antimicrobial resistance surveillance with NGS” brings together Semmelweis University (SU) and Klinika Za Infektivne Bolesti „Dr. Fran Mihaljevic (BFM) with two internationally leading research institutions, Laboratory of Medical Microbiology (LMM), University of Antwerp (UAntwerp) and the Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa) , on the topic of Antimicrobial resistance surveillance with whole genome sequencing (WGS) in correlation next-generation sequencing techniques. Our aim in AmReSu is to strengthen, to the highest European level, Semmelweis University (SU)’s and Klinika Za Infektivne Bolesti „Dr. Fran Mihaljevic” (BFM)’s scientific excellence and innovation capacity in Antimicrobial resistance surveillance and to set-up an ‘Antimicrobial resistance surveillance vision’ in Hungary and Croatia. Strenghtening antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance is also in line with the Hungarian National Smart Specialisation Strategy and the Croatian National Programe for Antibiotic Resistance Control. AMR bacterial infections are a global threat, they are responsible for increased morbidity and mortality rates in Hungary and Croatia, especially in cases of nosocomial infection. Many previously manageable bacterial infections are becoming increasingly hard to treat. Rising rates of resistance amplify the morbidity and economic burden associated with infections. An estimated 700,000 deaths attributable to AMR every year in the world, and a projected 10 million deaths per year by 2050 in the absence of additional control measures. The core activities of our project are knowledge transfer, exchanges of best practices via a number of institutional networking and training activities, including workshops, conferences, summer schools. to a new level, promoting research excellence in AMR and Microbiome with strong societal impact. Our proposed actions will strengthen joint research programmes in Europe.

Keywords: antimicrobial resistance surveillance,microbiome,whole genome sequencing
Functional interactions between endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria in Drosophila axons (ParaplegiaAxonsER)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Standard European Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Life Sciences
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF-EF) (H2020-MSCA-IF-2015, 2015)
Start date: 2017-03-01
End date: 2019-02-28
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 183454.8
EU funding (EUR): 183454.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Axonal endoplasmic reticulum (ER) forms a continuous network of tubules that appears to occur ubiquitously in neurons, and has been compared to “a neuron within a neuron”. Its importance is suggested both by its apparent ubiquity, and by the identification of several causative genes for the axon degenerative disease, hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP), that encode proteins that contribute to ER modeling. However, its physiological roles, and how it could influence axon degeneration, are poorly understood. There is increasing awareness of the existence, nature and roles of contact sites between ER and other cellular organelles including mitochondria. Here I will explore these interactions and their functions in axons, in particular testing the model that ER architecture is important in regulating mitochondrial function in axons. My host laboratory has recently identified Drosophila mutants that lack one or more relevant HSP genes, and shown abnormalities in the level or continuity of ER in some genotypes. I will use Drosophila HSP mutants to determine whether mitochondrial abnormalities arise with altered ER organisation. I will also test for colocalisation of a Drosophila Reep protein with ER-mitochondrial contact sites, and whether loss of this protein leads to abnormal mitochondria. Together these experiments will address whether ER-localised HSP proteins affect mitochondrial function. Secondly I will examine whether mitochondrial Ca2+ handling is affected in these models. I will generate transgenic Drosophila that express mitochondrial and cytosolic Ca2+ sensors, and attempt to develop a suitable lumenal ER sensor. I will use these to test the levels and heterogeneity of Ca2+ concentrations in resting and active axons, and investigate how HSP mutants affect this. My work will examine the interplay between ER and mitochondria in axons for the first time, and mechanisms of dysfunction that are relevant for human axon degeneration.
Energy Efficiency Complaint Products 2014 (EEPLIANT)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Secure, clean and efficient energy
Theme: Market uptake of energy innovation
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Austria,Germany,Malta,Belgium,Bulgaria,Lithuania,Poland,Slovenia,Sweden,Netherlands,Netherlands,Denmark,United Kingdom
Call: Ensuring effective implementation of EU product efficiency legislation (H2020-EE-2014-3-MarketUptake, 2014)
Start date: 2015-03-01
End date: 2017-06-30
Duration (months): 28.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2499872.5
EU funding (EUR): 2499872.5
Participants: 16
Project status: CLOSED

The objective of EEPLIANT 2014 (Energy Efficiency Compliant Products 2014) is to help deliver the intended economic and environmental benefits of the Ecodesign Directive 2009/125/EC and the Energy Labelling Directive 2010/30/EU by strengthening market surveillance and increasing compliance with the Directives and the relevant implementing measures. EEPLIANT 2014 will achieve this by: -Implementing systems that coordinate, in the most cost-effective manner, the monitoring, verification and enforcement of ecodesign and energy labelling requirements across the European Single Market; -Increasing the adoption of best practice amongst Market Surveillance Authorities (MSAs). The Consortium (13 MSAs and PROSAFE) will design, carry out and evaluate coordinated market surveillance actions across three different product sectors over the next two years. It will deliver a higher level of surveillance activities that go beyond testing and will target products that represent the highest energy saving potential. The consortium will work closely with other non-participating MSAs across the EEA through its liaison with the Energy Labelling and the Ecodesign ADCOs. Additionally, the Consortium will work together with a Steering Board comprising of business, consumer organisations and environmental NGOs to draw on their knowledge and experience and to communicate through them with all stakeholders about the progress and results of the project. The expected results are: -Adoption by Member States of best practices on how to conduct market surveillance most effectively. -Greater compliance due to increased market surveillance of products in the EEA with the Implementing Measures of the Energy Labelling and Ecodesign Directives. -Increased awareness of (and respect for) market surveillance by industry and amongst users. -Market surveillance being undertaken in a more cost effective and consistent manner across the EEA with an overall greater impact in the product sectors investigated.

