L'UCLouvain est fière de compter dans ses rangs plusieurs lauréat·e·s du Conseil Européen de la Recherche - European Research Council (ERC).
TThese projects have received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme (2021-2027), the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (2014-2020) or the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (2007-2013).
Erasmus ZU ERMGASSEN - 1.01.2025 au 31.12.2029 - ERC-2024-StG
DOMESTIC
The role of domestic markets and public policy for sustainable food systems: the case of Brazil
Existing literature on agricultural markets, telecoupling, and supply chain governance focuses on global value chains, largely overlooking domestic markets – though these are responsible for the...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus Liselot DEWACHTER - 1.01.2025 au 31.12.2029 - ERC-2024-StG
REALCYCLE
Reassessing Bacterial Cell Cycle Regulation: Revealing Novel Regulatory Principles in Realistic Environments
Antibiotic resistance is quickly becoming one of the greatest healthcare challenges of our time. It is soon expected to claim more lives annually than the COVID-19 pandemic or cancer....
Cliquez pour en savoir plus Christophe CHARLIER - 1.01.2025 au 31.12.2029 - 1.01.2025 au 31.12.2029
ARPIE
Asymptotic analysis of repulsive point processes and integrable equations
The purpose of this project is to apply and develop robust mathematical methods for solving asymptotic problems on repulsive point processes and partial differential equations. The point processes considered will mostly...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus David GUEORGUIEV - 1.01.2024 au 31.12 .2028 - ERC-2023-StG
TANGO
Modelling multisensory processing of tangible objects for interactive systems
Current interactive systems provide realistic audio-visual feedback while haptic feedback is limited even though haptic interactions with devices are essential and touch plays a large role to convey immersive...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus Eric LAMBIN - 01.09.2024 au 31.08.2029 - ERC-2023-AdG - Panel SH7
Luiret
Land use implications of the renewable energy transition
To mitigate climate change, most electricity production will have to come from renewable energy (RE) sources.
A challenge is that RE has a much larger land footprint than conventional energy sources. Current projections of the RE...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus Ana BELOQUI GARCIA - 01.07.2024 au 31.12.2025 - ERC-2023-POC
Hormocap
Gut HORMOne stimulating CAPSules for the treatment of gastrointestinal metabolic disorders
HormoCaps will help us demonstrate the viability as a commercial product of a dual-action drug delivery system which synergizes its own biological effect and that of the encapsulated bioactive molecule...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus Virginie VAN INGELGOM - 01.03.2024 au 31.08.2025 - ERC-2023-POC
Dacat
Developing an Abductive Coding Analysis Toolkit
In qualitative data analysis oriented towards theory-building, many data analysts anchor their methodological approach – explicitly or not – in grounded theory.
However, as research in teams develops, handling larger amounts of qualitative...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus Denis FLANDRE - 01.01.2024 au au 31.12.2029 - ERC-2023-SyG - Panel SYG3D
SWIMS
Stochastic Spiking Wireless Multimodal Sensory Systems
SWIMS vision is to propose a bio-inspired paradigm change for the design and hardware of future smart wireless multimodal sensory systems that will operate with stochastic spikes, offering a breakthrough with unrivalled energy efficiency...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus Guillaume LOBET - 01.09.2024 au 31.08.2029 - ERC-2023-CoG - Panel LS9
DROOGHT
Improving cereal yield predictions under drought: root diameter as a predictor of plant water uptake across scales.
As droughts are becoming more frequent and severe, there is a call for adaptation strategies that enhance the crop’s resilience to these climate conditions. One pathway to do so...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus Corentin CLAEYS BOUUAERT - 01.07.2024 au 30.06.2029 - ERC-2023-CoG - Panel LS1
MeioticCondensate
Elucidating the role of biomolecular condensation in meiotic DNA double-strand break formation
Meiosis universally relies on the formation of DNA double-strand breaks (DSB) to initiate a genome-wide recombination program that promotes genetic diversity and is required to produce...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus David ALSTEENS - 01.12.2023 au 30.11.2028 - ERC-2022-CoG - Panel PE4
SingviroPhys
Deciphering the nanobiophysics of virus-host interactions in 3D cellular systems
The current pandemic demonstrates how viruses represent a major threat for human health. Viral infection is a complex multistep process involving both the virus and the host cell machinery. The very first stage...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus François-Xavier STANDAERT - 01.09.2023 au 31.08.2028 - ERC-2022-AdG - Panel PE6
Bridge
Connecting Symmetric and Asymmetric Cryptography for Leakage and Faults
Symmetric & asymmetric cryptography offer the basic functionalities needed to communicate securely over a channel. Due to their different features and the different algebraic structures they exploit, the...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus Thomas PARDOEN - 01.09.2023 au 31.08.2028 - ERC-2022-AdG - Panel PE8
HAPI
Ultimate fracture toughness through thickness engineering
The design of critical structural metallic components in the aeronautic, biomedical, nuclear or pipeline fields is often dictated by a fail-safe criterion established in the context of fracture mechanics.
