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PHOSBURY – Photosynthetic bacteria in Self-assembled Biocompatible coatings for the transduction of energy

Duration: From April 2022 to October 2024 (2.5 years) Funding Institution: SNSF – Swiss National Science Foundation Contact person: M. Trotta Improve the electron transfer between the microbe and electrode surface, the bottleneck in existing microbial technologies, by engineering microbes capable of biopolymerizing their own inter-and intra-cellular conductive network. Partners: EPFL – École Polytechnique Fédérale […]

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MITHoS – Multimodal Innovative THeranostic nanoSystem

Duration: From March 2022 to February 2025 (3 years) Funding Institution: MUR (Ministero Università e Ricerca) – PRIN 2020 Contact person: G. Barcaro ERC sectors: PE – Physical Sciences and Engineering (subfields: PE4_4 Surface science and nanostructures, PE4_6 Chemical physics, PE4_11 Physical chemistry of biological systems) The goal is the development of a Multimodal Innovative THeranostic […]

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Exploration of the mechanisms of prebiotic synthesis in impact craters

Duration: From 2022 to 2024 (3 years) Bilateral agreement: CNR/CAS (Czech Republic) – biennio 2022-2023 Funding Institution: CNR and Academy of Science, Czech Republic.    Triennium program Contact person: F. Saija (IPCF) – Martin Ferus, (Academy of Science, Czech Republic) This project focuses on extensive experimental and theoretical investigations of formamide-based and hydrogen-cyanide- (HCN)-based prebiotic synthesis in post-impact hydrothermal model environments. Firstly, […]

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Detection of micro and nanoplastics absorbed in the gut of marine invertebrates by Raman/SERS tweezers

Duration: From January 2022 to December 2024 (2 years) Bilateral agreement: CNR/Royal Society (United Kingdom) – 2022-2023 Funding Institution: Royal Society Contact person:  P. G. Gucciardi (IPCF) – Tamara Galloway (University of Exeter – UK) The project is focused on the detection of micro and nanoplastics absorbed in the intestine of marine invertebrates using Raman optical tweezers in order to increase […]

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PRIORITY –  Plastics monitoRIng detectiOn RemedIaTion recoverY (COST Action)

Duration: From 19 Oct 2021 – 18 Oct 2025 (4 years) Funding Institution: European Union, COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) – CA20101 Action Chair: Stefania Federici (University of Brescia) Contact person in IPCF: P.G. Gucciardi Other research units: An overview of the COST action participants is available here. Website:  https://ca-priority.eu/ Settori ERC: PE4 […]

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Capitale naturale e risorse per il futuro dell’Italia (FOE 2020)

Duration: From 01 Jan 2020 to 31 Dec 2029 (10 years) Funding Institution: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) Principal Investigator: Fabio Trincardi (ISMAR) Contact person in IPCF: G. Barcaro ERC Sector: PE4_13 Theoretical and Computational Chemistry In our country, awareness is growing of how it is now unavoidable to connect development with the circular economy, […]

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