Descrizione del progetto
Svelare i pericoli dei materiali artificiali in Europa
Sono in aumento le preoccupazioni per l’uso diffuso di materiali artificiali come le plastiche e le sostanze chimiche biotecnologiche, nonché per il loro impatto sulla salute e sull’ambiente. Questi materiali possono causare problemi sia attraverso l’uso previsto (come gli imballaggi alimentari) sia durante il loro ciclo di vita. Pertanto, è necessario un approccio sistematico per indagarne le conseguenze. Il progetto FHERITALE, finanziato dall’UE, mira a trasformare il modo in cui le infrastrutture di ricerca europee affrontano le difficoltà poste dai materiali sintetici. A tal fine, si occuperà sistematicamente di affrontare lo sviluppo, la fornitura e l’integrazione dei servizi nel panorama delle infrastrutture di ricerca europee, consentendo alla comunità scientifica di ricercare gli effetti di questi materiali. Il progetto compilerà un elenco dei servizi disponibili in Europa per la ricerca scientifica in numerosi settori.
Obiettivo
This proposal systematically addresses the development, provision, and integration of services, across the European Research Infrastructures (RIs) landscape, that the scientific community can use to investigate the effects on health and the environment that artificial materials (including plastics, micro-, nano-, and biotechnological materials) can have. Exposure to such materials may occur as a result of their intended use (e.g. food packaging) or at the end of their lifecycle (e.g. plastic wear). These services, which are relevant to several areas of important societal and economic impact, are expected to span multiple scales and disciplines, including high-quality metrology, structural biology, microbiology, and ecotoxicology.
The main output of this proposal will be a thorough overview of extant service offer by European RIs with respect to questions from state-of-the-art of scientific research in the aforementioned domains. FHERITALE will identify common strategies for the coordination and optimization of services at different RIs geared towards increasing the accessibility of relevant technologies. In parallel, it will identifty those service and technology gaps that are hampering high-impact research and preventing a timely assessment of the repercussions of new materials on health and the environment. These gaps constitute high-priority areas for future development. FHERITALE will design a coordination framework for the RIs to drive these key technological developments.
The technological focus of this application includes emerging areas of research for which international interest is rapidly growing. The interdisciplinary nature of the cluster of identified technologies will connect health, food, and environment research, constituting one of the first examples of practical application of the “One Health” approach. This coordination effort will also serve as a fertile ground for further interdisciplinary research among RIs from the H&F and other domains.
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HORIZON-CSA - HORIZON Coordination and Support ActionsCoordinatore
50121 FIRENZE
Italia