Project description
A breakthrough in sustainable stone preservation
Stone monuments in Europe and beyond face a critical challenge in their preservation. Conventional methods for consolidating outdoor stone structures often lead to detrimental interventions and compromise the environment and conservator's health. With the support of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, the CYA-TECH project emerges as a cutting-edge solution. This innovative initiative aims to develop an easy-to-use and environmentally friendly technology that restores and preserves monumental and ornamental calcareous stones sustainably. It will also ensure the sustainable management of stone heritage, preserving cultural and historical sites that contribute to economic activities, social development, urban sustainability, education, and environmental protection. With a focus on the Green Deal objectives, CYA-TECH will contribute to urban sustainability, education, and environmental protection.
Objective
Outdoor stone monuments in Europe and beyond can't be preserved with conventional consolidation methods without risking short-/long-term drawbacks from detrimental interventions or compromising the environment and the health of the curators. In response to this need and in line with the Green Deal objectives, I will develop a novel cutting-edge, user- and environmental-friendly CYAnobacteria-based consolidation TECHnology (CYA-TECH) to restore and preserve monumental and ornamental calcareous stones in a sustainable way.
Thus, I will: i) establish an effective formulation for the cyano-based consolidation technology; ii) set up on-demand and precision bioconsolidation through the use of different artificial light sources and the prediction of the gene-metabolite network in response to these physical switches; iii) prove the performance of the novel cyano-based technology in-situ, comparing it with the most advanced bioconsolidation strategy available so far. CYA-TECH will achieve sustainable management of stone heritage (SH), an essential component to culture-related economic activities, socio-political development, urban sustainability, education, and environmental protection.
The MSCA fellowship will jumpstart my career in the biotech sector applied to the conservation of SH. It will enrich my professional profile with i) critical knowledge in cultural heritage (CH) microbiology by combining an in-depth understanding of the ‘stone ecosystem’ with material analyses and diagnostic tools to identify green conservation strategies; ii) communication and management skills that transcend bench-top expertise and technical proficiency, iii) increased employability and visibility as a female scientist, fostering my self-empowerment as well as the empowerment of women in science, and vi) a shift to translational research, developing biotechnologies that would impact the environment and the society in agreement with the Green Deal and the New Eurupean Bauhaus initiative.
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HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
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HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF - HORIZON TMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
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20122 Milano
Italy
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