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Innovative approaches to turn agricultural waste into ecological and economic assets (NoAW)

Date du début: 1 oct. 2016, Date de fin: 30 sept. 2020,

NoAW : No Agro-Waste.Innovative approaches to turn agricultural waste into ecological and economic assets.Driven by a “near zero-waste” society requirement, the goal of NoAW project is to generate innovative efficient approaches to convert growing agricultural waste issues into eco-efficient bio-based products opportunities with direct benefits for both environment, economy and EU consumer. To ach ...
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Scale-up of low-carbon footprint material recovery techniques in existing wastewater treatment plants (SMART-Plant)

Date du début: 1 juin 2016, Date de fin: 31 mai 2020,

SMART-Plant will scale-up in real environment eco-innovative and energy-efficient solutions to renovate existing wastewater treatment plants and close the circular value chain by applying low-carbon techniques to recover materials that are otherwise lost. 7+2 pilot systems will be optimized fore > 2 years in real environment in 5 municipal water treatment plants, inclunding also 2 post-processing ...
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Sustainable downstream processing of vaccines through incorporation of nanobiotechnologies : novel affinity ligands and biomimetic membranes (DiViNe)

Date du début: 1 mars 2015, Date de fin: 29 févr. 2020,

In the vaccine industry, downstream processing is of extreme importance. Prophylactic vaccines aim at protecting healthy people, so any contaminant has to be discarded with the most drastic measures. Such « negative » approach comes at the expense of the recovery of product : yields are poor, thereby inducing a high product cost. Processes are also complex, since they rely on multiple eliminations ...
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ELIXIR-EXCELERATE: Fast-track ELIXIR implementation and drive early user exploitation across the life-sciences. (ELIXIR-EXCELERATE)

Date du début: 1 sept. 2015, Date de fin: 31 août 2019,

The life sciences are undergoing a transformation. Modern experimental tools study the molecules, reactions, and organisation of life in unprecedented detail. The precipitous drop in costs for high-throughput biology has enabled European research laboratories to produce an ever-increasing amount of data. Life scientists are rapidly generating the most complex and heterogeneous datasets that scienc ...
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Demonstration project to prove the techno-economic feasibility of using algae to treat saline wastewater from the food industry. (SALTGAE)

Date du début: 1 juin 2016, Date de fin: 31 mai 2019,

The aim of the project is to implement and demonstrate at large scale the long-term technological and economic feasibility of an innovative, sustainable and efficient solution for the treatment of high salinity wastewater from the F&D industry. Conventional wastewater treatments have proven ineffective for this kind of wastewater, as the bacterial processes typically used for the elimination of or ...
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Innovative Eco-Technologies for Resource Recovery from Wastewater (INCOVER)

Date du début: 1 juin 2016, Date de fin: 31 mai 2019,

Taking into account the current global water scarcity and the expensive operation and maintenance cost of wastewater treatment, INCOVER concept has been designed to move wastewater treatment from being primarily a sanitation technology towards a bio-product recovery industry and a recycled water supplier. A wastewater specific Decision Support System methodology will be tailored to the INCOVER tec ...
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THE MICRO ALGAE BIOREFINERY (D-FACTORY)

Date du début: 1 déc. 2013, Date de fin: 30 nov. 2017,

The D-Factory aims to set a world benchmark for a sustainable biorefinery based on biomass from halophilic microalgae. Representing the largest (100s ha) of current commercial cultivation technologies for any microalga, Dunaliella microalgal biomass production uses raceways and lakes, and will be expanded with biorefinery concepts by drawing in European innovations in key biomass processing techno ...
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Combinatorial immunization strategy to educate the immune system towards cross recognition and coverage against antigenic drift in seasonal influenza virus exposure (EDUFLUVAC)

Date du début: 1 nov. 2013, Date de fin: 31 oct. 2017,

"As current influenza vaccines only afford limited protection against seasonal as well as pandemic influenza, and require regular updating, the development of a “universal” influenza vaccine that can provide broad coverage against different strains within a subtype or even across subtypes has become a key health care priority in both industrialized and low and middle income countries. EDUFLUVAC ai ...
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Research on extraction and formulation intensification processes for natural actives of wine (WineSense)

Date du début: 1 oct. 2013, Date de fin: 30 sept. 2017,

The Wine industry is an important sector for the EU economy and the development of new wine-related products could lead to sustainable growth and development of the sector.WineSense proposes to improve the extraction process to catch most of the active parts of the polyphenols (present in grapes), to define a suitable formulation for pharmaceutical applications, food, and cosmetics additives based ...
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The role of small RNAs in response of maritime pine to drought stress (PineWS-miRNA-vs-Gene)

