EU projects at the University of Bern (status 1 December 2015)

EU projects at the University of Bern (status 1 December 2015)
Abbreviations - Programme
ERC: European Research Council
FET: Future and Emerging Technologies
ITN: Innovative Training Networks
- ETN: European Training Networks
- EID: European Industrial Doctorates
Horizon 2020 Projects
Abbreviations - Project Type
IA: Innovation Action
RIA: Research & Innovation Action
LEIT: Leadership in Enabling and Industrial Technologies
MSCA: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
RISE: Research and Innovation Staff Exchanges
SNF Starting Grant: Temporary Back-up Scheme for ERC
funded by Swiss National Science Foundation in 2014
(bold: University of Bern is coordinator; green highlight: new projects since Jan 2015)
Pillar "Excellent Science" – sorted by type of grant, then by faculty
Fac.
Institute/Department
Last Name
First Name Type of Grant
Acronym
Project Title
NAT
Physikalisches Institut
Fischer
Hubertus
ERC Advanced
Grant
deepSLice
Deciphering the greenhouse gas record in deepest ice using
novel continuous sublimation extraction laser spectrometry
NAT
Departement für Chemie und
Biochemie
Albrecht
Martin
ERC Consolidator
Grant
synMICs
Exploiting Synergistic Properties of Mesoionic Carbene
Complexes: Teaching Rusty Metals Challenging Catalysis
NAT
Institut für Anatomie
Mercader
Huber
Nadia
ERC Starting Grant zebraHEART
Novel insights into cardiac regeneration through studies in
the zebrafish
NAT
Institut für Pflanzenwissenschaften
Erb
Matthias
SNF Starting Grant RAMP
RNAi-controlled multitrophic processing of plant secondary
metabolites
NAT
Physikalisches Institut
Mordasini
Christoph
SNF Starting Grant PlanetsInTime
The history of planets from their origins to present day
MED
Theodor-Kocher-Institut
Engelhardt
Britta
MSCA ITN-ETN
BtRAIN
Brain barriers training
MED
Institut für Pharmakologie
Simon
Hans-Uwe
MSCA ITN-ETN
MEL-PLEX
NAT
Departement für Chemie und Biochemie
Albrecht
Martin
MSCA ITN-ETN
NoNoMeCat
Exploiting MELanoma disease comPLEXity to address European
research training needs in translational cancer systems biology and
cancer systems medicine
Non-Noble Metal Catalysis
NAT
Departement für Chemie und Biochemie
Reymond
Jean Louis
MSCA ITN-EID
BIGCHEM
Big Data in Chemistry
NAT
Mathematische Institut
Metcalfe
George
MSCA RISE
SYSMICS
Syntax Meets Semantics: Methods, Interactions, and Connections
in Substructural logics.
NAT
Institut für Angewandte Physik
Kämpfer
Niklaus
Research
Infrastructures/RIA
ARISE2
Atmospheric dynamics Research InfraStructure in Europe
NAT
Institut für Angewandte Physik
Stefanov
André
FET Open
SUPERTWIN
All Solid-State Super-Twinning Photon Microscope
MED
Institut für Physiologie
Senn
Walter
FET Flagship
HBP FPA
Human Brain Project Framework Partnership Agreement
Contact: [email protected]
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Pillar "Industrial Leadership" – sorted by faculty, then by type of grant
Fac.
Institute/Department
Last Name
First Name Type of Grant
Acronym
Project Title
NAT
Geographisches Institut
Brönnimann
Stefan
LEIT-Space/RIA
EUSTACE
EU Surface Temperature for All Corners of Earth
NAT
Physikalisches Institut
Bütikofer
Rolf
LEIT-Space/RIA
HESPERIA
High Energy Solar Particle Events foRecastIng and Analysis
NAT
Astronomisches Institut
Jäggi
Adrian
LEIT-Space/RIA
EGSIEM
European Gravity Service for Improved Emergency
Management
NAT
Physikalisches Institut
Thomas
Nicolas
LEIT-Space/RIA
MiARD
Multi-Instrument Analysis of ROSETTA Data
Pillar "Societal Challenges" – sorted by faculty, then by type of grant
Fac.