Keywords: joint action,energy efficiency,enforcement,eco design
A key breakthrough in hydrogen fuel cells: enhancing macroscopic mass transport properties by tailoring the porous microstructure (HyPoStruct)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Standard European Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Sweden
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2017, 2017)
Start date: 2019-01-09
End date: 2021-01-08
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 173857.2
EU funding (EUR): 173857.2
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Given their high conversion efficiency and zero-emission characteristics, hydrogen fuel cells are extremely attractive for replacing current energy conversion and power generation technologies. Nevertheless, they still need significant technological improvements in order to increase their competitiveness in the mobility and energy conversion market. More to the point, nowadays, the increase of the effective gas-liquid mass transport in the porous electrodes is highly demanded to improve cell performances. The present proposal aims to investigate and improve the transport properties of two phase flows in hydrogen fuel cells porous materials with an innovative bottom-up approach: tailoring the porous microstructure in order to achieve the desired macroscopic feature, i.e. enhancing liquid water removal and promoting gas transport. The pore geometrical microscopic features (size, form, anisotropic structure) and the chemical behaviour of the pores surface (hydro -philic-phobic features) will be tuned and their effect on water imbibition, drainage and spatial and temporal distribution will be investigated by means of numerical simulations. An advancement in fuel cells technology is expected by characterising the optimal design of the porous electrodes which will significantly increase cells performances and open up a route for a new generation of fuel cells.

Keywords: fuel cells,porous media,materials microstructure,two phase flows
New portable multi-sensor scientific instrument for non-invasive on-site characterisation of rock from planetary surface and sub-surfaces (NEWTON)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Space
Theme: Enabling advances in space technology
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Germany,Spain,Germany,Spain,France
Call: Scientific Instrumentation (H2020-COMPET-2016, 2016)
Start date: 2016-11-01
End date: 2020-01-31
Duration (months): 39.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1567516.25
EU funding (EUR): 1567516.25
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

This proposal intends to make a ground-breaking advance in magnetometry with the development of a new portable and compact multi-sensor instrument for on ground exploration which measures the complex susceptibility with high resolution. The combination of complex susceptibility and vector measurements would provide for the first time a complete and non-invasive in situ magnetic characterization of rocks from planetary surface and subsurfaces. These topics represent a challenge since present magnetic prospectionsare principally based on measurements of magnetic field intensities and on ground surveys have never been complemented with in situ measurements of complex susceptibility. In the design of such an instrument the consortium will include two important innovative developments: on the one hand a challenging system of frequency generation and measurement (ultra precise and with accuracies better than 1:106), and on the other hand an original system for the power generation of multiple voltages based on magnetic amplifiers which apart from being intrinsically immune to radiation, are expected to improve the energy efficiency. NEWTON project will open a breach for magnetic instrumentation on board landers and rovers with the inclusion of novel instrument in short-term and mid-term future missions.

Keywords: magnetometry,complex susceptibility,multi sensor system,mars exploration
EU Integration and Differentiation for Effectiveness and Accountability (EU IDEA)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Europe in a changing world - inclusive, innovative and reflective societies
Theme: Inclusive societies
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Germany,Spain,Italy,Belgium,Switzerland,Türkiye,Finland,North Macedonia,Norway,France,Czechia,Netherlands,United Kingdom
Call: Past, present and future of differentiation in European governance (H2020-SC6-GOVERNANCE-2018, 2018)
Start date: 2019-01-01
End date: 2022-04-30
Duration (months): 40.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2991471.25
EU funding (EUR): 2991471.25
Participants: 16
Project status: SIGNED

The evolution of the EU’s politics and policies has demonstrated that differentiation can no longer be treated as an anomaly in the integration process, posing a key set of questions to academic and policy-makers alike: whether, how much and what form of differentiation is not only compatible with but also conducive to a more effective, cohesive and democratic EU. The project’s name – EU IDEA – Integration and Differentiation for Effectiveness and Accountability – captures these key questions. The basic claim underpinning our proposal is that differentiation is not only necessary to address current challenges more effectively, by making the Union more resilient and responsive to citizens. Differentiation is also desirable, by introducing a useful degree of flexibility in the complex EU machinery, so long as such flexibility is compatible with the core principles of the EU’s constitutionalism and identity, sustainable in terms of governance, and acceptable to EU citizens, Member States and affected third partners. In line with these premises and objectives, EU IDEA will conduct an historical and philosophical investigation of the origins of differentiation, within and outside the EU (WP 1); analyse differentiation – in relation to issues of governance and accountability (WP 2) and narratives on EU constitutionalism and identity (WP 3); investigate the practice of differentiation in key policy areas (WPs 4-5-6) and in light of the prospects for Brexit (WP 7); and assess the political and public preferences at national level (WP 8). The findings of our analysis will be instrumental to defining the criteria – at institutional, policy and societal levels – to assess future scenarios of differentiation as a tool of integration (or disintegration) and to develop policy recommendations for EU and national policy-makers with an aim to a more effective and accountable Union (WP 9).

