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Association of European Marine Biological Laboratories (ASSEMBLE)

Start date: Mar 1, 2009, End date: Oct 31, 2014,

Europe has a very long and distinguished history in Marine Biology and its coastal marine biological stations are the oldest in the world. For example, Stazione Zoologica in Naples (SZN), Station Biologique in Roscoff (SBR) and Kristineberg Marine Research Station in Fiskebäckskil (KMRS) were all established in the late 19th Century. They began an enviable tradition as marine biological research s ...
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Strategic Research For Innovative Marine Propulsion Concepts (STREAMLINE)

Start date: Mar 1, 2010, End date: Feb 28, 2014,

"Increasing environmental concerns and soaring oil prices are creating a new focus on fuel efficiency for the marine industry. Combining low emissions with demands for more advanced vessels than ever before drives the need for radically new propulsion concepts delivering a step-change in efficiency. STREAMLINE is the response of the marine community to this demand that will be addressed through fo ...
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Towards Improved Groundwater Vulnerability Assessment (IMVUL)

Start date: Oct 1, 2008, End date: Apr 30, 2013,

"There has been an increasing realization over the last 30 years that to preserve water quality and quantity in Europe, measures at both European and national levels are needed. Our groundwater resources are at risk from a wide variety of stresses including point and diffuse sources of contamination, over-abstraction and saline intrusion. Minimizing this risk requires a good understanding of the p ...
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Novel Polysaccharide Modifying Enzymes to Optimise the Potential of Hydrocolloids for Food and Medical Applications (PolyModE)

Start date: May 1, 2009, End date: Apr 30, 2013,

The PolyModE project convenes an international, interdisciplinary, and intersectorial consortium to identify, characterise, and optimise novel polysaccharide modifying enzymes, and to develop robust fermentation strategies for their large-scale production, to exploit the potential of biopolymers for food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and technical applications. We have selected the six complex carboh ...
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Unravelling the molecular basis of common complex human disorders using the dog as a model system (LUPA)

Start date: Jan 1, 2008, End date: Jun 30, 2012,

Despite major efforts, identifying susceptibility genes for common human diseases - cancer, cardiovascular, inflammatory and neurological disorders - is difficult due to the complexity of the underlying causes. The dog population is composed of ~ 400 purebred breeds; each one is a genetic isolate with unique characteristics resulting from persistent selection for desired attributes or from geneti ...
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Efficient and robust fuel cell with novel ceramic proton conducting electrolyte (EFFIPRO)

Start date: May 1, 2009, End date: Apr 30, 2012,

"EFFIPRO will develop electrolytes and electrodes for proton conducting fuel cells (PCFCs) based on novel LaNbO4-type and similar proton conducting oxides that, unlike earlier candidates, are chemically stable and mechanically robust. The transport of H+ makes water form on the cathode side, avoiding fuel dilution and recycling and reducing risk of destructive anode oxidation, even at peak power. ...
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Targeting the Leishmania kinome for the development of novel anti-parasitic strategies (LEISHDRUG)

Start date: Oct 1, 2008, End date: Mar 31, 2012,

"Visceral leishmaniasis is caused by the protozoan parasites Leishmania donovani and Leishmania infantum and is a potentially fatal disease in endemic areas around the world. During the infectious cycle, Leishmania alternate between the insect promastigote stage and the vertebrate aflagellate amastigote stage that proliferates inside infected host macrophages provoking the pathology of the disease ...
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USF transcription factors as crucial skin-stress-mediators (USFMUV)

Start date: Apr 1, 2009, End date: Mar 31, 2012,

"The skin is the first body defence towards various injuries including UV-rays. The molecular mechanism underlying the UV-response is in part dependant on gene expression modulation implicating the ubiquitous family of USF transcription factors. They have been largely involved as critical UV-activators of genes expression in melanocytes, mediating the UV-induced tanning-response following activati ...
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Integrated Flooding Control and Standard for Stability and Crises Management (FLOODSTAND)

Start date: Mar 1, 2009, End date: Feb 29, 2012,

"The size of new passenger ships is continuously increasing. Bigger size offers bigger opportunities and economics of scale, but when a bigger ship accommodates more passengers there may be a higher risk, if evacuation is needed. Thus, new approaches have to be used and further developed in order to have the flooding under control if the watertight integrity of the ship is lost. In the worst case ...
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European Solar-Fuel Initiative - Renewable Hydrogen from Sun and Water. Science Linking Molecular Biomimetics and Genetics (SOLARH2)

Start date: Feb 1, 2008, End date: Jan 31, 2012,

"SOLAR-H2 brings together 12 world-leading European laboratories to carry out integrated, basic research aimed at achieving renewable hydrogen (H2) production from environmentally safe resources. The vision is to develop novel routes for the production of a Solar-fuel, in our case H2, from the very abundant, effectively inexhaustible resources, solar energy and water. Our multidisciplinary experti ...
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Theory Applied to Real Embedded Systems (TARES)

Start date: Sep 1, 2008, End date: Aug 31, 2011,

"Our project, entitled Theory Applied to Real Embedded Systems (TARES), aims to bridge a gap between theory and practise for the design of Embedded Systems. We are going to apply recent advanced theories and tools developed for timed systems to the design of existing and commercialised software products which are based on the L4 micro-kernel technology. A micro-kernel is an operating system that p ...
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Sustainable Development of European SMEs engaged in Abalone Aquaculture (SUDEVAB)

Start date: Jun 2, 2008, End date: Dec 1, 2010,

"SUDEVAB brings together the main producing SMEs and leading RTD Providers from the abalone aquaculture sector in Europe, for a project that will have a significant impact for developing sustainable abalone aquaculture in Europe. Abalone species have been considered potential candidate for aquaculture for a long time, and in recent years, abalone aquaculture in other parts of the world has surged ...
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MOLECULAR DESIGN OF NOVEL PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOUNDS BASED ON TRANSITION STATE STRUCTURES ACCESSED VIA KINETIC ISOTOPE EFFECTS: AN EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL STUDY (TS-ANALOG)

Start date: Apr 15, 2008, End date: Aug 14, 2010,

"This project will contribute towards the molecular design of analogues of transition state structures associated with the degradation of therapeuticals. It will train an essentially computational chemist in experimental techniques, allowing her to become an independent research with broad experience in isotopic studies. The specific experimental training objective of the project is the determinat ...
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Catalytic Asymmetric Reductive Amination of Ketones (ASYMREDAMIN)

Start date: Oct 1, 2008, End date: Jul 31, 2010,

"The need for direct catalytic transformations with economy of matter, solvent and catalyst is a challenge for modern chemistry towards clean and environmentally friendly processes. The objective of this project is to perform the enantioselective reductive amination of ketones in one pot without isolation of intermediates by using multi-functional catalysts, which should be able to promote condens ...
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The functional significance of sex and death in phytoplankton differentiation (FUNSEX-DEPHYND)

Start date: Mar 1, 2008, End date: Feb 28, 2010,

"The coccolithophorid Emiliania huxleyi is a globally important phytoplankton species with a major role in ocean carbon cycling and the production of the climate active gas DMS, yet almost all information on this organism comes from the diploid, not the haploid phase. We propose to characterize the inherent and dynamic properties of the haploid and diploid stages and address whether sex and progra ...
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