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The Excellent Science pillar aims to increase the EU’s global scientific competitiveness. It supports frontier research projects defined and driven by top researchers themselves through the European Research Council, funds fellowships for experienced researchers, doctoral training networks and exchanges for researchers through Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, and invests in world-class research infrastructures

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ECORISK2050: An Innovative Training Network for predicting the effects of global change on the emission, fate, effects, and risks of chemicals in aquatic ecosystems

Authors: Samuel A. Welch, Taylor Lane, Alizée O.S Desrousseaux, Joanke van Dijk, Annika Mangold-Döring, Rudrani Gajraj, John D. Hader, Markus Hermann, Anju Parvathi Ayillyath Kutteyeri, Sophie Mentzel, Poornima Nagesh, Francesco Polazzo, Sabrina K. Roth, Alistair B.A. Boxall, Benny Chefetz, Stefan C. Dekker, Josef Eitzinger, Merete Grung, Matthew MacLeod, S. Jannicke Moe, Andreu Rico, Anna Sobek, Annemarie P. van Wezel, Paul van den Brink

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Hans-Christian Bruun Hansen, Ludek BLAHA

Published: May 16, 2022
Research Article
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Accelerating Large-Scale-Structure data analyses by emulating Boltzmann solvers and Lagrangian Perturbation Theory

Authors: Giovanni Arico', Raul Angulo, Matteo Zennaro

Funders: European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Kazuya Koyama, Simeon Bird

Published: June 15, 2022
Research Article
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Wild snapdragon plant pedigree sheds light on limited connectivity enhanced by higher migrant reproductive success in a fragmented landscape

Authors: Laura Gervais, Pierick Mouginot, Anais Gibert, Oceane Salles, Mathieu Latutrie, Jesaelle Piquet, Juliette Archambeau, Benoit Pujol

Funders: European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Josselin Clo, Yann Bourgeois

Published: January 12, 2023
Research Article

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Revisiting the Rist diagram for predicting operating conditions in blast furnaces with multiple injections

Authors: Manuel Bailera, Takao Nakagaki, Ryoma Kataoka

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Eleonora Bargiacchi, Johannes SCHENK

Published: November 29, 2021
Brief Report

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Targeted gene knock-in reduces variation between transformants in the mushroom-forming fungus Schizophyllum commune

Authors: Peter Jan Vonk, Robin A. Ohm

Funders: European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Erika Kothe, Indra Roux

Published: November 29, 2021
Research Article
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Hydrothermal carbonization as an alternative sanitation technology: process optimization and development of low-cost reactor

Authors: Jae Wook Chung, Gabriel Gerner, Ekaterina Ovsyannikova, Alexander Treichler, Urs Baier, Judy Libra, Rolf Krebs

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Amit Gross, Luca Fiori

Published: June 10, 2022
Case Study
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Generational issues in linking family farming production, traditional food in diet, physical activity and obesity in Pacific Islands countries and territories: the case of the Melanesian population on Lifou Island

Authors: Olivier Galy, Stéphane Frayon, Marco Goldin, Paul Zongo, Guillaume Wattelez, Sonny Lameta, Alan Quartermain, Jean Marie Fotsing, Séverine Bouard

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Louisa Peralta, Marta Plichta

Published: October 11, 2022
Research Article
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Design Authorship: an intrinsic driver of designer-entrepreneurs

Authors: Aldo Valencia, Alison Pearce, Martin Ryan

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Michael Goldsby, Miikka Lehtonen, P.J. White, Thomas Cooney

Published: December 20, 2023
Research Article
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Anti-symmetric Compton scattering in LiNiPO 4: Towards a direct probe of the magneto-electric multipole moment

Authors: Sayantika Bhowal, Daniel O'Neill, Michael Fechner, Nicola A. Spaldin, Urs Staub, Jon Duffy, Stephen P. Collins

Funders: European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Hiroshi Sakurai, Lars Nordström, Niels Bech Christensen

Published: May 5, 2022
Research Article
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Data assimilation and agent-based modelling: towards the incorporation of categorical agent parameters

Authors: Patricia Ternes, Jonathan A Ward, Alison Heppenstall, Vijay Kumar, Le-Minh Kieu, Nick Malleson

Funders: European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Manuel Pulido, Nikolai Bode

Published: July 20, 2022
Method Article
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Direct laser writing of liquid crystal elastomers oriented by a horizontal electric field

Authors: Marco Carlotti, Omar Tricinci, Frank den Hoed, Stefano Palagi, Virgilio Mattoli

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Ada-Ioana Bunea, Daniele Martella

Published: November 19, 2021
Research Article
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Basic taste sensitivity, eating behaviour, food propensity and BMI of preadolescent children: How are they related?

