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Bioactive natural compounds extracted and isolated from olive tree using modern technologies: Probing into their therapeutic potential (OLITEC)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Greece,France,France,Switzerland
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-IAPP-2008, 2008)
Start date: 2009-06-01
End date: 2013-05-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1055602.0
EU funding (EUR): 1055602.0
Participants: 5
Project status: CLOSED

OLITEC is a collaborative research project between academic community (Universities of Athens-Greece and Paris Descartes-France) and industry (Hitex-France, Lavipharm-Greece and Frutarom-Switzerland) focusing in the advance of new technologies and the development of new products from the olive tree with therapeutic or preventive potential (phytomedicines, food supplement). The main scientific and technological objectives of this project are: a) to develop extraction methods based on the combination of emerging new technologies (Supercritical Fluid Extraction, Adsorption Resin Technology, Accelerated Solvent Extraction and Microwave Associated Extraction) for the preparation of enriched extracts from olive tree leaves, b) to study the chemical composition of the extracts and their variation, depending on the extraction processes, the botanical origin c) to identify bioactive small molecules from the highly complex extract matrix with modern techniques , d) To investigate the preparation of oleocanthal (and analogues) using chemical and/or biotechnological transformations, e) to evaluate the biological activity of the pure isolated compounds and of the extracts, in terms of anti-inflammatory and cancer chemopreventive activity, by direct effect or through anti-angiogenic or neo-vascular disrupting processes, f) to study the transdermal formulation of the bioactive compounds and extracts and to scale up the best process for the preparation of transdermal products, and g) to study the feasibility of the development of a new commercial product and design the next steps of OLITEC results´ exploitation.. The final outcome of OLITEC project will be • The optimized production in pilot scale of extracts enriched in oleuropein (>50%), • the optimized production of oleocanthal (or its analogues) • the development of new transdermal pharmaceutical forms based on the active compounds • and Documentation on the anticancer and anti-inflammatory activity of the products

Keywords: natural sciences,pharmacognosy,olive,natural products,extraction,transdermal formulation,scale-up,herbal dugs,oleuropein,oleocanthal
Mesoscale Quantum Dissipation with Applications to Nanotechnolgy (NANOMAGNETS)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Research Staff Exchange Scheme
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: France
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-IRSES-2008, 2008)
Start date: 2009-02-01
End date: 2012-01-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 50400.0
EU funding (EUR): 50400.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Quantum dissipation arising from quantum fluctuations and the quantum mechanics of macroscopic variables is important because of the ever decreasing size (mesoscale) of the nanoparticles used in technology. The most striking example occurs in information storage by magnetic nanoparticles, where the governing factor for magnetisation reversal by macroscopic quantum tunnelling is spin size S. The S dependence, with associated large quantum effects, becomes evermore marked as one proceeds from single domain particles to molecular clusters to single molecule magnets to individual spins. Here in the context of a general investigation of mesoscale quantum mechanics of particles (separable and additive Hamiltonians) and spins it is proposed to generalise Wigner’s quasi phase space formulation of quantum mechanics without dissipation (originally used to calculate quantum corrections to classical statistical mechanics i.e. the quantum/classical borderline characteristic of the mesoscale), to systems with non-separable Hamiltonians (spins) including the effects of dissipation to the surrounding heat bath. The results, obtained by (a) matrix continued fraction methods of solution of the appropriate master equations (b) computer simulation and (c) quantum Kramers escape rate theory will be compared with suitable experimental observations of the escape rate and the associated susceptibilities of nanoparticles.

Keywords: nanomagnets,superparamagnetism,reversal time,relaxation of the magnetization,magnetic recording,information storage technologies,tunnelling
Hyaluronan-based injectable material for tissue engineering (HYANJI SCAFFOLD) (HYANJI SCAFFOLD)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Research Staff Exchange Scheme
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-IRSES-2008, 2008)
Start date: 2009-09-01
End date: 2013-08-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 374400.0
EU funding (EUR): 374400.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

