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Persistent bullying cases: towards tailored intervention approaches to maximize efficiency (CHALLENGE)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: The Social World and Its Diversity
Panel description: Sociology, social psychology, social anthropology, education sciences, communication studies
Countries involved: Finland
Call: ERC Advanced Grant (ERC-2019-ADG, 2019)
Start date: 2020-10-01
End date: 2025-09-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2424001.0
EU funding (EUR): 2424001.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Bullying in schools is widespread, with adverse effects on youth and high costs for societies. Research on bullying prevention has so far focused on average effects of anti-bullying programs and mainly concerned universal, preventive measures. While important, this has overshadowed attempts to uncover how exactly school personnel intervene in particular bullying cases and when and why that fails. CHALLENGE will open up new research horizons by shifting the focus from average program effects to the characteristics and conditions of youth who remain victimized or continue bullying despite targeted interventions. The next big questions in the field are tackled in four work packages: WP1 uncovers the key features of persistent bullying, such as the extent to which it is due to school-level factors or rather varies across bullying cases (within schools). WP2 elucidates the plight of persistent victims by testing why victimized youth are most maladjusted in contexts where the overall level of victimization is decreasing (healthy context paradox, Garandeau & Salmivalli, 2019). WP3 tests the efficacy of different targeted interventions in real-life conditions, uncovering challenge factors that increase the risk of a bullying case remaining unresolved. Moreover, it tests how youth characteristics affect their cognitive, emotional and motivational responses to different interventions. WP4 utilizes molecular genetics to test genetic susceptibility to intervention effects at the individual level. CHALLENGE uses quantitative, qualitative, and DNA analyses, combines longitudinal and experimental designs, and harnesses novel tools to collect real-time intervention data and to register children’s responses to interventions. It bridges the perspectives of developmental and social psychology, child psychiatry, and genetics, builds theory on persistent bullying and enables the development of tailored measures for specific target groups where available interventions have failed

Keywords: bullying,victimization,school,intervention,challenge factors
Mechanism of homology search and the logic of homologous chromosome pairing in meiosis (3D-loop)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Integrative Biology: from Genes and Genomes to Systems
Panel description: Genetics, epigenetics, genomics and other ‘omics studies, bioinformatics, systems biology, genetic diseases, gene editing, innovative methods and modelling, ‘omics for personalised medicine
Countries involved: France
Call: ERC Starting Grant (ERC-2019-STG, 2019)
Start date: 2020-01-01
End date: 2024-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1499779.0
EU funding (EUR): 1499779.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Homologous recombination (HR) is a conserved DNA double-strand breaks (DSB) repair pathway that uniquely uses an intact DNA molecule as a template. Genome-wide homology search is carried out by a nucleoprotein filament (NPF) assembled on the ssDNA flanking the DSB, and whose product is a “D-loop” joint molecule. Beyond accurate DSB repair, this capacity of HR to spatially associates homologous molecules is also harnessed for homolog pairing in meiosis. The goal of “3D-loop” is to tackle two long lasting conundrums: the fundamental homology search mechanism that achieves accurate and efficient identification of a single homologous donor in the vastness of the genome and nucleus, and how this mechanism is adapted for the purpose of homologs attachment in meiosis. I overcame the main hurdle to study these core steps of HR by developing a suite of proximity ligation-based methodologies and experimental systems to physically detect joint molecules in yeast cells. It revealed elaborate regulation controlling D-loop dynamics and a novel class of joint molecules. This proposal builds upon these methodologies and findings to first address basic properties of the homology sampling process by the NPF and the role of D-loop dynamics, with the long-term goal to establish a quantitative framework of homology search in mitotic cells (WP1). Second, the meiosis-specific regulation of homology search leading to homolog pairing likely integrates chromosomal-scale information. Genome re-synthesis and engineering approaches will be deployed to (i) achieve a quantitative and dynamic cartography of the cytological and molecular events of meiosis over a large chromosomal region, (ii) probe cis-acting regulations at the chromosomal scale, and (iii) revisit the molecular paradigm for crossover formation (WP2). We expect this project to shed light on the fundamental process of homology search and its involvement in the chromosome pairing phenomenon lying at the basis of sexual reproduction.

