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Advanced Regenerative and REStorative Therapies to combat corneal BLINDNESS (ARREST BLINDNESS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

Over 30 million Europeans are blind or visually impaired, leading to reduced quality of life and a tremendous loss of productivity in society. Corneal blindness is the second largest cause of blindness globally and while treatable, millions remain unnecessarily blind due to issues of access to transplantable tissue, lack of standardized treatments, and the lag in translating new regenerative medic ...
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Short supply chain Knowledge and Innovation Network (SKIN)

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

SKIN is an ambitious initiative of 20 partners in 14 countries in the area of Short Food Supply Chains (SFSCs). It intends to systematise and bring knowledge to practitioners, promote collaboration within a demand-driven innovation logic and provide inputs to policymaking through links to the EIP-AGRI. SKIN will build and animate a community of about 500 stakeholders, with the strategic objective ...
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Targets and biomarkers for antiepileptogenesis (EPITARGET)

Start date: Nov 1, 2013, End date: Oct 31, 2018,

Epilepsy is a devastating condition affecting over 50 million people worldwide. This multidisciplinary project is focused on the process leading to epilepsy, epileptogenesis, in adults. Our main hypothesis is that there are combinations of various causes, acting in parallel and/or in succession, that lead to epileptogenesis and development of seizures. Our central premise and vision is that a comb ...
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adaptive model-based Control for laser-assisted Fibre-reinforced tape winding (ambliFibre)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

...uct requirements concerning both, material and design. With respect to changing and challenging environmental influences, quick adaptability, failure-free quality and safe operation over the complete life-cycle are mandatory. The successful application of the ambliFibre results will dramatically accelerate the replacement of metal components in these domains, reducing the carbon footprint thanks t ...
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School Culture Innovation Education Never Can End

Start date: Nov 1, 2014, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

The project SCIENCE is born on the basis of previous projects, always in LLP-Leonardo da Vinci IVT contest, made by the Sarrocchi, and this year it involves all professional profiles of the school (chemical thecnician; construction technician; electronic technician; computing technician; mechanical and mechatronic technician) because of the widespread interest in the mobility proposed in previous ...
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Preclinical development of drugs and drug delivery technology for the treatment of inherited photoreceptor degeneration (DRUGSFORD)

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

Dysregulation of cGMP is a pathological hallmark of inherited retinal degenerations (RD) affecting photoreceptors, the sensory cells of the retina. These RDs, including Retinitis Pigmentosa, Lebers Congenital Amaurosis, and Achromatopsia, are major causes of blindness, affecting approximately one in every 2000 individuals worldwide, and remain without effective treatment. In photoreceptors, cGMP i ...
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NEURAL TRANSPLANTATION IN THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH PARKINSON’S DISEASE (TRANSEURO)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Jun 30, 2016,

There are currently no cures for Parkinson's disease (PD) but one of the most effective reparative therapies in patients to date has been with allotransplants of dopamine (DA) neuroblasts obtained from fetal ventral mesencephalic (VM) tissue. However, this cell transplantation approach has given inconsistent results, with some patients doing extremely well and coming off anti-PD medication for yea ...
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Translational Training network on the Cellular and Molecular Bases of Heart Homeostasis and Repair (CardioNeT)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

The CardioNeT Initial Training Network aims to implement a highly multidisciplinary, intersectoral and competitive training programme in cardiovascular research through cutting-edge projects and extensive training in complementary areas.CardioNeT training comprises two tightly linked components - research and complementary training - that will be implemented at local as well as network level and ...
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The lab-free CBRN detection device for the identification of biological pathogens on nucleic acid and immunological level as lab-on-a-chip system applying multisensor technologies (MULTISENSE CHIP)

Start date: Jun 1, 2011, End date: Nov 30, 2015,

The goal of MultiSENSE is the development of a detection and identification system for biological pathogens, which shall include both the sample preparation stage, during which target molecules are extracted directly and in parallel the ensuing nucleic-acid-based and/or immunological detection and identification steps, in order to build an integrated “sample in, result out” system. Disruptive tech ...
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Next-generation integrated MNBS-platform for instant diagnostics with single-molecule resolution (NextDx)

Start date: Dec 1, 2012, End date: Nov 30, 2015,

...ological samples. However, it has been very difficult to realize the promise due to two key challenges:the signal-over-background challenge, i.e. many biomarkers have very low concentrations and real-life biological samples generate very high background signals, andthe integration challenge, i.e. it is very difficult to conceive a system that has a very high performance and is still fully integrat ...
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Joining innovative Approaches for the integration and Development of transnational knowledge of clusters policies related to independent of Elderly (JADE)

Start date: Feb 1, 2011, End date: Jan 31, 2014,

...E project concept is to develop and promote a Common Research Agenda and Joint Action Plan addressing one of the most promising cluster applications of Ambient Intelligence technologies in everyday life categorized according to the needs of a healthy ageing population: Independent living services and Telecare.They embrace eHealth as enabler for range activities: tele-consultations, transfer of rec ...
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Sharing capacity across Europe in high-throughput sequencing technology to explore genetic variation in health and disease (GEUVADIS)

