Objective
Flavobacterium psychrophilum and F. columnare cause high mortalities in salmonid culture as the cause of various surface and systemic infections. Traditionally, Flavobacterium infections have been treated with antibiotics, but this is an emotive issue because of the perceived problems associated with tissue residues and the development and spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Indeed the high susceptibility of Flavobacterium for the antibiotics commonly used in EU fish farms has been recorded. Alternative methods of disease control are needed for which the use of bacteria as probiotics and/or water treatments is gaining attention. Thus, the role of the beneficial bacteria is to exclude pathogens and promote the good indigenous microbial flora in fish. The aim of this research is to optimize protective bacteria which work as biological control agents against Flavobacterium infections. The research will focus on three bacterial cultures which have been highlighted in preliminary in vitro and in vivo work by the researcher, to determine their mode of action for disease control in salmonid culture. As Flavobacterium usually affects the host through external surfaces, it is proposed to study how the beneficial bacteria exclude the pathogen from these surfaces. Furthermore, the role of bacterial subcellular components will be investigated by means of immunoproteomics. Although immunoproteomics is extensively used in vaccine production, their use here would lead to more precise information about the nature of similar or shared antigens between the protective bacteria and pathogenic Flavobacterium. Apart from enabling research on a topic of relevance to European aquaculture, this Fellowship would be greatly advantageous to the researcher’s career development, by the provision of training and a personalized research programme with high quality outputs in the laboratories of well known and respected academics in the Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eu-vocabularies/euroscivoc.
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eu-vocabularies/euroscivoc.
- agricultural sciences agriculture, forestry, and fisheries fisheries
- social sciences sociology demography mortality
- natural sciences biological sciences microbiology bacteriology
- medical and health sciences basic medicine pharmacology and pharmacy pharmaceutical drugs vaccines
- medical and health sciences basic medicine pharmacology and pharmacy pharmaceutical drugs antibiotics
You need to log in or register to use this function
We are sorry... an unexpected error occurred during execution.
You need to be authenticated. Your session might have expired.
Thank you for your feedback. You will soon receive an email to confirm the submission. If you have selected to be notified about the reporting status, you will also be contacted when the reporting status will change.
Programme(s)
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
Topic(s)
Calls for proposals are divided into topics. A topic defines a specific subject or area for which applicants can submit proposals. The description of a topic comprises its specific scope and the expected impact of the funded project.
Calls for proposals are divided into topics. A topic defines a specific subject or area for which applicants can submit proposals. The description of a topic comprises its specific scope and the expected impact of the funded project.
Call for proposal
Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.
Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.
FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IEF
See other projects for this call
Funding Scheme
Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
Coordinator
FK9 4LA Stirling
United Kingdom
The total costs incurred by this organisation to participate in the project, including direct and indirect costs. This amount is a subset of the overall project budget.