Keywords: dna recombination,meiosis,genome maintenance
Global and local star formation with state-of-the-art physics (AdvancedStarForm)

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: Physics
Countries involved: Denmark
Call: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF-EF) (H2020-MSCA-IF-2014, 2014)
Start date: 2015-09-01
End date: 2017-12-14
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 200194.8
EU funding (EUR): 200194.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

New stars form within large turbulent complexes harboring several thousands of solar masses of cold gas: the molecular clouds. The diffuse gas collapses gravitationally and heats up via compression until nuclear fusion reactions ignite and the star comes to life. The full description involves an intricate interplay between large-scale environmental factors and small-scale processes close to the star, connecting a number of physical mechanisms, including magnetic fields, self-gravity, radiative transfer, and time dependent chemistry. The aim of the project is to construct a unified description of star formation, from large to small scales, using the world's most advanced numerical physics. A two-way approach will be used: the global approach (I) will deal with the dynamics of interstellar gas on the turbulent cloud scale, while the local approach (II) will concentrate on the formation of the protostellar seed. The objectives are: - Ia. Carry out a parameter study of the effects of cloud mass, turbulence, radiative transfer, and magnetization on stellar populations in giant molecular clouds - Ib. Create a realistic model for protostellar radiative and outflow feedback and examine its effects on the star formation efficiency - Ic. Quantify the effects of supernova-triggered star formation - IIa. Simulate the formation of single protostars using extremely detailed physics (non-ideal MHD, multi-frequency radiative transfer) - IIb. Incorporate for the first time into the simulations a chemistry module which interacts with the gas and radiation field - IIc. Study episodic accretion events in protostars to try and explain under-luminous young stellar objects. This is an ambitious, strongly multidisciplinary program, which fits perfecty in the research activities of the host institute. To ensure the project's success, I have a proven record of working with the different numerical techniques required, as well as an excellent understanding of astronomical observations.

Keywords: star formation,computational astrophysics,radiation hydrodynamics,magnetic fields,astro chemistry
Innovative technical solutions for improved train DYNAmics and operation of longer FREIGHt Trains (DYNAFREIGHT)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Smart, green and integrated transport
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: European rail initiative
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Partnership: Shift2Rail (Art-187)
Countries involved: Germany,Italy,Spain,Italy,Spain,Germany,Italy,Sweden,Belgium,United Kingdom
Call: Improved vehicle/train dynamics (H2020-S2RJU-OC-2015-01-2, 2015)
Start date: 2016-11-01
End date: 2018-06-30
Duration (months): 20.0
Total project cost (EUR): 999822.5
EU funding (EUR): 999822.5
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

DYNAFREIGHT stands for Innovative technical solutions for improved train DYNAmics and operation of longer FREIGHt Trains. The project will provide inputs for the development of the next railway freight propulsion concepts within S2R. Two main areas will be addressed: 1. Freight running gear for locomotives: DYNAFREIGHT will design and develop the necessary concepts that will allow a locomotive freight bogie to reduce wheel and track wear, to have lower noise and lower LCC, by focusing on: • Materials with freight vehicle applicability that allow a lighter bogie frame. • Noise optimized wheelsets and absorbing structures to reduce running gear related noise. • Passive and mechatronic systems for radial steering, improving running performances compared to conventional bogies. Reduction of wheel wear and damage, improved traction in curves and reduced resistance to motion in sharp curves will be achieved. • Monitoring of the most maintenance cost-intensive bogie elements, reducing LCC and improving the reliability and availability of the locomotive. 2. Operation of long freight trains: following the outcomes of MARATHON, DYNAFREIGHT will prepare the path for regular operations of long freight trains: • Defining functional, technical and homologation requirements for a radio remote controlled system. • Proposing safety precautions in train configuration and brake application by simulating the longitudinal forces and the derailment risk of long freight trains. • Identifying infrastructure adaptions for the operation of long freight trains. By the end of the project, the main achievements will be: • Improved performances: traction, speed, running dynamics and wheel/rail efforts • Reduced rail freight noise at the source • Enhance capacity/traffic throughput with the operation of longer trains • Reduced of operation and maintenance costs (reduce wheel and rail wear, smarter maintenance, etc.)

Keywords: long train,innovative train dynamics,radio controlled traction and braking,locomotive bogie,light materials,noise reduction,mechatronic systems,monitoring systems,rail infra adaptation
Direct Imaging and Manipulation of Antiferromagnets (DIMAF)