Institute/Department
Last Name
First Name Type of Grant
Acronym
Project Title
HUM
Institut für Psychologie
Berger
Thomas
Health/RIA
Icare
Integrating Technology into Mental Health Care Delivery in Europe
MED
Universitätsklinik für Kinderheilkunde
Aebi
Christoph
Health/RIA
PERFORM
Personalised Risk assessment in febrile illness to Optimise Real-life
Management across the European Union
MED
Universitätsinstitut für Immunologie
Bachmann
Martin
Health/RIA
EHVA
MED
Universitätsklinik für Allgemeine
Innere Medizin
Rodondi
Nicolas
Health/RIA
OPERAM
European HIV Vaccine Alliance (EHVA): a EU platform for the
discovery and evaluation of novel prophylactic and therapeutic
vaccine candidates
OPtimising thERapy to prevent Avoidable hospital
admissions in the Multimorbid elderly
MED
Universitätsklinik für Viszerale Chirurgie
und Medizin
Wiest
Reiner
Health/RIA
CARBALIVE
MED
Universitätsklinik für Kardiologie
Wilhelm
Matthias
Health/RIA
EU-CaRE
NAT
Centre for Development and Environment
Perlik
Manfred
Food/RIA
SIMRA
Social Innovation in Marginalised Rural Areas
NAT
Centre for Development and Environment
Schwilch
Gudrun
Food/RIA
iSQAPER
Interactive Soil Quality Assessment in Europe and China for
Agricultural Productivity and Environmental Resilience
NAT
Centre for Development and Environment
Schwilch
Gudrun
Food/RIA
SOILCARE
Soil Care for profitable and sustainable crop production in Europe
VET
Institut für Veterinärbakteriologie
Kuhnert
Peter
Food/RIA
SAPHIR
Strengthening Animal Production and Health through the Immune
Response
Clinical evaluation of carbons of controlled porosity as a new
therapeutic for the treatment of liver cirrhosis and non-alcoholic
fatty liver disease.
A EUropean study on effectiveness and sustainability of current
Cardiac Rehabilitation programmes in the Elderly
Euratom
Fac.
Institute/Department
Last Name
First Name Type of Grant
Acronym
Project Title
NAT
Institut für Geologie
Mäder
Urs
Cebama
Cement-based materials, properties, evolution, barrier functions
Contact: [email protected]
RIA
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Abbreviations - Programme
ERC: European Research Council
IAPP: Industry-Academia Partnerships & Pathways
IMI: Innovative Medicines Initiative
FP7 Projects
Abbreviations - Project Type
CP: Collaborative Project
CSA: Coordination and Support Action
IP: Integrating Project
(bold: University of Bern is coordinator)
Sub-programme "Cooperation" – sorted by faculty, then by type of grant
Fac.
Institute/Department
Last Name
First Name Type of Grant
Acronym
Project Title
HUM
Institut für Psychologie
Berger
Thomas
CP: Small/Medium
E-COMPARED
European-COMPARative Effectiveness research on online
Depression
MED
Institut für Sozial- und Präventivmedizin
Kühni
Claudia
CP
BESTCILIA
Better Experimental Screening and Treatment for Primary Ciliary
Dyskinesia
MED
Institut für Sozial- und Präventivmedizin
Kühni
Claudia
CP
PanCareLife
MED
Institut für Chirurgische Technologien und Büchler
Biomechanik
Philippe
CP
CHIC
PanCare Studies in Fertility and Ototoxicity to Improve Quality of
Life after Cancer during Childhood, Adolescence and Young
Adulthood
Computational horizons in cancer: Developing Meta- and HyperMultiscale Models and Repositories for In Silico Oncology
MED
Institut für Physiologie
Senn
Walter
CP & CSA
HBP
The Human Brain Project
MED
Departement Klinische Forschung
Arcaro
Alexandre
CP: Large IP
ASSET
Analysing and Stryking the Sensitivities of Embryonal Tumours
MED
Universitätsklinik für Kinderheilkunde
Aebi
Christoph
CP: Large IP
EUCLIDS
The genetic basis of meningococcal and other life threatening
bacterial infections of childhood
MED
Institut für Sozial- und Präventivmedizin
Kühni
Claudia
CP: Small/Medium
PanCareSurFup
PanCare Childhood and Adolescent Cancer Survivor Care and
Follow-Up Studies
MED
Universitätsklinik für Allgemeine Innere
Medizin
Rodondi
Nicolas
CP: Small/Medium
TRUST
MED
Universitätsklinik für Hals-, Nasen- und
Ohrenkrankheiten
Senn
