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LFEE Immersion course

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2017,

...is year, our pupils have the opportunity to learn an additional language( Spanish). At the moment, only a non qualification course is being provided. On completion of her Spanish degree at the Dundee University in June this year, our member of staff will be a qualified teacher and will therefore be teaching the language to more pupils and at qualification level, from S4 to S6. The head teacher is ...
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Sustainable Urban Water Management Plans, promoting SUDS and considering Climate Change, in the Province of Valencia (AQUAVAL)

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

...AVAL promoted a wide range of scientifically-verified SUDS technologies and approaches, and extended their use to other regions in Spain with the collaboration of SUDS experts from the University of Abertay Dundee (UK). The project also worked to integrate capacity building measures, with the collaboration of administrative bodies, private companies, universities, non-profit organisations and the ...
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Whole Life Management of Sustainable Construction

...reas of sustainability assessment, whole life costing and productivity improvement over the last 6 years. The innovation is the whole life management of sustainability. As a spin-out company from the University of Dundee they are at the cutting edge of research & knowledge transfer and brought together a consortium of partners geographically spread across Europe and including training providers an ...
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Higher education student and staff mobility project

Start date: Jun 1, 2014, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

This project is at the heart of Abertay University's exchange and study abroad programme. In the context of our new 2014 Internationalisation Strategy, Abertay strives to increase inward and outward mobility of students and staff in order to internationalise our campus and the student experience. We aim to provide every student with an opportunity to gain international experience, and providing af ...
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Higher education student and staff mobility project

Start date: Jun 1, 2014, End date: Sep 30, 2015,

When we submitted our application for the ECHE 2014 ? 2020 the University of Dundee (UoD) was, and continues to be, fully committed to the principles of this Charter. This commitment was founded on the fact that we had been successfully involved with Erasmus since 1987 and have valued all of the benefits that it brought to our institution and to the programme participants and we wished to move for ...
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IMMERSION COURSE IN 1) FRENCH 2) SPANISH LANGUAGE TRAINING

Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Jun 30, 2015,

At present, the participant has a single language qualification and is seeking dual qualification. The participant is currently learning Spanish through the University of Dundee as a distance learning student. Miss Morris hopes to secure a permanent position and 2 languages is often desirable. Miss Morris has shown commitment and dedication to achieving this by undertaking language courses in her ...
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European trainee mobilities - Lernen in Europa

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

...ibraries and are going to do their internships in Austria and Scotland. One trainee, who is in her third year of training, is going to do her internship at Bernhard King Library of Abertay University, which is in Dundee. She will get to know an excellent institution, which is renowned and cooperating all over Europe. The second trainee, who is in her first year of training, is going to do her int ...
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Spanish Immersion Course in Málaga

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2016,

- One participant who is a qualified secondary teacher of French and worked hard during her free time to complete a 2 year course distance learning Spanish Diploma with the University of Dundee in June 2014. She is an experienced teacher with strengths in active learning and AifL (Assessment is for Learning). - The participant completed a 3 week intensive immersion course in Spain to expand Spani ...
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Skill Matching Assistance and Reporting Tool

Start date: Apr 1, 2016, End date: Mar 31, 2018,

...sations and a technical partner will bring in the expertise to run a project that considers many perspectives and needs. The chair of Business, Human Resource Education and Evaluation Research of the University of Paderborn is highly experienced in the field of career orientation, the development of competency models and evaluation in general. Professor Jindal-Snape from the University of Dundee i ...
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Ultrasound activiated nanoencapsulated targetted drug delivery and tumous cell poration (NANOPORATION)

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

... by industrial partner Insightec](iii) Enhanced drug uptake through the parallel disruption of cell membranes by the action of ultrasound on commercially available microscopic bubbles [sonoporation - University of Dundee]. The Dundee Group, who will lead this partnership, has made significant inroads to fundamental understanding with this latter strand. Moreover, the partners have gone to great l ...
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Sandwick Junior High Immersion Training

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2017,

...crucial role in out uptake of modern languages in the school. They currently teach French up to S4 in the school and they are on their way to completing a Spanish by distance learning Diploma at the University of Dundee, which will allow them to teach Spanish. This is crucial to our plans for developing our strategy for 1+2. The staff member has also been chosen based on their engagement with glo ...
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Quantitative and Experimental Biology (QUANTEXBIO)

