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Synthesis of new Schiff base derived catalysts: application towards enantioselective reactions in greener and more sustainable media (ENCAT)

Start date: Dec 3, 2009, End date: Dec 2, 2012,

... of organic solvents, non-pollutants media such as water, fluorinated solvents and supercritical fluids (SCFs) have attracted increasing attention. Beside, the demand for enantiopure compounds in the life sciences has stimulated interest in asymmetric catalysis. So the use of asymmetric catalysts in green solvents holds much promise for the development of sustainable chemical manufacturing. Among ...
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The HI Story of Galaxy Evolution in the Nearby Universe (HISTORYNU)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

...erging and accretion and the depletion of gas through stripping and outflows induced by star formation and in some cases active galactic nuclei (AGN). This balance will depend on the environment. The life long gas supply and regulation of this balance will determine what kind of galaxy emerges in the end. The strong decline in star formation density in the universe over the last 7-8 Gyr indicates ...
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Strengthening capacities for caregivers to choose a valid lifting technique at daily practice

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2019,

...tomized to the situation or the need of the caregiver and do not rely on the self-thinking ability. With this interactive app we want to develop a generic system at European level which provides real-life customized lifting techniques to the caregiver. Five intellectual outputs are chosen (a collaboration of all partners involved). (1) A guide of good practices in lifting techniques provides a syn ...
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Promoting the use of in silico methods in industry (LIFE PROSIL)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

Background The EU REACH Regulation promotes a new vision for handling chemical substances. It requires information from manufacturers and/or importers confirming that chemical substances have been evaluated as safe for the intended use. The use of non-animal alternative methods has been foreseen within REACH. In particular, the use of computational mean ...
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High performance biomass extracted functional hybrid polymer coatings for food, cosmetic and medical device packaging (HYPERBIOCOAT)

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2019,

Today, fresh food as well as convenience food is sold in packages. Hygienic conditions, long shelf life and easy availability of these packed products account for our standard of living. However, this convenience contributes in a significant way to environmental pollution, as packaging is mainly achieved by plastic materials in this case. Biodegradable packaging materials have been on the market f ...
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Combinatorial Patterning of Particles for High Density Peptide Arrays (CombiPatterning)

Start date: Nov 1, 2011, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

...d out the causes of hitherto enigmatic diseases because then we might be able to correlate antibody patterns with disease status without knowing in advance the disease-specific antibodies. Beyond the life sciences, we want to embed 10.000 peptides per cm2 within an insulating layer of alkane thiols, each on a different gold pad of a specially designed screening chip. Then, we could readout I/V cha ...
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From DISCOvery to products: A next generation pipeline for the sustainable generation of high-value plant products (DISCO)

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

...ch are colorants and potent bioactives; the terpenoid solanesol which is used in the production of Coenzyme Q10 and the alkaloid scopolamine which is used as analgesic. The project will have real-life impacts reducing environmental impact, provide new material to benefit human activities and stimulate economic development."
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All Organic Redox Flow Batteries (GLOBE)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

...ly a breakthrough in RFB technology is reported, high current densities are achieved in a RFB based on organic-halide electrolytes. Organic-halide RFB can store electricity at almost ten times lower life cycle cost compared to metal based RFB, due to increased current density and lower electrolyte costs. One of the objectives of the current proposal is to investigate feasibility and stability of ...
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FIBERS INNOVATIVE BURNING AND REUSE BY SHS (LIFE FIBERS)

Start date: Jul 1, 2013, End date: Jul 1, 2016,

...y. Thus, the alternative solution at the moment is incineration, mostly abroad, with very high costs. Objectives The LIFE FIBERS project aims to improve knowledge on the treatment of asbestos-bearing waste through the following actions: Manufacturing and implementing two prototype ovens (which will be up-scaled to ...
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One Step Ahead

Start date: Mar 1, 2011,

...ness of the implemented measures. This aim concerns the integration of LLL with social and labour policies. Youth social mobility demands policies able to affect different phases accompanying youth life cycles. The implementation of such policies/measures depends on multiple actors, while their coherence depends on the multilevel governance, whose synthesis is at the regional/local level. In man ...
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NEW DRUGS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PRIMARY HIPEROXALURIA (PH-1)

