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[REPORT SUMMARY] Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Technology for the Food Industry
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) has been successfully adapted to simulate the cooling (chilling), freezing and thermal processes in the food industry in order to provide a better understanding of the process mechanism and to provide guides for improving the design and opera...
Programme: FP4-BIOTECH 2
Record Number: 23152
Last updated on: 1999-09-21
[REPORT SUMMARY] Computer Vision (Image Processing) Technology for Rapid Quality Inspection of Food Products
Computer vision systems have been developed for rapid determination of food product quality. The food products tested include pizza, cheese, and other consumer foods.
Advanced hardware is available in our Computer Vision Laboratory which equips with two expensive computer visi...
Programme: FP4-BIOTECH 2
Record Number: 23153
Last updated on: 1999-09-21
[REPORT SUMMARY] NEW STRATEGIES TO PREVENT NEURONAL DEATH
Neuronal death is a major contributor to many neural pathologies, including stroke, epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and many others. The adverse effects of neuronal death have an enormous economical and social impact. It is therefore urgent to understand the...
Programme: FP4-BIOTECH 2
Record Number: 23305
Last updated on: 2001-07-06
[REPORT SUMMARY] Picosecond Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging as a New Tool for 3D Structure Determination of Macromolecules in Cells.
Simultaneous multi-parameter Picosecond Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy (PFLIM) has been developed, based on the novel concept of Time- and Space-Correlated Single Photon Counting (TSCSPC), which was made possible by the recent introduction of time- and space-sensitiv...
Programme: FP4-BIOTECH 2
Record Number: 23289
Last updated on: 2001-07-30
[REPORT SUMMARY] COLDZYME: Molecular characterization of cold-active enzymes from psychrophillic microorganisms as a basis for novel biotechnology
The COLDZYME project brought together leading European laboratories working in the field of microbiology, biochemistry, molecular biology, protein crystallography and enzyme chemistry, in order to improve understanding of the cold-active enzymes from psychrophillic ("cold-lovi...
Programme: FP4-BIOTECH 2
Record Number: 23381
Last updated on: 2001-02-22
[REPORT SUMMARY] Novel Food Refrigeration Technology
Vacuum cooling has been investigated as a novel rapid cooling method for various foodstuffs including meats (ham, beef, turkey, and pork), prepared foods and ready meals, and vegetables including leafy such as lettuce and mushroom and non-leafy such as pepper and cauliflower. ...
Programme: FP4-BIOTECH 2
Record Number: 23151
Last updated on: 1999-09-21
[REPORT SUMMARY] NMR structures of membrane proteins, complexes and lipid assemblies; A dedicated wide-bore ultra high field MAS NMR spectrometer for biological research
Features:
- To demonstrate the construction and the use of a novel ultra high field (750 MHz) Magic Angle Spinning NMR spectrometer.
- To establish the first MAS NMR facility for structural biology in the world.
- To establish and demonstrate crucial improvements of long-term...
Programme: FP4-BIOTECH 2
Record Number: 23502
Last updated on: 1999-12-02
[REPORT SUMMARY] The combination of gene targeting and chip technology to study neurotrophin function during brain development
The specific goal of this study is the regulation of the expression of brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) after long term stimulation.
Brain development is characterized by a spatiotemporally controlled sequence of cell migration, synaptogenesis and formation of topograp...
Programme: FP4-BIOTECH 2
Record Number: 23258
Last updated on: 1999-10-28
[REPORT SUMMARY] ANAERO CONTROL - A new strategy to optimise fermentation performance
The aim of the demonstration project ANAERO-CONTROL (BIO4-CT98-0193), coordinated by the Institute of Applied Microbiology, was to optimise the performance of industrial fermentations. The consortium of European companies and institutes used optical sensors for the fast and re...
Programme: FP4-BIOTECH 2
Record Number: 23236
Last updated on: 2001-07-09
Transneuronal tracing with rhabdovirus markers was employed to visualize the entire neuronal network involved in the control of one eye muscle. The lateral rectus muscle was chosen as an example to represent the eye movement network, involving six muscles in each eye. This nov...
Programme: FP4-BIOTECH 2
Record Number: 23310
Last updated on: 2000-05-03
List retrieved on: 2017-08-02
