The MERLION 2006 call has closed on 31st March 2006. We have received 37 projects, in the following fields: Mathematics: 1 Physics: 8 Chemistry: 6 Biology, Life Sciences: 15 ICT: 6 Biodiversity:1

The selected project for the 2006 MERLION are the following:

• Investigations in LDPC codes, space-time codes and quantum codes: construction analysis and decoding

Laboratoire I3S, Sophia-Antipolis UMR UNSA-CNRS  6070

Division of mathematical sciences, SPMS, NTU

 

• Chiral Metamaterials for Negative Refraction at Optical Frequencies

LGEP-Supélec, UMR CNRS 8507

Centre for Microwave & radiofrequency, NUS

 

• Dynamic Characterization and Reliability study of MEMS

Institut FEMTO-ST, Dpt d'Optique P.M. Duffieux, UMR CNRS 6174

Photonics and Microsciences Lab, NTU

 

• Fabrication of 3D functional photonic crystals having a well-controlled architecture

Centre de recherche Paul Pascal- UPR CNRS 8641

Dpt of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, NUS

 

• Interest of Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) for the Detection and Selection of Breast Cancer Stem Cells

ERI-8, INSERM/ JE 2488

IMCB, A*STAR

 

• Etude pronostique étudiant les relations entre survie et modifications du génome et du transcriptome dans les adéncarcinomes broncho-pulmonaires de stade pT2N0

Méthodologie biostatitique de la génomique en épidémiologie clinique, INSERM-IFR69

GIS, Microarray and expression Genomics Lab, A*STAR

 

• Role of semaphorins during stem cell migration and proliferation

INSERM U575 Physiopatologie du système nerveux

CNS Regeneration and Myelination

 

• The Plasmodium falciparum-harbouring human red blood cells: their mechanical properties in relevant conditions

Institut Pasteur, Dpt of Parasitology Mycology

Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Parasitology, Dept of relevant experimental conditions Microbiology, NUS

 

• Reorganization of Hippocampal Memory Networks Following Environmental Enrichments in Immature and Adult Mice after Pilocarpine-induced Status Epilepticus

CNRS UMR 5106/ Université Bordeaux 1

National Neuroscience Institute

 

• Design, Fabrication and high-frequency characterization of photodetectors based on dilute nitride-antimonide compounds

IEMN, UMR CNRS 8520

Compound  Semiconductor & Quantum Information group, NTU

 

• Representation, Visualization and Navigation of Vascular in VR Environment Based on Ball B-Spline Curves

LSIIT (labo des sciences de l'image, informatique et télédétection) UMR CNRS 7005

Computational Art Group, Centre for Advanced Media Technology, NTU

 

• Hydro Asia -Hydroinformatics and Collaborative engineering

Université Nice, Sophie Antipolis, UMR CNRS 6012 "ESPACES"

Tropical Marine Science Institute