Start date: Oct 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

"High-throughput next-generation DNA sequencing technologies allow investigators to sequence entire human genomes at an affordable price and within a short time frame. The correct interpretation, storage, and dissemination of the large amount of produced genomics data generate major challenges. Tackling these challenges requires extensive exchange of data, information and knowledge between medical ...
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The Strategic Project on Trans-national Commercial Activities in Research & Innovation, Clusters and in SME-Networks (StarDust)

Start date: Sep 16, 2010, End date: Dec 15, 2013,

...national collaboration and (5) Influencing financial instruments to support transnational collaboration.The core of StarDust and the testbed are five transnational innovation partnerships: Active for Life, Clean Water, Comfort in Living, MarChain and Mobile Vikings. Each partnership brings together researchers, clusters, SME networks and public actors from different countries – combining different ...
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Smart Management for Sustainable Human Environment (SmartEN)

Start date: Dec 1, 2009, End date: Nov 30, 2013,

There are increasing concerns regarding the environmental impact of human actions, the use of the environment and climate changes. These are coupled with ageing infrastructure systems, continuously growing and changing demands on the built and natural environments as well as limited financial and depleting natural resources. Until now, research has been focused on the development of proactive risk ...
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moting Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems in Estonia - Latvia Cross-Border Area to Improve the Environment for Active and Sustainable Communities ((D)rain for Life)

Start date: Aug 31, 2012, End date: Aug 30, 2013,

...ossible implementation of SUDS.Baldone feasibility study Final edition of feasibility study for Baldone city related to analysis on possible implementation of SUDS.Please also see: http://drainforlife.eu/index.php/en/project-news
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Identifying and validating pre-clinical biomarkers for diagnostics and therapeutics of Neuromuscular Disorders (BIO-NMD)

Start date: Dec 1, 2009, End date: Nov 30, 2012,

...be ready for ongoing and further clinical trials for the patient benefit. This will increase the therapy efficacy and efficiency and also reduce adverse effects, with impact on patients’ quality of life with also economical relevance.The BIO-NMD consortium is led by the University of Ferrara, an internationally recognised university in the field of genomics of hereditary neuromuscular disorders. I ...
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REvolutionary Approaches and Devices for Nucleic Acid Analysis (READNA)

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

"The REvolutionary Approaches and Devices for Nucleic Acid analysis – READNA – consortium is composed of researchers from 10 academic institutions, 5 SMEs and 3 large companies. The goals of the READNA consortium are to revolutionize nucleic acid analysis methods, by 1) improving elements necessary to use the currently emerging generation of nucleic acid sequencers in a meaningful and accessible w ...
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Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure (BBMRI)

Start date: Feb 1, 2008, End date: Jan 31, 2011,

...ses sustainability due to the lack of long-term funding. BBMRI will comprise: • biobanks of different formats (collections of blood, DNA, tissue, etc., together with medical, environmental, life-style and follow-up data), • biomolecular resources (antibody and affinity binder collections, ORF clone collections, siRNA libraries, proteins, cellular resources etc.), • enabling technologies and high-t ...
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Agroforestry Training (Formation en) in Europe - AgroFE

The AgroFE project in Agroforestry Education in Europe, is aimed at players in Agroforestry. This agricultural system has experienced a strong abandonment in the 20th century, to count today only a few million ha in Europe. Following the work of scientific research, development structures and the experiments of the few professionals, in recent years, agroforestery has met a true national and Euro ...
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Qualifications Frameworks for Environmental Science at Ukrainian Universities

Start date: Dec 1, 2013,

Proposed QANTUS project aims at preparation of sectoral Qualifications Frameworks for Environmental Science. It will contribute towards wider objective “Enhancement of quality and relevance of higher education in Ukraine and increasing convergence with EU developments through elaboration of qualifications frameworks”. Three specific project objectives are:1. Analyses of existing standards and meth ...
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ECDL National Operator and Test Centers in Azerbaijan

Start date: Oct 15, 2012,

... wider objective of the project is to set up ECDL National Operator and Testing Centres in partner universities and to build computer skills capacity needed for the integration of key competencies of lifelong learning into the development strategies of higher educational institutions in Azerbaijan. The rationale of this project is based on "2009-2012 State Program on the reform of higher education ...
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STUdents self-governance & Democratic Involvement in Kazakhstan

Start date: Oct 15, 2011,

STUDIK project aims at development and strengthening student self-governance and democratic involvement at Kazakh universities. The approach includes four specific objectives: (1)increase knowledge on state-of-the-art of student self-governance in Kazakhstan and EU countries to build bridges for transferring EU experience and enable models to be implemented ; (2) create and improve a general under ...
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Qualification framework for sustainable forestry and lifelong learning

Start date: Oct 15, 2011,

...alysis in EU and RU the project will focus on improvement of the quality of RU higher professional education in forestry by development of the Qualification Framework (QF) in sustainable forestry and lifelong learning (LLL) in cooperation between RU and EU Universities. Proposed activities will bring to harmonization of the forestry degree programs in RU to the standards of EU partners based on th ...
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