Start date: Nov 1, 2015, End date: Oct 31, 2020,

...delling and visualization strategies. Perhaps the most critical challenge is to train scientists, able to craft questions that are amenable to interrogation of big data and vice versa. Centred at the University of Dundee’s College of Life Sciences (CLS), the QUANTEXBIO programme will offer a unique menu of doctoral training projects and mobility to a cohort of high-quality ESRs. This inter-discip ...
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Advanced Bladder cancer LAser Diagnostics and thErapy (ABLADE)

Start date: Apr 10, 2013, End date: Apr 9, 2017,

...is project aims develop an integrated laser diagnostic and therapeutic technique for the use in detecting and treating bladder cancer. The aim will be to transfer knowledge and expertise between the University of Dundee Medical School and the Photonics and Nanoscience Group and two industrial partners who have specific expertise in laser based medical diagnostics and system development to share i ...
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LSE TECHNOLOGY APPROACH TO GENERATE INNOVATIVE KINASE INHIBITOR DRUGS (LSE)

Start date: Feb 1, 2013, End date: Jul 31, 2015,

...oriasis and atopic dermatitis.This project will combine Creabilis experience and know-how on LSE modification of molecules with the sound systems biology and network pharmacology expertise of the University of Dundee to generate and bring to preclinical development a new generation of innovative molecules optimised for topical treatment of inflammatory diseases, such as psoriasis, atopic dermatiti ...
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Novel Compact Terahertz source based on Dual Wavelength Lasers and Photomixers (TERA)

Start date: Mar 1, 2012, End date: Feb 29, 2016,

...ia research programme capitalising on the knowledge and expertise of the partners through exchanges of researchers and transfers knowledge between research centres in Photonics and Nanoscience at the University of Dundee and SME UAB TERAVIL with expertise in different aspects of laser physics, material science and THz radiation. The aims are to overcome scientific and technical barrier to the rea ...
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FAST and efficient international disaster victim IDentification (FASTID)

Start date: Apr 1, 2010, End date: Mar 31, 2013,

...he BKA (German Federal Criminal Police Office) after identifying PLASSDATA software as a good basis to start development. PLASSDATA will develop the core DVI system, two Fraunhofer Institutes and the University of Dundee will develop identification methods based on image retrieval and body modifications. Dundee will also lead the development of international operational commonality. Crabbe Consult ...
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Multifunctional MEdical DIagnostic LASEr System (MEDI-LASE)

Start date: May 1, 2010, End date: Apr 30, 2014,

... proposes to perform a joint research programme capitalising on the knowledge and expertise of the partners through exchanges of researchers and transfers of knowledge between research centres at the University of Dundee, Laser Physics and the Institute of Medical Science and Technology and two SME companies with expertise in different aspects of photonics based diagnosis, a manufacturer and devel ...
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Regulation of DNA interstrand crosslink repair by ubiquitin. (ICLUb)

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2021,

The overall objective of this proposal is to understand, on an atomic level, the mechanism of activation and regulation of the Fanconi Anemia (FA) DNA repair pathway. Homozygous mutations in the FA pathway lead to Fanconi Anemia, a devastating childhood genome instability disorder, typified by bone marrow failure and a high predisposition to cancers. The FA pathway is required for the repair of DN ...
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Regulation of lymphocyte biology by ubiquitin and ubiquitin like modifiers (RELYUBL)

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: May 31, 2021,

T lymphocytes are key cells of the adaptive immune system that protect us against pathogens and malignant cells. T cell activation and differentiation are tightly controlled processes and deregulation can result in lymphomas, autoimmunity and inflammation. Hence, the biochemical events regulating lymphocyte biology have long been a topic of intense research, which has been focussed predominantly o ...
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Training Network to Understand and Exploit Mechanisms of Sensory Perception in Bacteria (PATHSENSE)

