Imagine the ocean as a giant library of secret recipes for medicines and cleaners, but the books are written in a code we can't read. This project builds a digital translator and a high-tech kitchen to find and test these recipes. It helps us turn seawater microbes into useful tools for skincare, fish farming, and removing plastic pollution.
Companies struggle to find new, sustainable bio-active ingredients because marine microbial data is fragmented and hard to translate into physical products. This leads to missed opportunities in the blue economy and reliance on non-sustainable raw materials.
An integrated bioinformatics Discovery Platform and high-throughput screening tools. It includes a set of workflows for identifying cosmeceuticals and antimicrobial peptides.
If you are a cosmeceutical developer dealing with the need for sustainable active ingredients — this project developed a Discovery Platform that identifies antimicrobial candidates and cosmeceutical proteins from marine genetic resources to create high-value products.
If you are a fish feed manufacturer dealing with the EU mandate to reduce fish meal — this project developed a way to discover alternative sustainable feed sources and enzymes that degrade fish bone waste to lower costs and environmental impact.
If you are a waste management firm dealing with marine plastic or sunscreen chemical pollution — this project developed a screening platform to find plastic-degrading enzymes and microbes that bioremediate UV blockers.
Based on available project data, specific pricing is not mentioned, but the project aims to provide training, tools, and resources to a variety of users.
The project specifically focuses on fermentation scale-up methodologies to meet biotechnological demands, indicating a move toward industrial volumes.
The project produces documentation on workflows from gene annotation to product discovery designed to protect IP while balancing equitable access to genetic resources.
The project implements Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) protocols to ensure legal and equitable exploitation of marine genetic resources.
The project provides a Discovery Platform with usage documentation and online courses to help partners and the wider community adopt the tools.
The consortium is well-balanced for technology transfer, featuring 24 partners with a 25% industry ratio (6 companies). The presence of 4 SMEs suggests a focus on agile commercialization, while the 11 research institutions and 6 universities provide the deep scientific backing needed for complex bioinformatics and culturomics.
Contact the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Germany.
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