Objective Food and beverage industries are of key importance for the economy of many European countries, especially for those having a long agricultura/viticultural tradition. Production of high quality food and beverage products is of general importance for all consumers and requires a permanent monitoring of the production process and the quality of the final product, presently assessed by using highly sophisticated and expensive off line analytical methods, not affordable for SMEs or individual producers. This aspect is vital for the wine industry, since the industry is well dominated by a large number of small producers. An adequate control requires continuous, simultaneous and selective monitoring of several key compounds determining the quality and special flavor of a particular wine. Such detectors are non-existing on the market. This multidisciplinary research targets the development of a highly innovative novel technology for the control of wine production and quality, integrating sampling and detection, and allowing continuous sampling and simultaneous monitoring of several analytes. The sensors/sensor arrays to be developed are based on novel engineered enzymes- and/or antibodies designed for the selective detection of some key analytes (glycerol, acetate, pyruvate, lactate, ammonium, malate, anthocyanines, methoxypyrazines, Ochratoxin A). The specific objectives of the NovTech project are focused on the following five main areas:(1) engineering of selective biorecognition elements (enzymes and antibodies),(2) design and development of electrochemical sensors/sensor arrays,(3) integration of sampling and detection systems/sensors,(4) validation of the developed sensors using off-line classical analytical techniques, and(5) extensive evaluation of the integrated analysis system in three wine producing companies. The work will be carried out by a multidisciplinary network across Europe formed of research groups with recognized expertise in Fields of science agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturehorticultureviticultureengineering and technologyother engineering and technologiesfood technologynatural sciencesbiological sciencesbiochemistrybiomoleculeslipidsengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorsnatural sciencesbiological sciencesbiochemistrybiomoleculesproteinsenzymes Programme(s) FP5-HUMAN POTENTIAL - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Improving the human research potential and the socio-economic knowledge base" (1998-2002) Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme NET - Research network contracts Coordinator LUND UNIVERSITY EU contribution No data Address 60,Chemical Center 221 00 Lund Sweden See on map Total cost No data Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all GTP TECHNOLOGY France EU contribution No data Address Prologue 1 - La Pyreneenne 313112 LABEGE See on map Total cost No data INSTITUTO PEDRO NUNES Portugal EU contribution No data Address Rua Pedro Nunes - Quinta da Nora 3030-199 COIMBRA See on map Total cost No data MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURAL RURAL DEVELOPMENT Hungary EU contribution No data Address Urihegy 5/A 6000 KECSKEMET See on map Total cost No data RUHR-UNIVERSITY BOCHUM Germany EU contribution No data Address 150,Universitaetsstrasse 150 44780 BOCHUM See on map Total cost No data SCITECH'LINK Sweden EU contribution No data Address Borgaslingan 31 22472 LUND See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA TOR VERGATA Italy EU contribution No data Address Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1 Edificio Sogene 00133 ROMA See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN France EU contribution No data Address Avenue de Villeneuve 52 66860 PERPIGNAN See on map Total cost No data