The design must prevent any...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus Frédéric LAUGRAND - 01.09.2023 au 31.08.2028 - ERC-2022-AdG - Panel SH3
Interspecific
Biodiversity, Local Knowledge and Zoonoses in Austronesia: Ethnography of Bats and Related Interspecific Communities
The proposed research lies at the juncture of the anthropology of nature, the cultures of Austronesia and the study of interspecific relationships.
Considering that a...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus Jean-François REMARCHE et Nicolas MOËS - 01.09.2023 au 31.08.2029 - ERC-2022-SyG - Panel SYG3C
X-Mesh
An eXtreme Mesh deformation method to follow sharp physical interfaces
This project will develop an innovative approach, X-MESH, to overcome a major difficulty associated with engineering analysis: we aim to provide a revolutionary way to track physical interfaces in finite element...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus Pieter-Augustijn VAN MALEGHEM - 01-09-2023 au 31/08/2028 - ERC-2022-StG - Panel SH2
FEDMONEY
Reimagining monetary policy as a federal project
Monetary policy suffers from a “one size fits all” problem. Central banks typically determine monetary policy by setting a headline interest rate uniformly across their jurisdiction. Yet, in large jurisdictions, the optimal monetary policy on...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus François MASSONNET - 1/01/2023 au 31/12/2027 - ...
ArcticWATCH
Early warning of future rapid Arctic sea ice loss
The Arctic is currently transitioning toward a new climatic state that will be characterized by seasonally sea-ice-free conditions almost every year from the 2050s, with widespread ecological, climatic, and societal consequences. There is...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus Valentin COUVREUR - 1/10/2022 au 30/09/2027 - ERC-2021-StG-LS9 - Panel
ThePlantWaterPump
The Plant Water Pump
With global warming, climate zones are projected to shift poleward, and the frequency and intensity of droughts to increase, driving threats to crop production and ecosystems. Plant hydraulic traits play major roles in coping with such droughts, and process-based plant...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus Pascal GEHRING - 1/05/2022 au 30/04/2027 (tbc) - ERC-2021-StG - Panel PE3
MOUNTAIN
Molecular Quantum Heat Engines
Heat engines are an integral part of our daily lives. They power cars or produce electricity by converting heat into work. Increasing their efficiency is very difficult and only marginal improvements have been achieved over the last decades. Thus, to reach the...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus David DE LA CROIX - 01.01.2021 au 31.12.2025 - ERC-2019-AdG - Panel SH1
UTHC
DID ELITE HUMAN CAPITAL TRIGGER THE RISE OF THE WEST? INSIGHTS FROM A NEW DATABASE OF EUROPEAN SCHOLARS
My aim is to determine the role of elite knowledge and upper-tail human capital (UTHC) in triggering the rise of the West.
I propose to build a database of a large sample of academic...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus Anthony PAPAVASILIOU - 01.11.2020 au 31.10.2025 - ERC-2019-StG - Panel PE7
ICEBERG
SCALABLE OPTIMIZATION OF POWER SYSTEMS WITH FLEXIBLE DEMAND AND RENEWABLE SUPPLY
The large-scale integration of renewable resources in electric power systems requires the mobilization of flexible consumers who can adapt their consumption to the variable and uncertain fluctuation of...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus Raphaël JUNGERS - 01.09.2020 au 31.08.2025 - ERC-2019-CoG - Panel PE7
L2C
LEARNING TO CONTROL - SMART AND DATA-DRIVEN FORMAL METHODS FOR CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS CONTROL
The engineered systems surrounding us are increasingly hard to control. Not only the complicated interaction of the physical processes with the machines that control them, but also specifications...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus Véronique DEHANT - 01.09.2020 au 31.08.2024 - ERC-2019-SyG
GRACEFUL
PROBING THE DEEP EARTH'S INTERIOR BY SYNERGISTIC USE OF OBSERVATIONS OF THE MAGNETIC AND GRAVITY FIELDS, AND OF THE ROTATION OF THE EARTH
What is inside the Earth? Our knowledge of the internal structure of our planet has increased significantly, but so much remains unknown.
