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Wonder Ants — A new eco-friendly-innovation solution to persistent invasive ants. (WONDANTS)

Start date: May 1, 2015, End date: Oct 31, 2015,

...e eco-system. Wonder Ants provides people with a disruptive solution to the problem: the product can be used indoor and outdoor, has a pleasant scent and it is no toxic or hazardous for people, wild animal, pets and plants. And it does not kill ants, but just flee them from the treated environment with a long residual, respecting their valuable role in the planet eco- system. The new product could ...
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Stone and Wood: Enhancement and Promotion of Traditional Architecture in the Areas of Ioannina and Gjirokaster (STONEWOOD)

Start date: May 31, 2012, End date: Nov 29, 2013,

...t can be incorporated into other building designs. Utilizing traditional architecture styles and elements, provides to residents the sense of calm and consistency throughout their community without a wild departure from their traditions and heritage. As a general result we could mention the close and essential cooperation of target groups, such as public Authorities, experts, scientists and studen ...
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Get to know Karst - Monrupino

Start date: Jun 30, 2003, End date: May 30, 2008,

...n of thematic cartography to be used to draw up the Conservation and Development Plan of the Regional Natural Reserve of Mount Orsario, and, as regards the fauna, a study to monitor the population of wild cats (Felis silvestris), a species that in this Karst area reaches its peak in terms of units present and represent, therefore, an asset to be studied to ensure that it has a future. The project ...
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Remediation of illegal waste dumps and raising awareness of its harm (DIVA)

Start date: Mar 31, 2011, End date: Mar 30, 2013,

...ng of waste, special offers waste collection and treatment campaigns, trim trail, children's playground, elements of urban equipment, inclusion of children and youth in the organization rehabilitated wild dumps, green Islands, project documentation for waste disposal, promotion materails, presentations, workshops, lectures, ekoquizies for children, press conference, publicity
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Recovery of Mustela lutreola in Estonia : captive and island populations (LUTREOLA)

Start date: Sep 1, 2001, End date: Dec 1, 2004,

...date a maximum of 145 animals. This would make it possible to secure a captive population of satisfactory genetic constitution over a 25-year period, as well as to breed animals for release into the wild. 30-50 animals would then be released on Saaremaa in order to try to establish a wild population of European mink. This would be preceded by detailed field studies, removal of American mink a ...
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Planning and restoring of Cinque Terre costal traditional agricoltural landscape (Prosit)

Start date: Sep 1, 2001, End date: Sep 1, 2004,

...involved actively in the project mainly through the forum. Eleven meetings were organised during the project on different themes. The themes of the meetings varied from viticulture to management of wild boar in the area, from the road network to organic farming and from olive growing to aromatic herbs. Schools were also involved in the project through visits to the pilot projects and presentation ...
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Recovery plan for the giant lizard of La Gomera (Lagarto Gomera)

Start date: Jan 1, 2002, End date: Dec 31, 2005,

...o Valle Gran Rey, on La Gomera, one of the Canary Islands off the Moroccan coast. The small population size of around 50 known individuals and the threat posed by the large number of feral cats, the wild offspring of domestic cats, make this lizard one of the most endangered in Europe. Moreover, despite the extreme conditions of its last known stronghold, the habitat is worryingly close to touris ...
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Identification and conservation of the high nature value of ancient olive groves in the Mediterranean region (CENT.OLI.MED)

Start date: Feb 1, 2009, End date: Oct 31, 2012,

...0 trees /ha) that constitute the element of a mosaic of semi-natural and cultivated areas. Ancient olive groves include some particular structural elements e.g. hedges, cover crop strips, tree rows, wild shrubs, containing not only areas of spcial interest and rare species, but also a number of common and widespread species that need accurate monitoring and protection. The high biodiversity is al ...
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TRANS INSUBRIA BIONET - TIB - Trans Insubria Bionet. Habitat connection and improvement along the Insubria ecological corridor between the Alps and the Ticino valley (TIB)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

...n favour of large-scale ecological connectivity. Results The TIB project’s key message was: "Wildlife needs to move about to survive, LIFE TIB helps them do so". The TIB project was implemented in Northern Italy by the Varese Province, together with LIPU and Lombardia Region and the co-financer Caripl ...
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Rhine bend in Orsoy in the bird sanctuary "Lower Rhine Area" (Life Orsoyer Rheinbogen)

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

...rn lapwing, meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis) and corncrake (Crex crex); A former NATO driveway will be broken up and removed over a surface of 190 metres. By deposition of natural sediments and wild seeds, a cover of tall forbs will develop, protecting adjacent habitats from disturbance by visitors; An overall area of 30 ha, comprising grassland, shrubs and floodplain forest, will be fenced, and ...
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Youth in Wonderland

