Vilnius University proposals to JRC

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Vilnius University proposals to JRC


Juozas V.Vaitkus Pro-Rector for Research
Vilnius Universityfounded in 1579
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Statistics (2005-01-01)


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Science in Vilnius University
Faculty of Philology
Faculty of History
Institute of Material Science and Applied Research
Faculty of Philosophy
Institute of Foreign Languages
Faculty of Physics
Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics
Faculty of Communications
Kaunas Faculty of Humanities
Institute of International Relations and
Political Sciences
Faculty of Chemistry
Faculty of Natural Sciences
Faculty of Economics
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Medicine
3 university hospitals
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Main Areas of Scientific and Technical
Excellence(related to JRC- 1)
Physical sciences physics (semiconductors,
laser physics, feroelectrics, noncrystalline
solids), chemistry (MOCVD of compound
materials, polymers, organic chemistry,
analytical chemistry) Electronics
(telecommunication physics, Solar cells, ionizing
radiation detectors, solid state lightning)
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Main Areas of Scientific and Technical Excellence
(related to JRC -2)
Biomedicine biophysics and biochemistry, light
technologies in biology and medicine, genetics,
alergology, cancer and pre-cancer diagnostics
and treatment, reconstructive surgery Social
sciences psychology, perception, information
and communication technologies.
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Interesting areas of JRC institutes

• Institute for Reference Materials and
  Measurements (IRMM)
• Radionuclide metrology
• Food quality and safety
• Institute for Energy (IE)
• Long standing experience in scientific
  networking
• Nuclear medicine diagnosis and therapy.
• Institute for Health and Consumer Protection
  (IHCP)
• Understanding of potential health risks
  posed by chemicals, biocides, genetically
  modified organisms, contaminants released from
  food contact materials and consumer products
• Alternative methods to animal testing
• Technologies for biomedical applications
• Institute for Environment and Sustainability
  (IES)
• Terrestrial and Natural Resources
• Renewable energies - ecology

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Proposals to Institutes (1)

• IRM
• 1 Radionuclide metrology new materials for
  ionizing radiation detectors for high doses and
  fluences (Institute of Materials science and
  Applied Research).
• 2 Food quality and safety - testing by
  allerology methods (Faculty of Medicine)
• IE
• 3 Long standing experience in scientific
  networking - collaboration in new materials, now
  exists with CERN and indirectly with ESA
  (Institute of Materials science and Applied
  Research)
• 4 Nuclear medicine diagnosis and therapy - new
  materials for ionizing radiation detectors for
  high doses and fluences (Institute of Materials
  science and Applied Research).

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Proposals to Institutes (2)

• IHCP
• understanding of potential health risks posed by
  chemicals, biocides, genetically modified
  organisms, contaminants released from food
  contact materials and consumer products -
  modern methods for cell activity investigation in
  Centre of biological active materials research,
  Institute of Materials science and Applied
  Research, in Faculties of Natural Sciences,
  Physics and Medicine.
• Simulation of multiple flood forecasts using
  weather predictions from several meteorological
  organizations including ECMWF1. This may allow
  the local flood forecaster to situate the local
  forecasts within the EFAS ensemble and also give
  an indication of the expected flood risk beyond
  the usual 48 h. (Faculty of Natural Sciences)
• Translation of uncertainty from meteorological
  forecasts including Ensemble Prediction System
  (EPS) into flood risk probability.(FNS)
• Alternative methods to animal testing Ciliated
  protozoa tetrahymena pyriformis as replacement of
  mammalian mitochondria in toxicological bioassay
  (Faculty of Natural Sciences)

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Proposals to Institutes (3)

• IES
• Terrestrial and Natural Resources - ecological
  and environmental investigation in Lithuania and
  Ukraine
• Renewable energies - photovoltaic devices and
  materials, including organics (Faculty of
  Physics, Institute of Materials science and
  Applied Research)

Some examples of different results could be
presented
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