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Environmental sensitivity of the Iberian peninsula to climate change (IBERIAN CLIMATE)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Incoming Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Spain
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IIF, 2009)
Start date: 2011-11-01
End date: 2014-04-23
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 161293.0
EU funding (EUR): 161293.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The continuing buildup of industrial greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and concomitant increase in global temperatures has made much of the world’s society aware that decades to centuries of environmental change lie ahead, and that these will have profound economic, political and societal impacts. In certain parts of the world the negative impacts of these changes will outweigh any possible positive effects. This is particularly the case for the Mediterranean countries, and large parts of the Iberian Peninsula. The effect that Global Warming will have on Continental Climates in Iberia and its correlation with Atlantic Merid¬ional Overturning Circulation (Atlantic MOC) is particularly critical because a reorganization of the Atlantic MOC will have profound effects on climates in the wider North Atlantic region and is the only known viable mechanism to cause substantial Abrupt Climate Changes that can occur on time scales &lt; 30 years. The Iberian Peninsula lies in the boundary between tropical and subtropical climates and seems to amplify the climatic signals form the northern hemisphere through both atmospheric and water circulation feedbacks, making it an ideal site to monitor Northern hemisphere climate changes. This extreme sensitivity to climatic changes also makes the Iberian Peninsula extremely sensitive to future climate changes. This is why understanding sensitivity to climate change and the consequences it will have on both climate and the hydrological cycle is key to implement preventive measures. The aim of the project is to come up with a high resolution quantitative reconstruction of climate variability (temperature, production and precipitation) in the Iberian Peninsula from lake sediments to establish the relation between those changes and those observed in both ice cores from Greenland and paleotemperature records from marine sediments of the continental Iberian margin. Presently this reconstruction is incomplete, fragmented and very few times quan

Keywords: natural sciences,environmental science,global change,paleoclimate (climate change),organic geochemistry
Design of New Engineered Oxide Thin Films with Tailored Properties (ENGINEERED OXIDES)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IEF, 2009)
Start date: 2011-02-01
End date: 2013-08-02
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 172740.8
EU funding (EUR): 172740.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Development of new energy conversion technologies are a prime concern for the EU. To achieve low emissions and high efficiencies new materials advances are required. Research on new oxide materials with both high ionic and electronic conductivity (MIEC: mixed ionic and electronic conductors) is of key importance in order to achieve optimum performance in electrochemical energy conversion devices such as solid oxide fuel cells, gas sensors, oxygen membrane generators and catalytic oxidation systems. Particularly, in these applications there is a major interest in reducing the working temperatures to about 600 °C. Control over the electronic and ionic conductivity of the MIEC material, as well as the oxygen surface exchange kinetics is therefore a crucial issue. We propose to study several very promising MIEC ceramic materials, from both the Ruddlesden-Popper Ln2NiO4+x (Ln = Nd, Sm, Pr) family and the layered cobaltite (GdBaCo2O5+x) family. Both families of compounds have anisotropic ionic and electronic transport properties, and therefore in order to extract information about their intrinsic anisotropic properties, single crystals and epitaxial thin films will be measured. In addition we will study new engineered layered oxide thin films materials with different heterointerfaces, which very recently have attracted increasing interest due to some outstanding results which include high ionic conductivity and oxygen exchange enhancement. Once these studies have been performed we will try to design new engineered thin films by using perovskite layers and rock-salt type layers as building blocks to control nanostructures with optimized tailored properties. In addition, the study of the variation of these properties for films submitted to different stress will enable innovation that will be of interest in designing new MIEC materials with enhanced performance for different types of advanced electrochemical devices, of great importance in the changing energy economy.

Keywords: materials science,it-sofc,cathodes,electrolytes,mixed ionic electronic conductors,anisotropy,thin films,epitaxial heterostructures,perovskite-related oxides,ionic transport properties
Nanocontacted Thin Molecular Films for Spintronics (NANOCON)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: France
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IEF, 2009)
Start date: 2010-03-01
End date: 2012-02-29
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 166145.6
EU funding (EUR): 166145.6
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

This proposal is placed in the area of molecular spintronics, a multidisciplinary area of knowledge in between molecular magnetism, molecular electronics and surface science and deals with the integration of molecular materials in spintronic devices. The weak spin–orbit coupling and hyperfine interactions found in organic materials, along with its ease of processability and tunability, make molecules became serious candidates to substitute traditional metals and inorganic semiconductors or insulators in spintronics devices. This offers the possibility of constructing devices were spin–coherence will be maintained over times hardly conceivable only some years ago. Additionally the use of magnetic molecules in spintronics devices is the expected evolution to shift from molecular electronics area to molecular spintronics field. Through the deposition over surfaces of thin films, their integration into organic molecular tunnel juntions (OMTJs) and the study of the molecule-surface interfaces this project combines chemistry, surface science and spin-transport physics. This proposal will try to go beyond the current state-of-the-art in the field of molecular spintronics by using molecular materials as spin barriers in OTMJs and its ultimate goal is to perform magnetotransport measurements through conveniently nanostructured thin organic layers and molecular materials. Special attention will be paid to the molecule-surface interface, critical to correctly interpret transport measurements. It is divided in two main parts, the first one deals with the use of thin organic barriers, self-assembled monolayer or polymeric thin films, in the preparation of OMTJs (1. THIN FILM MOLECULAR SPINTRONICS) and the second one intend to measure transport properties of a single molecule magnet (SMM) spintronic device. (2. SINGLE-MOLECULE SPINTRONICS). In the nanodevice robust SMM of the Mn4 and polyoxometalate will be separated from the electrode by an organic spacer. During the development