Start date: Aug 1, 2014, End date: Nov 1, 2014,

... the Youth workers •initiating a project dynamic based on youth mobility , non-formal learning methods, and ecological approac The proposed activities will be: • « Into the Wild » Games (rally photo, orienting exercises) • A baker day • Solar cooking • Ecological gardening • Walking paths in the secret natural spots (during day time and night time) • Designing your own Wonderland project And ...
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Domaine de Mozet - Education à l'écocivisme (Activité 1) et Entretien du Parc- animation (activité 2)

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

...woods in all seasons. One volunteer will participate in our activities "green classes" that is to say, Nature animations, Middle Ages or prehistory. Are proposed in our animations Nature, cooking wild plants, sensory ride ( ride with various activities awakening the five senses ), mushrooms walks depending on the season, Land art (creation, artistic achievement with elements found in the natural e ...
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1. Domaine de Mozet - Education à l'écocivisme et 2. Domaine de Mozet - Entretien du Parc et animation

Start date: Jan 5, 2016, End date: Oct 4, 2016,

...e woods in all seasons.One volunteer will participate in our activities "green classes" that is to say, Nature animations, Middle Ages or prehistory.Are proposed in our animations Nature, cooking wild plants, sensory ride ( ride with various activities awakening the five senses ), mushrooms walks depending on the season, Land art (creation, artistic achievement with elements found in the natural e ...
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Music of Sources

Start date: Jun 1, 2016, End date: Nov 30, 2016,

...ple from the Czech Republic and Slovakia will try to combine traditional, folk and modern musical sounds, urban and rural, connected with nature sounds, but also the primary, latent in man the decks "wild movement" of modern dance forms. All these forms have to be components of a musical play, which he co-create participants with the help of instructors.The project was developed in response to the ...
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The primate precursors of human consonants and vowels (THE VERBAL APE)

Start date: Apr 1, 2017, End date: Mar 31, 2019,

...ech is essentially learned anew each generation. Based on the largest call database ever assembled from of any great ape (namely, orangutans) and pioneering empirical tests to be conducted in the wild and captivity, this project envisions addressing the puzzle of speech evolution conclusively. Namely, this project will assess the hypothesis that human consonants and vowels stem from articulatory a ...
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Establishing the meiotic recombination-initiation epigenetic code in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae (EMRES)

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

...role of histone modifications and other types of chromatin structural elements that orchestrate the recruitment and/or the cleavage activity of the DSB-forming machinery along the chromosomes. In wild type and a panel of mutant strains defective in histone modifying and remodeling activities, we will assess the spatial and temporal dynamics of the histone modification landscape upon DSB formation ...
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An integrated approach to understanding the impact of de novo mutations on the mammalian genome (DENOVOMUT)

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

...e selection less effective, and 2. The extent by which new mutations sustain response to artificial selection. By characterizing many thousands of mutation events by genome sequencing of MA lines and wild mice, I will determine the molecular spectrum and the factors explaining mutation rate variation across the genome. I will exploit this new knowledge to address the long-unanswered question of th ...
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Transposable element Impacts on Gene Expression and Regulation (TIGER)

Start date: Oct 19, 2015, End date: Oct 18, 2017,

...tes therefore a perfect model to study the impact of TEs in the host transcriptome. We hypothesize that Drosophila TEs are able to act as gene promoters and cause differential gene expression between wild-derived strains. Our first aim is to discover strain-specific TE-derived promoters involved in differential gene expression between Drosophila melanogaster populations by using a genome-wide high ...
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Proteomics 4D: The proteome in context (PROTEOMICS4D)

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

... integrate seemingly independent genomic variants into a single biochemical response. We will develop and apply a generic technology to directly measure the composition, topology and structure of wild type and genetically perturbed protein modules and relate structural changes to their functional output.This will be achieved by a the integration of quantitative proteomic and phosphoproteomic techn ...
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"Landscape connectivity for Cat species: transcending structures, scales and climates" (CONTRASST)

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

...a species requiring large areas. Using lynx species in North America and Europe as models, this project will establish an integrative approach across scales to predict functional connectivity for wild felids, specifically by a) determining eco-physiological thresholds to environmental stressors and mechanisms driving dispersal pulses between peripheral and core populations, b) investigating the in ...
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Cis-regulatory variation: Using natural genetic variation to dissect cis-regulatory control of embryonic development (CISREGVAR)