Date du début: 1 oct. 2015, Date de fin: 30 sept. 2017,

Since small non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) were discovered researchers have been rethinking the “central dogma of molecular biology”. Two types of these small molecules, microRNA (miRNA) and small interfering RNA (siRNA), have been highlighted as critical mediators of biological processes along the different species carrying out their functions though a complex post-transcriptional regulation. In plants ...
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Microbial Resource Management and Engineering in the Urban Water Cycle (Mermaid)

Date du début: 1 sept. 2013, Date de fin: 31 août 2017,

We will provide the first-ever research training in the transdisciplinary area of Microbial Resource Management and Engineering (MRME) to develop new concepts and technologies to meet the imminent societal challenge of closing the Urban Water Cycle (UWC), the sustainable management of residual waters and the preparation and distribution of safe potable water.The network consists of 10 regional wor ...
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3to4: Converting C3 to C4 photosynthesis for sustainable agriculture (3TO4)

Date du début: 1 janv. 2012, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2016,

Most plants use the C3 pathway of photosynthesis that is compromised by gross inefficiencies in CO2 fixation. However, some plants use a super-charged photosynthetic mechanism called C4 photosynthesis. The C4 pathway is used by the most productive vegetation and crops on Earth. In addition to faster photosynthesis, C4 plants demand less water and less nitrogen. Overall, our aim is to introduce the ...
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Scaffolds for alternative delivery (SADEL)

Date du début: 1 janv. 2012, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2016,

The SME-based SADEL consortium intends to develop the first generation of oral bio-therapeutics tackling disease targets in the digestive tract, by making optimal use of the Nanofitin (Nf) protein scaffold. Nf based drugs will progress through routes not travelled by antibodies while interacting with targets not modulated by chemical compounds.Existing Nf hits against validated targets will progre ...
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Two-phase Acid/Gas Anaerobic Reactor for Industrial Wastewater of Food & Drink SME industries (PHASEPLIT)

Date du début: 1 sept. 2014, Date de fin: 30 nov. 2016,

More than 99% of European Food & Drink companies are small and medium enterprises. Industrial food production generates a lot of polluting wastewater. the Urban Waste Water Directive has set strict regulations to the quality of waste water discharged from these industries to the environment. But treating wastewater is expensive. The smaller the company is, the more expensive it is to treat 1m3 of ...
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Development of Cost efficient Advanced DNA-based methods for specific Traceability issues and High Level On-site applicatioNs (DECATHLON)

Date du début: 1 déc. 2013, Date de fin: 30 nov. 2016,

The Decathlon project will bring together a broad range of experts and expertise to jointly work on the development of new or improved methods that are needed in the field of 1) food pathogens, 2) traceability of GMOs and 3) customs issues. The project will develop advanced methods for all three application areas with method characteristics that meet the requirements of the individual areas, as wi ...
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BACterial Hosts for production of Bioactive phenolics from bERRY fruits (BacHBerry)

Date du début: 1 nov. 2013, Date de fin: 31 oct. 2016,

Plants synthesize a staggering variety of secondary metabolites, and this chemodiversity is a poorly used pool of natural molecules with bioactive properties of importance for applications in the pharma and food industries. BacHBerry focusses on phenolic compounds, a large and diverse class of plant metabolites, which are currently in the spotlight due to their claimed beneficial effects in preven ...
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"From Brain Gene Transfer Towards Gene Therapy: Pharmacological Assessment of AAV, CAV and LVV" (BRAINVECTORS)

Date du début: 1 nov. 2012, Date de fin: 31 oct. 2016,

"BRAINVECTORS aims devising new gene therapy(GT)-based treatments for Parkinson’s and other neurodegenerative diseases, in substitution of current systemic treatments, by delivering neurotrophic factors (GDNF) into the CNS with new vectors derived from adeno-associated (AAV), canine adenoviruses (CAV) and lentiviruses (LV) with inducible gene expression.Although AAV, CAV and LVV are considered acc ...
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Novel technology to boost the European Bioeconomy: reducing the production costs of PHA biopolymer and expanding its applications as 100% compostable food packaging bioplastic (EUROPHA)

Date du début: 1 oct. 2013, Date de fin: 30 sept. 2016,

Bioplastics like PHA are long-term sustainable alternatives because they can show equal performance to conventional petrochemical plastics, originate from renewable non-food resources and are 100% bio-degradable. Although PHA shows better performance than alternative bioplastics (PLA and starch), the market uptake of PHA biosplastics shows the following obstacles: 1) PHA is expensive (>4.5 €/kg), ...
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Towards sustainable global food safety collaboration (COLLAB4SAFETY)

