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Wiring synaptic circuits with astroglial connexins: mechanisms, dynamics and impact for critical period plasticity (AstroWireSyn)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2021,

Brain information processing is commonly thought to be a neuronal performance. However recent data point to a key role of astrocytes in brain development, activity and pathology. Indeed astrocytes are now viewed as crucial elements of the brain circuitry that control synapse formation, maturation, activity and elimination. How do astrocytes exert such control is matter of intense research, as they ...
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Saadian Intellectual and Cultural Life (SICLE)

Start date: Feb 1, 2016, End date: Jan 31, 2021,

The aim of the interdisciplinary investigation project SICLE is to investigate in a completely new way the intellectual and cultural history of the Saadian period in Morocco (1554-1660), using primarily the Saadian sultans’ library, exceptionally preserved as a ‘time capsule’ in the El Escorial monastery following king Felipe III’s decision to include it in his own library. The period is a time of ...
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Training, Research and Raising of Public Awareness in Cell Biology and Pathology of Neuroglia (EU-GliaPhD)

Start date: Dec 1, 2016, End date: Nov 30, 2020,

The research in which the young scientists of the EU-GliaPhD consortium will be trained is centred on the role of neuron-glia interactions in brain function and pathology.Prompted by exciting discoveries of recent years, many academic research groups are currently focussing their research on the field of neuron-glia interactions for a better understanding of brain function. Also the private sector ...
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European Training Network for Continuous Sonication and Microwave Reactors (COSMIC)

Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Sep 30, 2020,

The European chemical industry faces some very serious challenges if it is to retain its competitive position in the global economy. The new industries setting up in Asia and the Near East are based on novel process-intensification concepts, leaving Europe desperately searching for a competitive edge. The transition from batch to continuous micro- and milliflow processing is essential to ensure a ...
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Anionic redox processes: A transformational approach for advanced energy materials (ARPEMA)

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2020,

Redox chemistry provides the fundamental basis for numerous energy-related electrochemical devices, among which Li-ion batteries (LIB) have become the premier energy storage technology for portable electronics and vehicle electrification. Throughout its history, LIB technology has relied on cationic redox reactions as the sole source of energy storage capacity. This is no longer true. In 2013 we ...
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Adaptive Management of Barriers in European Rivers (AMBER)

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2020,

Rivers rank among some of the most threatened ecosystems in the world, and are the focus of costly restoration programmes that cost billions to taxpayers. Much of Europe depends on water from rivers for drinking, food production, and the generation of hydropower, which is essential for meeting the EU renewable energy target. Yet only half the EU surface waters have met the WFD’s 2015 target of goo ...
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Morphogenesis and Molecular Regulation of Colour Patterning in Birds (COLOUR PATTERN)

Start date: May 1, 2015, End date: Apr 30, 2020,

Animals display a tremendous diversity of patterns ‒from the colourful designs that adorn their body to repeated segmented appendages. Natural patterns result from the formation of discrete domains within developing tissues through the integration of positional cues by cells that consequently adopt specific fates and produce spatial heterogeneity. How can such developmental processes underlie the ...
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Josephson Junction Spectroscopy of Mesoscopic Systems (JSPEC)

Start date: Apr 1, 2015, End date: Mar 31, 2020,

Spectroscopy is a powerful tool to probe matter. By measuring the spectrum of elementary excitations, one reveals the symmetries and interactions inherent in a physical system. Mesoscopic devices, which preserve quantum coherence over lengths larger than the atomic scale, offer a unique possibility to both engineer and investigate excitations at the single quanta level. Unfortunately, conventio ...
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My Health - My Data (MH-MD)

Start date: Nov 1, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2019,

Issues of data subjects’ privacy and data security represent a crucial challenge in the biomedical sector more than in other industries. The current IT landscape in this field shows a myriad of isolated, locally hosted patient data repositories, managed by clinical centres and other organisations, which are subject to frequent and massive data breaches. Patients are disenfranchised in this process ...
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Camelina & crambe Oil crops as Sources for Medium-chain Oils for Specialty oleochemicals (COSMOS)