Start date: Dec 1, 2009, End date: Nov 2, 2013,

...unctions at first and other tissues and organs later. This disease is lethal and no effective pharmacological treatment exists nowadays; renal and hepatic transplants become necessary to preserve the life of the patients. Several mutations on AGT gene, leading to protein misfolding that avoids enzymatic activity, have been described as responsible for this disease. Our objective in this project is ...
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Next generation of superhard non-CRM materials and solutions in tooling (Flintstone2020)

Start date: Feb 1, 2016, End date: Jan 31, 2020,

...full size HPHT synthesis test runs will be prepared via laser cutting and consecutive macro- and microshaping of tool geometry within WP5. In WP6 aspects of environmental benefits in the total life cycle of the superhard materials will be investigated, including health and safety aspects. WP7 will focus on exploitation and dissemination.
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DEMONSTRATION-PLANT PROJECT TO PRODUCE POLY-LACTIC ACID (PLA) BIOPOLYMER FROM WASTE PRODUCTS OF BAKERY INDUSTRY (BREAD4PLA)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Sep 30, 2014,

...terial in various industrial processes. About half of this amount is used in the manufacture of polymers. Fossilised carbon is therefore transformed into products that may, at the end of their useful life, release this carbon into the atmosphere, contributing to climate change. As an alternative or complement to petroleum-based polymers, a series of biopolymers or bioplastics have been developed f ...
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AMINE SYNTHESIS THROUGH BIOCATALYTIC CASCADES (AMBIOCAS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Jun 30, 2013,

...o deliver complex multi-functional amine products and processes. The industrial partner will target the development of enzymes from the project for specific application into their new products range. Life cycle analysis and environmental impact analysis will compare the final methods with conventional chemical synthesis and allow advantages to be objectively defined."
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Scalability, Robustness and Fundamental Limits in Large Scale Heterogeneous Networks (ScaleHetNet)

Start date: Jun 15, 2015, End date: Jun 14, 2019,

... robustness, thus avoiding conservative schemes with poor performance.The proposed project will also make a contribution towards the reverse engineering of biological networks at the molecular level. Life in the cell is dictated by chance; noise is ubiquitous with its sources ranging from fluctuating environments to intrinsic fluctuations due to the random births and deaths of molecules. The fact ...
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Multilit Moocs

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2019,

...ring key findings together in two MOOCs (MOOC 1: Language Facilitation, MOOC 2: Literacy Facilitation); Creation of teaching handbooks for the continuation of MOOCs following the end of the project's life cycle.Due to the primary dissemination focus of project results and activities via the WWW, intellectual outputs will be openly accessible to anybody interested. In addition to this, project stru ...
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Evolution of viral codon usage preferences:manipulation of translation accuracy and evasion of immune response (CODOVIREVOL)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

Fidelity during information transfer is essential for life, but it pays to be unfaithful if it provides an evolutionary advantage. The immune system continuously generates diversity to put up with recurrent pathogen challenges, and many viruses, in its turn, have evolved mechanisms to generate diversity to evade immune restrictions, even at the cost of enduring high mutation rates.Synonymous codon ...
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Advanced Multidisciplinary Training in Molecular Bacteriology (AMBER)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

"The advancement in life sciences has created a growing number of disciplines that are required to elucidate the increasingly complicated biological questions. This has led to an unsurpassed level of knowledge, but it has also resulted in a continuous specialization in PhD trainings, which makes the students less prepared for complex present day biological questions. To provide a better comprehens ...
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Sustainable production of bio-methanol by bio-methane and biogene CO2 gas from organic waste and residues (LIFE SynSpirit)

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Mar 31, 2018,

... transported, ultimately leading to significant CO2 emissions and negative impacts on the environment. Objectives The LIFE SynSpirit project aims at demonstrating a new anaerobic fermentation process through which organic waste streams and low quality crude glycerine are efficiently converted into high value bio-meth ...
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Anti-infective environmental friendly molecules against plant pathogenic bacteria for reducing Cu (Life After-Cu)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

Background The control of bacterial diseases in plants is largely based on the use of copper salts, which are some of the few chemicals still allowed in organic agriculture. However, copper derivatives do not degrade in the environment and their tendency to accumulate in soil and water poses a serious threat to a wide range of organisms and micro-organism ...
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Why does Clostridium botulinum kill? – In search for botulinum neurotoxin regulators (whyBOTher)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2021,

