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safe and sustainable by design microbial and ligninbased biosurfactants sourced from sustainable feedstock for home personal care and agrochemical application

today only 4 of the surfactant market share consists out of compounds that are 100 based on biomass fully biobased surfactants or biosurfactants while there is an urgent need for nonhazardous safe and sustainable by design ssbd biosurfactants bss the biosurfactant market is expected to grow at a cagr of between 52 and 105 between 2022 and 2028 however the diversity of the currently available safe and sustainable biosurfactants is not at all sufficient to meet the market needs diversity is key the surfs up project aims to bridge this gap by demonstrating optimized and costefficient processes for 9 second generation 2g ssbd biosurfactant products that will be formulated in prototypes in home and personal care and agrochemical applications the 2g feedstocks will include wood processing waste sugars and lignin and regional foodindustrial processing waste the 9 surfs up ingredients are 1 7 microbial biosurfactants ie 2 dropin sophorolipids 2 newtomarket sophorolipid type biosurfactants 1 newtomarket mannosylerythritol lipid and 2 newtomarket lipopeptides and 2 2 newtomarket chemically produced bss from lignin of wood processing waste these ingredients will be fully characterized physicochemical properties and evaluated according to the ssbd framework criteria and ecotoxicity testing the production of ssbd bss will be scaled up ao in the surfs up demo plant that will be built and used to demonstrate prototype formulations in the aforementioned applications particular attention will be given to costefficient and sustainable productionuse of the ssbd surfs up biosurfactants evaluated within full teas and lcas finally surfs up will operationalize the ec ssbd framework for the development of novel bss and will work on all aspects considering social awareness and acceptance of these products via the organisation of consumer surveys engaging stakeholders policy makers and social media tools
from generalised hydrodynamics to new effective descriptions of nonequilibrium quantum systems

understanding the outofequilibrium dynamics of manybody quantum systems is one of the main challenges of the physics of the 21st century despite the complexity of the field significant steps forward have been achieved thanks to the parallel development of advanced theoretical tools numerical methods and experimental verifications made with ultracold atoms and ions in this context generalised hydrodynamics ghd represented a fundamental breakthrough which permitted the use of new integrabilitybased techniques to include previously untreatable experimental effects such as spatial inhomogeneities and temperature gradients but from this milestone new questions inevitably arise for which the proposed action stands as a targeted plan of investigation on the one hand a known weakness of any hydrodynamic approach is the loss of longrange quantum fluctuations although a few attempts to include quantum effects in the formulation of ghd are present a definitive answer to this problem is still far on the other hand the advent of ghd indirectly revived the interest in diffusive models with the ultimate goal of developing a quantum analogue of the celebrated macroscopic fluctuations theory in detail by combining analytical and numerical methods the proposal aims the fulfilment of three objectives within this landscape consisting of research and training activities dedicated to i investigating the quantum corrections of ghd and clarifying the connections among the available theories aiming at a single description of quantum ballistic transport ii exploit the developments in quantum ballistic transport to describe currently feasible measures of the correlations of quantum gases outofequilibrium iii connect ballistic to diffusive quantum transport starting from simple settings altogether these packages represent a fundamental step in the understanding of the emergent hydrodynamic descriptions of nonequilibrium quantum systems
forecasting and preventing human errors

human errors remain the main source of incidents they can lead to fatalities traffic accidents or product defects and cause high economic and social cost while some errors can still be corrected if they are detected in time many human errors cause high costs as soon as they occur or are even irreversible in these cases it is very important to recognize human errors before they occur the goal of this project is therefore to develop methods based on artificial intelligence that forecast human errors from video data we focus on erroneous and unintentional human actions and we aim to support humans to avoid them in order to achieve this goal we aim to solve three tasks jointly we aim to develop methods that forecast human motion and intention with a very low latency such that unintentional actions can be recognized before they occur without the capability to interfere however even the best forecasting model does not prevent human errors we therefore aim to develop a model that generates an auditory feedback if an error is forecast the feedback however should not only warn humans but also guide them such that they can successfully complete their intended action finally we aim to model how humans will react to the feedback we thus aim to develop a model that forecasts the motion of humans and objects they interact with that recognizes human errors before they occur and that guides the human motion via auditory feedback in order to prevent errors the model should automatically decide if and what auditory feedback is generated by reasoning how the feedback will affect the motion of persons that are closeby while we aim to showcase that the developed technology is able to prevent errors before they occur this technology has the potential to drastically reduce the social and economic costs caused by human errors in the long term
source and mobility of mercury within a continental magmatic system