Start date: Apr 1, 2017, End date: Mar 31, 2021,

The PATHSENSE (Pathogen Sensing) ETN will bring together an interdisciplinary team of world-leading researchers from Europe to tackle a highly ambitious scientific project, focusing on the molecular mechanisms of sensory perception in bacterial pathogens. PATHSENSE will establish an innovative doctoral training programme that will deliver 13 PhD graduates and high-impact scientific outputs. The re ...
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Sensing soil processes for improved crop nitrogen bioavailability (SENSOILS)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2020,

Food production is predicated on the application of nitrogen fertilisers, which can contribute significantly to the production of greenhouse gasses and eutrophication of agroecosystems. The use of nitrogen fertilisers must, therefore, be optimised.The recent development of transparent soils in my group gives great scope to unravel the processes involved in the reactive transport of nutrients in so ...
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iABC Programme (IABC PROGRAMME)

Start date: Aug 1, 2015, End date: Jul 31, 2020,

Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is a common fatal inherited disease with a frequency of 1 in 2500 live births, affecting approximately 36,000 (0.737/10,000) people in the EU. Chronic bacterial pulmonary infection leading to an irreversible decline in lung structure and function is the main cause of mortality and morbidity in patients with CF, with more than 95% of deaths due to respiratory failure. Pseudomon ...
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Real-TIME probing of Ultrafast Phenomena (UPTIME)

Start date: Jul 1, 2015, End date: Jun 30, 2020,

The perception of the world surrounding us depends on how we illuminate and capture it. For example, our direct observation of high-speed phenomena is limited by the speed of the human visual system. A well known method to visualize fast events is to capture them at very high frame rates with high-speed cameras, and then play the movie in slow-motion, enabling us to understand what happens at shor ...
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Application of omics-based strategies for improved diagnosis and treatment of endocrine hypertension (ENSAT-HT)

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

Arterial hypertension affects up to 45% of the general population and is responsible for 7.1 million deaths per year worldwide. Although a large therapeutic arsenal exists, blood pressure control is sub-optimal in up to two thirds of patients. Yet, even small increments in blood pressure are associated with increased cardiovascular risk, with 62% of cerebrovascular disease and 49% of ischemic hear ...
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Targeted small-molecule Stabilisation of Protein-Protein Interactions (TASPPI)

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

The goal of the TASPPI European Training Network (ETN) is the establishment of a highly interdisciplinary research and educational training platform for early stage scientists in the Chemical Life Sciences to overcome the inherent boundaries between academia and industry and to increase their employability in both areas. To this end we have teamed up in a consortium comprising 5 partners from indu ...
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GROW Observatory (GROW)

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

The GROW Observatory (GROW) will create a sustainable citizen platform and community to generate, share and utilise information on land, soil and water resource at a resolution hitherto not previously considered. The vision is to underpin smart and sustainable custodianship of land and soil, whilst meeting the demands of food production, and to answer a long-standing challenge for space science, n ...
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Coordinated Research Infrastructures Building Enduring Life-science services (CORBEL)

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

The social and economic challenges of ageing populations and chronic disease can only be met by translation of biomedical discoveries to new, innovative and cost effective treatments. The ESFRI Biological and Medical Research Infrastructures (BMS RI) underpin every step in this process; effectively joining scientific capabilities and shared services will transform the understanding of biological m ...
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DOLORisk: Understanding risk factors and determinants for neuropathic pain (DOLORisk)

Start date: Jul 1, 2015, End date: Jun 30, 2019,

Neuropathic pain (NP) is common (population prevalence of 7-8%) and will present a rising health burden in the future. NP results in significant morbidity, reduces quality of life and has a major deleterious impact on health in aging. The reason why some subjects develop neuropathic pain and others do not following the same injury is not known. The exact nature of risk factors for NP and their int ...
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POVERTY, INCOME, AND EMPLOYMENT NEWS (PIE News)

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

The overall ambition of the PIE News project is to foster the emergence of commonfare as an alternative economic model to fight poverty, a condition affecting some 25% of the European population. Commonfare is a new collaborative form of welfare provision based on equitable governance and grassroots democracy. It entails the involvement of diverse stakeholders to facilitate the bottom-up arousal o ...
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Unravelling PIM kinase signal integration in the T cell response (PIM PROTEOMICS)

