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"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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

"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''...

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...

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...

The hippocampus is critical for learning and memory, and the unique wiring of its CA3 area has inspired theories for neuronal mechanisms of memory storage and retrieval. CA3 pyramidal neurons form an interconnected network which could store unique experiences in specific...

Translation initiation is a key step in the regulation of protein synthesis and is regulated by at least 12 different initiation factors in eukaryotes (eIFs). However, the underlying dynamics of this process remain unclear. I propose to develop a single-molecule live-cell...