Start date: Mar 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2019,

The COSMOS proposal aims to reduce Europe’s dependence on imported coconut and palm kernel oils and fatty acids and castor oil as sources for medium-chain fatty acids (MCFA, C10–C14) and medium-chain polymer building blocks. These are needed by the oleochemical industry for the production of plastics, surfactants, detergents, lubricants, plasticisers and other products. In COSMOS, camelina and cra ...
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ICN2020: Advancing ICN towards real-world deployment through research, innovative applications, and global scale experimentation (ICN2020)

Start date: Jul 1, 2016, End date: Jun 30, 2019,

Information access on the Internet is exploding. Usage is shifting to multimedia applications, social networking and IoE. Cellular networks are moving to the next generation. Networking technology is shifting towards virtualization, with SDN and NFV likely to change the infrastructure landscape. The cloud concept is transforming the Internet to a network of data centers, with a communication model ...
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In-Vessel Melt Retention Severe Accident Management Strategy for Existing and Future NPPs (IVMR)

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2019,

The stabilization of molten corium is recognised as essential if a safe and stable state is to be reached following a severe accident. Among the possible options, In-Vessel Melt Retention (IVMR) appears as an attractive solution that would minimize the risks of containment failure (less Hydrogen produced, no corium-concrete interaction), if it can be proved to be feasible.The strategy is already a ...
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Realising an Applied Gaming Eco-system (RAGE)

Start date: Feb 1, 2015, End date: Jan 31, 2019,

The EU based industry for non-leisure games (applied games) is an emerging business. As such, it´s still fragmented and needs critical mass to compete globally. Nevertheless its growth potential is widely recognised and even suggested to exceed the growth potential of the leisure games market.RAGE will help to seize these opportunities by making available 1) an interoperable set of advanced techno ...
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VPH-Cardiovascular Simulation and Experimentation for Personalised Medical Devices (VPH-CaSE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

VPH-CaSE is focused on state-of-the-art developments in personalised cardiovascular support, underpinned by simulation and experimentation, building on the foundations of the Virtual Physiological Human (VPH) Initiative. The Individual Research Projects of 14 ESRs provide knowledge exchange across three research clusters (i) Cardiac tissue function and cardiac support(ii) Cardiovascular haemodynam ...
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Ensuring the Integrity of the European food chain (FOODINTEGRITY)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

Food Integrity “the state of being whole, entire, or undiminished or in perfect condition”.Providing assurance to consumers and other stakeholders about the safety, authenticity and quality of European food (integrity) is of prime importance in adding value to the European Agri-food economy. The integrity of European foods is under constant threat from fraudulently labelled imitations that try to ...
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NANOmaterials for the REStoration of works of ART (NANORESTART)

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: Nov 30, 2018,

Currently there is a lack of methodologies for the conservation of modern and contemporary artworks, many of which will not be accessible in very short time due to extremely fast degradation processes. The challenge of NANORESTART (NANOmaterials for the REStoration of works of ART) will be to address this issue within a new framework with respect to the state of the art of conservation science. NA ...
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Move and Learn

Start date: Jul 1, 2016, End date: Jun 30, 2018,

The participants in the project is trainees, apprentices and staff from EUC Syd. The aims of the project is to prepare the young trainees and apprentices for the common EU labour market and for some of the participants the mobility could give them the opportunity to take parts of their education abroard in the Danish PIU program. The mobilities should give all the participants an international exp ...
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Bauen in Europa 2016

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2018,

In an expanding European Union the demand for skilled workers is continuously growing. Today’s working life has also become more diverse and flexible. Simultaneously, the requirements of professional and social skills of construction craftsmen have increased. This project aims at raising our trainees’ awareness to work in Europe across regional and national borders within their initial training. W ...
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Movilidad de estudiantes y personal en lenguas inglesa y francesa.

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2018,

OBJECTIVES AND LONG TERM BENEFITS.In our Institution, we understand that true integration into the European space we belong requires opening channels ofcommunication and exchange with other countries belonging to it. In the field of education, public administrations are carrying outan important work of regulation and organization of actions focused on a cultural and scientific exchange in Europe a ...
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Kansainvälisen työssäoppimisverkoston yhteistyömuotojen kehittäminen

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2018,

PROJECT BACKGROUND:North Karelia municipal education and training consortium development work is based on 2016-2019 development strategy. International operations are specifically aimed at promoting the effectiveness of developing student's skills for working life, and contribute that the student will find his/her position in the labor market.By enabling staff´s and students mobility international ...
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MOBILITE EUROPEENNE DANS LE SECTEUR DE L'HOTELLERIE ET DE LA RESTAURATION

