Upon recommendation by the CELSA Evaluation Committee, the CELSA Board selects yearly 10-12 collaborative research projects that are financed with means of the CELSA Research Fund. The purpose is to set up new scientific collaborations between researchers from the CELSA partners. Projects are funded for two years and serve as a leverage towards European Commission competitive funding programmes, such as Horizon Europe.
Soil organic carbon stocks and their stability under the influence of forest succession in mountain areas. A pilot study in the Gorce Mountains (southern Poland) - by Łukasz Musielok (Jagiellonian University/Faculty of Geography and Geology/Institute of Geography and Spatial Management), Bart Muys (KU Leuven/ Research and Education - Bioscience, Geel Campus/Forest, Nature and Landscape), Karen Vancampenhout (Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences/Forest, Nature and Landscape, Geel Campus).
Unravelling the molecular mechanisms underlying meiotic and gametophytic heat sensitivity in Arabidopsis thaliana using an integrated ‘omics’ approach - by Nico De Storme (KU Leuven/Crop Biotechnics/Crop Biotechnics), David Honys (CUNI/Dept. of Experimental Plant Biology - Faculty of Science/ Laboratory of Pollen Biology).
Metal-oxo clusters as a new generation of artificial enzymes: where experiment meets theory - by Tatjana Vogt (KU Leuven/ Department of Chemistry/Sustainable Chemistry for Metals and Molecules), Bartosz Trzaskowski (UW/Centre of New Technologies (CeNT)/ Chemical and Biological Systems Simulation Laboratory).
Towards Scalable Algorithms for Neuro-Symbolic AI - by Giuseppe Marra (KU Leuven/Declarative Languages and Artificial Intelligence (DTAI)), Ondrej Kuzelka (CTU/Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Department of Computer Science/Intelligent Data Analysis Group).
Novel power system stability assessment methods for power systems with high penetration of renewable energy sources. - by István Vokony (BME/Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics/ Department of Electric Power Engineering), Dirk Van Hertem (KU Leuven/Electrical Energy Systems and Applications (ELECTA)), Jef Beerten (KU Leuven/Department of Electrical Engineering (ESAT)/Electrical Energy Systems and Applications (ELECTA)).
Identification of language-independent speech and language biomarkers characteristic of dementia - by Hugo Van hamme (KU Leuven/Research Group Experimental Neurology/Processing Speech and Images (PSI)), Rik Vandenberghe (KU Leuven/Department of Neurosciences/Laboratory for Cognitive Neurology), Dávid Sztahó (BME/Department of Telecommunications and Media Informatics/ Laboratory of Speech Acoustic (LSA)), Gábor Kiss (BME/Department of Telecommunications and Media Informatics/ Laboratory of Speech Acoustic (LSA)).
Droplet impact dynamics and icing characteristics on rationally microengineered superhydrophobic surfaces - by Maria Rosaria Vetrano (KU Leuven/Applied Mechanics and Energy conversion (TME)), Matic Može (University of Ljubljana/Faculty of Mechanical Engineering/ Chair of heating and process engineering, Laboratory for thermal technology).
A Novel Micromanufacturing Process Chain for High Pressure and High Temperature Microfluidic Platforms - by Dominiek Reynaerts (KU Leuven/Department of Mechanical Engineering/Manufacturing Processes and Systems (MaPS)), Krishna Kumar Saxena (KU Leuven/Department of Mechanical Engineering/Manufacturing Processes and Systems), Joško Valentinčič (University of Ljubljana/Faculty of Mechanical Engineering/Chair of manufacturing technologies and systems).
Worn down and short-fused: the relation between sleep and aggression - by Maarten Van Den Bossche (KU Leuven/Research Group Psychiatry/Neuropsychiatry), Attila Tóth (ELTE/Faculty of Science, lnstitute of Biology/Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, ln vivo electrophysiology Lab), Róbert Bódizs (Semmelweis/Faculty of General Medicine/lnstitute of Behavioural Sciences).
Brain-wide genetically-targeted access to primate brain function - by Wim Vanduffel (KU Leuven/Research Group Neurophysiology/Laboratory for Neuro- and Psychophysiology), Arpad Dobolyi (ELTE/Faculty of Sciences /Department of Physiology and Neurobiology/Department: Laboratory of Molecular and Systems Neurobiology)? Daniel Hillier (ELTE/Faculty of Sciences /Department of Physiology and Neurobiology/Department: Laboratory of Molecular and Systems Neurobiology).
Targeting AKR1Cs to reverse chemoresistance in ovarian cancer - by Frédéric Amant (KU Leuven/Department of Oncology/ Gynaecological Oncology), Tea Lanišnik Rižner (University of Ljubljana/Faculty of Medicine/Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics).
Repurposing Paracetamol to ImpRove NEOnatal asphyxia (REPAIR-NEO study) - Karel Allegaert (KU Leuven/Department of Development and Regeneration/Woman and Child), Pieter Annaert (Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences/Drug Delivery and Disposition), Anne Smits (Department of Development and Regeneration/Woman and Child), Pavla Pokorna (CUNI/Department of Pediatrics and Inherited Metabolic Disorders, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic), Nikolina Kutinová Canová (CUNI/First Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Pharmacology/ Preclinical in vitro and animal models).