Keywords: molecular chemistry,surface chemistry,molecular electronics,electron-based nano-devices,spintronics
Plasticity in the Shoot Branching Regulatory Network (BRANCHING PLASTICITY)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IEF, 2009)
Start date: 2010-04-01
End date: 2012-03-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 172240.8
EU funding (EUR): 172240.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Plants can modulate their developmental program depending on environmental conditions, such as nutrient availability and levels and quality of light. A single plant genotype is able to give rise to a wide range of phenotypes. Despite the relevant ecological and evolutionary consequences of this plasticity, very little is known about its molecular basis. A good example of developmental plasticity is the degree of shoot branching. Our knowledge of the control of branching has advanced sufficiently, providing the necessary intellectual framework to investigate more complex properties such as plasticity in the regulatory system. Therefore, the host laboratory examined multiple quantitatively different versions of this regulatory network, which resulted in the identification of Quantitative Trait Loci (QTLs) for branch number and branch number plasticity. In this project, the genes that underlie these QTLs will be identified and characterised. This QTL study may result in the identification of new genes involved in the regulation of shoot branching, but could also reveal allelic variation at known loci. It is possible that these genes affect both branch number and branching plasticity. Alternatively, these genes might be specifically involved in plasticity.

Keywords: shoot branching,plasticity,quantitative trait loci,arabidopsis
Core-Hole Induced Chemical Reactivity of Complex Systems by Soft X-Ray Spectrosocopies (CHICROCSX)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: France
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IEF, 2009)
Start date: 2010-03-15
End date: 2012-03-14
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 166645.6
EU funding (EUR): 166645.6
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The present proposal concerns a new research direction which is the study of the core-hole induced chemical reactivity of complex systems. It is based on the use of the most advanced instrumentation available nowadays for soft X-ray spectroscopy: the ultra high resolution soft X-ray beamline PLEIADES at one of the most recent synchrotron radiation facilities in Europe – Synchrotron SOLEIL, together with state-of-the-art electron and electron-ion coincidence spectrometers. The host group offers a highly dynamic scientific environment based on a long-term outstanding experience with inner-shell spectroscopies of diluted species. The association with this environment, the excellence and the strong background in chemistry of the researcher, will definitely ensure the success of the proposed project. The main research objectives of the proposal include studies of ultrafast processes like intra- and intermolecular nuclear rearrangements, chemical reactivity of nanoparticles, construction of a new temperature controlled reaction chamber and the study of thermodynamics with advanced physical spectroscopic methods. The new opportunities provided at the starting beamline PLEIADES will allow the researcher to develop her own research line including dynamics and reactivity of systems of biological and environmental interest and to address the famous homochirality of life problem. The proposed project will allow the researcher to develop her scientific personality, acquire new competences and pursue her own research lines, along the above-mentioned directions. Her perspectives for future employment as a scientist in this field of research will be much improved, and her experience will allow to contribute to the advancement of science in any of the European countries where extreme light sources like synchrotron radiation or free electron lasers are used tools, or even contributing to their development where they represent an emerging tool (ELI source for instance).

Keywords: spectroscopy,molecular physics,chemical physics,reaction mechanisms and
Strategic Management tools for Art Museums (SMART MUSE)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Italy
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IEF, 2009)
Start date: 2010-10-01
End date: 2012-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 157758.6
EU funding (EUR): 157758.6
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The museum industry is characterized by a series of features that make it a challenging environment in which to operate and compete. One of these features is that, as most cultural industries, product performance must be viewed as multidimensional, because cultural goods have a twofold nature: they are at the same time artistic products and economic products. Moreover, quality evaluation in the museum industry is inherently difficult since products of the creative industries differ unpredictably in the quality levels that consumers, funding bodies and other relevant stakeholders see in them. As information is asymmetrical practitioners in the museum sector base decisions primarily on annual reports and/or administrative metrics. Often information from these sources is not timely, offers little analytical or predictive value and is hard to aggregate or synthesize to help improve services. At the same time, a convergence of forces, including increased government oversight, the call for greater accountability from various stakeholders, more professional non-profit management, and competition for funding is accelerating the need to overcome barriers to measurement. Using both a theoretical and empirical approach, the aim of this project is to develop a comprehensive strategy to significantly improve the performance of museums and define effective tools for tracking, benchmarking and improving performance in museum key activities. Specific outcomes include the definition of a scorecard that helps museum employees and stakeholders more easily access and understand museum performance data; the rollout of a museum dashboard for tracking museum improvement and the establishment of a museum benchmarking system. As the outcomes of this project have the potential to be adopted more broadly within the museum community in Europe, the project is expected to have significant organizational impact on museums and to foster a more result-oriented culture.