Currently the...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus Ana BELOQUI GARCIA - 01.01.2020 au 31.12.2024 - ERC-2019-StG - Panel LS7
NanoGut
EXPLOITING THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF THE GUT TOWARDS INNOVATIVE ORAL PEPTIDE DELIVERY STRATEGIES
The development of new oral drug delivery systems that will enable the absorption of therapeutic peptides to the systemic circulation is one of the greatest current challenges for the...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus Anne REVERSEAU - 1.07.2019 au 30.06.2024 - ERC-2018-StG - Panel SH5
Handling
WRITERS HANDLING PICTURES: A MATERIAL INTERMEDIALITY (1880-TODAY)
Not only does the writer’s hand hold the pen, it manipulates pictures as well. Writers touch, hoard, cut, copy, pin and paste various kinds of pictures and these actions integrate literature in visual culture in many ways that...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus Corentin CLAEYS-BOUUAERT - 01.07.2019 au 30.06.2023 - ERC-2018-StG - Panel LS1
BrokenGenome
BREAKING AND REBUILDING THE GENOME: MECHANISTIC RULES FOR THE DANGEROUS GAME OF SEX
Sexual reproduction depends on the programmed induction of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) and their ensuing repair by homologous recombination.
This complex process is essential for sexual...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus Philipp KIRCHER - 01.05.2019 au 30.04.2024 - ERC-2018-CoG
TechChange
UTILISING THE KNOWLEDGE OF PAST TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES TO UNDERSTAND FUTURE IMPACTS
The transformational power of innovation in information technology over the production process of firms is an undeniable fact. When this change affects the size and structure of a firm, it is called...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus Sylvie NOZARADAN - 01.04.2019 au 31.03.2024 - ERC-2018-StG - Panel SH4
Rhythm and Brains
HOW MUSICAL RHYTHM MOVES HUMANS: FUNCTIONAL MECHANISMS OF ENTRAINMENT AND PERCEPTION-ACTION COUPLING
Entrainment to music is a culturally widespread activity with increasingly recognized pro-social ang therapeutic effects. Music powerfully compels us to move to the musical rhythm, showcasing...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus Géraldine LALOUX - 01.01.2019 au 31.12.2023 - ERC-2018-StG - Panel LS3
Predator
REVEALING THE CELL BIOLOGY OF PREDATORY BACTERIUM IN SPACE AND TIME
The model predatory bacterium Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus feeds upon other Gram-negative bacteria, including pathogenic strains.
Upon entry inside the periplasmic space of the prey envelope, B. bacteriovorus initiates...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus Yurii NESTEROV - 01.09.2018 au 31.08.2023 - ERC-2017-AdG - Panel PE1
ACCOPT
ACELERATED CONVEX OPTIMIZATION
The amazing rate of progress in the computer technologies and telecommunications presents many new challenges for Optimization Theory. New problems are usually very big in size, very special in structure and possibly have a distributed data support.
This...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus Alexandru VLAD - 01.09.2018 au 31.08.2023 - ERC-2017-CoG - Panel PE8
MOOiRE
MIX-IN ORGANIC-INORGANIC REDOX EVENTS FOR HIGH ENERGY BATTERIES
The ever-increasing demand for improved electrochemical energy storage technologies has fostered intense, worldwide and interdisciplinary research over the past decade.
The field of positive electrode materials remains largely...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus Guido BOMMER - 01.05.2018 au 30.04.2023 - ERC-2017-CoG - Panel LS4
NoMePaCa
NOVEL METABOLIC PATHWAYS IN CANCER
Metabolic adaptations in central carbon metabolism play a key role in cancer.Yet, the success of therapeutic interventions in major pathways has been limited, although some of the changes have been known to exist for almost 100 years.