Pascal
CP: Small/Medium
OtoStem
Multi-modal effects of thyroid hormone replacement for untreated
older adults with subclinical hypothyroidism; a randomised placebocontrolled trial
Human stem cell applications for the treatment of hearing loss
MED
Universitätspoliklinik für Endokrinologie,
Diabetologie und Klinische Ernährung
Christ
Emanuel
CP: Small/Medium
BetaCure
Personalized diagnosis and treatment of hyperinsulinemic
hypoglycaemia caused by beta-cell pathology
MED
Zahnmedizinische Kliniken
Eick
Sigrun
CP: Small/Medium
TRIGGER
MED
Institut für Sozial- und Präventivmedizin
Egger
Matthias
IMI
GetReal
King of hearts, joints and lungs; periodontal pathogens as etiologic
factor in RA, CVD and COPD and their impact on treatment
strategies
Incorporating real-life clinical data into drug development
NAT
Centre for Development and Environment
Schwilch
Gudrun
CP
RECARE
Preventing and Remediating degradation of soils in Europe through
Land Care
NAT
Departement für Chemie und Biochemie
Rudnev
Alexander
CP
ACMOL
Electrical spin manipulation in electroACtive MOLecules
NAT
Institut für Angewandte Physik
Frenz
Martin
CP
FULLPHASE
Fully integrated real-time multi-color photoacoustics for early
disease detection
NAT
Institut für Informatik und Angewandte
Mathematik
Braun
Torsten
CP
Mobile Cloud Network
Future Communication Architecture for Mobile Cloud Services
Contact: [email protected]
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Fac.
Institute/Department
Last Name
First Name Type of Grant
Acronym
Project Title
NAT
Institut für Informatik und Angewandte
Mathematik
Favaro
Paolo
CP
AQUAVALENS
NAT
Centre for Development and Environment
Schwilch
Gudrun
CP: Large IP
CASCADE
Protecting the health of Europeans by improving methods for the
detection of pathogens in drinking water and water used in food
preparation
CAtastrophic Shifts in drylands: how CAn we prevent ecosystem
DEgradation
NAT
Geographisches Institut
Brönnimann
Stefan
CP: Small/Medium
ERA-CLIM2
European Reanalysis of the Global Climate System
VET
Institut für Tierpathologie
Segner
Helmut
CP
SOLUTIONS
Solutions for present and future emerging pollutants in land and
water resources management
VET
Veterinary Public Health Institute
Würbel
Hanno
CSA
Multi-PART
Multicenter Preclinical Animal Research Team
WISO World Trade Institute
Francois
Joseph
CP: Small/Medium
PRONTO
Productivity, Non-Tariff Measures and Openness
WISO Institut für Politikwissenschaft
Freitag
Markus
CP: Large IP
CUPESSE
Cultural Pathways to Econmic Self-Sufficiency and
Entrepreneurship: Family values and Youth Unemployment in
Europe
Project Title
Sub-programme "Ideas" (ERC) – sorted by type of grant, then by faculty
Fac.
Institute/Department
Last Name
First Name Type of Grant
Acronym
NAT
Institut für theoretische Physik
Wiese
Uwe-Jens
ERC Advanced
Grant
AtomicGaugeSimulator Classical and Atomic Quantum Simulation of Gauge Theories
in Particle and Condensed Matter Physics
VET
Veterinary Public Health Institute
Würbel
Hanno
ERC Advanced
Grant
REFINE
Phenotypic plasticity, animal welfare, and the validity of
animal experiments
NAT
Institut für Zellbiologie
Moreno
Eduardo
ERC Consolidator
Grant
CELLFITNESS
Active Mechanisms of Cell Selection: From Cell Competition
to Cell Fitness
MED
Departement Klinische Forschung
McCoy
Kathy
ERC Starting Grant HygieneAndImmunity
MED
Institut für Infektionskrankheiten
Hapfelmeier
Siegfried
ERC Starting Grant ReversibleInfection
NAT
Institut für Angewandte Physik
Cannizzo
Andrea
ERC Starting Grant FunctionalDyna
Mechanisms of hygiene-mediated immune dysregulation
and impact on the susceptibility to allergic and autoimmune
diseases
Pathogen and commensal immunity compared in a
reversible infection model that uncouples immunity from
pathogen immune evasion
Investigating Functional Dynamics in Proteins by Novel
Multidimensional Optical Spectroscopies in the Ultraviolet
Sub-programme "People" (Marie Curie) – sorted by type of grant, then by faculty
Fac.