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: Physics
Countries involved: France
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2018, 2018)
Start date: 2019-09-01
End date: 2021-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 184707.84
EU funding (EUR): 184707.84
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Antiferromagnetic materials are very promising candidates for the development of new data storage devices with a low power comsumption, which explains the recent growing interest for the field of antiferromagnetic spintronics. However, the study of these systems is hindered by the difficulty to image their magnetic state in real space with most of the available microscopy techniques. The recently developed nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center magnetometry appears to be a solution to this problem. It probes the magnetic order via the measurement of the stray field present at the surface of the sample. The field is measured using the Zeeman shifts of the electronic spin sublevels of a single nitrogen-vacancy defect in diamond. The single NV defect is placed at the apex of a nanopillar in a diamond tip integrated into an atomic force microscope, allowing to scan in close proximity to the sample surface. The goal of this project is to use this technique to explore the magnetic order at the nanoscale in antiferromagnetic materials which are relevant for applications in spintronics. The magnetic configuration of the modulated antiferromagnet BiFeO3 will be investigated. The experiments will first focus on the effects of epitaxial strain on the antiferromagnetic order. In a second step, the antiferromagnetic structure will be manipulated with local strain and spin currents. The NV-center magnetometer will be used to image directly the induced modifications. This project offers high-quality technical training in NV-center magnetometry as well as the opportunity to acquire and strengthen transferable skills and to participate to international collaborations. It will thus foster the career development of the researcher in the growing and highly innovative field of antiferromagnetic spintronics.

Keywords: nitrogen vacancy center in diamond,scanning probe microscopy,quantum sensing
Artificial PeRceptIon Chip for the Intelligence Of Things (APRICOT)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: France
Call: SME instrument (H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-2, 2018)
Start date: 2018-12-01
End date: 2021-05-31
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3547817.5
EU funding (EUR): 2483472.25
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The goal of APRICOT project is to accelerate the industrialisation and commercialisation of a disruptive artificial intelligence (AI) technology, that goes beyond the current mainstream of Deep Learning/Neural Networks. This new technology will have a world-scale impact in many domains as it will enable efficient, transparent and explainable, data preserving and GDPR compliant, controllable and adaptable AI-enhanced products and services in our everyday life. The technology is fully owned by the European start-up Another Brain. Almost all solutions proposed by current AI key players rely on artificial neural networks optimised through deep learning. Despite their significant improvement with respect to prior solutions, critical problems remain unsolved. Another Brain develops a New generation AI chip with a disruptive approach that solves these problems. Instead of considering the human brain at a neuron level, we replicate the brain’s behaviour on a more macroscopic level where large neuronal groups have a dedicated function. Perceived data is transformed into invariant semantic representations that are memorised in one size in associative memory without supervision. Learning is fast, incremental and continuous. Algorithms’ decisions are self-explanatory. The solution is easily customisable, low power, generic to all human senses and well suited to the automation of tasks performed by human beings. For the first applications, we will connect our chips to sensors creating smart modules able to understand the surrounding world in real-time. This addresses the needs of many markets, the automotive industry especially autonomous driving being our most important one. Our total addressable market will exceed €5billion in 3 years, with €2billion for the automotive segment. This project can contribute to meet many Horizon 2020 societal challenges from Health and Wellbeing to Secure Societies including Smart, Green and Integrated transport.

Keywords: artificial intelligence,explainable and self enplanatory ai,smart sensing,fast,incremental and cumulative learning,low power embedded autonomous system,autonomous driving,gdpr compliant
Looking over the Horizon - horizontal priorities in research and in everyday challenges of the researchers' career! (FAWORIT 2014-2015)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: European researchers' Night
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Countries involved: Hungary
Call: European Researchers' Night (NIGHT) (H2020-MSCA-NIGHT-2014, 2014)
Start date: 2014-05-01
End date: 2015-11-30
Duration (months): 19.0
Total project cost (EUR): 207675.0
EU funding (EUR): 207675.0
Participants: 4
Project status: CLOSED

Looking over the Horizon - horizontal priorities in research and in everyday challenges of the researchers' career! The main objective of “FAWORIT 2014-2015” is to overcome the prevailing stereotypes about researchers and contribute to the enhancement of their public recognition through aspects of innovation, gender, mobility, international research and lifelong learning. We address the future generation and show the attractiveness of research career – with a special awareness campaign with developing „SciMotion” with our industrial and school partners. We focus on the target group from the age of 5 to 24, but we aim to address all age groups with attractive programmes. The series of events at 20 locations will focus on the Researcher through his/her career and the lively experiences of scientific life. The public will be “edutained” during the Nights: scientific presentations will be mixed with entertaining elements. There is going to be e.g. an „IQ obstacle race”, an exhibition of researchers’ hobbies, a laser show and HiTech Pubs. The target audience can thus discover that the life of the researcher is fascinating, cool and attractive. Our objective is to have around 20,000 visitors at the events, but a multiple of that number (around 500,000) will see, hear or read about the Nights. We are planning to raise awareness of the European engagement in R&D&I with the active participation of MC Fellows. In the European Corners and at each venue related programmes of the European Union and the Marie Curie Actions will be visible. The structure of the consortium (stakeholders from academia and industry, from non-profit and for-profit organizations, with the contributing participation of schools, a cluster, a multinational company and a media partner), the elaborated concept/workplan and the involvement of strategic media partners will guarantee the success of the project. We are also keen on to participate in the celebration of the10th anniversary of Researchers’ Night.