Biochemical...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus David ALSTEENS - 01.01.2018 au 31.12.2022 - ERC-2017-StG - Panel PE4
NanoVirus
DECIPHERING VIRUS-HOST INTERACTIONS USING CORRELATED CONFOCAL-ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY
Viruses are a major class of pathogens that infect a variety of organisms. Infection is a multistep process that involves the concerted action of both virus and host cell machineries. The first...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus Patricia LUIS ALCONERO - 01.01.2018 au 31.12.2022 - ERC-2017-StG - Panel PE8
CO2LIFE
BIOMIMETIC FIXATION OF CO2 AS SOURCE OF SALTS AND GLUCOSE
The continued increase in the atmospheric concentration of CO2 due to anthropogenic emissions is leading to significant changes in climate, with the industry accounting for one-third of all the energy used globally and for almost...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus Godefroid DE CALLATAŸ - 01.10.2017 au 30.09.2022 - ERC-2016-AdG - Panel SH5
PhilAnd
THE ORIGIN AND EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF PHILOSOPHY IN TENTH-CENTURY AL-ANDALUS: THE IMPACT OF ILL-DEFINED MATERIALS AND CHANNELS OF TRANSMISSION
The objective of PhilAnd is to conduct a large-scale exploration of how, and under which form, philosophy appeared for the first time in al-Andalus....
Cliquez pour en savoir plus Sophie OPFERGELT - 01.09.2017 au 31.08.2022 - ERC-2016-StG - Panel PE10
WeThaw
MINERAL WEATHERING IN THAWING PERMAFROST: CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES
Enhanced thawing of the permafrost in response to warming of the Earth’s high latitude regions exposes previously frozen soil organic carbon (SOC) to microbial decomposition, liberating carbon to the atmosphere and creating a...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus François-Xavier STANDAERT - 01.09.2017 au 31.08.2022 -ERC-2016-CoG - Panel PE6
SWORD
SECURITY WITHOUT OBSCURITY FOR RELIABLE DEVICES
Cryptographic implementations are traditionally evaluated based on a trade-off between security and efficiency. However, when it comes to physical security against attacks exploiting side-channel leakages or fault insertions, this approach is...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus Philippe CHATELAIN - 01.09.2017 au 31.08.2022 - ERC-2016-CoG - Panel PE8
WakeOpColl
LEARNING AND COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE FOR OPTIMIZED OPERATIONS IN WAKE FLOWS
Physics dictate that a flow device has to leave a wake or the signature of it producing sustentation forces, extracting energy, or simply moving through the medium; these flow structures can then impact negatively or...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus Xavier DUMAY - 01.09.2017 au 31.08.2022 - ERC-2016-StG - Panel SH3
TEACHERSCAREERS
CULTURAL ROOTS AND INSTITUTIONAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF TEACHERS’ CAREERS AND THE TEACHING PROFESSION IN EUROPE
The teaching profession is central to a number of major issues concerning the possible futures of educational systems.
The functioning of the profession suffers from low...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus Virginie VAN INGELGOM - 01.04.2017 au 31.03.2022 - ERC-2016-StG - Panel SH2
QUALIDEM
ERODING DEMOCRACIES. A QUALITATIVE (RE-)APPRAISAL OF HOW POLICIES SHAPE
QUALIDEM is an interdisciplinary project that intends to bridge the gap between scholars of public policy and students of mass politics.
Based on their previous research, it brings together Virginie Van Ingelgom...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus Aude SIMAR - 01.01.2017 au 31.12.2021 - ERC-2016-StG - Panel PE8
ALUFIX
DAMAGE HEALING STRATEGIES FOR DURABLE LIGHT METALS
ALUFIX proposes an original strategy for the development of aluminium-based materials involving damage mitigation and extrinsic self-healing concepts exploiting the new opportunities of the solid-state friction stir process.
Friction stir...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus Yves DUFRÊNE - 01.10.2016 au 30.09.2021 - ERC-2015-AdG - Panel PE4
NanoStaph
FORCE NANOSCOPY OF STAPHYLOCOCCAL BIOFILMS
Staphylococcus aureus is a leading cause of hospital-acquired infections, which are often complicated by the ability of this pathogen to grow as biofilms on indwelling medical devices.
Because biofilms protect the bacteria from host defenses and...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus Jean-François REMACLE - 01.10.2016 au 30.09.2021 - ERC-2015-AdG - Panel PE8
HEXTREME
HEXAHEDRAL MESH GENERATION IN REAL TIME
Over one million finite element analyses are preformed in engineering offices every day and finite elements come with the price of mesh generation.
This proposal aims at creating two breakthroughs in the art of mesh generation that will be directly...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus Laura MERLA - 01.09.2016 au 31.08.2021 - ERC-2015-StG - Panel SH2
MobileKids
CHILDREN IN MULTI-LOCAL POST-SEPARATION FAMILIES
MobileKids is a research project funded by the European Research Council and conducted by Prof. Laura Merla and her team of sociologists from the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Families and Sexualities from the University of Louvain....
