Objective
A full understanding of the impact of atmospheric pollution on human health and the ecology of the Earth System requires a scientific approach, which links laboratory experiments to field measurements to predictive models. Epidemiological studies especiall y have emphasised the role played by particulate matter (PM) on health. However despite several studies that have strengthened their causal association, the toxicity mechanism is currently unclear because few symbiotic studies have been performed, which re late PM to source, chemical composition and atmospheric ageing. Therefore ERITASK will be established at University College Cork (UCC) to bring individuals with appropriate complementary research backgrounds together to achieve this aim. Whilst facilities for the analysis of chemical compounds are available and the toxic effects of chemicals deposited in soils are studied, no expertise to make atmospheric field measurements or associated source apportionment modelling exists. Moreover no experience to perfo rm in vitro studies assessing the toxic effects of fine particles on human pulmonary epithelial cell and macrophage cultures is available. Therefore four expert postdoctoral researchers with skills not available at UCC are assessed to be necessary in order to ensure success for this ToK activity. The expertises required are divided as follows: (i) Field measurement of particulate matter; (ii) 'Total' chemical analysis of the particulate matter; (iii) Source apportionment modelling; (iv) Biochemical toxicolo gy of air particulate components. A successful outcome to the spectrum of research objectives given for ERITASK will require the researchers to build on their own skill-bases, to develop expertise in new techniques (in order to suitably communicate on the wide-ranging scientific aspects of the project) and then to act upon salient features from all areas. A Ph.D. student will be assigned to each of the four areas in order to
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
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CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
- natural sciences biological sciences biochemistry
- natural sciences earth and related environmental sciences atmospheric sciences
- natural sciences biological sciences genetics DNA
- natural sciences chemical sciences organic chemistry hydrocarbons
- natural sciences earth and related environmental sciences environmental sciences pollution
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FP6-2002-MOBILITY-3
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CORK
Ireland
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