3D bioprinting construct for the diminishing of bone tumor and progression of bone tissue regeneration: Diagnosis of phenotyping in the cellular model and screening as a therapeutic platform (TissueEng)

European ComissionCoordinator
Bone tissue engineering offers a promising solution for restoring damaged bone tissue. However, current methods face limitations in creating disease models for identifying target genes in tumour recurrence, which hinders the development of preclinical strategies. In this context, the EU-funded TissueEng project aims to use 3D bioprinting to deve...

A bioprinting platform for the rapid, reliable, controlled and quantifiable patterning of cellular aggregatesand microtissues into macroscale regenerative grafts with programmable architectures (m2M)

European ComissionPartner
A fundamental limitation with current approaches aiming to bioprint tissues and organs is an inability to generate constructs with truly biomimetic composition and structure, resulting in the development of engineered tissues that cannot execute their specific function in vivo. This is perhaps unsurprising, as many tissues and organs co...

ABSolEU: closing the loop on ABS plastics recycling  (ABSolEU)

European ComissionPartner
At least 85% of end-of-life ABS plastic, found in durable products ranging from toys to automotive components and daily-use items such as shavers, ends up in landfills or being incinerated. The ABSolEU project aims to develop and mature a technology for the physical recycling of ABS, providing a clean and safe recyclate that is free of additives...

Accelerate the design and Insertion of nonCRM hard Materials for Next generation EXTreme applications (AIM-NEXT)

European ComissionPartner
The AIM-NEXT project arises from the common need of European academy and industry to educate and train the next generation of experts in the field of “Sustainable design of material solutions for engineering applications”. In this regard, the need to Accelerate the design and Insertion of hard Material tools and components, m...

Alternative routes for basic chemicals production using hydrogen as feedstock (ALCHEMHY )

European ComissionPartner
ALCHEMHY aims to develop a set of innovative electrified processes to produce platform chemicals, particularly ammonia, i.e., a Magnetic-Heated Sorption-Enhanced Reactor (MSER) and Direct ElectroSynthesis of Ammonia (DESA); and methanol, i.e., a Small-Flexible Methanol Reactor (SFMR) and a Plasma-Catalytic Hydrogenation process (PCH). To this en...

Bioeconomia para Têxtil e Vestuário (BE@T)

Industry NationalPartner
Apoiada pelo Plano de Recuperação e Resiliência (PRR), a indústria têxtil nacional vai investir 138 milhões de euros na bioeconomia sustentável, procurando a mudança de paradigma para o setor e a criação de produtos de alto valor ...

Building knowledge and tools for the sustainable microbial fighting through sensing and responsive polysaccharide-based materials (NET4MAT)

European ComissionCoordinator
The worldwide pollution triggered by non-biodegradable plastics requires alternative sustainable/eco-friendly materials for all applications. On the other hand, pathogenic microbial resistance is demanding the development of materials that accurately detect and actuate against pathogenic microorganisms. To exploit an approach that answer both th...

Célula de óxido sólido reversível para eliminação eletrocatalítica seletiva de NOx (RENOXCELL)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaCoordinator

Circular product design applied to the recovery of critical raw elements from electrolyzers and fuel cells at their end of life (CLEARNESS)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaCoordinator

CIRcularidade aplicada a Adesivos TÊXteis (CIRATEX)

Industry NationalPartner
O projeto propõe desenvolver adesivos têxteis sustentáveis, incorporando resíduos poliméricos que serão transformados e reaproveitados. Pretende-se reduzir o desperdício e criar soluções ambientalmente sustentáveis. Os res&ia...

Circularidade de resíduos poliméricos do setor cerâmico (CiPoCer)

Industry NationalPartner

Clean and efficient cooling in vaccine transportation using Rotating Magnetocaloric Effect (MAGCCINE )

European ComissionPartner
Every year 1.5 million lives are lost worldwide due to insufficient access to vaccination while, paradoxically, over 50% of all produced vaccines are wasted, mostly due to ineffective temperature control during storage/transportation. The major challenges of the vaccine cold chain are the evermore strict limitations imposed on their aerial trans...

Cr4+:YAG/Polymer nanocomposite as alternative materials for Q-switched lasers: properties, modeling, and applications (ALTER-Q )

European ComissionCoordinator
The development and application of solid-state lasers (SSRs) over the last decade, emphasizing their wide-ranging uses in fields such as metal processing, medical applications, and optical transmission systems. It outlines the fundamental components of SSRs and the importance of achieving a balance between gains and losses in the laser resonator...

Development of a multifunctional biomaterial patch for buccal delivery of peptide-analogue treatments (BUCCAL-PEP)

European ComissionPartner
Oral delivery of peptide macromolecules represents significant challenges for pharmaceutical research, including low bioavailability, dosage control and undesirable food interactions. The intention of the EU-funded BUCCAL-PEP project is to develop a technological platform for oromucosal delivery suitable for a broad range of peptide-ana...

Emerging nanoscopy for single entity characterisation (Ensign)

European ComissionPartner
Understanding structure and behaviour at the nanoscale provides valuable insight and the opportunity for control in application areas like biomedicine, biophysics and biomaterials. Measuring individual nanoscale properties with different instruments is challenging, slow and expensive. Understanding their interactions is even more difficult. Corr...

Exploring devitalized MSCs fibres as immunomodulatory devices for wound regeneration through (i) direct promotion of healing or (ii) enabling of allograft transplantation free of systemic immunosuppression (LAZARUS)

Other InternationalCoordinator
The project aims at exploring MSCs as constituents of off-the-shelf easy-to-handle immunomodulatory biomaterials. The project focuses on using these materials to treat difficult-to-heal wounds, which may be chronic, or have proneness to become chronic if not properly treated.Two treatment approaches will be explored using devitalized MSC aggrega...

Free cooling Optimized Cabinet Operation (FOCO)

Industry NationalPartner

Full human-based multi-scale constructs with jammed regenerative pockets for bone engineering (REBORN)

European ComissionCoordinator
Engineered bone tissue has many advantages over natural bone grafts, including safety and limitless supply. However, current engineering methods cannot generate large vascularised grafts capable of in vivo integration and remodelling. To address this problem, the EU-funded REBORN project proposes to combine biomaterials based on proteins obtaine...

GRAIN BOUNDARY ENGINEERING INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR IMPROVED IONIC TRANSPORT IN CERAMIC INTERFACES (GENIC)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaCoordinator
The rise in global demand for energy is becoming increasingly unsustainable for the environment. Technological solutions to efficiently manage and convert energy are pursued to address this issue. Solid Oxide Cells (SOCs) are one such solution, offering the ability to convert chemical energy from various fuel gases (Solid Oxide Fuel Cells &n...

Green Plastic recycling: Additives removal THrough renewable solvents to enhancing the enzymatic depolymerization (GreenPATH)

Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaCoordinator
GreenPATH aims to develop a sustainable pretreatment process that combines high-pressure solid-liquid extraction (HP-SLE) with low-cost, renewable solvents, namely biosolvents and deep eutectic solvents (DES), to extract the additives in a key step prior to enzymatic depolymerization. The focus of this initiative is on the removal of organic and...