Cliquez pour en savoir plus Ingrid VAN KEILEGOM - 01-09-2016 au 30-11-2016 - ERC-2015-AdG - Panel PE1 (HI : KUL)
COSMOS
SEMIPARAMETRIC INFERENCE FOR COMPLEX AND STRUCTURAL MODELS IN SURVIVAL ANALYSIS
In survival analysis investigators are interested in modeling and analysing the time until an event happens.
It often happens that the available data are right censored, which means that only a lower bound of...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus Patrice CANI - 01.07.2016 au 31.02.2017 - ERC-2015-POC
Microbes4U
STUDY OF THE THERAPEUTIC POTENTIAL OF AN AKKERMANSIA MUCINIPHILA-BASED PRODUCTS
Overweight and obesity have reached worldwide epidemic level. Both overweight and obesity are characterized by comorbidities such as cardio-metabolic risk factors (i.e., insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes,...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus Patrick MEYFROIDT - 01.05.2016 au 30.04.2021 - ERC-2015-StG - Panel SH3
MIDLAND
DEVELOPING MIDDLE-RANGE THEORIES LINKING LAND USE DISPLACEMENT, INTENSIFICATION AND TRANSITIONS
Land is a nexus for crucial societal and environmental challenges including food security, access to water, land degradation, biodiversity loss, and climate change. Development of solutions to...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus Sophie LUCAS - 01.04.2016 au 31.03.2021 - ERC-2015-CoG - Panel LS6
TARG-SUP
TARGETING TGF-Β ACTIVATION, LIKELY THE CORE MECHANISM OF IMMUNOSUPPRESSION BY HUMAN REGULATORY T CELLS
Regulatory T lymphocytes (Tregs) inhibit immune responses and are required to maintain immune tolerance. Tregs express membrane protein GARP, which displays latent TGF-β1 on the cell...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus Véronique DEHANT - 01.09.2015 au 01.09.2020 - ERC-2014-AdG - Panel PE10 (HI : Observatoire royal de Belgique)
RotaNut
ROTATION AND NUTATION OF A WOBBLY EARTH
The main objective of the project RotaNut is to significantly improve of the model for the orientation of the spin axis to just the sub-centimetre, which has never previously been achieved and which is the aim of all existing decadal surveys in geodesy....
Cliquez pour en savoir plus Claude DUHR - 01.09.2015 au 31.08.2020 - ERC-2014-StG - Panel PE2 (HI : CERN)
MathAm
MATHEMATICAL STRUCTURES IN SCATTERING AMPLITUDES
Among the most important mathematical quantities of interest in high-energy particle physics are the so-called scattering amplitudes, which allow us to make predictions for physical observables.
Despite their importance, performing explicit...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus Olivier COLLIGNON - 01.04.2014 au 31.03.2020 - ERC-2013-StG - Panel SH4
MADVIS
MAPPING THE DEPRIVED VISUAL SYSTEM: CRACKING FUNCTION FOR PREDICTION
One of the most striking demonstrations of experience-dependent plasticity comes from studies of blind individuals showing that the occipital cortex (traditionally considered as purely visual) massively changes its...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus André MOURAUX - 01.12.2013 au 30.11.2018 - ERC-2013-StG - Panel LS5
PROBING-PAIN
MULTIMODAL FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING TECHNIQUES TO PROBE THE REPRESENTATION OF PAIN IN THE HUMAN BRAIN
Pain may be defined as a primarily aversive perception that is vital for survival, as it incites the individual to respond to stimuli constituting a real or potential menace.
However, pain...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus Patrice CANI - 1.10.2013 - 30.09.2018 - ERC-StG-2013 - Panel LS4
Enigmo
GUT MICROBIOTA, INNATE IMMUNITY AND ENDOCANNABINOID SYSTEM INTERACTIONS LINK METABOLIC INFLAMMATION WITH THE HALLMARKS OF OBESITY AND TYPE 2 DIABETES
Obesity and type 2 diabetes are characterized by metabolic inflammation and an altered endocannabinoid system (eCB) tone. We have provided...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus Tom CLAEYS - 01.08.2012 au 31.07.2017 - ERC-2012-StG - Panel PE1
CraMIS
CRITICAL PHENOMENA IN RANDOM MATRIX THEORY AND INTEGRABLE SYSTEMS
The main goal of the project is to create a research group on critical phenomena in random matrix theory and integrable systems at the Université Catholique de Louvain, where the PI was recently appointed.
