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What is the engine of biodiversity? Comparative and Functional Speciation Genetics in the Post-genomic Era (FUNCSPECGEN)

Start date: Apr 1, 2014, End date: Mar 31, 2019,

More than 150 years after the seminal works of Charles Darwin on speciation, we are beginning to unravel the genetic underpinnings of the splitting process (Ellegren H [..] JBW Wolf, Nature, in press). The genomic revolution is progressing at full speed, and for the first time in history we are equipped with the necessary tools to investigate the genomic architecture of speciation at base-pair res ...
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Interfacing quantum states in carbon nanotube devices (QUANTUMCANDI)

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

Coherent control and sensitive detection of quantum states in condensed matter are among the most topical challenges of modern physics. They drive the development of novel materials, theoretical concepts, and experimental methods to advance our understanding of fundamental laws of quantum mechanics and to create transformative technologies for future applications. During the past decades carbon ha ...
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Optical Responses Controlled by DNA Assembly (ORCA)

Start date: Dec 1, 2013, End date: Nov 30, 2018,

Artificially constructed materials can be designed to shape the propagation of light and can thus exhibit optical characteristics that are not found in nature. With such metamaterials, remarkable optical applications such as cloaking of objects, sensing of molecular environments or the fabrication of perfect lenses that are not bound by optical resolution limits could be realised. However, for met ...
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small RNA mediated heterochromatin formation in fission yeast (SMALLRNAHET)

Start date: Nov 1, 2012, End date: Oct 31, 2018,

Regulation of genome expression is essential for cell proliferation, differentiation, development and viability. Small RNA silencing pathways are involved in the cellular control of gene expression and in protection of the genome against mobile repetitive DNA sequences, retroelements and transposons. Small RNAs interact with target RNAs and promote chromatin modifications, translational inhibition ...
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Attosecond tracing of collective dynamics in clusters and nanoparticles (ATTOCO)

Start date: Jun 1, 2013, End date: May 31, 2018,

Collective electron motion can unfold on attosecond time scales in nanoplasmonic systems, as defined by the inverse spectral bandwidth of the plasmonic resonant region. Similarly, in dielectrics or semiconductors, the laser-driven collective motion of electrons can occur on this characteristic time scale. Until now, such collective electron dynamics has not been directly observed on its natural, a ...
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Fundamental Aspects of Strings and Gravity (STRINGS&GRAVITY)

Start date: Apr 1, 2013, End date: Mar 31, 2018,

The proposed ERC Advanced Grant “Strings&Gravity” is centered around string theory as a consistent theory of quantum gravity in the context of particle physics and cosmology. We are addressing several ground breaking and highly innovative questions about the structure of space and time and the nature of fundamental interactions at very short distances. In particular we are planning to investigate ...
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Quantum Simulation of Many-Body Physics in Ultracold Gases (QUSIMGAS)

Start date: Mar 1, 2013, End date: Feb 28, 2018,

Ultracold atoms in an optical lattice constitute a clean, controlled and tunable implementation of many intractable models in condensed matter physics. In the long run, cold gas experiments may act as quantum simulators and shed new light on those models, and tell us to what extent the real material is described by the model. The prerequisite is, however, that those experiments are benchmarked an ...
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Across ancient borders and cultures: An Egyptian microcosm in Sudan during the 2nd millennium BC (ACROSSBORDERS)

Start date: Dec 1, 2012, End date: Nov 30, 2017,

Pharaonic Egypt is commonly known for its pyramids and tomb treasures. The present knowledge of Egyptian everyday life and social structures derives mostly from mortuary records associated with the upper classes, whereas traces of ordinary life from domestic sites are generally disregarded. Settlement archaeology in Egypt and Nubia (Ancient North Sudan) is still in its infancy; it is timely to str ...
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DISEASE ENVIRONMENT AND CIVIL CONFLICT (DISCON)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

"Civil conflicts are the most common warfare events during the last fifty years, account for the largest number of conflict-related casualties, and cause large social and economic disruption. In fact, civil conflicts represent one of the major correlates of economic backwardness in the world, with conflicts occurring predominantly in poorer countries. These observations raise the question about th ...
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Vascular and Aymloid Predictors of Neurodegeneration and Cognitive Decline in Nondemented Subjects (VASCAMY)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

"Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most frequent cause of dementia that affects one in 14 persons over the age 65 years and one in six persons over the age of 80 years.Increased deposition of the protein beta-amyloid (Aß) is a core brain pathology of AD that occurs years before the onset of clinical symptoms of dementia. Together with Aß, cerebrovascular disease, visible as on a MR image as white ma ...
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TITANIUM DIOXIDE – THE SILENT KILLER: FINDING THE RELEVANT BIOLOGICAL TARGET FOR EXPOSURE CHARACTERIZATION AND RISK ASSESSMENT OF NANOPARTICLES TOXICITY IN FISH MODEL (FishTiO2)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

The nano-ecotoxicological research is supported and promoted by European Commission. In 2005, the Action Plan “Nanosciences and nanotechnologies: An Action Plan for Europe 2005–2009” was adopted (European Commission, 2004). The European Commission clearly states the need for the new scientific experiments that will provide quantitative data on toxicology and ecotoxicology and allow for the risk as ...
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Explosive Volcanism in the Earth System (EVOKES)

Start date: Apr 1, 2010, End date: Jul 31, 2017,

Volcanism, is a vital factor in the Earth system. Molten silicates are a major transport agent in the differentiation and interaction of lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere. Further, the immediate consequences of volcanic eruptions on all scales - local, regional and global - are issues of direct practical relevance to mankind as they are measured in lives, infrastructure and the e ...
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Molecular mechanisms of microvascular dysfunction following hemorrhagic stroke (MicroFlow)

Start date: Aug 1, 2012, End date: Jul 31, 2016,

Stroke kills over 300,000 European citizens each year. Among the various forms of stroke subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) has the highest mortality, the worst prognosis, and the least well understood pathophysiology. Recent studies from the applicant's laboratory suggest that disturbances of the cerebral microcirculation may play an important role for brain damage after SAH. So far, however, little t ...
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Role of enzyme-coupled TRP channels in immune cell function (RETIF)

Start date: Aug 1, 2012, End date: Jul 31, 2016,

"Low systemic magnesium (Mg2+) levels exacerbate pro-inflammatory diseases, suggesting a putative role of Mg2+ transport in immune system homeostasis. The Mg2+ and calcium (Ca2+) conducting transient receptor potential ion channel, TRPM7 has an indispensable, vital role in cellular physiology. TRPM7 regulates cellular and systemic Mg2+ homeostasis and is essential for immune cell differentiation, ...
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