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Microbes as positive actors for more sustainable aquaculture (PROMICROBE)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology
Destination: Sustainable production and management of biological resources from land, forest, and aquatic environment
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Belgium,France,Netherlands,Norway
Call:  (FP7-KBBE-2008-2B, 2008)
Start date: 2009-02-01
End date: 2013-04-30
Duration (months): 51.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3945246.0
EU funding (EUR): 2996531.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

Aquaculture is still facing a number of bottlenecks. To further develop aquaculture, the major bottlenecks need to be systematically removed. At the production level, unpredictable larval survival and larval/juvenile quality and robustness are major bottlenecks which have strong microbial components. With respect to microbial interference, we need to make use of the natural mutualistic symbiotic relationships that have evolved over million of years between the host and the microbial community. Hence, we need to understand the mutual and reciprocal interactions between them and use these interactions to the benefit of the viability and robustness of the fish under aquaculture conditions. This “join them” approach is contradictory to the traditional “beat them” strategy generally applied in microbial management used in human medicine, agriculture and aquaculture. This project suggests bringing together various European research groups that have contributed to some important methodological break-throughs that can be used in the study of host/microbe interactions and can help to disentangle the complex interplay between the different components of the aquaculture ecosystem. The work packages are directed towards the systematic gathering of novel information in relation to the axis host-host microbial community-system microbial community. It is anticipated that this novel information will allow developing new concepts that will be translated into new or adapted protocols to rear aquaculture organisms in a biological stable and economical efficient way.

Keywords: host-microbial interactions,sustainable aquaculture,prebiotics,probiotics,immunostimulation
Creating a CIRCLE by extending the BIO NCP network to Third Country NIPs (BIO CIRCLE)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology
Destination: Other activities
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Italy,France,Germany,Hungary,Netherlands,Argentina,Brazil,Chile,China,Egypt,India,Kazakhstan,Mexico,Morocco,Russian Federation,South Africa,Tunisia,Thailand,Ukraine,Greece,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-KBBE-2008-2B, 2008)
Start date: 2008-10-01
End date: 2011-01-31
Duration (months): 28.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1639643.0
EU funding (EUR): 1412680.0
Participants: 22
Project status: CLOSED

BIO CIRCLE will extend the network of National Contact Points for the FP7 theme “Food, Agriculture and Fisheries and Biotechnology” (BIO NCP) to National Information Points (NIP) from Third Countries over a two year period. The European Commission needs to implement the bilateral Scientific & Technological Agreements signed with Third Countries (TC), for increasing their participation in FAFB FP7 and strengthening the collaboration between European and TC researchers. The main focus of the project will be on identifying, sharing and implementing good practices between NCPs and NIPs. The expected results of BIO CIRCLE are: 1. Capacities built for Third Country BIO NIPs (through SWOT analysis, training of NIPs and twinning); 2. Strengthened consortium building in FAFB international cooperation projects (through mapping of Third Country research potential and the organisation of 2 international Brokerage Events); 3. Capacities built for Third Country Researchers to participate in FP7 (through preparation of specific training materials, training and networking with EU researchers); 4. Strengthened identification, development and sharing of Good Practices to enhance cooperation between the NCP and NIP networks (through 5 Regional Benchmarking Workshops, a Common Benchmarking Workshop and the design of a Good Practices Guide). The 6% of budget is foreseen to grant researchers from TCs to attend the 2 International Brokerage Events. The 5 BIO NCP partners of BIO CIRCLE led by APRE will assure the successful implementation of the project. The 18 NIPs partners of BIO CIRCLE will be embraced in this circle of activities aimed at ensuring quality and dynamism in implementing the Scientific & Technological Agreements between the EU and Third Countries. BIO CIRCLE will work in synergy with and be closely linked to the BIO-NET project, the complete NCP FAFB network.

Keywords: coordinating,training,dissemination
Training Requirements And Careers for Knowledge-based Food Science and Technology in Europe (TRACK_FAST)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology
Destination: Fork to farm: Food (including seafood), health and well being
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Portugal,Slovenia,Spain,France,Türkiye,Netherlands,United Kingdom,Germany,Hungary,Greece,Italy,Romania,Italy,Austria,Lithuania,Belgium,Sweden,Netherlands,Portugal,Sweden,Belgium,Germany
Call:  (FP7-KBBE-2008-2B, 2008)
Start date: 2009-09-01
End date: 2013-02-28
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1182529.94
EU funding (EUR): 999976.0
Participants: 27
Project status: CLOSED