Date du début: 1 août 2012, Date de fin: 31 juil. 2016,

Guaranteeing the long term availability of safe foods is a global concern that has initiated a large number of activities, including research, policy development and implementation, legislation and training. Extensive information is generated about food safety, but it is fragmented, and not internationally disseminated. The Collab4Safety consortium will establish a global network on food safety wi ...
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A novel swimming pool water treatment for the detection and elimination of excess cyanuric acid (POOLSAFE)

Date du début: 1 juil. 2014, Date de fin: 30 juin 2016,

Microorganisms in swimming pool water can pose a serious health threat and pool disinfection is therefore compulsory by law in all developed countries. The most common disinfectant is chlorine, which is always found in its active form, hypochlorous acid (HOCl), in pool water. HOCl is rapidly decomposed by UV light, losing its bactericide effect, and a continuous supply is needed to maintain safe l ...
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New Models for Preclinical Evaluation of Drug Efficacy in Common Solid Tumours (PREDECT)

Date du début: 1 févr. 2011, Date de fin: 30 avr. 2016,

Traditional preclinical discovery methods, particularly for target validation, poorly predict drug efficacy, causing a high attrition rate in costly late-stage clinical trials. The PREDECT consortium will focus on complex but transferable, next generation in vitro and in vivo models for breast, prostate and lung cancers. Models will be investigated for their improved potential to validate novel th ...
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Promoting a functional and comparative understanding of the conifer genome- implementing applied aspects for more productive and adapted forests (PROCOGEN)

Date du début: 1 janv. 2012, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2015,

In the midst of a climatic change scenario, the genetics of adaptive response in conifers becomes essential to ensure a sustainable management of genetic resources and an effective breeding. Conifers are the target of major tree breeding efforts worldwide. Advances in molecular technologies, such as next-generation DNA sequencing technologies, could have an enormous impact on the rate of progres ...
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An Integrated Membrane Process for Oily Wastewater Treatment, Water Reuse and Valuable By-Products Recovery (O-WaR)

Date du début: 1 janv. 2014, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2015,

A large amount of wastewater in the form of oil-in-water is generated in different industries such as olive mills, metal processing and offshore oil and gas. The wastewater treatment equipment market was worth >€1 billion in 2010. All the industries face the same problems: to separate emulsified oil from water in a cost-effective way and to handle large volumes of oily waste in an economical way. ...
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Early detection and bio-control of mushroom pests and diseases in an Integrated Pest Management approach to comply with the European Directive 2009/128/EU (BIOMUSH)

Date du début: 1 nov. 2012, Date de fin: 31 oct. 2015,

Cultivation of edible mushrooms Agaricus Bisporus in Europe is an economically valuable Industry that employs 50,000 employees with a production 965,000 tonnes and 1,300M Euros sales. Pests and diseases in this industry causes loses of 60M Euros related to Pest control. The main pest insects causing crop losses in Europe are Sciarid flies, whereas the main diseases are the fungus Verticillium, My ...
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New Technologies and Production Tools for Complex Protein Biologics (ComplexINC)

Date du début: 1 nov. 2011, Date de fin: 31 oct. 2015,

ComplexINC conceptualizes and systematically generates advanced tool-kits to enable high-throughput assembly of complex biologics and metabolic pathways in eukaryotic expression systems, for micro- to large scale production of high-quality protein specimens for drug discovery and as bio-therapeutics. Essential parts of these tool-kits will be innovative next-generation HT DNA assembly pipelines fo ...
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Safe, Chemical-Free, Cleaning of Hospital Ward Surfaces (Cleanward)

Date du début: 1 déc. 2012, Date de fin: 28 févr. 2015,

Cleanward aims to develop a novel, safe, user-friendly anti-microbial cleaning system, using titanium dioxide coated ultra-microfibre fabric that will integrate easily into existing contract cleaning equipment: it will achieve log105 microbial removal and the coating will react with water and UV to produce a highly reactive environment: this will kill all harmful micro-organisms quickly and thorou ...
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Ecoefficient Biodegradable Composite Advanced Packaging (EcoBioCAP)

Date du début: 1 mars 2011, Date de fin: 28 févr. 2015,

EcoBioCAP will provide the EU food industry with customizable, ecoefficient, biodegradable packaging solutions with direct benefits both for the environment and EU consumers in terms of food quality and safety. This next-generation packaging will be developed using advanced composite structures based on constituents (biopolyesters, fibres, proteins, polyphenolic compounds, bioadhesives and high pe ...
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Specialised Cell Carrier Components (SpeCCC)