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

...nd the impact of variation on transcription and development, we will make use of a powerful experimental resource – 192 sequenced Drosophila strains, collected from a highly genetically diverse wild population. The proposed research has three Specific Aims: 1) Perform the first high-resolution study associating SNPs and structural variants (eQTLs) with gene expression variation during embryonic ...
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A Direct Role for Nucleosome Turnover in Polycomb Response Element Function (REPLACOMB)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: Aug 31, 2015,

...uclease digestion and high-throughput DNA sequencing. Our recent work shows that this method reveals every site that is occupied by DNA-binding proteins and nucleosomes. We will use this technique in wild-type and nucleosome-depleted cells to assess the roles of transient nucleosomes for chromatin organization at PREs. Finally, we will directly test the role for transient nucleosomes in the recrui ...
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Molecular signals for synaptic pruning by microglia (SYNSIGNAL)

Start date: May 1, 2013, End date: Apr 30, 2015,

... and phosphatidylserine exposure on synapses. Organotypic hippocampal cultures prepared from genetically modified animals lacking sialidase or phospholipid scramblase as well as their chimeras with wild-type animals will help to validate the role of candidate phagocytic signals in synaptic pruning and to determine whether these signaling molecules are cell-autonomous or disturb the system as a who ...
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FUNCTIONS OF CHROMATIN MARKS IN REGULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION (FAME)

Start date: Mar 1, 2013, End date: Feb 29, 2016,

...tem since several well-defined enhancers are active specifically in this structure. We will validate this approach by assessing changes in histone marks over enhancer sequences in transgenic versus wild type mice. Next, we will determine how such changes affect the transcriptional status of the endogenous target gene of the enhancer by scoring both RNA levels and limb phenotypes. The results of th ...
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FT, a global regulator of plant flowering and architecture (Phytomer)

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

...in, FT activity is greatly enhanced and this plants therefore provide an excellent genetic system to search for additional factors that are required for FT signalling which might not be revealed in a wild-type situation where FT is usually limiting. Furthermore, I aim to know what the cis-elements determining FD/FDP expression are by using a series of transgenic plants containing deletions in FD a ...
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Redefining wild-domestic boundaries in a changing landscape through the human-wolf-dog relationships (HumanWolfDog)

Start date: May 15, 2010, End date: May 14, 2012,

The political and economic changes of recent decades are having an impact on the European rural environment, resulting in conflicting situations around the recovery of habitats and wildlife species (often symbolised by the wolf) and rural communities. These conflicts are being addressed by the EU through technical and economical measures but there is a general failure to recognise the importance o ...
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Asymmetric endosomes in asymmetric cell division and tumorigenesis (ENDASYM)

Start date: Jun 1, 2009, End date: May 31, 2011,

...manipulation of these endosomes will unravel the fine molecular role of the machineries discovered in the screen. I will then study asymmetric endosomal dynamics in the stem cells of the fly brain in wild-type and tumorigenic conditions. The ultimate goal is to uncover the relation between endosomal dynamics, stem cell self-renewal and brain tumorigenesis."
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interconnecting Knowledge for the early identification of issues, events and developments (e.g. wild cards and associated weak signals) shaping and shaking the future of STI in the ERA (iKnow)

Start date: Nov 1, 2008, End date: Oct 31, 2011,

...rospective studies of long-term opportunities and alternatives, participatory networking, and policy orientation. However, far too little attention has been paid to the identification and analysis of wild cards and weak signals (WI-WE). But two things are widely agreed upon in discussions of high-impact but low-probability events. First, it is vital to examine such events. Some of them are almost ...
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“Biochemical isolation and functional characterization of the protein complexes that regulate interchromosomal interactions” (InterPro)

Start date: Jun 1, 2009, End date: May 31, 2013,

...or their ability to remodel or relocalize chromatin using a combination of techniques such as RNA and DNA fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and chromosome conformation capture assays (3C) in wild type T cells as well as in cells with the identified respective genes knocked down, applying RNA-interference or knockout methodologies. The proposed project will provide substantial novel informa ...
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Fish Population Structure and Traceability (FishPopTrace)

Start date: Mar 1, 2008, End date: May 31, 2011,

...ation level: the extent and dynamics of population structuring underlies resilience and sustainability. More effective enforcement and conservation demands a focus on identification and monitoring of wild fish populations and traceability of products. FishPopTrace brings together expertise in fish traceability projects (Fish and Chips, FishTrace, FISH-BOL) to: 1.Integrate data from European fish s ...
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FOREST4LIFE 2016

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

The FOREST4LIFE project is promoted by the Vocational Secondary School ‘Services sector for agriculture, rural development and forestry’, of Ormea (Cuneo), on behalf of the other three partner Schools that form the Italian Schools of Forestry Board, situated in as many Alps and Appennine Mountains areas. These four Secondary Schools train technicians with a professional competence in the forest se ...
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