2019 Projects

The 12 projects awarded in 2019 involve 15 high-level academics. Some of these researchers come from afar (from Brazil and the United States, for example) and others from the Strasbourg campus. They will all work on their individual projects that are focused on a variety of subjects from all scientific fields, including innovative opto-nano-tweezers, the history of the book, mitochondrial dysfunction, digital archaeology, quantum systems, and new perspectives on neurodegenerative disease.

• Natural deep eutectic solvents for the preparation of chiral and catalytically active metal-organic frameworks (NaDesCatMOF)
  Dr. Stéphane Baudron, Complex Matter Chemistry (CMC), University of Strasbourg and CNRS, France & Dr. Benoît Louis, Institute of Chemistry and Processes for Energy, Environment and Health (ICPEES), University of Strasbourg and CNRS, France

• Margins from within and without: daily lives and legal rights
  Professor Jérôme Beauchez, European Dynamics (DynamE), University of Strasbourg and CNRS, France

• The Non-material origins of materialism (NOMAT)
  Dr. Ada Bronowski, Philosophy Department, New College of the Humanities, London, United Kingdom & USIAS Fellow, European Dynamics (DynamE), University of Strasbourg and CNRS, France

• Digital archaeology in a monumental necropolis in Thebes in Egypt
  Professor Frédéric Colin, Archaeology and Ancient History in the Mediterranean Area (ArcHiMedE), University of Strasbourg and CNRS, France

• Coupled spin and charge femto-second dynamics for topological material
  Dr. Bertrand Dupé, University of Liège and FRS-FNRS, Belgium & USIAS Fellow at the Institute of Physics and Chemistry of Materials of Strasbourg (IPCMS), University of Strasbourg and CNRS

CNRS: French National Centre for Scientific Research
Inserm: French National Institute of Health and Medical Research

• Role of the lateral hypothalamic area in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
  Dr. Luc Dupuis, Central and Peripheral Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration (MCPN), University of Strasbourg and Inserm, France

• In vivo modelling of a rare recessive ataxia linked to mitochondrial dysfunction utilizing zebrafish
  Dr. Christelle Golzio & Dr. Hélène Puccio, Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology (IGBMC), University of Strasbourg, CNRS and Inserm, France

• Molecular engineering of Piezo channels with innovative opto-nano-tweezers
  Dr. Thomas Grutter, Laboratory of Design and Application of Bioactive Molecules (CAMB), University of Strasbourg and CNRS, France

• Unfolding the early modern page: transformations in print and paper
  Dr. Lianne Habinek, USIAS Fellow, Knowledge in the Anglophone Area: Representations, Culture, History (SEARCH), University of Strasbourg, France

• The molecular basis of natural antiviral resistance against Dengue and Zika viruses in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes
  Professor João Marques, Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil & USIAS Fellow, Innate Immune Response in Insect Models (M3I), University of Strasbourg and CNRS, France

• The role of nuclear pore complex acetylation in differentiation of stem cells
  Dr. Manuel Mendoza, Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology (IGBMC), University of Strasbourg, CNRS and Inserm, France

• Diagrammatic Monte Carlo for effective field theories and dipole fermions
  Professor Nikolay Prokof'ev, Physics Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, United States & Professor Guido Pupillo, Institute of Supramolecular Science and Engineering (ISIS), University of Strasbourg and CNRS, France