The food and drink industry is the single largest manufacturing sector in the EU and is mainly comprised by SMEs and microenterprises (99.1% of European food and drink businesses). The European food industry is in the lower part of the innovation performance ranking, and is losing relative importance in the global food market. This situation was a primary reason for the initiation of the ETP Food4 Life, which seeks to stimulate and underpin innovation in the agro-food chain. TRACK_FAST is drawn from all geographic points of Europe, and its main objective is the identification of the training and career requirements of future European food scientists and technologists (FST), and implementation of a European strategy to recruit the next generation FST leaders. TRACK_FAST will achieve this goal through: Identification and definition of personal skills requirements in food job market; Developments for the regulation of food science and technology professions in Europe; Establishment of a framework for continual professional training and career development for the FST professional; and Motivation of young people to enter and pursue of a career in food science and technology in Europe. The project will therefore coordinate a programme of information and experience gathering, discussions with employers and employees, and with those responsible for providing academic and other training deliver awareness and experience in career development activities. Moreover, young students will be motivated to pursue a career in food area, thus promoting a new generation of skilled, flexible and enthusiastic food scientists and technologists. TRACK_FST will provide main stakeholders with a forum within which their main needs will be considered. Moreover, TRACK_FAST focus on the key factors to identify needs and guide future works, as well as the development of specific and effective measures to prompt changes. The consortium and work plan are framed in a strong engagement between stakeholders, thus TRACK_FAST will contribute to a more innovative and competitive food and drink sector, which is a key area for job creation, global competition and societal benefit in Europe.

Keywords: training,career,skilled,flexible,stakeholder,innovation,competitiveness,food science and technology,sme
Wood Bark and Peat Based Bioactive Compounds, Speciality Chemicals, and Remediation Materials: from Innovations to Applications (FORESTSPECS)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology
Destination: Life sciences, biotechnology and biochemistry for sustainable non-food products and processes
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Finland,United Kingdom,Russian Federation,Switzerland,Germany
Call:  (FP7-KBBE-2008-2B, 2008)
Start date: 2009-05-01
End date: 2012-10-31
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3736786.0
EU funding (EUR): 2888759.0
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

The production of fine and industrial chemicals and bioactive compounds based on renewable, naturally occurring raw materials has become an exciting research topic, but so far only few studies concern side products of the forest industry. We will focus on bark and on peat. Bark is a high-volume waste product, currently largely unutilised as a raw material. Northern Europe and Russia have abundant peat reserves, offering a rich source of complex molecules for many application areas. White birch, pine and spruce form the basis for a very large wood industry. Betulin and suberin are the major components of the bark of birch trees. Betulin is a precursor of triterpenoid compounds having important pharmacological, physiological or biological properties useful in pharmaceutical and industrial applications. Interesting possibilities for betulin exist also in cosmetics and in agricultural applications. Suberin is the other main component of birch outer bark, and it can be used to produce new industrially potential products such as binders for coatings and composite materials, biodegradable lubricants, and surface-active agents. Bark from other tree species (Pinus, Picea, Populus, Larix), their properties, and possible uses will also be researched in this project, along with humic substances from peat. Our work includes innovative natural products chemistry, extraction and process technology; as well as basic research on mode of action and structure-function relationships within the application areas (e.g., in plant protection products: insect pest antifdeedants, antifungal and antibacterial products; in pharmaceutical/medical applications, cosmetics, and bioremediation).We plan to ensure that promising results from this project will have a higher than the average probability of becoming products of significant importance to the forest, farming, medical and pharmaceutical sectors, with major positive spin-off impacts to human health and the environment.

Keywords: betulin,suberin,bark,betula,pinus,picea,larix,populus,kinases,suberic acid,forest industry,antibacterial,antiviral,antifeedant,triterpene,lupane series
Nano- and microtechnology -based analytical devices for online measurements of bioprocesses (NANOBE)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology
Destination: Life sciences, biotechnology and biochemistry for sustainable non-food products and processes
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Finland,France,Switzerland,Germany,Germany,Germany,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-KBBE-2008-2B, 2008)
Start date: 2009-04-01
End date: 2012-03-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3954287.8
EU funding (EUR): 2995082.0
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