This is an exchange-based programme to enable developing new tissue engineering scaffolds based. It aims at technology transfer of advanced methods from for the biosynthesis of polyalkaonates and for targeted drug delivery. The exchange programme comprises 2 EU partners (Keele and Pisa) and 2 Chinese partners (Tsinghua and Sichuan) who are centres of excellence. The exchange comprises 208 person-months over 4 years to achieve scientific and strategic development of foundation for long-lasting scientific collaboration between EU and China. Scientific novelty lies in the use of biosyntehsised multifunctional nano-process matrices. They will be cultured under dynamic conditions in bioreactor with online monitoring of O2, CO2, and pH. Building these regeneration constructs needs the combination of expertise which is by no means available on one ingle centre. The work is organised into definite but complimentary 4 work-packages (WPs) that are executed by the combined effort of the 4 partners. Each WP has 52 person months. After this project, each partner will have adapted new knowledge, skills and expertise resulting in new innovations in treatment of bone and cartilage defects to transfer to industry for and strengthened EU-Chinese collaboration to catch with existing gap with US and Japan.

Keywords: health sciences,orthopaedis,cell biology,applied biology,structural chemistry,biomaterial engineering,chemical engineering,technological sciences
Transferring Research between EU and Australia-New Zealand on Forestry and Climate Change” (TRANZFOR)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Research Staff Exchange Scheme
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: France
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-IRSES-2008, 2008)
Start date: 2009-02-01
End date: 2013-06-30
Duration (months): 53.0
Total project cost (EUR): 870400.0
EU funding (EUR): 396000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The proposal aims at strengthening research partnerships through staff exchanges and networking activities between 3 European research organisations from France, Portugal and United Kingdom, and 2 organisations from Australia and New Zealand. This proposal addresses scientific issues related to “forestry and climate change”. It is based on a 4 years coordinated joint programme of exchange of researchers for short periods (2 to 12 months), thus providing unique mobility possibilities to individual researchers and support to research organisations to establish and reinforce long-term research co-operation. The proposal has developed on the basis of active bilateral cooperation between individual countries and partners which has occurred in the past decade. The IRSES scheme provides a unique opportunity to integrate those past collaboration activities into a coherent programme addressing an issue of high priority on the political agenda of EU, New Zealand and Australia. The proposal is focused on forests, forestry and climate change interactions, including assessment of impacts of climate change on forest ecosystem functioning and development of adaptation and mitigation strategies for forest management. The range of common tree species of interest and of climatic conditions, as well as the strategic importance of planted forests in the 5 partner countries involved, will provide a coherent framework and socio-economic background for the different research activities that will be conducted. Five topics have been identified as most relevant for all partners involved in the joint programme: genomics and tree breeding strategies; forest models, environmental services, risk assessment and management, bioenergy.

Keywords: forest management,tree plantations,climate change,adaptation,mitigation,models,environmental services,risks,genomics,tree breeding,biomass production,bioenergy
International Cooperation Program for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Research and Development (ICPUAS) (ICPUAS)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Research Staff Exchange Scheme
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Spain
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-IRSES-2008, 2008)
Start date: 2009-09-04
End date: 2012-09-03
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 70200.0
EU funding (EUR): 70200.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

While research in Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) is not new, what will be new in the foreseeable future is how such systems are used and integrated in the civilian space. Today’s research in UAS still continues to be recognized as a difficult task, and many challenges still remain. The aim of this proposal is to create an international knowledge alliance between three world-class institutions performing research in different and complementary fields of UAS. For this reason, the Colibri Project at the Computer Vision Group at Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (Spain), the Guidance and Control Group at the Department of Aerospace, Power and Sensors (DAPS) at Cranfield University (U.K) and The Australian Research Centre for Aerospace Automation (ARCAA) at Queensland University of Technology are making a commitment for research and faculty staff exchange that permits to share and complement the expertise of each institution in areas related to applied visual systems to UAS navigation (UPM-CV), guidance and control systems architectures (DAPS) and applications of UAS to civilian tasks (ARCAA). This program comprises a series of staff exchange, Know How transfer and resources/facilities allocation including experimental test beds, laboratories and R&D leading technology facilities.

