Scientific area
1.6 Biological sciences (Medical sciences go to scientific area 3.n; Agricultural sciences go to scientific area 4.n)
Discipline(s)
Cell biology, Microbiology
Biodiversity conservation
Biochemistry and molecular biology
Marine biology, freshwater biology, limnology
Project title
BlueGenics – From gene to bioactive product: Exploiting marine genomics for an innovative and sustainable European blue biotechnology industry
Scientific Coordinator's name:
Patrícia Calado
Scientific Coordinator's e-mail:
patricia.calado@bioalvo.com
Principal R&D Unit:
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Other R&D Units involved in the project:
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Project keyword(s)
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Short abstract and comments
The aim of this industry-driven integrating project is to combine the knowledge in marine genomics, chemogenetics and advanced chemistry to produce recombinantly prepared novel secondary metabolite (lead) compounds and analogous from them, as well as pharmacologically active peptides, and to bring them up to the pre-clinical, and hopefully also to the clinical studies. This multidisciplinary project, driven by high-tech genomics-based SMEs with dedicated interest in bringing marine-biotechnology-derived products to the market, will also involve the discovery and sustainable production of bioactive molecules from hitherto unexploited extreme environments, such as hydrothermal vents and deep-sea sources, and the expression/scale-up of unique enzymes/proteins of biomedical and biotechnological interest. This is a 48 months project starting in August 2012, involving 16 partners, with an overall EU contribution of 6 M €
Potential uses/indications
Potential uses/indications
Status
Ongoing
Partner Status: Seeking Partners?
No
Project weblink
Grant number (QREN, FP7, Eureka, etc)
Grant Agreement Nº 311848 (FP7-KBBE-2012-6-singlestage)
Last edited on
2013-07-25 14:58:34