There is a growing need for effective monitoring of the micro-organisms and bioprocesses used in the sustainable production of fuels, chemicals and pharmaceuticals. The NANOBE -consortium will develop a compact, flexible analysis tool for reaction monitoring applications in the industrial biotechnology industry. The result of the NANOBE –project will be an integrated measurement platform for real-time monitoring of industrial bioprocesses. This versatile platform will enable simultaneous analysis of dozens of analytes, including individual cells, product profiles and intracellular biomarkers. The platform will be composed of multiple 'lab-on-chip ' modules. Together, these modules will measure a broad range of analyte types, including small molecules, proteins, enzymes, metabolites, specific mRNAs and entire cells. The measurement platform will be a significant improvement in terms of automation, analysis time, identification and sensitivity. The analysis platform will permit real-time feedback control of large-scale production processes, screening of production organisms and optimisation of reaction conditions. The tool will improve process productivity, product quality and accelerate development of production organisms for applications in industrial biotechnology. The platform is designed to be flexible so that it can be applied either as a multiplex platform system to monitoring multiple analytes, or as individual device components for analysis of specific compounds. The versatile measurement tool will require only a change in method (e.g. a change of reagents or analysis conditions) to enable the measurement of a new analyte. The NANOBE consortium combines world-class expertise in microfluidics, nano- and microfabrication techniques, photonics, electronics, sensor technologies, and biotechnology. The platform will exploit the scaling laws associated with microfluidic devices to reduce analysis time and sample volume.

Keywords: industrial bioprocess,bioprocess monitoring,capillary electrophoresis,elisa,mass spectrometry,cell analysis,real-time,on-line,micro- and nanofabrication,lab-on-chip,microfluidics
Functional Diversity: An ecological framework for sustainable and adaptable agro-forestry systems in landscapes of semi-arid and arid eco-regions (FUNCITREE)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology
Destination: Sustainable production and management of biological resources from land, forest, and aquatic environment
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Norway,Costa Rica,Netherlands,Spain,France,Senegal,Mali
Call:  (FP7-KBBE-2008-2B, 2008)
Start date: 2009-05-01
End date: 2013-06-30
Duration (months): 50.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3811001.0
EU funding (EUR): 2903597.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

The increasing demand of livestock products, larger climate uncertainty and resource degradation, and the rampant poverty of farmers in the semi-arid tropics calls for modernized agroforestry systems (AFS) capable of providing multiple functions. The project will develop regionally specific, trait-based and field tested AFS capable of providing critical agro-ecosystem functions in semi-arid Africa and Central America. The primary objective is to provide farmers with a portfolio of regionally suitable tree and shrub species organized by their traits or attributes, in relation to the provisioning of multiple services, as perceived by the farmers and in terms of fundamental ecological functions. The project will make substantial contributions to AF and ecological science through its integration of theories and concepts from both fields, and will thereby provide a scientifically based model for the design of modernized AFS. The project will identify, and characterize the main factors influencing the adoption/non adoption of AF in selected target areas. It will improve the performance of AFS in dry and marginal areas with particular focus on how species can be assembled according to their traits to improve the multi-functionality of AFS and will identify the potential of new multipurpose tree species suitable for AF in dry and marginal areas by grouping these species according to their functional traits and their capacity to provide critical AFS services. The project will specifically enhance the synergies between the species traits and model how trait combinations contribute to the multi-functionality of AFS including soil, trees, crop/pasture and livestock. We will evaluate the short and medium environmental impacts of AF and its socio-economic implications through sophisticated interdisciplinary models and will produce policy recommendations aimed at promoting AFS and related husbandry practices best adapted to specific local needs, yet universal in scope.

Keywords: multi-function afs,af tree functional traits,perceived afs functions,afs ecological functions,semi-arid tropics,adpotion of multifunction afs,demonstration of mult-function afs
A multiple space and time scale approach for the quantification of deep saline formations for CO2 storage (MUSTANG)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Energy
Destination: CO2 capture and storage technologies for zero emission power generation
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Sweden,Israel,Germany,Spain,United Kingdom,France,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Romania,Spain,France,France,Germany,Germany,Finland
Call:  (FP7-ENERGY-2008-1, 2008)
Start date: 2009-06-01
End date: 2014-05-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 10555789.75
EU funding (EUR): 7995154.0
Participants: 20
Project status: CLOSED

The objectives of MUSTANG are to develop and disseminate a comprehensive set of methodologies and tools for the assessment and characterization of deep saline aquifers for CO2 storage, providing measures of performance and risk that are necessary for a cost-benefit analysis, ensuring public confidence and acceptance and promoting its deployment. Novel CO2 storage specific field investigation technologies and methodologies will be developed, allowing an improved determination of the relevant physical properties of the site and enabling short response times in the detection and monitoring of CO2 plumes during both the injection and storage phases. We also aim at an improved understanding of the processes of CO2 spreading by means of theoretical investigations, laboratory experiments, natural analogue studies and field scale injection tests, including those relevant to the 1) seal integrity; 2) the negative impact of possibly conductive faults; 3) formation heterogeneities; 4) CO2 trapping mechanisms; and 5) effective treatment for the wide span of spatial and temporal scales of the coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical-chemical processes. Based on the improved process models, conceptual and numerical models will be developed for analyzing CO2 injection and storage and implemented at six test sites representing different geological settings and geographical locations in Europe, also addressing the impact of the CO2 injection on seal integrity. The guidelines to be developed will be integrated into a decision support system, which will include a risk assessment component and liabilities consideration. The DSS will be tested and validated at the various project test sites. Special attention has been devoted to promote measures capable of enhancing public outreach and acceptance and dissemination of the methodologies and technologies to the wide public.