...controlling BOT production. whyBOTher represents an unprecedented research effort into regulation of bacterial toxins, and introduces a shift in paradigm from population-level observations to the life of single bacterial cells.
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Neurosemantics: the human brain as a meaning processor (Neurosemantics)

Start date: Sep 1, 2008, End date: Aug 31, 2013,

...nd of this research programme an overall synthesis of data collected in the different streams will make it possible to characterize cognitive factors affecting semantic development in early and later life, which can be expected to lead to a completely novel conception of the human semantic system. The series of experiments planned and those generated in the course of this project will enable the r ...
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Models for Optimising Dynamic Urban Mobility (MODUM)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2014,

...or by itself consumes up to ~30% of the total energy in the EU. These figures suggest that if Europe is to reduce its CO2 emissions by making an efficient use of energy while improving the quality of life in European cities, novel approaches for the optimal management of urban transport complexity must be developed and adopted in the transport sector.MODUM addresses the environmental footprint in ...
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Dignity in Community

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Jul 31, 2016,

The theme of the project was based on the concept of active aging, generating activities that could keep the elderly involved in the social life of the community that they belong to. Through this project we wanted to increase the degree of intergenerational socialization by involving the elderly and the youth in joint activities (occupational therapy activities, socializing and leisure activities ...
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http://rightnet.edu.eu : Youth of Europe connect to a " Right" net

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

...was created by the need for a humanitarian and creative approach and Internet use which responds to new data that are formed in the the European Union with the spread of the Internet in all areas of life of its citizens: education, work, entertainment. So the key issues of our program expand in four axes: a) on the learning of children's rights, the pursuit and the recording of those associate ...
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TRANSCOAST

Start date: Jun 30, 2008, End date: Jun 29, 2013,

...l ports to marinas. The partnership will also mobilise local communities to engage in the maritime economy in the wake of these transformations, and to encourage them to use these in their everyday life, for their employment, recreation and overall quality of life. ...
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Visual Teaching and Digital Storytelling as an Educational Tool

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Feb 28, 2018,

...teaching can be applied to every basic skills education field and knowledge is communicated through ICT which is a domain of transversal skills. - bring school education closer to life and help establish positive bonds between the teacher and student, since in visual teaching, ordinary role of the teacher is turned into to a visual story-teller and in the content, more interactive, humorous and ...
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The endocrine control of histone acetylation in regulating gonadotropin gene expression (HATs)

Start date: Feb 1, 2009, End date: Jan 31, 2013,

The gonadotropin hormones regulate reproduction, showing dynamic fluctuations in their expression levels across the life cycle to determine reproductive potential. The principle determinant of their expression is the hypothalamic hormone, GnRH, which stimulates both their synthesis and secretion. Aberrant GnRH exposure can stimulate precocious puberty, and we have shown previously that GnRH is abl ...
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Development of Molecular-defined Non-noble Metal Complexes and Nano-structured Materials for Sustainable Redox ReactionsDevelopment of Molecular-defined Non-noble Metal Complexes and Nano-structured (NoNaCat)

Start date: Dec 1, 2015, End date: Nov 30, 2020,

... Cu). These catalysts will be used for improved synthetic transformations which are of interest for organic chemistry in general and which are also of significant practical value for the chemical and life science industries. Traditional catalysts based on non-noble metals are not efficient for hydrogenation and dehydrogenation processes under mild conditions. However, by creating a suitable microe ...
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Fundamentally new strategy for coupling of secondary alkyl boronic esters for the formation of new C-C bonds (FUNTASTIC)

Start date: Mar 1, 2013, End date: Feb 28, 2015,

"The formation of new carbon-carbon bonds is of central importance in organic chemistry and a prerequisite for all life on earth. In this context, palladium catalysed cross-couplings have emerged as exceptionally powerful and useful methods for C-C bond formation. However, the reaction is largely limited to C(sp2)–C(sp2) bond formation. There are very few examples of cross couplings to form C(sp2) ...
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Imaging nucleic acid metabolism in cells (INAME)