mercury hg is a volatile element that is used for industrial and technological applications and can be potentially toxic for any ecosystem in earth science its accumulation in sedimentary sequences has been recently used to link the major phanerozoic climatic and biological crisis to massive volcanic events this is because volcanic degassing is the main mechanism that releases hg to the atmosphere while these aspects are receiving increasing scientific interest it is still unclear what is the source from which a volcanic system acquires its hg content prior to magma degassing the few studies addressing the behaviour of hg in the deep earth appear to have adopted sample preparation and analytical procedures that might have unintentionally under or overestimated the actual hg contents in the rock samples project stecalmy seeks to understand the source and mobility of hg in the earths crust by studying the sesia magmatic system sms western southern alps italy an exposed continental magmatic system that can be tracked from its deepest roots up to its volcanic products through a rigorous sample preparation procedure and by testing different analytical methods i will firstly develop a methodological and analytical protocol that optimises the analyses of hg in crystalline rocks such protocol will then be used to investigate the hg content in carefully selected rocks from the sms from the uncontaminated and undegassed magmatic rocks to the metamorphic rocks of the crust in which they emplaced and the volcanics erupted to the surface this will be combined with petrography and major and trace element geochemistry of the same samples in order to quantify the gain or loss of hg in magmas during assimilation crystallisation and degassing in a continental setting project stecalmy will produce the first methodologicallyrobust model on the source and mobility of hg within a continental magmatic system
when next generation multiple access ngma meets reconfigurable intelligent surface ris in 6g wireless networks

recently 5g wireless systems are currently reaching commercial maturity the increasing carrier frequency decreases the coverage area of base stations the massive number of devices also increases the burden of civil communications in this fellowship the integration of next generation multiple access ngma and reconfigurable intelligent surface ris are investigated for the sixthgeneration wireless networks 6g which facilitates the development of both academic and industry in europe three objectives aim to propose new ngmaris frameworks and develop novel passive beamforming strategies where both the data rate and the number of accessed users of civil communications can be improved by 50 while only 20 extra energy is needed therefore more people can enjoy better and cheaper wireless communication services and europe can also reduce the demand for fossil fuels as expected by 3gpp the performance gain offered by the ngmaris framework can provide extra communication services for both civil communications and iot services which is capable of satisfying the requirements of europe in the next 1020 yearsin order to achieve the ambitious objectives work plan1 wp1 and wp2 deal with ngma and rissimultaneously transmitting and reflecting starris transmission which can improve the coverage area of bss and the data rate of users wp3 links ngma ris satellite communications and satellite navigations as a full picture of the future applications and it can provide cheaper satellite communication services based on existing satellites more specifically wp3 requires only 30 satellites to achieve the same goal compared to starlink which requires more than 12000 satellites three wps in this fellowship have farreaching academic impacts economic impacts and society impacts where the estimated market is expected higher than 10 billion euros
the elusive role of physicality in virtual trials towards a new understanding of legal participation

video links are widely used in courtrooms across the globe but there is a mounting apprehension that the legitimacy and fairness of trials are threatened by the diminishment of physical interactions this format entails the problem addressed in virtutrials is that current concerns regarding the threat video links pose to trials by diminishing physical interaction may not be substantiated by contemporary examination instead these concerns may originate from a fetishization of physicality despite physicality remaining an enigma given the centrality and importance of trials in democratic societies this has important implications for legal security and the continued trust in the legal system it is especially critical considering the impending shift to virtual reality trials devoid of physical presencevirtutrials will identify how physicality and the absence thereof shapes contemporary trials and participation within in order to show if and how trials can retain their legitimacy and fairness in virtual settings the stateoftheart pinpoints three interlinked themes regarding physicality which inspire the research questionsrq1 how does participation format shape participants accomplishment and experiencerq2 what are the social ingredients of virtual justice ritualsrq3 how are displays of credibility and remorse understood and evaluated in physical versus virtual trialsvirtutrials has an innovative abductive and interconnected design using a multimethods approach including ethnography qualitative interviews and a combined qualitative and quantitative analysis of written judgements by uniquely drawing on a social scientific perspective with interactionist theory it aims to analyse and challenge the current understanding of trials as facetoface interactions in todays rapidly digitalising world where interactions in virtual settings are progressively prevalent and intricate virtutrials contributes vital knowledge on virtual interactions
yearround firesafe and sustainable solar management materials

