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pirsoniacoscinodiscus as an emerging marine model system for microbial hostparasite interactions

marine ecosystems are dependent on complex ecological networks one such network is the microbial loop which defines global oceans by influencing carbon cycling through the fixation and release of carbon by microorganisms although carbon fixation is well understood factors beyond predation that impact cell death and carbon release remain understudied microbial marine parasites can greatly impact carbon release by driving the collapse of massive algal blooms and impacting phytoplankton population sizes however our understanding of the mechanisms governing these hostparasite interactions are limited largely due to a lack of tractable model systems the phytoparasite project will address this issue by developing an emerging hostparasite model system comprised of the bloomforming diatom coscinodiscus radiatus and the zoosporic parasite pirsonia diadema with the goal of answering fundamental questions about the ecological implications molecular mechanisms and evolution of phytoplankton parasites to this end i will 1 investigate the ecological implications of these parasites by using livecell fluorescence microscopy to understand the effects of environmental factors on infection dynamics 2 identify genes involved in parasitism and host responses by performing singlecell rna sequencing during infection progression and 3 uncover the mechanisms underlying the parasitic interaction and its evolutionary history using functional experiments and comparative genomics this work will reveal the ecological implications and genetic underpinning of this important interaction help develop a framework for understanding the evolution of eukaryotic parasitism and importantly provide a new model system for understanding microbial interactions in our rapidly changing oceans
changing childhoods in the early era of the www

online connectivity permeates the lives of contemporary children nonetheless the history of childhood and the world wide web the web has not been studieda lacuna which mirrors the wider absence of the web in contemporary history despite its invention more than 30 years ago web child combines the history of childhood and the web to investigate how the emergence of the web as a new interactive and connected medium with little adult oversight impacted childhood at the turn of the millennium c 19952005 to study the webs wideranging influence three countries have been selected for comparison the united states denmark and south korea these were all digital pioneers but had very different cultures of childhood web child has four work packages wps the first three cut across all three countries and investigate the webs relation to childhood on three analytical levels conceptually socially and materially wp1 asks how the webs relationship to childhood was conceptualised in the public sphere wp2 asks how children used the web wp3 asks what kinds of web content were built for children using the findings from the first three work packages wp4 explores similarities and differences in the influences of the web on childhood across the three countriesthe analysis uses sources ranging from the internet archives archived webpages to news items interviews surveys contemporary research and internet guidebooks it combines computational analyses of archived webpages eg textmining link analysis and analysis of encoded interactive features with methods and sources more traditionally used in history using archived web material the project ventures into what has until now been uncharted territory in historical research even if such sources and related digital methods are indispensable when historicising the recent past
construction in the formal sciences

the notion of construction figures centrally in mathematics and other formal sciences an idealized infinitary constructional approach is successfully applied to set theory which provides the foundation for contemporary mathematics cfors aims to develop new similarly groundbreaking applications of the constructional approach this will be the largest concerted effort to date to develop a foundation for the study of intensional entities eg propositions and properties where a variety of paradoxes still arise with no agreedupon solutionnearly a century after set theory received its proper foundationhowever infinitary constructions are poorly understood and there is no known way to apply the constructional approach to intensional entities cfors aims to overcome these limitations by developing a critical but liberal conception of construction inspired by my increasingly popular potentialist metaphysics and philosophy of mathematics and by using two theoretical tools developed by me inspired by constructive mathematics but only recently generalized so as to overcome various limitations and thus permit novel applications cfors makes a range of groundbreaking applications of these tools thus achieving a lasting impact on several disciplines in philosophy i provide radical alternatives to the currently fashionable use of typed languages and exotic nonclassical logics in the foundations of mathematics i develop a pioneering constructional approach that retains the strength of set theory while incorporating insights from the constructive tradition i launch a rigorous approach to constructed entities in formal ontology in formal semantics i develop novel theories of propositions and properties and a new logical foundation for the study of nominalization and group formation overall cfors offers pioneering interdisciplinary research where philosophy and logic yieldand are themselves constrained bynovel applications to the formal sciences
international conference on research infrastructures 2024

a proposal under the horizon europe work programme 20232024 research infrastructures to deliver the international conference on research infrastructures 2024 in brisbane australia on 35 december 2024 the proposal is prepared by the event delivery partner the commonwealth scientific and industrial research organisation csiro australias national science agency
artifical spider silk textiles

