The UB-RASDisease project is being carried out at The Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB). Having been awarded an ERC consolidator grant, lasting approximately 5 years, it will look to find ways to defeat RAS-driven disease. By creating genetically modified mouse models and CRISPR-engineered human cell models they can assess the functional impact of the alterations…
The University of Antwerp has been awarded a 5 year ERC consolidator grant to further look into TAAD (Thoracic aortic aneurysm dissection). The GENOMIA project will use next generation sequencing technologies to establish additional genetic TAAD causes and observe that in many syndromic and non-syndromic families there is both significant non-penetrance and inter- and intra-familial…
With web applications being constantly under attack from malicious programs the BROWSEC project, co-ordinated at The Technical University of Vienna with an ERC consolidator grant, aims to develop a holistic approach to client-side web security. It intends to prevent dangerous information flows by treating the internet browser as a “Blackbox” and monitoring and intercepting inputs…
Technology developments in many fields advance much faster than the methodologies needed to apply them in industry. This is the case of many devices used in our daily life such as sensors installed in cell phones or drones.
Non-Territorial Autonomy as Minority Protection in Europe: An Intellectual and Political History of a Travelling Idea, 1850–2000 The overarching objective of NTAutonomy is to provide a new understanding of how the protection of national minorities was thought and implemented in the era of nationalism. Over the past 150 years, we can observe three different approaches…
The MissingMiddle Project investigates the Causal Effect of Early Interventions on Child Health and Human Capital. A recent literature in economics on the “fetal origins hypothesis” has documented that a range of early (prenatal and postnatal) shocks and interventions can have substantial effects on long-term human capital formation (e.g. adult health, wages). However, we still know…
Universal Health Coverage and the Public Good in Africa: A comparative anthropological study of new forms of social protection, welfare and citizenship. Universal Health Coverage is a WHO policy that has gained much attention since it appeared in 2010. UNIVERSAL HEALTH is an anthropological project that will critically examine moves towards Universal Health Coverage in African…
Criminality, Victimization and Social Interactions (CIVICS) A large social science literature tries to describe and understand the causes and consequences of crime, usually focusing on individuals’ criminal activity in isolation. The ambitious aim of this research project is to establish a broader perspective of crime that takes into account the social context in which it…
“The Q-ROOT Project investigating quantum optomechanics at room temperature for the first time”. 5 years ago, the field of optomechanics has entered the quantum regime. By doing so, this domain which investigates the reciprocal interactions between light and mechanical motion has overcome the long-standing paradox of Quantum Mechanical effects at the macroscopic scale. Such outstanding…
Ivan Minev and his team at Sheffield University are producing some pioneering research in the field of 3D printable biological implants, catching media attention. Read all about it below: ‘Print Your Own Biological Implants’ featured in Physics 13, 202 December 23, 2020. read the article here: ‘Researchers develop prototype neural implant with potential to treat nervous system…