Authors: Ervina Ervina, Ingunn Berget, Siv Borghild Skeie, Valérie L. Almli

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Melania Melis, Sylvie Issanchou

Published: February 2, 2024
Research Article

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Local invertibility and sensitivity of atomic structure-feature mappings

Authors: Sergey N. Pozdnyakov, Liwei Zhang, Christoph Ortner, Gábor Csányi, Michele Ceriotti

Funders: European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Bastiaan Braams, Reinhard MAURER

Published: October 20, 2021
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Properties of biomass powders resulting from the fine comminution of lignocellulosic feedstocks by three types of ball-mill set-up

Authors: Rova Karine Rajaonarivony, Xavier Rouau, Charlène Fabre, Claire Mayer-Laigle

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Christine FRANCES, Peter Deuss

Published: March 16, 2022
Method Article
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A spatio-temporal atlas of the developing fetal brain with spina bifida aperta

Authors: Lucas Fidon, Elizabeth Viola, Nada Mufti, Anna L. David, Andrew Melbourne, Philippe Demaerel, Sébastien Ourselin, Tom Vercauteren, Jan Deprest, Michael Aertsen

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: András Jakab, Guillaume Auzias

Published: August 31, 2022
Method Article
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Hydrogen and deuterium charging of lifted-out specimens for atom probe tomography

Authors: Heena Khanchandani, Se-Ho Kim, Rama Srinivas Varanasi, TS Prithiv, Leigh T. Stephenson, Baptiste Gault

Funders: European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Gregory Thompson, Maria A AUGER

Published: February 21, 2022
Research Article
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A digital territory to be appropriated: the state and the nationalization of cyberspace

Authors: Thanos Koulos

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Daniele Conversi, Tuba Eldem

Published: March 28, 2022
Research Article

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Financial development, poverty, and human development in the Fintech age: a regional analysis of the Southeast Asian states

Authors: Dina Chhorn

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Mazhar Mughal, Sokchea Lim

Published: October 4, 2021
Research Article
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Theoretical spectroscopic study of acetyl (CH 3CO), vinoxy (CH 2CHO), and 1-methylvinoxy (CH 3COCH 2) radicals. Barrierless formation processes of acetone in the gas phase

Authors: Hamza El Hadki, Victoria Guadalupe Gámez, Samira Dalbouha, Khadija Marakchi, Oum Keltoum Kabbaj, Najia Komiha, Miguel Carvajal, Maria Luisa Senent Diez

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Ha Vinh Lam Nguyen, Nicola Tasinato

Published: March 18, 2022
Study Protocol
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Implementing living evidence to inform health decisions: A strategy for building capacity in health sector (Protocol)

Authors: María Ximena Rojas-Reyes, Gerard Urrutia Chuchí, Gabriel Rada, Pablo Alonso, David Rigau Comas, Ariadna Auladell-Rispau

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Ingrid Kremer, Juan Lozano

Published: May 20, 2022
Study Protocol
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Methodological approaches for developing and reporting living evidence synthesis: a study protocol

Authors: Ariadna Auladell-Rispau, Josefina Bendersky, Angie Santafe, Cecilia Buchanan, David Rigau Comas, Francisca Verdugo, Camila Ávila, Pablo Alonso, Gerard Urrutia, Gabriel Rada, María Ximena Rojas-Reyes

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Juan Erviti, Nancy Santesso

Published: March 21, 2022
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Towards an integrated automatic design process for robot swarms

Authors: Darko Bozhinoski, Mauro Birattari

Funders: European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Adam Schroeder, Alan Millard, Edmund Hunt

Published: November 4, 2022
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[2.2.2.2]Paracyclophanetetraenes (PCTs): cyclic structural analogues of poly( p‑phenylene vinylene)s (PPVs)

Authors: Matthias Pletzer, Felix Plasser, Martina Rimmele, Martin Heeney, Florian Glöcklhofer

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Miłosz Pawlicki, Weixuan Zeng

Published: March 10, 2022
Case Study

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A micro credential for interoperability

Authors: Pamela Hussey, Subhashis Das

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Paul De Raeve, dorota.kilanska@umed.lodz.pl Dorota Kilanska

Published: September 15, 2021
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Targeting MICA/B with cytotoxic therapeutic antibodies leads to tumor control

Authors: Mathieu Bléry, Manel Mrabet-Kraiem, Ariane Morel, Florence Lhospice, Delphine Bregeon, Cécile Bonnafous, Laurent Gauthier, Benjamin Rossi, Romain Remark, Stéphanie Cornen, Nadia Anceriz, Nicolas Viaud, Sylvia Trichard, Sabrina Carpentier, Alix Joulin-Giet, Gwendoline Grondin, Veronika Liptakova, Younghoon Kim, Laurent Daniel, Aurélie Haffner, Nicolas Macagno, Laurent Pouyet, Ivan Perrot, Carine Paturel, Yannis Morel, Alexander Steinle, François Romagné, Emilie Narni-Mancinelli, Eric Vivier

Funders: European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Jacques Zimmer, Roberta Castriconi

Published: October 27, 2021