Keywords: innovation,gender,mobility,international research,lifelong learning,attractiveness of researchers career,edutainment for overcoming stereotypes,strong media connections
Biogas-fired Combined Hybrid Heat and Power Plant (Bio-HyPP)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Secure, clean and efficient energy
Theme: Low-cost, low-carbon energy supply
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Italy,Italy,Germany,Germany,Netherlands,Netherlands,Netherlands,United Kingdom
Call: Developing the next generation technologies of renewable electricity and heating/cooling (H2020-LCE-2014-1, 2014)
Start date: 2015-06-01
End date: 2019-12-31
Duration (months): 55.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5775868.75
EU funding (EUR): 5775868.5
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

To reach the goals of improving the efficiency of CHP systems while simultaneously widening the biomass feedstock base as well as increasing operational flexibility, the project aims to develop a full scale technology demonstrator of a hybrid power plant using biogas as main fuel in lab environment. A combined hybrid heat and power plant combines a micro gas turbine (MGT) and a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC). The focus of the technology demonstration plant is to prove the functional capability of the plant concept, followed by detailed characterization and optimization of the integration of both subsystems. The main objective is to move the technology beyond the state of the art to TRL 4. Electrical efficiencies of more than 60% and total thermal efficiencies of more than 90% are intended to reach at base load conditions. An operational flexibility ranging from 25% to 100% electric power should be achieved. The emission levels should not exceed 10 ppm NOx and 20 ppm CO (at 15% vol. residual oxygen). The system should allow the use of biogas with methane contents varying from 40-75%, thus covering the biogas qualities from the fermentation of the entire biomass feedstock range. To achieve the objectives the subsystems MGT and SOFC including their subcomponents have to be adjusted and optimized by a multidisciplinary design approach using numerical and experimental measures to ensure a proper balance of plant. In addition an integrated control system has to be developed and implemented to achieve a reliable operation of the coupled subsystems. A detailed analysis of different European markets, economic and technical constraints in terms of biogas production potentials will clarify the regional suitable sizes and attractive performance conditions of the power plant system. To identify cost reduction potentials a thermo-economic analysis will be performed. Here, an internal rate of return (IRR) of the system of higher than 15% should be achieved over a 20 years.

Keywords: combined heat and power,hybrid power plant,micro gas turbine,solid oxide fuel cell,biogas
Application of multifunctional lactic acid bacteria in large-scale fermentation of spanish-style table olives (OLEICAStarter)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Spain
Call: SME instrument (H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1, 2018)
Start date: 2018-06-01
End date: 2018-09-30
Duration (months): 4.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Table olives are products from the cultivated olive tree (Olea europea L.), whose main production regions are in the Mediterranean Basin, specially Spain and Italy, Middle East, America and Australia. With a high variety of table olive processing methods, fermented varieties are common, with the Spanish-style table olives (SSTO) among the most consumed ones. Fermentation is beneficial for extending shelf-life and can also enhance nutritional properties in a safe and effective manner. However, SSTO producers need to improve the quality and safety of their products through a higher control and standardization of the fermentation process, which would also result in the reduction of economic losses produced by fermentation failures. The reference in the field of starter inoculum for SSTO fermentation, EPSA LAC, is technologically outdated, does not have probiotic properties and does not provide a standardized protocol to assure SSTO quality and reduce harmful fermentation failures. We have developed OLEICAStarter, a starter inoculum solution to produce the first probiotic SSTO. OLEICAStarter comprises: a) two biofilm-forming, olive-native lactic acid bacteria (LAB) strains for the fermentation of SSTO, b) a specifically optimized protocol for the adaptation, growth, maintenance and control of such LAB strains, and c) the standardized procedure to produce SSTO with OLEICAStarter. Our solution is protected by the Industrial secret 6808/2017 “Multifunctional bacterial inoculum from table olive biofilms, procedure for adaptation/growth/maintenance/control and their use in the Spanish-style table olive production”. OLEICAStarter will benefit end users by increasing their productivity (300%) and production quality and opening new market niches for their SSTO while benefiting environment and the society by reducing SSTO brine waste (from 8% to 4%) and bringing new non-dairy probiotics to market. Our company is expected revenues of €1.6 million after 3 years of sales.