Now just past the half way point of the research the RETHRIM project, funded through H2020, has been further developing an academic infrastructure for the harmonized production of MSC (Mesenchymal stromal cells). The aim of the project was to conduct the first Europe-wide placebo controlled randomised phase III trial using MSC regenerative therapy for the…
Having completed nearly 3 years research and its final year on the horizon the H2020 project EUCLID has been looking at more sustainable pest management methods in order to reduce the negative effects of pesticides on human health and the environment. Its main goal is developing sustainable production approaches used in European and Chinese agriculture…
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…