Friday, 4 October 2024 Newly acquired UP projects in September
September brought six projects, many of them co-developed by two UP members, which shows the excellent collaboration between researchers.
UP FAMNIT projects
EUROPEAN INNOVATION COUNCIL EIC - PATHFINDER REMEDY
REMEDY - ARCHIBIOME TATTOO FOR RESISTANT, RESPONSIVE, AND RESILIENT CITIES, ASSOCIATED PARTNERS, UP, LEAD: INNORENEW COE, UP LEAD: DR. ANNA SANDAK
The REMEDY aims to achieve a breakthrough in fundamental research in microbiology and synthetic biology, transfer the know-how to materials science in the form of engineered living materials, and develop compatible biofabrication processes that allow personalised design in the architectural context. The tailored and engineered microbial consortia will create a beneficial microbiome, providing resilience and resistance against pathogenic microorganisms, allowing carbon sequestration, oxygen production, and bioremediation. By bespoke decoration and functionalisation of various building surfaces, REMEDY will boost probiotic architecture and introduce metabolic thinking in the circular building industry.
RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE PLAN (NOO)
MARINKA - MLADOSTNIKI S TEMELJNIMI ZNANJI RIN SO KREATORJI PRIHODNOSTI / YOUNG PEOPLE WITH BASIC RIN SKILLS ARE THE CREATORS OF THE FUTURE, VODILNI PARTNERJI UP FAMNIT, PARTNER UP PEF, VODJA NA UP: DR. SONJA ČOTAR KONRAD
Young people with basic skills RIN are the Creators of the Future (acronym: MARIiNKA) is an experimental research project involving the UPR (FAMNIT - the project promoter and PEF) and the University of Ljubljana (Faculty of Computer Science and Informatics), together with ten educational institutions (FIEs) in Slovenia. This project is the first in our country to introduce, in a research and applied way, the core content of Computer Science and Informatics (CSI) into the learning activities of primary schools for students from 6th to 9th grade. The integration of pedagogical and computing knowledge, which is the core of the project, is an important step in the Slovenian education system in the field of systemic integration and upgrading of the teaching of the core content of RIN.
COST
CA23121 GENOA GENETIC NATURE OBSERVATION AND ACTION / OPAZOVANJE NARAVE IN AKCIJE Z GENETSKEGA STALIŠČA, PARTNERS, UP FAMNIT, LEAD: INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE DEZVOLTARE IN SILVICULTURA MARIN DRACEA, ROMANIA, UP LEAD: DR. ELENA BUŽAN
Genetic diversity is fundamental for adaptation and essential to species survival, hence for nature’s contributions to people. Furthermore, genetic knowledge supports the effective use of resources to ensure the holistic protection of biodiversity. While genetic diversity data and indicators are available, they are often not integrated into species management and monitoring schemes in Europe due to a lack of capacity. Furthermore, current national policies and practices have not yet ‘adapted’ to the new Global Biodiversity Framework. In order to better understand genetic diversity in species and their populations and actively use it to monitor and safeguard biodiversity, there is an urgent need to refine, assess, inform and facilitate the implementation of genetic diversity data and indicators across European countries. This implementation of genetic diversity data should be achieved by including practitioners, companies, policymakers and the wider public. The needs of all these stakeholders should be investigated and taken into account in order for collaborations to be inclusive and effective, as such, building knowledge, capacity and trust among partners. Hence, GENOA will co-create and improve the procedures, methods and data on genetic diversity (indicators) and co-develop tailored dissemination packages to reach out to and exchange with targeted stakeholders to enable a better understanding of genetic diversity information. In addition, the monitoring, reporting and application of genetic data will improve, which will contribute to the conservation of biodiversity at all levels.
COST
CA23133 LILY LILY: A LARGE-SCALE INTERDISCIPLINARY ALLIANCE ON NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS AND HEALTH: INDICATORS, INEQUALITY AND INNOVATION / OBSEŽNO INTERDISCIPLINARNO ZAVEZNIŠTVO O NARAVNIH, PARTNERS, UP FAMNIT, UP LEAD: DR. ELENA BUŽAN
Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are instrumental in European climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies. Through creating ecosystems, NbS can have positive and negative impacts on the health of people, animals, and the environment, i.e., co-benefits and unintended consequences. As NbS are increasingly integrated into policy and implemented on the ground, it is urgently needed to adopt evidence-based approaches to their design and implementation, which minimize maladaptation and mislabeling practices, particularly in the health domain. This Action (LILY) focuses on NbS impacts on health (NbS-Health) and addresses: (i) the lack of a comprehensive framework outlining health outcomes and underlying pathways, (ii) gaps in NbS-Health indicators, (iii) vulnerability and inequality, (iv) NbS-Health monitoring, (v) NbS-Health gaps in NbS platforms. LILY comprises 69 interdisciplinary partners from 18 COST Countries, with 10 being COST Inclusiveness Target Countries and one-third young researchers. LILY will engage scientists, implementers, stakeholders, and community in participatory approaches and produce (i) a conceptual NbS-Health framework, (ii) best-practice guidelines for spatio-temporal NbS-Health indicators considering vulnerability and inequality, (iii) recommendations on novel data streams and methodology for indicator-based monitoring and evaluation, and (iv) a network and data platform for proficient information sharing. LILY will empower young scientists through summer schools, knowledge exchange workshops, and arranging the first NbS-Health conference. The outcomes will be translated into policy briefs, materials for Lancet Countdown, EU-Horizon projects and clusters, and public dissemination. LILY commits to excellence and innovation through co-production among scientists and stakeholders, transdisciplinarity, One Health concept, Exposure-Vulnerability-Risk framework, and inclusive and gender balance approaches in its governance.
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