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CAREX ToK 2009 Awardees

The second call for Transfer of Knowledge grants was issued on April 20, 2009, this call was fully open to all the research and technilogy domains covered by CAREX. The project also decided to have it open to European researchers but also to graduate and PhD students. Thissecond call was closed on 10 July 2009 and on 18 September, six applicants were selected, of which five PhD students.

Anja Bauermeister

(German Aerospace Center - Institute for Aerospace Medicine, Germany)
Desiccation resistance of Deinococcus geothermalis cells and biofilms
Host institution: University of Rome "Tor Vergata" - Department of Biology, Italy
Maria-Cristina Ciobanu

(Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer - Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, France)
Cell extraction procedure from deep subseafloor sediment matrixes
Host institution: University of Potsdam - Intitut fur Geowissenschaften, Germany  
Daniela Isola

(University of Tuscia - Departement of Ecology and Sustainable Development, Italy)
Fungal molecular diversity and stress resistance of epi- and endolithic fungi from hot and cold deserts.
Host Institution: University of Applied Life Sciences - Austrian Center of Biological Resources and Applied Mycology (ACBR), Austria
Roberta Russo

(CNR - Institute of Protein Biochemistry, Italy)
Kinetic properties of heme proteins of the Antarctic bacterium Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis TAC125
 Host Institution: INSERM, France
Giuliano Scalzi

(University of Tuscia - Departement of Ecology and Sustainable Development, Italy)Viability Assessment of extremophilic fungi and cryptoendolithic microbial communities from Antarctica after exposure to space environment.
Host Institution: California Institute of Technology - Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA
Laura Selbmann

(University of Tuscia - Departement of Ecology and Sustainable Development, Italy)
Evolution of rock black fungi under extreme conditions
Host Institution: Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures CBS, NL