artsilktex builds on the ercfunded project artsilk in which we recently have succeeded in 1 producing artificial spider silk on a scale that for the first time opens up the possibility of producing the material for industrial use and 2 inventing engineered spider silk proteins that can be spun into fibers with significantly enhanced mechancial properties in this project we will manufacture artificial spider silk yarns that will be benchmarked against commonly used yarns on the market the breakthrough potential of an environmentally friendly biobased highperformance fiber is great and our work is expected to result in a material that can be used or many applications and replace some of the petroleumbased synthetic fibers on the market to pinpoint which markets and applications that are most suitable to target get a better understanding of our competitors and to ensure the best possible prerequisites for taking this material to the market the project comprise four main activities 1 generation of an ip strategy 2 a thorough analysis of the materials life cycle cost of goods and carbon footprint 3 generation of artificial spider silk yarns and benchmarking against other materials and 4 business development including setting up a business plan and the launch of a spinnoff company we have a strong project team with highly motivated and experienced members with complimentary backgrounds and we have an established collaborations with large international companies and potential future customers
ramping up production capacity of groundbreaking space propulsion systems

the space industry is experiencing rapid growth with 24 000 satellites expected to be launched in the next ten years electric propulsion systems are needed for satellite mission success but conventional systems almost exclusively use xenon propellant which is expensive and must be stored at high pressures in addition conventional propulsion suppliers do not provide a complete system and subsystems are engineered separately by different suppliers thrustmes solution is a complete standalone propulsion system that makes use of the groundbreaking alternative propellant iodine which can be stored unpressurized as a solid and is almost 100x cheaper than xenon thrustme has recently performed the worlds first inspace demonstration of this new technology and has confirmed customer interest funding is needed to ramp up production capacity to help thrustme realize its full commercial potential to become market leaders and to begin development of our next generation systems
metaplastic spintronics synapses

in metaspin we envision a radically new lowpower artificial synapse technology based on spintronics nanodevices that will prevent catastrophic forgetting ie the loss of memory of previously learned tasks upon learning new ones a major flaw currently faced by all artificial intelligence applicationswe will develop a new class of neuromorphic hardware that will use magnetoionics to support synaptic metaplasticity ie a feature inspired by the human brain based on assigning a hidden value to the states of artificial synapses to encode how important each state is this will make it easier or harder to reconfigure the synaptic state upon learning a new task giving a hierarchy to previously learned information and thus preventing catastrophic forgetting the synaptic states will be given by the two magnetisation orientations in ferromagnets with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy and by ferroantiferromagnetic order in materials where the two phases coexist in all cases magnetoionic gating will be used to locally modulate intrinsic magnetic properties to assign hidden states to each synaptic state the magnetoionic hidden states will translate into a modulation of the switching probability between synaptic states introducing the metaplasticity functionality in parallel we will develop anns learning schemes adapted to our device physics and inspired by biological synaptic activity that can learn with mitigated catastrophic forgetting the ultimate goal of this project is to integrate this advanced synaptic technology and learning algorithms into an ann demonstrator to test multitask learning on proofofconcept tasks inspired by medical ai and assess the impact of metaplasticity in catastrophic forgetting
exploring quantum observables at the lhc

the main motivation driving the research in collider particle physics is the possibility to address some of the mysteries in the fundamental inner workings of our universe and to answer to questions left open by the standard model of particle physics smdespite the unprecedented energy reached and the large amount of data collected at the large hadron collider lhc no convincing evidence of physics beyond the sm has been found the start of the third lhc datataking phase 2022 call for novel and unconventional approaches to search for new phenomena looking in directions yet to be explored this project proposes to exploit quantum effects and in particular entanglement among particles as a new observable to probe interactions at high scales by leveraging on quantum information concepts and techniques i will explore new experimental strategies to analyse collider final states searching for sm extensions through unexpected modifications of quantum correlations the sensitivity of quantum correlations to new physics effects will be investigated both through a model independent effective approach as well as through specific models encompassing new resonancesthis proposal aims to provide a first complete guidance and therefore to open the way to lhc experiments on how to perform and interpret measurements of quantum observables in the ww and top pair final states at low as well at high energy with specific techniques optimised for each kinematical region its ambition lies not only in the scope but also in development of new experimental technique based on charm tagging that has the potential to enlarge the data sample and therefore significantly extend the reach of the new physics searches
uniscool smart inchip liquid cooling for advanced microelectronic systems