Institute/Department
Last Name
First Name Type of Grant
MED
Departement Klinische Forschung
Kuchen
Stefan
Career Integration SNORD104 microRNA
Grant
SNORD104 gene-encoded microRNA and its role in immune
homeostasis
MED
Institut für Pathologie
Krebs
Philippe
Career Integration X-talk
Grant
Investigation of the cross-talk between innate and adaptive
immunity
NAT
Institut für Pflanzenwissenschaften
Erb
Matthias
Career Integration Dandelion
Grant
Taraxacum officinale as a new plant-herbivore model to
study fitness benefits of root secondary metabolites
MED
Institut für Biochemie und
Molekularbiologie
Abriel
Hugues
COFUND
IFP TransCure
TransCure - International Fellowship Program on
Translational Research
MED
Universitätsklinik für Nephrologie und Huynh-Do
Hypertonie
Uyen
COFUND
IKPP2
International Fellowship Program on Integrative Kidney
Physiology and Pathophysiology
Contact: [email protected]
Acronym
Project Title
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Last Name
First Name Type of Grant
Acronym
Project Title
WISO World Trade Institute
Fac.
Institute/Department
Cottier
Thomas
COFUND
COFIT
COFUND International Trade
MED
Departement Klinische Forschung
Kreis
Roland
Initial Training
Network
TRANSACT
Transforming Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy into a Clinical Tool
MED
Institut für Biochemie und Molekulare
Medizin
Gertsch
Jürg
Initial Training
Network
MedPlant
Phylogentic exploration of medicinal plant diversity
MED
Institut für Sozial- und Präventivmedizin
Jüni
Peter
Initial Training
Network
MEDIASRES
Novel Statistical Methodology for Diagnostic/Prognostic and
Therapeutic Studies and Systematic Reviews
MED
Theodor-Kocher-Institut
Engelhardt
Britta
Initial Training
Network
nEUROinflammation
nEUROinflammation
NAT
Departement für Chemie und Biochemie
Krämer
Karl
Initial Training
Network
LUMINET
European Network on Luminescent Materials
NAT
Departement für Chemie und Biochemie
Wandlowski
Thomas
Initial Training
Network
MOLESCO
MOLECULAR-SCALE ELECTRONICS: Concepts, Contacts and
Stability
NAT
Institut für Geologie
Pettke
Thomas
Initial Training
Network
ZIP
Zooming In between Plates: deciphering the nature of the plate
interface in subduction zones
NAT
Mathematisches Institut
Balogh
Zoltan
Initial Training
Network
MANET
Metric Analysis for Emerging Technologies
NAT
Physikalisches Institut
Leuenberger
Kobashi
Markus
Takuro
Greentemp
Investigation of Greenland temperature variability over the
6000 years using trapped air in ice cores
MED
Universitätsklinik für Viszerale
Chirurgie und Medizin
Macpherson
Ganal
Microbiota-Neonate
Characterization of maternal microbiota-dependent
imprinting of the neonatal immune system
NAT
Geographisches Institut
Wilcke
Mestrot
Andrew
Stephanie
Christine
Wolfgang
Adrien
International
Incoming
Fellowship
Intra-European
Fellowship
Intra-European
Fellowship
BIOMETA
NAT
Institut für Geologie
Jaccard
Lippold
Samuel
Jörg
Intra-European
Fellowship
OCEANQUANT
Biomethylation and Biovolatilisation of Arsenic in soil: Using
carbon and hydrogen isotops to unravel the mechanisms
and pathways involved
Quantification of Past Ocean Circulation
Contact: [email protected]
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