Keywords: storage,saline formation,injection,monitoring,modeling,thmc,geophysics,seismic methods,meshless,validation,public acceptance,confidence,dss,risk assessment,safety,mmv
ASSESMENT OF RESEARCH POTENTIAL OF AEGEAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE (ARPAARI)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research Potential
Destination: International Co-operation
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Türkiye
Call:  (FP7-REGPOT-2008-2, 2008)
Start date: 2009-03-01
End date: 2010-02-28
Duration (months): 12.0
Total project cost (EUR): 140705.0
EU funding (EUR): 140705.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Increased sustainability is an important point to be taken into account while planning the agricultural research and then the capacity need to be evaluated and improved. Aegean Agricultural Research Institute (AARI) of General Directorate of Agricultural Research is one of the important research institutes for Central, South West Asia and North Africa region as partner on plant diversity conservation and sustainable utilization with over sixty thousand samples at its National Gene Bank. AARI is the coordinating centre for plant genetic resources and diversity program and member of European Cooperative Program for Plant Genetic Resources, European Plant Genetic Resources Search Catalogue and Steering Committee of European Gene bank Integration System. Its mandate is conservation of plant diversity in Turkey, improvement of high-yielding, high quality, and disease resistant cultivars; cattle and beekeeping studies; production of breeder seed of registered cultivars, dissemination and integration of research findings in agriculture. AARI would like to better serve for regional, national and international bases and to have physical and structural sustainability. However, there are some constraints that limit optimal research output that would be benefit for not only for Turkey but also for European Countries and adjusted region. The objectives of this proposal are to evaluate the research quality, capability, and describe the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats of the research potential of AARI by SWOT analysis to improve the research capacity of AARI for better meet with ERA, integrate to the framework programmes with cooperative RTD proposals as one of the well organized partner centres on agricultural research programs for food quality and safety, and environments. On the basis of this evaluation, an Action Plan will be prepared to upgrade and reinforce their research capacity of AARI for sustainable integration to ERA.

Keywords: swot analysis,aari,agricultural research,strategic rtd development,action plan,turkey
Management and monitoring of deep-sea fisheries and stocks (DEEPFISHMAN)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology
Destination: Sustainable production and management of biological resources from land, forest, and aquatic environment
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: France,United Kingdom,Iceland,Norway,Namibia,Spain,Ireland,Greece,Spain,United Kingdom,Portugal
Call:  (FP7-KBBE-2008-2B, 2008)
Start date: 2009-04-01
End date: 2012-09-30
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3805785.8
EU funding (EUR): 2924156.0
Participants: 14
Project status: CLOSED

Deepwater fisheries pose particular difficulties for management. Target species are difficult to assess with high levels of uncertainty, they are generally vulnerable to overfishing and sustainable levels of exploitation are low. Ecosystems are impacted by fishing due to the removal of target species, bycatch of numerous fish and other organisms and the crushing of benthos such as e.g. cold water coral and large sponges. However, the impact of fishing on the deepwater ecosystem in general is poorly quantified. DEEPFISHMAN will develop a range of strategy options for the management of deepwater fisheries in the NE Atlantic that will take account of these factors. Firstly, the aim will be to identify new and more effective assessment methods, reference points, control rules and management strategies to be used in the short term, making better use of available data. Secondly, a reliable long-term framework will be developed for which additional data needs will be specified in order to fill current information gaps to achieve reliable long-term management requirements. This work will be developed by examining a range of case studies selected to reflect the different types of deepwater fishery found in the NE Atlantic. In addition two case studies outside the NE Atlantic are selected to give a wider perception of the management and monitoring of deepwater fisheries elsewhere in the world. For each case study current problems with assessment or management will be identified and new methods will be developed and tested. Recommendations for future methods and approaches will be made. The socio-economic profile and projected impact of the management strategy options as applied both through a short- and long-term framework will be examined for selected fisheries. In this way the project outputs will aim to provide robust guidelines for deepwater fisheries management suitable for adoption within the Common Fishery policy. The work will involve an ICPC country.

Keywords: deepwater,fisheries assessment,management framework,atlantic,mediterranean,reference points,flr,hcrs