Start date: Jul 1, 2017, End date: Jun 30, 2019,

Understanding how T cells integrate alternative signal combinations to determine immune response strength and functionality is of critical importance for rational design of immunomodulatory therapies. The PIM kinase family have been identified as important regulators of cell division, survival and protein synthesis independent of, but in parallel to the key signalling molecule mTOR. I propose to u ...
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Multidisciplinary Approaches to Translational Research In Conduct Syndromes (MATRICS)

Start date: Mar 1, 2014, End date: Feb 28, 2019,

Conduct Disorder (CD) is the key paediatric disorder characterized by severe aggression. It is heterogeneous, and our understanding of the neurobiology to subtype aggression is limited. MATRICS is a multidisciplinary consortium of academic partners and SMEs that focuses on the subtyping of aggression both within CD and of the broader cross-disorder trait of aggression. MATRICS will test the hypoth ...
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DIabetes REsearCh on patient sTratification (DIRECT)

Start date: Feb 1, 2012, End date: Jan 31, 2019,

The overarching aims of the DIRECT consortium, consisting of 20 leading academic groups in diabetes and 5 EFPIA companies, are to identify biomarkers that address current bottlenecks in diabetes drug development and to develop a stratified medicines approach to treatment of type 2 diabetes with either existing or novel therapies.There is heterogeneity in who develops diabetes, the rate at which th ...
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Innate immune recognition of intracellular DNA as 'stranger' and 'danger' signal (IFNDNA)

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

"The innate immune system provides an immediate response to infection and injury. It relies on the detection of pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs), molecular hallmarks of infection which are shared amongst different pathogens but are absent from healthy host cells. The detection of intracellular DNA as PAMP has emerged a key event in the innate immune response to DNA viruses, retrovir ...
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Digital Fabrication and Maker Movement in Education: Making Computer-supported Artefacts from Scratch (eCraft2Learn)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

Digital technology has radically changed the way people work in industry, finance, services, media and commerce and has urged necessary corresponding changes in educational systems. However there is a lack of progress in the education arena. Hence, recent studies show that high percentages of college graduates can't find work, the dropout rate is high and new generations are moving back into their ...
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Clinical Translation of Patient-Specific Planning and Conduction of FUS Treatment in Moving Organs (TRANS-FUSIMO)

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

MR-guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery (MRgFUS) combines high intensity focused ultrasound for thermal ablation of diseased tissue with MR imaging to visualise the tumour and surrounding anatomy and to provide MR thermal feedback.However, MRgFUS treatment of the liver and other abdominal organs present tremendous technological challenges, including motion due to breathing and shielding of the target ...
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Global BioImaging Project - International imaging infrastructure services for the life science community (Global BioImaging)

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

"The EC H2020 funded "Global BioImaging Project" enables Euro-BioImaging, the research infrastructure for access to biological and medical imaging technologies on the ESFRI roadmap, to work together with its international counterparts - the Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Research Facility (AMMRF), the National Imaging Facility (Australia) and India-BioImaging - on concrete and sustainable ...
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Strategic Dialogue on Sustainable Raw Materials for Europe (STRADE)

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

STRADE addresses the long-term security and sustainability of the European raw material supply from European and non-European countries. It will develop dialogue-based, innovative policy recommendations for a European strategy on future raw-material supplies.STRADE will initially concentrate on the industry perspective. Based on an analysis of the European mineral raw-material mining sector’s comp ...
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Multi-Use in European Seas (MUSES)

Start date: Nov 1, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2018,

The Multi-Use in European Seas (MUSES) project will review existing planning and consenting processes against international quality standards for MSP and compliance with EU Directives used to facilitate marine and coastal development in the EU marine area to ensure that they are robust, efficient and facilitate sustainable multi use of marine resources. The project will build knowledge of the appr ...
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Social innovation to improve physical activity and sedentary behaviour through elite European football clubs: European Fans in Training (EuroFIT)

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

Concept and aim: 20 million fans attend top division football games each week and many more watch on TV. Our social innovation is to attract people to lifestyle change through the personal connection and loyalty to the club they support. Our aim is to use this social innovation to change physical activity and sedentary behaviour, specially targeting low-SES groups, and men as well as women. EuroFI ...
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