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[PROJECT] CRYOPRESERVATION - Improved Cryopreservation using Ice Binding Proteins
ID: 281595
Start date: 2011-11-01, End date: 2016-10-31
Several organisms have evolved specialized ice binding proteins (IBPs) that prevent their body fluids from freezing (antifreeze proteins, AFPs), inhibit recrystallization of ice in frozen tissues, or initiate freezing at moderate supercooling temperatures (ice nucleating prot...
Programme: FP7-IDEAS-ERC
Record Number: 101006
Last updated on: 2017-07-02
[PROJECT] SUMORICE - SUMOrice: Exploiting an emerging protein modification system, SUMOylation to boost rice yield during drought and salt stress
ID: 310235
Start date: 2013-04-01, End date: 2019-03-31
"To feed 9 billion people by 2050 is an unprecedented challenge. Rice is the food source for the majority of the world's population but also a model for cereals. Drought and related high salinity during essential periods of plant growth affects nearly all crops including the ...
Programme: FP7-IDEAS-ERC
Record Number: 107495
Last updated on: 2017-06-21
[PROJECT] MAGNETOGENETICS - Reverse engineering the vertebrate molecular machinery for magnetic biomineralisation
ID: 311552
Start date: 2013-01-01, End date: 2017-12-31
In order to understand distributed biological networks and invent effective molecular therapies, we need to be able to image and control molecular processes across entire live organisms. Although an arsenal of genetically encoded fluorescent sensors and light-activated protei...
Programme: FP7-IDEAS-ERC
Record Number: 106439
Last updated on: 2017-06-12
[PROJECT] HEMIBIO - HEPATIC MICROFLUIDIC BIOREACTOR
ID: 266777
Start date: 2011-01-01, End date: 2015-12-31
The goal of HeMiBio is to develop a hepatic microfluidic bioreactor from human iPSC-derived hepatocytes, hepatic sinusoidal endothelial cells (HSEC) and stellate cells (HSC), suitable for inclusion in a repeated dose toxicity testing strategy of pharmaceuticals/cosmetic ingre...
Programme: FP7-HEALTH
Record Number: 105662
Last updated on: 2017-06-12
[PROJECT] DISCO - Targeted DISCOvery of novel cellulases and hemicellulases and their reaction mechanisms for hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass
ID: 211863
Start date: 2008-08-01, End date: 2012-07-31
The aim of the proposed DISCO project is to develop more efficient and therefore more cost-effective cellulosic and hemicellulosic enzyme tools for the enhanced hydrolysis of pre-treated lignocellulosic biomass in simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) condition...
Programme: FP7-KBBE
Record Number: 88398
Last updated on: 2017-05-30
[PROJECT] STEMEXPAND - Stem Cell Expansion - Expansion and engraftment of haematopoietic and mesenchymal stem cells
ID: 222989
Start date: 2008-11-01, End date: 2011-10-31
Serious disorders of the blood system, particularly malignant blood disorders and genetic diseases can be effectively treated by blood and marrow transplantation. Despite considerable success with this treatment modality during the last decades, lack of suitable donors, engra...
Programme: FP7-HEALTH
Record Number: 88520
Last updated on: 2017-05-29
[PROJECT] BIOSILICA - From gene to biomineral: Biosynthesis and application of sponge biosilica
ID: 268476
Start date: 2011-06-01, End date: 2017-05-31
During the last decade, the principles of biomineralization have increasingly attracted multidisciplinary scientific attention, not only because they touch the interface between the organic/inorganic world but also because they offer fascinating bioinspired solutions to notor...
Programme: FP7-IDEAS-ERC
Record Number: 98358
Last updated on: 2017-05-29
[PROJECT] PASSMEMBRANE - Passive membrane transport of organic compounds
ID: 261101
Start date: 2010-12-01, End date: 2015-06-30
Passive transport through lipid membranes is ubiquitous and fundamental in living systems. The aim of this proposal is to create novel biotechnological tools to study permeation of organic compounds through lipid membranes and protein pores. In particular, I will focus on str...
Programme: FP7-IDEAS-ERC
Record Number: 95860
Last updated on: 2017-05-29
[PROJECT] PHOTOBIOFUEL - Direct photobiological conversion of solar energy to volatile transport fuels
ID: 260661
Start date: 2011-01-01, End date: 2015-12-31
The aim is to integrate photosynthetic solar energy conversion and synthesis of volatile engine-ready transport fuel in a single photobiological process. The focus is placed on the construction of phototrophic model systems for synthesis of the short-chain alkane propane (C3H...
Programme: FP7-IDEAS-ERC
Record Number: 97366
Last updated on: 2017-05-29
[PROJECT] PROTLEGO - Development of an accessible platform for ex vivo site specific post-translational modifications of proteins
ID: 260647
Start date: 2010-10-01, End date: 2016-03-31
The incorporation of unnatural amino acids (more than 50 to date) into proteins in vivo has resulted in the generation of proteins with novel chemical, biological, and physical properties. However, some unnatural amino acids possess properties, such as an inability to cross t...
Programme: FP7-IDEAS-ERC
Record Number: 96277
Last updated on: 2017-05-29
List retrieved on: 2017-07-18
