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Evolution of the Cambrian and Ordovician Biodiversification Onset Over Space and Time – ECO-BOOST
The ECO-BOOST project aims to compare the diversity of modeled species with empirical data based on fossils, then to project them onto new paleogeographic reconstructions, in order to propose the first reconstruction, through time and space, of the Early Paleozoic biodiversification.
Global Enamels: A Symmetrical History of Cultural and Technological Exchanges Between France and China (mid-17th to end 18th Century) – EnamelFC
Global Enamels: A Symmetrical History of Material and Technological Exchanges<br />Between France and China (mid-17th to end-18th Century)
Stabilization process in marine surface robotics inspired by swimming snakes – SSSNAEQ
A new generation of robots inspired by the swimming of aquatic snakes has recently emerged in academic contexts. Thanks to their exceptional manoeuvrability, they could intervene urgently in complex situations. However, despite this potential, their surface stability is too precarious. The SSSNAEQ project aims to remove the scientific barriers to surface instability by taking inspiration from snakes,
MEtal GlAsses functionalization by ultrashort Laser-Induced topology and phase Transition – MEGALIT
The objective of the MEGALIT project is to explore the potential for improving the surface functionalities of metallic glasses (MG) known for their exceptional mechanical properties (close to those of metal) and their surface quality (similar to that of glass), in order to replace existing complex solutions with a mono to multifunctional material coating approach.
Ecodesign of fruit and vegetable postharvest chain: Optimization of packaging and cold chain – EcoFreshChain
The main reasons postharvest fruit and vegetable loss are the non-optimal ambient temperature and humidity, inappropriate packaging, logistic organization and consumer behavior. The plastic packaging for sale of fresh unprocessed fruits and vegetables is prohibited since 1/1/2022, exceptionally until 2026 for products of high spoilage such as strawberries.
Using the most powerful explosion as probes of the high-redshift Universe – BEaPro
Thanks to their exceptional brightness, the afterglows of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) can be used as extra-galactic background sources capable of unveiling the properties of the universe at different redshifts. The class of long GRBs (LGRB) is associated with the collapse of the most massive stars, making them a tool to investigate star formation in the early Universe.
Mobilisation of the French National Research Agency for COVID-19 research: 234 research projects funded for a total amount of 32.2 million Euros
In the exceptional health context linked to the Covid-19 pandemic, the French National Research Agency (ANR), in conjunction with the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation (MESRI) and REACTing, participated in the national research effort from February 2020 to quickly support highly mobilised scientific communities. In 2020, ANR thus deployed a wide-ranging system including in particular the launch of three specific calls for projects and the display of a COVID-19 priority in the 2021 Generic Call for Proposals (AAPG). Looking back at a year of support for COVID-19 research with the publication of a Panorama of the 234 research projects funded by the Agency between March 2020 and January 2021.
The Impact of Past Pandemics on Human Evolution: An Archaeogenomic Study of Victims of the Black Death – MORTUI
The Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in European history, resulting in the death of 30–60% of its total population from 1347 to 1352. Several factors have been proposed to explain such a catastrophic mortality, including microbial virulence factors or vector expansion but, to date, archaeological evidence supports none of these scenarios.
Receptor proteins and redox control at the interface of symbiosis & immunity – DUALITY
DUALITY builds on the originality of a class of plant receptors, the LysM-Receptor-Like Kinases (LysM-RLKs), being able to recognise symbiotic and pathogenic signals, and rapidly activate appropriate, contrasted responses. The project studies these receptors in model legume plants, Medicago truncatula and Aechynomene spp. that differ in their dependence or not on rhizobial signal molecules, called Nod factors, for establishment of the Rhizobium-legume symbiosis.
