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Structural induced Electronic Complexity controlled by low temperature Topotactic Reaction – SECTOR
One important milestones of this project concerns the study of oxygen intercalation reaction mechanism in non-stoichiometric oxides in order to better understand low-T oxygen diffusion mechanisms but also to stabilize phases, not accessible by high-T synthesis routes with spin, charge and oxygen ord
Multiplicativity, determinism, and Randomness – MuDeRa
Many numbertheoretic sequences are per se deterministic but resemble much of the overall behaviour of a random sequence. One important example is the Möbius function. In this context we are interested in studying the independence between the Möbius function and various deterministic functions such a
Optogenetic pharmacology for the precise, biochemical control of cholinergic neuromodulation – Nicopto
Optogenetics is a newly emerging technique, which is revolutionizing neuroscience, by allowing the optical activation or inhibition of specific neurons. Most of the technological developments in optogenetics are based on naturally photosensitive proteins from microbes or plants. Our approach to phot
Post-transcriptional regulation of the heat stress response in plants – HEAT-ADAPT
Global climate change is expected to result in a 1.5 to 5.8°C increases in temperature by 2100 and crop yields are predicted to decrease approximately 10% for every one-degree increase in temperature (USDA Release no. 501.09, 2009). Exceptionally high summer temperature is already leading to strong
Pheromones as general modulators of insect behaviour – PHEROMOD
A pheromone, as modulator, affects the intensity or the probability of experience-dependent behaviour. Pheromones should thus provide contextual information rendering subsequent learning relevant or irrelevant for the context signalled. The next question is whether the modulatory effect of phero
Trichogramma for plant protection: Pangenomics, Traits, and establIshment Capacities – TriPTIC
Several initiatives were launched to regulate the use of chemical inputs including pesticides (e.g. European Directive REACH) and France has adopted the Ecophyto 2018 plan aiming at reducing pesticide use. In this context, the development of effective biological control programs against pests has be
Agromining of strategic metals from contaminated matrices – AGROMINE
AGROMINE aims at building a chain of process to recover strategic metals from secondary resources, to produce commercially valuable compounds. It combines agromining and hydrometallurgy. Ni and Co are present in natural ultramafic soils, mining sterile heaps and wastes from several industrial sector
In vivo and in silico production of mutants affecting photosynthetic pathways: experimental development and modeling of metabolic pathways that influence photosynthetic yields downstream of photosynthetic electron transfer in green algae. – ChloroPaths
Photosynthetic cells exposed to excess light use metabolic pathways to dissipate reducing power towards oxidative reactions. These pathways influence the energetics of the cell and either reduce photosynthetic performance because energy is no longer used for CO2 fixation or increase energy conservat
Genetic Databases and Witnesses. Genealogy, Social issues, Circulation – FiTeGe
In a context of the increasing technicisation of police and legal investigations, the emergence of genetic analyses has substantially changed practices in this field. More generally, new professional tools are being developed, which evolve, give rise to new moral and political controversies, and cir
Web Heritage and History in the 90s – WEB90
The scientific aspects of this project concern theory and methods at once. Its main objectives are: - To evolve past an ‘internalist’ history of technology, or on the contrary, excessively focused on content, to build a Web history that is social, economic, political and technical at once. - T