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2018,

The project of our catering school insists on the importance of our European partner network and is historically oriented to Europe and the International destinations. The final aim is to increase the employment opportunities for our students in the cookery and catering industry. This project concerns students preparing the equivalent of the BTECH in cooking and service and young graduates from le ...
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An integrated pilot line for micro-fabricated medical devices (InForMed)

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2018,

The goal of the InForMed project is to establish an integrated pilot line for medical devices. The pilot line includes micro-fabrication, assembly and even the fabrication of smart catheters. The heart of this chain is the micro-fabrication and assembly facility of Philips Innovation Services, which will be qualified for small/medium-scale production of medical devices. The pilot facility will be ...
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Congestion Reduction in Europe : Advancing Transport Efficiency (CREATE) (CREATE)

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2018,

CREATE addresses the task Tackling Urban Road Congestion, taking a long-term view of how this can be achieved, especially in cities experiencing rapid growth in car ownership and use. It deals with most of the issues set out in the recent Urban Mobility Package.Objectives:• Rigorously and systematically develop practical definitions of urban road congestion and of network performance, and identify ...
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Animation Sans Frontières, the European Animation Development Lab

Start date: May 1, 2017, End date: Apr 30, 2018,

Animation Sans Frontières is a 4×2 weeks lecture/workshop-based training programme designed to give junior European animation film and production professionals an understanding of the European and international animation industry and markets, as well the space, time and tools to develop, finance and produce their own projects, careers and eventually production companies.ASF is the perfect chance f ...
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Quantum simulation of transport properties in arbitrary shaped potential landscapes with ultracold bosonic atoms (BosQuanTran)

Start date: Mar 1, 2016, End date: Feb 28, 2018,

In solid state systems transport experiments are among the most important probes to investigate the properties of different phases of matter. A number of intriguing observations have been reported where the interaction between the charge carriers plays a significant role. One of the most prominent examples currently explored in the laboratories are high-Tc superconductors and fractional-quantum-Ha ...
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S.TR.E.A.M. Skills TRansfer for Electronics Administration and Mechanics

Start date: Aug 1, 2016, End date: Jan 31, 2018,

The project originates from a careful analysis and discussion among Consortium members on the most recent developments and trends characterizing the manufacturing sector of the Veneto Region (mechanical, electromechanical and mechatronics) and affecting training and educational needs and provisions. Key Enabling Technologies such as advanced materials, nanotechnology, biotechnology are increasingl ...
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C.A.T.ER.P.I.LLA.R. Catering Agriculture Tourism in EuRope Promoting Innovative Lifelong LeArning Resources

Start date: Aug 1, 2016, End date: Jan 31, 2018,

The project originates from a careful analysis of the most recent developments and trends characterizing two of the leading sectors of regional economy: Tourism/Hospitality and Agriculture/Biotechnology. Discussions among teachers on issues concerning emerging new job profiles, new forms of work organization which affect training and educational needs and provision represent the main rationale of ...
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Thermally Integrated Smart Photonics Systems (TIPS)

Start date: Feb 1, 2015, End date: Jan 31, 2018,

The objective of this proposal is to develop and demonstrate a scalable, thermally-enabled 3D integrated optoelectronic platform that can meet the explosion in data traffic growth within ICT. The Thermally Integrated Smart Photonics Systems (TIPS) program will heterogeneously integrate micro-thermoelectric coolers (μTEC) and micro-fluidics (μFluidics) with optoelectronic devices (lasers, modulator ...
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European Medical Information Framework (EMIF)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

In response to the need to tackle increasingly complex medical research questions, a growing amount of human health data is being collected, either in routine Electronic Healthcare Record (EHR) databases, through research-driven cohort studies, in biobanks or related efforts. However, data sources are typically fragmented and contain information gaps which prevent their full exploitation. EMIF aim ...
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5G NOvel Radio Multiservice adaptive network Architecture (5G NORMA)

