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Wireless mmW communications for Railway – mmW4Rail
Spectrum scarcity is a constraint for Railway. Small bands are allocated in the 900 MHz, 1900 MHz band. This motivates the exploration of the mmW in the 5G developments to answer specific needs for complementing the current telecommunication standards. This is foreseen in well-defined areas (train stations, shunting yards, high-speed lines) and for specific use cases such as virtual coupling of trains, platooning, remote driving of trains, downloading maintenance data, etc.
Wireless and Integrated multi-parameters SAW Sensors Technologies for Implementation of a digital TWIN for electrical machines. – WISSTITWIN
The WISSTITWIN project aims at the development of an integrated network of smart sensors within an electrical machine, that will constantly stream data in order to update the numerical model of the el
Why and how trypanosomes build a Flagellar Pocket Collar – Structu-Ring
Trypanosoma brucei (T. brucei) is a flagellated protist responsible for tropical diseases. This organism is also an important cellular tool to study the generic organization and function of organelles
When organelles shape the nucleus: remote control of chromatin architecture by plastid signals – PlastoNuc
The importance of nuclear organization dynamics in cell specialization and transcriptional reprogramming is increasingly appreciated in eukaryotic species. In plants and mammals, one such prominent re
What makes Drosophila suzukii such a successful invader? An integrative analysis of its thermal ecology. – DroThermal
The recent invasion by the Spotted Wing Drosophila (SWD) is a major concern for the fruit sector worldwide. Temperature and thermal biology of this species are recognized as the main factors dictating the distribution, populations’ dynamics and seasonal phenology of SWD. However, major knowledge gaps remain regarding its thermal and trophic ecology, thus compromising the assessment and prediction of field population dynamics from year to year. In particular, there is a critical lack of knowledge about the thermotolerance and winter survival strategies of this invasive species, which are essential for anticipating spring population levels and dynamics. Small insects such as fruit flies certainly respond to environmental variations on much finer temporal and spatial scales than those generally considered so far in classical experimental studies and predictive models. The transfer of the macroclimate projections into the microclimates actually encountered by SWDs in nature requires the acquisition of novel ecologically relevant data with a level of resolution corresponding to the insect's scale. DroThermal is based on the idea that most of the findings from laboratory experiments are difficult to extrapolate to field situations. Current knowledge on the thermal and trophic ecology of SWD is mainly based on laboratory data that lack the appropriate resolution and ecological relevance and thus hamper the accurate assessment of the persistence of SWD populations in the wild, as well as the associated modelling efforts. Many critical variables are at play in nature but absent from classical experimental conditions: i) unlike the laboratory where conditions are constant and optimal, there is a high spatial and temporal variability of abiotic factors (e.g. temperature) in nature (subject of tasks 1 & 2). ii) there is a high diversity of host plants that varies with the seasons and thus a range of available trophic resources (including unknown winter hosts) that shape phenotypes such as thermotolerance (subject of task 3). iii) Symbionts and microbes associated with the host (e.g. Wolbachia) are much more diverse in nature than in the laboratory, and can affect host characteristics, including thermotolerance (subject of task 4). Consideration of these effects in a single integrative project will generate new knowledge on the thermal and seasonal ecology of SWD, allowing better modelling of population dynamics and seasonal phenology (subject of task 5). By considering different levels of variation across appropriate spatio-temporal scales, we plan to elucidate the thermal (and seasonal) responses and adaptations of SWD, and thus better predict population persistence and dynamics in the field. DroThermal also has the applied goal of generating data needed to develop innovative predictive models of population dynamics, which are useful for sustainable management programs against SWD. Our high-resolution integrative approach will provide a better understanding of the invasive success of this species in temperate regions and will provide new knowledge essential for the management of SWD, such as improving the timing and forecasting of control measures. More broadly, the project will provide an innovative new framework to understand the success of biological invasions that present significant eco-socio-economic issues.
What is the role of exogenous NO for plants, microbes, and their interactions in soil? – NO-PIMS
Nitric oxide (NO) is a nitrogen trace gas which is produced by microbes and physico-chemical processes in soils as well as by physiological processes in plants. NO is considered as a major physiologic
What are the pathomechanisms underlying cardiovascular anomalies in “SMAD4pathies”? – SMAD4pathY
The transcription factor SMAD4 is is the only shared partner of two signalling pathways (TGFß and BMP), and as such, it will play a key role in the balance of these two pathways. SMAD4 mutations have
Water-based organic semiconductors colloidal dispersions for photovoltaics – WATER-PV
The fabrication of organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices implies the use of halogeno and/or aromatic solvent to process the active layer. In order to make this technology cleaner, it is necessary to move to eco-friendly solvent and water is the best one. This project aims at developing rationally-designed water-based organic semiconductors colloidal dispersions inks.
WAter vapor LIdar NEtwork ASsimilation – WaLiNeAs
Heavy precipitation events pose a threat to human lifes as well as the economy and the environment of impacted regions. Considerable efforts to improve the forecast skill for such severe events have been made in recent years. However, predicting such high-impact events remains limited because of the lack of adequate high frequency, high resolution vertically resolved water vapor observations in the lower troposphere to be assimilated in numerical weather prediction models.
WAter in TEM – WATEM
Study of the interaction Water vapor / aerosols at the sub-micrometer scale: follow in real time the water uptake and the dissolution of nanometric particles and their evolution as a function of relative humidity in an Environmental Transmission Electron Microscope (ETEM)