the continuous increase in power density of integrated circuits due to the everincreasing rate of data and communications and the constant push for size and cost reduction settles thermal management as a big concern for the ict industry consequently cooling with its enormous consumption of electricity and water has an increasingly large environmental impact and new technologies to extract the heat in a more sustainable way are committed a promising approach for more efficient thermal management is to directly embed liquid cooling inside the chip eliminating the thermal resistance between the semiconductor die and the packaging uniscool proposes a new patented and highly innovative liquid cooling system based on an adaptive heat sink that includes a series of thermally activated fins capable of efficiently adapting the local heat extraction to timedependent and nonuniform heat load scenarios providing hightemperature uniformity without a custom design stage avoiding overcooling and reducing the required pumping power what provides an addedvalue solution that improves the existing ones but with this project we aim to go further and enter a new leading thermal management paradigm by developing an embedded liquid cooling system at the chip stack with the advantages of selfadaptive fins this solution can boost the heat extraction capacity of the system up to more than 1kwcm2 with significantly reduced flow rate and pumping power consumption x 05 high performance and significantly reduced space x10 in a sustainable and environmentally friendly waywith women techeu we aim to do a prototype demonstration of inchip liquid cooling embedded at the chip stack based on a microchannel array with selfadaptive fins that regulate the local thermal resistance according to local temperature which can be an open door for semiconductor manufacturers to believe in inchip cooling and incorporate uniscool solution in their microelectronic components
european lidar array for atmospheric climate monitoring

the importance of understanding and monitoring atmospheric physics has increased drastically in recent years due to the anthropogenic impact on climate one crucial research field is the understanding of wind and temperature distributions in the atmosphere to enhance climate models and improve weather forecaststhere is currently a major data gap for continuous measurements above 5 km which is the maximum height of commercial compact wind radars and lidarsthe goal of euliaa is the development of a lidar array measuring autonomously the atmospheric wind and temperature from 5 km up to 50 km on a 247basis over a long period of time 1 year without maintenance and covering a large observation area up to 10000 km2 euliaas lidar units are lowpriced compact efficient easily transportable and autonomous thanks to low power requirements by wind turbines or solar panelseuliaa will yield novel data sets in near realtime for implementation into european databases copernicus and geoss that will fill current datagaps and help to monitor the effects of climate change and to evaluate climate protection measuresthe baseline technology was demonstrated in the first field campaign with a lidar system that operates in the ir and is currently being transferred to a european industrial partneronce the enhanced capability developed within euliaa has been demonstrated and validated in difficulttoreach regions polar equatorial and mountain with a high trl 68 a business plan and roadmap for an european array will be produced involving relevant industrial standardisation and enduser actorsthe euliaa project 48 months and 3m grant requested gathers 7 partners from 5 countries with experts in lidar and its subsystems atmospheric observatories and atmospheric data provider it contains all the necessary disciplines to ensure the technological development data transfer and sustainable exploitation
a paneuropean networked acceleration programme to expand acceleration ecosystems and foster the scalability potential of european business

the european innovation landscape is still geographically unbalanced negatively affecting more disadvantaged business ecosystems and creating in those areas weaker entrepreneurial activity scarcer investments and lower employment opportunities as a consequence the diverse innovation landscape in europe and the strong geographical gap among the betterconnected innovation ecosystems strong innovators and innovation leaders and the less connected ones moderate and emerging leads the startups from betterconnected ecosystems benefitting from more local accelerators with greater funding opportunities and more qualified business support services compared to their counterparts elsewhere starting from these premises the mission of the acceleraction project is to lay the foundations for a reversal trend by contributing in making moderate and emerging innovation ecosystems more attractive to international companies interested in setting up their businesses outside the established centres and generating a more balanced business activity across europe to this end acceleraction aims to create more connected and efficient innovation ecosystems in the sector of advanced technologies supporting the scaling of companies encouraging innovation and stimulating cooperation among national regional and local innovation actors through a paneuropean networked acceleration programme these are the acceleraction objectives in detail i improve the quality and outreach of business acceleration services in developing innovation ecosystems ii codesign programmes of activities proposed jointly by business acceleration entities located in less connected ecosystems and innovation hubs iii strengthening less connected ecosystems to increase their competitiveness connectivity and to keep more balanced the business activity across europe iv accelerate gender equality in the innovation ecosystems
reignite multilateralism via technology