Keywords: performance indicators,museums,quality evaluation
Biodiesel production from microalgae (ALGFUEL)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Spain
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IEF, 2009)
Start date: 2011-02-15
End date: 2013-02-14
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 153917.0
EU funding (EUR): 153917.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The proposed research bridges the gap between science and technology and targets one of the main challenges of our epoch, namely clean energy. According to the Kyoto Protocol, emissions of greenhouse gases should be reduced by at least 5% compared to 1990 levels, during the period 2008-2012. To meet this goal, the European Union has agreed to attain by 2010 a minimum penetration of 12% of renewable energy sources. Of special concern is the transport sector which heavily depends on petroleum products although alternative forms of renewable energy, such as solar, are gaining importance, these forms of energy are useful mainly for electricity generation. A promising source of raw biomass for diesel production is microalgae. Microalgal biodiesel properties are very close to those of petroleum diesel. Microalgae can produce triglycerides up to 30 times faster than any terrestrial oil seed crops used today. Furthermore, microalgal biofuel production will not drive up food prices as occurred with other crops. Selected species of microalgae grow at high rates and can thrive on sea, brackish or wastewater but not freshwater (a scarce resource). The main objectives of the proposed work are: to identify those microalgae species that are suitable candidates for biodiesel production, to improve the understanding of the main mechanisms driving formation of microalgal triglycerides and how they are affected by different environmental factors in selected species, to optimize the triglycerides productivity in pilot scale microalgae cultures using mathematical model and experimental data and to increase the knowledge in the scientific community on how to make microalgal biodiesel both economically and energetically feasible. The proposed project will provide the European Union the required knowledge to develop next generation biofuels which will promote supply security, reduce greenhouse gases emission, increase oil source diversity and reduce climate change impact.

Keywords: natural sciences,algal biotechnology,microalgae,phycology,biodiesel,alternative energy,applied biology
Fluorescent nanocrystals for activation and delivery of platinum drugs (SMARTPTDRUGS)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IEF, 2009)
Start date: 2010-10-01
End date: 2012-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 173240.8
EU funding (EUR): 173240.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Chemistry has made major contributions towards fighting cancer (Europe's major cause of death) by developing small molecules which can act as anticancer drugs. But despite extensive research efforts, defeating cancer is proving to be an enormous challenge. Inorganic chemistry has made its most important contribution in the form of platinum (Pt) complexes, which provide highly effective chemotherapy for testicular, ovarian, neck, cervical and esophageal cancers. Drug resistance and toxic side effects means that there are many occasions when Pt-based treatment must be discontinued and limit the ability of Pt drugs to cure other forms of cancer such as the more common colon and breast cancers. The problem is that the drugs are not ‘smart’ – they are not capable of identifying cancer cells and they react with a wide range of molecules. Another significant limitation is that it is not possible to control when and where they exert cytotoxicity. Here we propose a novel methodology to make: 1) Pt complexes capable of identifying cancer cells, 2) Pt drugs with a built-in security device –a switch which we can turn on externally to make the Pt drug active only when it reaches the tumour.

Keywords: inorganic chemistry,platinum anticancer drugs,drug delivery,photoactivation of drugs,quantum dots,supramolecular chemistry,bioinorganic chemistry
The physics of flavor in visible and dark sectors (FLAVIDAS)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Italy
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IEF, 2009)
Start date: 2010-05-10
End date: 2011-01-09
Duration (months): 8.0
Total project cost (EUR): 221553.2
EU funding (EUR): 221553.2
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The topic of this proposal are two major open problems of high energy physics: the origin of flavor structure in the Standard Model and beyond, and the nature of Dark Matter (DM). We will (i) investigate the implications of flavor symmetries at future low energy machines and at CERN LHC, and (ii) develop a model independent description of direct DM searches and explore their relevance for astrophysical and collider signatures of DM. As part of the project we propose to implement General Minimal Flavor Violation in Minimal Superymmetric Standard Model (MSSM), calculate the renormalization group (RG) equations and discuss experimental consequences. We will explore how to extend the spurion analysis to the leptonic sector, e.g. for the description of deviations from tri-bimaximal neutrino mixing. In the course of the project we will also construct Effective Field Theory (EFT) operator basis for DM-nucleus scattering, and calculate the RG evolution. The Wilson coefficients will be constrained by fitting to the experimental data. We will perform matching calculations for representative DM models and show which representative DM models have LHC implications. The project will go well beyond the present &apos;state of the art&apos; in the research field. As the end result of the first part of the project one may be able to describe consequences of supersymmetry breaking even when flavor symmetry is realized nonperturbatively. The second part of the project will lead to a much more efficient translation between experimental results and the theory space in DM models. For instance, after completion of this project in DM models with scalar exchanges only a tree level calculation will be needed instead of a 2-loop one in order to compare to data. In a few years, when the limits on DM scattering will be reduced by an additional order of magnitude, a model independent relation between direct detection and indirect astrophysical signature of DM annihilation will be possible.

Keywords: flavor physics,dark matter,effective field theory,lhc,super flavor factory