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Understanding phase behaviour in plant proteins for large scale production of films and microcapsules

Drawing on the expertise from the Experienced Researcher, this MSCA application aims to significantly advance the understanding of phase behaviour in plant proteins, to enable development of two primary products for sustainable plastic replacement, microcapsules and...

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10 Mar 2021

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Contemporary Sexism - Nature, Prevalence, Consequences, and Strategic Use

With SEXISM2022 I aim to identify contemporary manifestations of sexism and examine their nature, prevalence, and consequences from the target’s and the perpetrator’s perspective. Addressing existing research gaps, in this project I will systematically examine 1) ways that...

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10 Mar 2021

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Safety and Resilience through Digital Practices: A Participatory Study with Women at the Intersection of Gender-Based Violence and Immigration in Norway

"Rahaf Mohammed, an 18-year-old Saudi woman who was subjected to domestic violence, utilized social media to make her voice heard by foreign authorities. Via this ‘digital’ call for help, she successfully escaped violence. The internationally recognized #metoo movement...

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10 Mar 2021

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Photoinduced Decarboxylative Phosphorylations

This proposed Fellowship brings together an Experienced Researcher from India (Ph.D. in Germany and Postdoc in Japan with an excellent academic and research background), with expertise in photocatalysis, methodology, and total synthesis, with an internationally recognized Host...

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10 Mar 2021

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The role of functional redundancy on stability mechanisms in multi-level ecosystem processes face to climatic extremes

The present proposal, SMILE, aims to answer core questions on the current climatic and biodiversity crisis. Together with Dr. Francesco de Bello, a prominent authority on functional ecology and biodiversity, at the CIDE-CSIC, Spain, the applicant, Dr. Felícia M. Fischer...

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10 Mar 2021

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Evolution of plant PWO proteins and their function: a synthetic biology approach

The Polycomb Group (PcG) proteins ensure the accuracy of developmental processes and maintain cellular identities in both plants and animals. Among the PcG proteins, Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2) establishes the repressive state of targeted genes by introducing the...

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10 Mar 2021

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Constraining LAnd Responses by Integrating ObservatioNs

Climate-carbon feedbacks are a key unknown when projecting future climate change. Large ranges of feedbacks have been identified within the climate models used to make climate projections. Therefore, to make reliable and believable climate projections, there is an urgent need...

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10 Mar 2021

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Diophantine Geometry: towards the ultimate Bogomolov conjecture

"This project proposes research with a view towards extensions of the Bogomolov conjecture beyond the original setting of abelian varieties. In the past decade, there have been some indications that this may be possible: (a) Masser and Zannier have proven ""relative''...

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10 Mar 2021

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Becoming Indigenous language speakers and writers in higher education

Across the world, Across the world, Indigenous teacher education programs constitute important sites for the creation of Indigenous language speakers, writers and future language teachers. Such speakers are key agents for the reclamation and revitalization of threatened...

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10 Mar 2021

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Extensions of Temporal Representations for Ontology-based and Holistic Reasoning in the Mobile Quality of Life Domain

The concept of Quality of Life (QoL) involves several dimensions, such as physical health and psychological state, which can be assessed by mobile resources and integrated to support holistic processes of reasoning and interventions. Ontologies are the main approach to...

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10 Mar 2021

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