the remit project aims to reignite multilateralism via technology multilateralism is under attack and the eu is caught between the us and china while there are many ways that the decline in multilateralism affects the eu none is more troublesome than rivalries in technology firstly because of the sectors impact on economic competitiveness and the size within economies that tech occupies secondly tech is important to national security and future threats including threats to democratic principles thirdly technology is crucial to the solutions for global challenges remit will create knowledge that generates policy recommendations and strategies that support the eu in reconceptualizing multilateral governance in four crucial policy areas digital biotechnology security and defense and financial technologies remit researchers create this knowledge by employing the advocacy coalition framework acf to specific subsystems the policy subsystem is the acfs unit of analysis it is characterized by three components the policy problem or issue the scope of actors seeking to influence that policy and a territorial domain or authority for policymaking remit experts focus on subsystems that emerge from their expertise analyzing the tensions and debates within each as well as defining the eus current role knowing the status quo makes the next step possibleto extrapolate ideas and to suggest pathways forward in innovative scenario testing workshops with eu officials important regional groupings eg mercosur asean and african union and national officials remit will develop policy recommendations that will give a remit to reignite multilateralism via technology a reigniting that not only reacts to chinas rise as a systemic technology rival or russias rise as a technology abuser or the dominance of large usbased digital platforms but that sets a clear vision for the futureone in which europe plays a leading role
approaching the maximum thermoelectric figure of merit of 2d materials by nanoengineering

nanoengineering techniques have been developed to reduce thermal conductivity and improve the thermoelectric figure of merit zt of materials however both these strategies have had their own limitations firstly due to the nanopatterns only reducing the in a single direction is difficult to reduce the total of thermal isotropic materials secondly when nanoengineering the material to increase zt by lowering its the nanopatterned sample with large porosity 05 can greatly remove its volume and suppress the electron mean free path which would also significantly reduce the electrical conductivity and resulted in a low increase of the zt value carmen will overcome these limitations by taking two advantages of emerging twodimensional 2d materials especially snse2 a high seebeck coefficient of 500 vk at 298 k and a high anisotropic ratio of 84 therefore nanoengineering 2d materials can reduce their to approach the maximum value of zt with a limited reduction in additionally the phonon drag of snse2 was first revealed by the applicant during a threemonth research visit in the supervisors group which will be further investigated by carmen to understand and exploit the thermoelectric properties of 2d materials carmen will design construct measure and explore nanopatterned snse2 to approach its maximum thermoelectric zt value above room temperature and to manipulate the phonon drag in snse2 at low temperatures 1 273 k the project is motivated in part by the urgent need for highly thermoelectric zt materials to harvest waste heat from electronics and in part by the fundamental quest toward understanding and manipulating the phononelectron interaction in 2d materials it represents an extraordinary training opportunity on complementary scientific and soft skills for the applicant and has transformational impact potential on flexible thermoelectric devices thermal engineering quantum technologies and beyond
appmonitor a toolkit for monitoring thirdparty tracking across ios and android apps

appmonitor addresses the critical need for means and measures to monitor digital tracking and datafication by thirdparties in mobile apps in europe building on the erc stg datafied living with eu implementing powerful regulations to curb unwanted and illegitimate collection mining and compilation of user data across digital technologies member states now have a strong political mandate to regulate the booming data economy yet the successful enforcement of these schemes relies on the introduction of systematic monitoring and a coherence between the stated ambitions and the means implemented to reach said goals the objectives of this poc are 1 to deliver the first empirical toolkit for comparing mobile tracking across the ios and android ecologies and across different regional contexts within the eu thereby addressing a significant knowledge gap concerning tracking in ios apps 2 to use the toolkit to test the efficacy of new legal instruments for app data transparency and 3 to develop and test a prototype for scrutinizing and labelling android and ios apps according to their embedding of thirdparty tracking that can assist regulators in enforcing legislation against illegitimate tracking and create transparency for citizens to make informed choices about app download factoring in the apps embedded thirdparty tracking appmonitors innovation will be developed as opensource tools to make it possible for regulatory actors as well as privacy digital rights and data ethics ngos to use and further develop them in response to market and technology changes appmonitor thus presents a unique opportunity for a breakthrough in regulation of the mobile data market to benefit european citizens a muchneeded set of tools for regulatory actors to enforce eu legislation and critical knowledge for policymakers to qualify future regulation