Keywords: avionics (on-board aircraft systems and equipment),aircraft safety and security,automation,robotics,unmanned aerial vehicles and systems
Creative writing as a tool in second language acquisition (CW AND SLA)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Research Staff Exchange Scheme
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-IRSES-2008, 2008)
Start date: 2009-01-01
End date: 2012-06-30
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 25200.0
EU funding (EUR): 25200.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

This programme will investigate the effectiveness of creative writing as a tool for SLA (second language acquisition) teaching in different cultures and linguistic contexts, using the test cultures of Tunisia and Poland. There are five objectives: to advance current knowledge of effective SLA teaching in different linguistic and cultural contexts; to improve SLA teaching at the Jagiellonian University and the Institut Supérieur des Sciences Humaines de Tunis (ISSHT), enabling curriculum reform in the ISSHT as Tunisia expands its SLA provision, and allowing for greater integration between linguistics and literature in SLA teaching; to raise awareness of creative writing teaching methodology at Strathclyde University; to build the base for future research in SLA by creating a corpus of comparable texts written by Polish learners, Tunisian learners and native speakers; to encourage future cooperation between the partner countries and universities. The scheme involves visits by experts in SLA from the Jagiellonian and experts in teaching creative writing from Strathclyde to the ISSHT in order to transmit specific methods of creative writing teaching and to allow for cooperation between Tunisian and Polish linguists over standardised creative writing tasks which will be suitable for inclusion in an SLA corpus. The later stages of the scheme involve visits by SLA experts from the ISSHT in Tunis to the Jagiellonian and then to Strathclyde to analyse data and share findings respectively.

Keywords: humanities,linguistics,writing,modern languages,english language,polish language,arabic language
Exchange Programme to advance e-Infrastructure Know-How (EPIKH)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Research Staff Exchange Scheme
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Italy
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-IRSES-2008, 2008)
Start date: 2009-03-01
End date: 2013-02-28
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1188000.0
EU funding (EUR): 1188000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Europe is heavily investing to create a continental e-Infrastructure based on Grid technology in order to turn the vision of a European Research Area (ERA) into reality. Nowadays, e-Science and e-Infrastructures are considered key enablers of the progress and sustainable development of a country and are concrete means to address the problems of the “digital divide” and the “brain drain” which are endemic in large parts of the world. In the context of its Framework Programmes, EC has already co-funded several projects to stimulate and foster e-Science and Grids well outside its borders and in several parts of the world such as Asia, Latin America and the Mediterranean. However, the adoption of the “Grid paradigm” and the effective usage of e-Infrastructures require a capillary activity of knowledge dissemination and training to help scientists to make use of distributed computing capabilities for/in their scientific applications. The strategic aims of the EPIKH project are to: • Reinforce the impact of e-Infrastructures in scientific research defining and delivering stimulating programme of educational events, including Grid Schools and High Performance Computing courses; • Broaden the engagement in e-Science activities and collaborations both geographically and across disciplines. These ambitious goals translate into the following specific actions: • Spreading the knowledge about the “Grid Paradigm” to all potential users: both system administrators and application developers through an extensive training programme; • Easing the access of the trained people to the e-Infrastructures existing in the areas of action of the project; • Fostering the establishment of scientific collaborations among the countries/continents involved in the project.

Keywords: technological sciences,natural sciences,health sciences,physical sciences
Building with Environmentally Sustainable Structural Timber (BEST)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Research Staff Exchange Scheme
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Italy
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-IRSES-2008, 2008)
Start date: 2009-02-01
End date: 2013-01-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 79200.0
EU funding (EUR): 79200.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

This IRSES staff exchange will provide a technological leap for sustainable timber construction. The research collaboration will develop an entirely new system of timber buildings, from single storey up to 6 storeys or more, to support the growing international interest in timber as a sustainable, low energy and high carbon building material. The high strength, low mass, and design flexibility of engineered wood (glue-laminated-timber and laminated-veneer-lumber) has greatly improved the viability of structural timber for low-rise multi-storey buildings. This exchange will allow world-class innovative structural timber design methods in New Zealand to be enhanced by European experts, and brought into EU countries for widespread use. The new design methods for prestressed timber will allow rapid construction in a modular system that is easy to construct, and later disassemble and reuse. This new system creates enormous potential for increased use of structural timber in residential and commercial buildings, even in high seismicity areas. Increased use of wood will also provide sustainability benefits including reduced fossil fuel consumption, less embodied energy, and reduced CO2 emissions over the full life of the buildings. The Universities in the IRSES-proposal are among the best timber research universities in Italy, Germany and New Zealand. They bring world-class international expertise in the design and construction of timber and composite structures, earthquake engineering, fire safety, long-term structural behaviour and sustainable buildings. Funding of this proposal will support the construction of new world-class large-span modular systems of open-plan timber buildings in local communities throughout Europe, especially suitable for the new economies of South-Eastern Europe where there are high earthquake hazards. The research will allow many European countries to utilise their renewable forest resources with new industries for constructing timber buildings.