Keywords: differentiation,integration,disintegration,effectiveness,accountability,identity,constitutionalism,brexit,widening,deepening,single market,foreign security and defence,afsj,migration
AQUAculture infrastructures for EXCELlence in EUropean fish research 3.0 (AQUAEXCEL3.0)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Research Infrastructures
Theme: Research infrastructures
Destination: Integrating activities and infrastructures
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Spain,Italy,Spain,Ireland,Belgium,Norway,Hungary,Norway,Norway,Greece,France,France,France,Czechia,Netherlands,Denmark,United Kingdom,Portugal,Portugal
Call: Integrating Activities for Advanced Communities (H2020-INFRAIA-2019-1, 2019)
Start date: 2020-11-01
End date: 2025-10-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 9981122.34
EU funding (EUR): 9981113.75
Participants: 24
Project status: SIGNED

By integrating 40 top class European aquaculture research facilities, AQUAEXCEL3.0 provides a world-class platform for aquaculture research, from biology to technology, in all types of rearing systems, covering all major EU farmed species as well as the most promising new species. Building on two previous AQUAEXCEL projects, it will provide expanded access to high-quality services and resources, covering all scientific fields relevant to research and innovation in aquaculture, from genetics to technology through immunology, physiology and nutrition, and including new nanosensors and fish isogenic lines developed in the previous projects. AQUAEXCEL3.0 will enhance its scope by including shellfish, macro-algae and recyclers (insects, marine worms). Integrating such lower trophic level species is key to move towards more sustainable and even circular aquaculture – a strong societal demand. By partnering with the EU aquaculture industry through a continued strong involvement of the European Aquaculture Technology and Innovation Platform (EATiP), it will boost excellent research and sustainable innovation, for both public and private sectors, as a durable impact. A total of 193 Transnational access projects are scheduled, that will significantly consolidate the global leadership of European aquaculture research and advance the implementation of EATiP’s Strategic Research Agenda, with a flexible orientation in time towards key industry issues. Improving the use of animal experiments for research according to the 3 R's, Reduction (via stable fish models and improved design of experiments), Refinement (via the development of Operational Welfare Indicators and environmental enrichment) and Replacement (via e.g. Virtual Laboratories and cellular models) is integral to the concept of AQUAEXCEL3.0. Overall, AQUAEXCEL3.0 will provide the Aquaculture Research community and Industry with new services focused on the user needs, to promote both excellent science and innovation.

Keywords: aquaculture,infrastructures,fish,research,innovation
Commercial flagship plant for bioethanol production involving a bio-based value chain built on lignocellulosic feedstock (LIGNOFLAG)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Bio-based Industries
Action type: Innovation actions
Partnership: BBI (Art-187)
Countries involved: Germany,Germany,Austria,Germany,Hungary,Hungary,Romania,Hungary
Call: From lignocellulosic feedstock to advanced bio-based chemicals, materials or ethanol (H2020-BBI-PPP-2015-1-1, 2015)
Start date: 2017-06-01
End date: 2023-05-31
Duration (months): 72.0
Total project cost (EUR): 34936215.0
EU funding (EUR): 24738840.0
Participants: 11
Project status: SIGNED

The LIGNOFLAG project demonstrates an integrated and whole value chain oriented approach to drive forth the bio-based production of ethanol as sustainable transport fuel or chemical building block. The project approach involves the collaboration of the relevant actors along the whole value chain – from feedstock (straw) supply and logistics via process co-products (lignin as biochar, sludge as fertilizer) utilisation and valorization to advanced bio-ethanol production and product distribution. The core part of the project is the first-of-a-kind commercial flagship plant for lignocellulosic feedstock to ethanol conversion (60,000 tons/year) that serves to showcase the techno-economic viability of an innovative bio-refinery concept and shall boost EU bio-ethanol production. Based on Clariant’s innovative technology (e.g. onsite-enzyme production, tailor-made enzymes, chemical-free pre-treatment, intensive energy integration) in combination with new harvesting techniques, smart co-product use, accurate and comprehensive Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) and flanked by an ambitious dissemination and IPR/exploitation strategy the flagship plant will contribute to the calls’ as well as to the BBI JU objectives highlighted in the Strategic Innovation and Research Agenda (SIRA). LIGNOFLAG fosters the essential transition to a post-petroleum EU society by decoupling economic growth from resource use and environmental degradation.

Keywords: conversion,lignocellulosic feedstock,biobased products,biorefinery,valorization of co products,value chain integration,life cycle analysis,cellulosic ethanol,biomass residues,industrial lead