Start date: Jan 4, 2016, End date: Jan 3, 2018,

...ity of Oxford to obtain deeper insights into DNA and RNA synthesis and metabolism in living cells and its application to cancer research. I propose to detect and quantify nucleic acid synthesis in proliferating cells by fluorescence without the requirement for toxic metal ions or antibodies. Earlier known methods such as [3H]thymidine and 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine labelling are either slow and labou ...
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Naturalised dyes replacing commercial colorants for environmentally friendly leather dyeing and water recycle (Life BioNaD)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Jun 30, 2016,

Background The core activity of the leather industry has expanded in recent years following the availability of a wider range of dyeing products from dyestuff manufacturers. An estimated 2.3 million tonnes/yr of dyestuff are produced globally. This dyestuff is often chemically complex and heterogeneous in nature, which can present environmental hazard ris ...
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Sharpen Your Skills, brithen your career!

Start date: Feb 4, 2015, End date: Jul 4, 2015,

...has led to situations in which students accumulate degrees, masters, courses... with the intent to get a job according to your expectations. The difficulties of the market have lengthened the student life of young people to neglect the Nonformal Education, ignoring the voice of human resources technicians and the authoritative voices of the company. Experts calling for young people more trained, m ...
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Play Opera and Folk

Start date: May 18, 2016, End date: Nov 17, 2016,

...hey will live a complete journey: preparations and stage production, will share their experience with artists and highly skilled professionals, often from abroad; take part in the cultural and social life of the city; come into contact with the youth of Macerata and associations. The second activity is a youth exchange dedicated to intercultural dialogue. Associations and informal groups have in c ...
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Artificial Life-like Processive Systems (ALPROS)

Start date: Feb 1, 2012, End date: Jan 31, 2017,

... (e.g. enzymes/proteins that are able to thread onto biopolymers and to perform stepwise reactions along the polymer chain) are among the most fascinating tools involved in the clockwork machinery of life. Processive catalysis is ubiquitous in Nature, viz. DNA polymerases, endo- and exo-nucleases and; it plays a crucial role in numerous events of the cell’s life, including most of the replication, ...
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The Coevolution of Life and Arsenic in Precambrian Oceans (CLAPO)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

The ubiquity of arsenic resistant genes across all of life’s variety suggests a close intimacy between arsenic biogeochemistry and evolution, over geological time scales. However, the behaviour of arsenic in past environments where life originated and its impact on our evolution is essentially unknown. Arsenic is of particular importance because of its toxic properties, prevalence in tight associa ...
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NOVEL EFFICIENT CATALYSTS FOR BIO-SYNGAS CONVERSION TO C2-C4 ALCOHOLS (GAS2ALCO)

Start date: Mar 16, 2009, End date: Mar 15, 2012,

...identify the nature of the active sites and kinetic and mechanistic characterization of the reaction routes. The environmental impact of the envisaged developed catalytic process will be analyzed via Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) and benchmarked against emerging technologies for 2nd generation cellulosic ethanol production. The execution of this project by the applicant will aid in her re-integration ...
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Marine Metagenomics for New Biotechnological Applications (MAMBA)

Start date: Jul 1, 2009, End date: Jun 30, 2013,

...esses (biocatalysis, synthesis of fine chemicals, etc.). Marine sampling hotspots to produce the metagenomic resources for their further exploration will cover the whole diversity of marine microbial life at its limits (hypersaline, low and high temperature, high pressure and low water activity conditions, etc.). Individual enzymes interacting with the substrates will be identified, and in case t ...
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Teaching off the Beaten Path: New Approaches to Natural Sciences in European Schools (only "Teaching off the Beaten Path" for short in the letters of intent)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

... objectives. It is not enough that students learn only the content required for each subject; they should also acquire creativity, engage in communication and collaboration, train ICT, and know about life and career. All this requires professional development, which is one of the objectives we try to meet with our project. We intend to assess and compare the professional practices of six countries ...
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Artificial Mitochondria for Health (mitochon)

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

...diseases affecting tissues with high energy requirements as brain and muscles. Mitochondrial diseases affect approximately 20 million people in the EU, causing 35 % of deaths during the first year of life of newborns. However, the available therapeutic approaches, are still extremely limited and there is no specific treatment for ATP synthase deficiencies. To improve the treatments currently avail ...
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