at present temperature regulation of spaces and buildings is responsible for 31 of the global final energy consumption and 30 of the entire worldwide co2 emissions although solar thermal conversion high solar absorption and passive radiation cooling high solar reflection have presented huge potential for the energyfree temperature regulation the opposite mechanisms limit their application in one object failing to respond to the changing climates yearround besides applied onto the surface of plenty of spaces and buildings high fire safety and sustainable processability are vitally important yet urgent to be addressed therefore facing these challenges the overarching aim of this ambitious yet achievable project solarmater is to develop yearround firesafe and sustainable solar management materials via the spontaneous and energyfree switch of solar thermal conversion and passive radiation cooling based on a breakthrough approach which is a creative integration of thermochromic microcapsules tcms synthesis of biomass flameretardant chain extenders and solventfree polymer coating technology in details based on microencapsulation technology and structure design tcms designed will optimise the solar reflectivity solar absorptivity and ir emissivity by introducing bo and sio bonds with high ir emissivity to highrefractive tio2based shell materials fully biomass flameretardant chain extenders and inorganic shell materials will enhance the fire safety with the condensed flame retardancy mechanism meanwhile solventfree polymer coating will impart desirable processability and further enhance the sustainability solarmater is a typical multidisciplinary and requires complementary expertise from the host polymer chemistry fire retardant materials and the researcher solar energy radiation cooling contributing to achieving the sustainable development goals and european green deal of eu policies
realistic water budgeting in protected agriculture

protected agriculture makes use of technology to create an optimal environment for crops growth in particular protected agriculture makes use of covers to shield crops from adverse meteorological events including storms droughts temperature extremes and strong winds however these controls inherently disrupt the water budget terms currently accounted for in hydrological modelling runoff evapotranspiration soil moisture storage infiltration etc for the first time the project realistic water budgeting in protected agriculture rewatering will deliver and validate a methodology for catchmentscale models ie cathy to explicitly account for the role of protected agriculture on water quantity and quality rewatering will also unprecedently monitor water quality in a stream draining a small catchment mainly used for protected agriculture by means of highresolution mass spectrometry i will carry out rewatering in a globally recognised research group for hydrological modelling overall the host university will be the perfect interdisciplinary hub to accomplish the proposed research because it will provide internal collaborations with excellent academics in hydrology agriculture and environmental chemistry protected agriculture is a growing reality worldwide currently covering 15 of the agricultural lands and often occupying entire hydrological catchments the socially relevant and scientifically innovative interdisciplinary activities proposed in this research are urged to expand catchmentscale hydrological models to predict short and longterm water quantity and quality resulting from water management characteristic of protected agriculture
water4all water security for the planet

water is central to all human activities to all components of the eu green deal and to several un sdgs the water4all partnership aims at enabling water security for all on the long term through boosting systemic transformations and changes across the entire research water innovation pipeline fostering the matchmaking between problem owners and solution providers it gathers more than 70 partners ri funders environment ministries local authorities european national and regionalscale networks research performing organisations it will collaborate with other relevant ri initiativeswater4all proposes a portfolio of multinational crosssectoral activities targeting a variety of actors intending to generate the following outputs strengthen the water ri collaboration at european and international levels across at least 31 countries notably through joint transnational calls coordinate and leverage the activities of the water ri community support and promote the demonstration and access to market of innovative solutions produce share and better communicate waterrelated knowledge data from local to global scales enhance talent development of water ri professionals foster capacity development and lifelong training of water policymakers stakeholders and civil society design implement approaches for participatory development of innovationwater4all will run its activities across 7 themes of its strategic agenda water for circular economy water for ecosystems and biodiversity sustainable water management water and health water infrastructure international cooperation water governancewater4alls outputs will contribute to deliver sound knowledge tools and evidence basis on water for policy decisionmaking improve consideration of water impacts in all relevant policies enhance the fieldmarket use of innovative solutions to water challenges increase citizens awareness and engagement for an inclusive water
allinone surface methodology for corrosion protection in metal additive manufacturing