Start date: Jul 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

"The key objective of 5G NORMA is to develop a conceptually novel, adaptive and future-proof 5G mobile network architecture. The architecture is enabling unprecedented levels of network customisability, ensuring stringent performance, security, cost and energy requirements to be met; as well as providing an API-driven architectural openness, fuelling economic growth through over-the-top innovation ...
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Logistic Efficiencies And Naval architecture for Wind Installations with Novel Developments (LEANWIND)

Start date: Dec 1, 2013, End date: Nov 30, 2017,

A new EU 7th Framework Programme project, “LEANWIND” (Logistic Efficiencies And Naval architecture for Wind Installations with Novel Developments) seeks to apply lean principles to the offshore wind farm project lifecycle. The primary LEANWIND objective is to provide cost reductions across the offshore wind farm lifecycle and supply chain through the application of lean principles and the developm ...
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RENESENG

Start date: Nov 1, 2013, End date: Oct 31, 2017,

"RENESENG aims to prepare a new generation of highly-qualified researchers in Biorefinery and biobased chemicals Systems Engineering Sciences in Europe, expected to bear high impact in the design of newly establishing industrial complexes in biorefinering and more generally in eco-industries. The effort requires to bring together academic and industrial teams, with particularly interdisciplinary a ...
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Advanced Immunization Technologies (ADITEC)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

Vaccines so far have been developed mostly by following an empiric approach. To prevent and possibly cure unresolved and emerging infectious diseases we need to fully exploit the potential of the human immune system. Progress in science and technology makes it possible to achieve what was previously deemed impossible. The scope of this project is to produce knowledge necessary to develop novel and ...
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Solution for cost-effective integration of renewable intermittent generation by demonstrating the feasibility of flexible large-scale energy storage with innovative market and grid control approach (ESTORAGE)

Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

...arket and regulatory framework to maximise the impact of project outcomes.eStorage gathers major stakeholders from the entire value chain across EU (Elia – TSO, EDF – Generation Company, Imperial College – Academic Institution, Kema – Engineering Consultancy and Alstom – Equipment Manufacturer).
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European Literacy and Citizenship Education-Plus

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

The development of nationalistic viewpoints and the growing lack of interest for the original European project show a need for an input in European literacy and intercultural, inclusive, approaches. The increasing difficulty for Europeans to face up to competition from other international countries and growing rates of unemployment in the EU show a need for more effective education and training en ...
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Functional roles of astroglial connexins in the generation of sharp wave ripples (AstroRipples)

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Jul 7, 2017,

It is believed that sleep plays an important role in memory consolidation. In rodents, hippocampal neurons (place cells) selectively discharge when the animal is in a specific location in space. During subsequent sleep, they are reactivated in the same order at 200Hz network oscillations known as ripples. This timescale is optimal for synaptic plasticity underlying memory. The host team (Rouach) h ...
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TechNet2020: internazionalizzazione della Rete Politecnica in Emilia-Romagna

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2017,

Italy struggles among the less performing EU countries, when it comes to youth employment. The EU Strategy Europe 2020 calls up our country to renew its Education and Training systems, to make young people achieve competences that are key to economy and the knowledge society, to improve their employability and become an instrument to enforce internationalisation of companies. At the same time, in ...
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Mobility Makes Us Professionals II

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2017,

According to current mobility project, 93 students and 27 employees from Pärnumaa Kutsehariduskeskus will participate. Students will make an apprenticeship period at foreign companies or at school workshop and employees will practise or job-shadow the colleagues at partner organizations. The participants of current project are carefully chosen according to each one individuaal training needs. Acti ...
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let's go!- und lift-Einzelstipendien

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2017,

The present pool project "individual scholarships let's go! and lift" is a nationwide initiative to promote practical trainings abroad for apprentices of skilled trades as well as technical trainees in industry and trade who are taking part in a vocational education and training under the dual system. Its objectives are fixed against the background of a previously relatively low mobility of young ...
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Topological superfluidity in ultracold gas of Dysprosium atoms (Topological superfluidity)

Start date: May 1, 2015, End date: Apr 30, 2017,

...ng spin-orbit coupling. As shown in recent experimental works, manipulating manipulating atomic internal states with lasers can mimick spin-orbit couplings of strong amplitude. We have constructed at College de france a new experimental setup producing ultracold Dysprosium atomic gases. This atomic species exhibits narrow electronic transitions that should allow one to create such a spin-orbit cou ...
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