Keywords: engineered wood,innovative solutions,multi-storey timber buildings,timber-concrete composite floors,prestressed timber frames,prestressed timber walls,life cycle assessment,sustainability
Partnerships for Sustainable Shrimp Aquaculture (PASSA)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Research Staff Exchange Scheme
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Italy
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-IRSES-2008, 2008)
Start date: 2009-06-01
End date: 2013-05-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 144000.0
EU funding (EUR): 144000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Aquaculture effluents represent a main environmental concern because of their high polluting potential. While fish farms of advanced countries adopt a medium/high-tech approach to this issue, less industrialised countries rely on low-tech systems, if any. Shrimp culture is an important economic sector in which Asian countries are the main producers/exporters and industrialised countries are the main importers/consumers. Asian aquaculture makes up almost 80% of world shrimp (P. monodon and P. vannamei) production. As most of the shrimp farms have serious negative impacts on environment caused by waste effluents containing pollutants, one of the main needs of Asian shrimp culture is the implementation of advanced effluent management systems which can burst the rearing efficiency up to manifold increase of production, reducing the environmental impact. On the other hand, EU aquaculture, which possesses a large know-how on intensive fish farming, lacks of intensive shrimp culture because the only species reared (P. japonicus) can be grown only in extensive plants. The present project envisages a complementary cross-exchange of their know-how and competencies in the field of shrimp culture between EU and Indian researchers. Respective aims are: (i) the implementation of cost-effective systems for the treatment of shrimp farm effluent to reduce the environmental impact of Indian commercial aquaculture; (ii) the implementation of closed systems for the reproduction and growth of new shrimp species (P. monodon and P. vannamei) suitable for intensive rearing in EU aquaculture. Available systems and applicable technology will be considered for application and their efficiency to prevent recipient ecosystem pollution will be verified and monitored through analytic characterisation of water, waste and the recipient ecosystems. Specific dissemination and training actions for will be performed to extend the knowledge to researchers, operators and policy makers of India and EU.

Keywords: wastewater treatment,water re-use,aquaculture technology,coastal zone management,environmental impacts (environment,fisheries and aquaculture interactions),animal breeding
Economic exploitation of genomics: genetic and physiological regulation of skin red colour development on apples under high temperature environments (REDHOTGEN)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Research Staff Exchange Scheme
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Spain
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-IRSES-2008, 2008)
Start date: 2009-01-01
End date: 2011-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 28800.0
EU funding (EUR): 28800.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The scientific objective of the programme is to establish the genetic and physiological bases of the regulation of skin red colour development on apples under high temperature environments as a model case of economic exploitation of genomics knowledge. Science objectives are: •To identify genes involved in expression of red colour development under high temperatures and develop appropriate genetic markers which can be used in breeding programmes for new apple cultivars with high red skin colour and high neutraceutical properties. •To gain knowledge on how cultivar, strain, carbon balance and temperature regulate anthocyanin physiological pathway and interact with genetics regulation. •To use this practical application of genomics delivering economic benefits to the EU as a “springboard” for further applications. The objectives to add value to the EU will be: •To develop markers to assist in the development of new high quality, apple varieties adapted to climates with high temperatures during maturity. This will improve the economic competitiveness of the EU apple industry in Southern European countries and then further north as climate change affects the quality of existing and new apple varieties in more temperate climates. • To improve the health of European citizens through increased consumption of fruit with high neutraceutical properties. • To contribute to food product innovation within Europeby assisting with the development of new fruit cultivars. • To increase the skills and knowledge of the EU partners in order to better apply genomics to apple breeding of benefit to the EU. This project is a multidisciplinary initiative allowing the exchange of scientists among 3 research institutes with international recognition in fruit tree biology. This is a unique opportunity to ally the institutes and combine participant’s skills in plant genomics, biotechnologies, plant physiology, postharvest and apple and pear breeding towards a unique outcome.

Keywords: genetic mapping,genetic selection,applied biology,environmental biology,food products,crop breeding irrigation