metal additive manufacturing mam also known as 3d metal printing has attracted a great deal of attention from scientists and industries due to its potential in the stateoftheart production of complexshaped designs in the transport industry mam is considered the fundamental technology for industry 40 since it is a lowcost and energyefficient processing method for metallic components with a minimal environmental impact nevertheless the surface finishing of mam components is uncontrolled during the fabrication resulting in low corrosionresistant components so far current postsurface treatments are nonecofriendly nonenergy efficient and the achieved corrosion resistance does not fulfil the service life requirements in this scenario the main goal of the sumam project is to achieve the full exploitation of mam in the transport industry following the european green deal namely as a major innovation we will develop an innovative allinone methodology to achieve the highest corrosion resistance during printing removing the need for posttreatment we will combine two approaches surface creating by i insitu laser processing and ii incorporation of additives during printing to control the surface without affecting the bulk properties of the final components our target materials are four aluminium alloys and one stainless steel widely used materials in the transport industrythis project is an outstanding opportunity for the fundamental advancement of mam science by a technological and economically feasible methodology the sumam project presents the best research scenario for dr rubn del olmo martnez candidate to further develop his scientific career the sumam project is led by prof dr ir iris de graeve and prof dr ir herman terryn from the surf research group of the vrije universiteit brussel vub with a proven outstanding track record in both academic and industrial sectors in the scope of the proposal
modelaware learning for imaging inverse problems in fluorescence microscopy

this project will develop modelaware ie physicsinformed learning methods for solving imaging inverse problems iips in fluorescence microscopy imaging fmi iips are frequently encountered in fmi whenever a visual representation of a biological sample needs to be reconstructed from incomplete and noisy input measurements such iips are typically illposed their solution if it exists is unstable to perturbations classical modelbased approaches reformulate the iip at hand as an energy minimisation task such approaches rely both on the approximate knowledge of the complex physical processes involved and on the mathematical design of handcrafted optimisation methods whose tuning is often very timeconsuming concurrently the impressive development of machine and deep learning methods has enabled the applied imaging community with new datadriven methodologies providing unprecedented results in tasks such as image classification the performance of datadriven methods for solving iips in fmi however is halted by their intrinsic unstable behaviour in malin i propose an integrative paradigm where the stable performance of modelbased approaches is combined with the effectiveness of datadriven techniques by means of shallow modelconstrained learning and deep physicsinformed generative approaches the reliability of the modelaware methods proposed will be justified by theoretical results providing reconstruction and convergence guarantees the study will further account for possible geometric invariances and imperfect physical modelling showing robustness to modelling errors which are frequent when standard lowcost equipment is used algorithmic acceleration strategies and inexactstochastic algorithms will be devised to guarantee efficient performance also under limited computational resources and training data the methodologies will be deployed on several iips in fmi and democratised through the release of open software and plugins
molecular mechanisms of thyroid hormone synthesis from atoms to organoids

metabolic functions in vertebrates are ruled by thyroid hormones produced by the thyroid gland and secreted into the bloodstream thyroid hormone levels modulate growth development and many other key processes across the lifespan and their impairment severely affects human health despite extensive studies controlling hormone levels in vivo remains a major challenge synthesis of thyroid hormones occurs extracellularly via iodination of thyroglobulin they must then undergo endocytosis before they can be released into the bloodstream yet most thyroglobulin forms a colloid matrix within the gland enabling iodine and hormone storage for the body how these three mechanisms are balanced to provide physiological levels of hormones to the organism remains an outstanding question using an integrative structural biology approach the proposed research will focus on unravelling the molecular mechanisms underlying the major checkpoints of thyroid hormone synthesis my research group will combine electron cryomicroscopy with biochemical and light microscopy tools to study thyroid hormone regulation at different scales from in vitro reconstituted systems to native thyroid organoids first we will elucidate how thyroglobulin iodination modulates hormone yields and modifies thyroglobulin structure second we will determine the mechanism of thyroglobulin endocytosis regulated by two main receptors third we will decipher the mechanism of storage and depletion of the thyroglobulin storage matrix these approaches will allow us to reproduce the complexity of thyroid hormone synthesis at high resolution and in a native environment my expertise in structural biology and my pioneering work on thyroglobulin puts me in an ideal position to carry out this work the expected outcome and method development of this research will open a new front in thyroid structural biology and inspire alternative strategies for the control of thyroid hormone synthesis in vivo