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Biophysics of microalgae flotation – FLOTALG
Harvesting involves removing low-concentration, undamaged cells from their culture medium at minimal cost. It is estimated that this crucial step accounts for a third of the total cost of microalgal biomass production in industrial processes. In this context, flotation is an interesting separation t
Parton energy loss in cold QCD matter – COLDLOSS
Quarks and gluons (named partons) traversing a QCD medium – either quark-gluon plasma but also confined, cold nuclear matter – are expected to lose energy dominantly through gluon radiation, leading to the phenomenon of jet quenching observed in high-energy heavy ion collisions. Understanding quanti
Structural and functional studies of import and intermembrane space transfer of mitochondrial membrane proteins – MitoMemProtImp
The objective of this project is to elucidate the mechanisms of mitochondrial membrane-protein import with internal targeting signals, focusing primarily on the transfer through the intermembrane space to the respective insertase machineries. We will employ beta-barrel outer membrane proteins and al
Cybergenetic circuits to test composability of gene networks – CyberCircuits
A key property of engineered systems is their composability: the behavior of a complex network is computable from the wiring diagram and the known characteristics of its constituent parts. Despite of all the advances in systems and synthetic biology, it is unknown if genetic regulatory networks are
Capture of the operational Traces of the company’s actors to build human Capital and define the winning Processes – CaTCaP
With the digital transformation of organizations in the Industry 4.0 era, industrial work is being profoundly renewed. Man-machine interfaces are at the heart of the issue. Interconnectivity is widespread, both within the production system and between the production system and other players in the v
Better understanding the evolution of angular momentum in red giants – BEAMING
Understanding the effects of rotation on stars is one of the key open questions in modern stellar physics. Rotation induces a mixing of chemical elements and thus modifies the evolution of stars. Despite their importance, the internal rotation of stars and the processes that transport angular moment
Chirped Pulse And Resonator In one Spectrometer: A novel combined molecular jet chirped pulse/cavity Fourier Transform MicroWave spectrometer for fast scan, high-resolution, and chiral discrimination – PARIS-FTMW
The objective of the project is to develop a microwave spectrometer capable of high-sensitivity and high-resolution pure rotational spectroscopy for spectral analysis, structure determination, and for three-wave mixing experiments for chiral analysis. This apparatus combines a pulsed jet (narrow-ban
Decoding and monitoring operators’ cognitive states – BLADE
Today, many sectors, such as transportation, medicine, and industry, depend on automated systems. These systems, far from simply replacing human activity with machine activity, pose new challenges for the operators responsible for supervising them. When a human supervises an automated system, they
Role of Type IV pilus retraction in bacterial pathogenesis – RETRACTOPATH
Neisseria meningitidis (meningococcus) is a bacterium responsible for septicaemia and meningitis in humans. It interacts with vascular cells via its Tfp and promotes the formation of purpuric lesions often evolving towards a fatal outcome. The overall objective of this proposal is to decipher the
Lab-in-Droplet platform for glycoprotein biomarker discovery: from device conception towards diagnostic applications – DropLab
This project aims to develop a novel analytical platform, named Lab-in-Droplet, which integrates i) magnetic bead-based sample treatment in droplets and ii) droplet-interfaced capillary electrophoresis, hereby named ‘digital CE’ (DCE). This Lab-in-Droplet will unprecedentedly offer both efficient sa