Date du début: 1 nov. 2012, Date de fin: 31 oct. 2014,

Silicone if combined with appropriate cell adherent regulatory compounds offers significant advantages as a micro cell carrier, effectively a 3D microtissue device. These benefits include a capacity for defined and controlled porosity, inner chamber size, density, flexible shape, friction resistant, and low toxicity. The lead SME partner holds the IP for a silicone cell carrier device, which met ...
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The sustainable improvement of European berry production, quality and nutritional value in a changing environment: Strawberries, Currants, Blackberries, Blueberries and Raspberries (EUBerry)

Date du début: 1 mai 2011, Date de fin: 31 oct. 2014,

The main objective of the EUBerry project is to provide the necessary knowledge and tools to facilitate development of high quality, consumer-desirable fresh berry fruits of high nutritional quality optimal for human health at a competitive cost. The further objective is the development and validation of a set of tools to improve competitiveness of European berry production and consumer accessibil ...
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Improvement of current and development of new vaccines for theileriosis and babesios of small ruminants (PIROVAC)

Date du début: 1 avr. 2010, Date de fin: 30 sept. 2014,

The proposal deals with the establishment of control measures for two major tick-borne diseases of small ruminants: theileriosis caused by Theileria lestoquardi and T. uilenbergi and babesiosis caused by Babesia ovis. The research programme aims at improving existing and producing new attenuated vaccines, designing subunit vaccines and capability building. To achieve these goals the proposal will ...
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A Novel and combined domestic grey water treatment and heat recovery system suitable for cost effective installation in 90% of European households (AQUACONSERVER)

Date du début: 1 déc. 2011, Date de fin: 31 mai 2014,

AquaConserver concept addresses the twin problems of energy and water conservation faced by all citizens of the EU27 and offer us, as Europe’s leading SME Plumber, equipment suppliers and consulting Associations, at this specific time, an opportunity to bring a new demand-led, offering to our customers, requiring high levels of expertise and training to install correctly and efficiently. Our conce ...
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Towards a Latin America & Caribbean Knowledge Based Bio-Economy (KBBE) in partnership with Europe (ALCUE-KBBE)

Date du début: 1 juin 2011, Date de fin: 30 nov. 2013,

The project objective is to establish a LAC-UE platform bringing together regional and continental organizations involved in research funding and implementation, as well as other relevant stakeholders from the public and private sector and the civil society, in an effort to generate relevant information for the design and implementation of specific plans and projects, included the needed R&D and s ...
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NONHUMAN ADENOVIRUS VECTORS FOR GENE TRANSFER TO THE BRAIN (BrainCAV)

Date du début: 1 oct. 2008, Date de fin: 31 mars 2013,

Formidable challenges remain to prevent and treat successfully neurodegenerative diseases. Traditional pharmacological approaches, as well as those using stem cells, have made progress but their impact remain limited. As suggested by clinical results in Canavan and Parkinson’s disease, gene transfer offers substantial potential. However, this strategy of therapeutic intervention also brings unique ...
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"Treatment of high organic load, high temperature and high salinity industrial waste water containing recalcitrant contaminants" (PROMETHEUS)

Date du début: 1 nov. 2010, Date de fin: 31 oct. 2012,

"PROMETHEUS aims to treat high organic load high temperature (85°C), and high salinity industrial waste waters containing recalcitrant contaminants originating from injection/extrusion and post-washing processes in aluminium and rubber parts production industries. PROMETHEUS waste water treatment system treats these waste waters obtaining a final effluent meeting discharge requirements plus high p ...
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High yield and performance stem cell lab (Hyperlab)

Date du début: 1 sept. 2009, Date de fin: 31 août 2012,

The success of stem cell therapy is highly dependent on a safe and reliable supply of human stem cells and stem cell-derived differentiated cells, which must be assured by efficient and robust culture methods. Current culture of human embryonic and adult stem cells is not optimised (with regards to e.g. media, growth factors, supporting biomaterials, differentiation techniques) and is far from ful ...
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Supercritical fluid networks and materials (SUPERMAT)

Date du début: 14 sept. 2003, Date de fin: 27 déc. 2007,

To answer the needs of the strategy of sustainable development, the industrialists of the Atlantic Area seek, now more than ever, procedures and products offering solid environmental advantages. The SUPERMAT project offers them a new prospect for development, founded on the technology of supercritical fluids. This method, consisting of bringing fluids to precise conditions of temperature and press ...
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