Random matrix...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus Bruno ROSSION - 01.02.2012 au 31.01.2017 - ERC-2011-StG - Panel SH4
FACESSVEP
UNDERSTANDING THE NATURE OF FACE PERCEPTION: NEW INSIGHTS FROM STEADY-STATE VISUAL EVOKED POTENTIALS
Face recognition is one of the most complex functions of the human mind/brain, so that no artificial device can surpass human abilities in this function.
The goal of this project is to...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus Pierre-Emmanuel CAPRACE - 01.12.2011 au 30.11.2016 - ERC-2011-StG - Panel PE1
SIMPLELCGPS
SIMPLE LOCALLY COMPACT GROUPS: EXPLORING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE LINEAR WORLD
The theory of locally compact groups stretches out between two antipodes: on one hand, connected groups whose structure, according to the solution to Hilbert fifth problem, is governed by Lie theory and is thus...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus Jean-François COLLET - 01.11.2011 au 31.10.2016 - ERC-2011-StG - Panel LS1
SULFENIC
UNRAVELING THE CELLULAR SULFENOME: A SEARCH FOR NEW REDOX-REGULATED PATHWAYS
Within proteins, cysteine residues are sensitive to oxidation by reactive oxygen species (ROS). The first oxidation product of cysteines exposed to ROS is the sulfenic acid derivative (-SOH).
Sulfenic acids...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus François-Xavier STANDAERT - 01.10.2011 au 30.09.2016 - ERC-2011-StG - Panel PE6
CRASH
CRYPTOGRAPHIC ALGORITHMS AND SECURE HARDWARE
Side-channel attacks are an important threat against cryptographic implementations in which an adversary takes advantage of physical leakages, such as the power consumption of a smart card, in order to recover secret information.
By...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus Tom DEDEURWAERDERE - 01.10.2011 au 30.09.2016 - ERC-2011-StG - Panel SH2
GENCOMMONS
INSTITUTIONALIZING GLOBAL GENETIC-RESOURCE COMMONS. GLOBAL STRATEGIES FOR ACCESSING AND USING ESSENTIAL PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE ASSETS IN THE LIFE SCIENCES
There has been a dramatic increase in interest in commons in the last 10 to 15 years, from traditional commons managing the use of exhaustible...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus François MANIQUET - 01.06.2011 au 31.05.2017 - ERC-2010-AdG - Panel SH1
PoRESP
POVERTY, RESOURCE EQUALITY, AND SOCIAL POLICIES
This project aims at revisiting the economics of poverty by using recent advances in welfare economics.
First, poverty measurement theory will be enriched by taking account of individual preferences over the several dimensions of poverty. New...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus Pierre SONVEAUX - 01.12.2009 au 30.11.2014 - ERC-2009-StG - Panel LS4
TUMETABO
GLYCOLYTIC CONTRIBUTION TO CANCER GROWTH AND METASTASIS
Cancer lethality is most often associated to occurrence of distant metastases. To grow and become aggressive, cancers may undergo 2 critical adaptations:
the glycolytic switch, corresponding to uncoupling glycolysis from the...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus Michel CRUCIFIX - 01.09.2009 au 31.08.2014 - ERC-2009-StG - Panel PE10
ITOP
INTEGRATED THEORY AND OBSERVATIONS OF THE PLEISTOCENE
There are essentially two approaches to climate modelling. Over the past decades, efforts to understand climate dynamics have been dominated by computationally-intensive modelling aiming to include all possible processes, essentially by...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus André BERGER - 01.11.2008 au 31.10.2013 - ERC-2008-AdG - Panel PE10
EMIS
AN INTENSE SUMMER MONSOON IN A COOL WORLD, CLIMATE AND EAST ASIAN MONSOON DURING INTERGLACIALS WITH A SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE INTERGLACIALS 500,000 YEARS AGO AND BEFORE
Asian monsoon is a spectacular occurrence in the climate system. What make it so powerful are the combination of thermal...
Cliquez pour en savoir plus Ingrid VAN KEILEGOM - 01.07.2008 au 30.06.2014 - ERC-2007-StG - Panel PE1
Mazest
M- AND Z-ESTIMATION IN SEMIPARAMETRIC STATISTICS : APPLICATIONS IN VARIOUS FIELDS
The area of semiparametric statistics is, in comparison to the areas of fully parametric or nonparametric statistics, relatively unexplored and still in full development.
Semiparametric models offer a valid...
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