In contexts of crimes, disasters, terrorism or population displacement that presently occurs in Europe and numerous regions of the world, the necessity of having as soon as possible reliable, high throughput and real time analysis to identify individuals, victims and authors is a major societal and legal issue. The present MRSEI ForOnBoardLab project aspire to strengthen a multidisciplinary consortium which was federated, during a PhD thesis, around the theme of the rapid DNA analysis in the aim to structure a project for answering to the European H2020 call "SU-FCT02-2018-2019-2020: Technologies to enhance the fight against crime and terrorism, Sub-topic 1: [2019]; Trace qualification" at the beginning of 2019. The ambition of our European project is to set up a technological and normative European st of references, procedures and guidelines in the field of the genetic identification using high throughput DNA fingerprints, in real time and on site. In this way the project also aims at developing innovative biological collection devices and smart and on-board mobile laboratory in agreement with standards and reglementations and qualify and validated instruments and analytical methods. This in situ and real time forensic approach involves 9 academic, institutional and industrial partners from 6 European countries: France, Switzerland, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Belgium with intrernationaly recognized forensic leaders in DNA analysis performing more than 150 000 expertises by year. ForOnBoardLab aims to initiate and catalyse during 18 months the consortium to propose a structuring program in the H2020. Such a support of the French ANR within the framework of the AAP MRSEI will enhance the emergence of an European network in the field of biological sampling integrated into solutions of analysis high throughput , in situ and real time DNA including trainings and normative functions in a guides of recommanded practices to collect traces in complex crimes/disasters or major population migrations fields

"The process of globalization has encouraged Multinational companies to spread their branches and offices all over the world. Globalization has inevitably kindled keen competition in the operations of all business. This competition has generated a need among all the enterprises, and especially SMEs, to adjust their strategies for their survival.Technology and the transfer of discoveries and knowledge to SMEs is a recognized milestone in building and sustaining a robust and innovative European economy but the professional requirements and the skills needed to work across countries, institutions, regulations and sectors to facilitate this process are as diverse as the cultures they represent.OBJECTIVES The general objective of Transnational Technology Transfer Entrprise Agent project was to increase and upgrade skills and competences of European SMEs in the field of transnational technology transfer and accelerate public and private stakeholder organizations in increasing their responsiveness to SMEs skills needs. Specifically TTTEA aimed at 1) minding the gap between SMEs and transnational technology innovation processes; 2) establish a permanent, transparent, recognition oriented, evolving & multi-actor training mechanism which will allow to respond to the needs of SME's 3) increase institutional capacity and awareness of responsible actors of industrial, technological and training policies about the role of transnational technology transfer for SMEs and extend cooperation between SMEs, Research, Service Providers and VET& Training System actors.TARGET GROUPS The target groups of the project include: SMEs: Managers, Technical and administrative staff, consultants; Cluster Organizations: technical staff, consultants; R&D Centres (including Universities and their Technology Transfer Offices): researchers, technical staff; Technology Parks and Business Development Centres: technical staff, consultants; Economic Development Bodies (Regional Development Agencies, Governance levels designing policies): policy officers, management, technical staff; VET and Higher Education: trainers, researchers, technical staff, administrative staff, learners. ACTIVITIES In order to achieve the planned objectives, the project has been structured around 8 Work-packages and 4 Intellectual Outputs which has been implemented by the project partners combining training, technology, outreach to SMEs and policy anchoring capacities: WP1 - Project Management; WP2 - Quality Management; WP3 - Evaluation and Risk Management; WP4 - Dissemination and Exploitation; WP5 - Minding the GAP: SMEs & Transnational Technology Transfer, aimed at creating a knowledge base about current successful practices which combine technology transfer & training methods to support these processes and further strengthen them; WP6 - Mapping skills needs & Develop Competence Profile of the ""Ideal TTE Agent"" which focuses on mapping the competences of the TTTE Agent; WP7 focused on producing the curriculum and in the development and testing of the TTTEA Training Program; WP8 delivered 2 sets of final guidelines, one for policy levels and the second one for VET system & Innovation system actors and to set up of a Transnational Technology Transfer Training Cooperation Network"". RESULTS The main project result with a long terms perspective consists in creating a winning coperation mechanism between training & educational system and European SMEs, starting from the network of partners and stakeholders, contributing to adopt transnational technology transfer as a means to accelerate growth and development. Shot term project results may be summarized as follows: 1) SMEs increased awareness level about technology transfer processes at transnational level; 2) Training & Service Providers increased knowledge about how to simplify technology transfer processes; 3) available training (including competence profile, training course structure and content); 4) increased capacity of the educational / training / service side to respond to educational / training needs with a more close to market and understandable language; 5) effective participation of the governance level & VET System actors to the information and awareness raising initiatives; 6) increased knowledge about how developed training can be transformed & readapted according to technological trends and SMEs needs (and how formal VET training course can be anchored to more situational learning settings based on SMEs daily operations).The Transnational Technology Transfer Entrprise Agent is a person specifically trained to manage the processes of technology transfer and could be a key figure in European to make SMEs more competitive on the market.The ideal Transnational Technology Transfer Entrprise Agent needs to integrate the traditional competences of a technology manager with competences related to the management of transnational processes."

Sexual violence affects 1 in 10 women across Europe and has increased by 10% alone in 2021-2022. Most cases involve complex biological mixtures containing cells from the victim and perpetrator(s). Current forensic methods struggle to isolate individual DNA profiles, leaving many cases unresolved and perpetrators unprosecuted. Addressing these limitations is critical to improving evidence interpretation, ensuring justice for victims, and reducing societal impacts. CapCell aims to deliver a new approach to improve forensics and lawful evidence collection with innovative microfluidics and single-cell genomics technologies to overcome the limitations of mixed DNA evidence. Specifically, we will develop the CapCell toolkit comprised of ten easily integrated modules that capture, select, isolate, sequence and interpret individual cells of interest. We will co-create novel strategies and best practices with end-users and industry to improve evidence collection from postcoital swabs and contact traces. Recovered intact cells from male contributors will then be selected and isolated using innovative mobile microfluidic devices. By employing novel concepts, we will advance follow-up DNA sequencing assays and analysis tools to target diverse forensic biomarkers with single-cell resolution. We will align interpretation frameworks to suit single-cell DNA analysis and leverage machine learning to automate the forensic process. Eventually, CapCell will achieve its goal by validating and implementing the new toolkit (TRL5-7) in the relevant end-user environment, with the support of several forensic science institutes and police forces. To reach its ambitious objectives, CapCell brings together an experienced intersectoral consortium of 13 partners from 8 European countries, with complementary expertise in forensic genomics, biosensor technology, bioinformatics, statistics and technology prototyping. Ultimately, CapCell will contribute to a safer and healthier society across Europe.