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Exploring Marine Resources for Bioactive Compounds: From Discovery to Sustainable Production and Industrial Applications
Start date:2010-08-01
End date:2014-07-31
Project Acronym:MAREX
Project status:Execution
Coordinator
| Organization name:HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO | |
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Name:Päivi |
YLIOPISTONKATU 4 HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO SUOMI/FINLAND Region: |
| Tel:+358-919159628 | |
| Fax:+358-919159138 | |
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| URL:http://www.helsinki.fi/university/ | Organization Type: |
Description
Objective:
Biodiversity in the seas is only partly explored, although marine organisms are excellent sources for many industrial products. Through close co-operation between industrial and academic partners, the MAREX project will collect, isolate and classify marine organisms, such as micro- and macroalgae, cyanobacteria, sea anemones, tunicates and fish from the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans as well as from the Mediterranean, Baltic and Arabian Seas. Extracts and purified compounds of these organisms will be studied for several therapeutically and industrially significant biological activities, including anticancer, anti-inflammatory, antiviral and anticoagulant activities by applying a wide variety of screening tools, as well as for ion channel/receptor modulation and plant growth regulation. Chromatographic isolation of bioactive compounds will be followed by structural determination. Sustainable cultivation methods for promising organisms, and biotechnological processes for selected compounds will be developed, as well as biosensors for monitoring the target compounds. The work will entail sustainable organic synthesis of selected active compounds and new derivatives, and development of selected hits to lead compounds.
The project will expand marine compound libraries. MAREX innovations will be targeted for industrial product development in order to improve the growth and productivity of European marine biotechnology. MAREX aims at a better understanding of environmentally conscious sourcing of marine biotechnology products and increased public awareness of marine biodiversity and potential. Finally, MAREX is expected to offer novel marine-based lead compounds for European industries and strengthen their product portfolios related to pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, cosmetic, agrochemical, food processing, material and biosensor applications.
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Project Details
Start date:2010-08-01
End date:2014-07-31
Duration:48 months
Project Reference:245137
Project cost:7895271 EURO
Project Funding:5999974 EURO
Programme Acronym:
FP7-KBBE
Programme type:Seventh Framework Programme
Subprogramme Area:Novel marine bioactive compounds for European industries
Contract type:Large-scale integrating project
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Subject index:Industrial Manufacture, Resources of the Sea, Fisheries, Sustainable development
Results for this Project
| Periodic Report Summary - MAREX (Exploring marine resources for bioactive compounds: from discovery to sustainable production and industrial applications) | 20/09/2012 |
Documents for this Project
| Periodic Report - MAREX (Exploring marine resources for bioactive compounds: from discovery to sustainable production and industrial applications) | 20/09/2012 |
Other participants
| Organization name:KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN | |
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Name:Elke |
Oude Markt 13 LEUVEN BELGIQUE-BELGIË Region:VLAAMS GEWEST VLAAMS BRABANT Leuven |
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| Organization name:UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI NAPOLI FEDERICO II. | |
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Name:Letizia |
Corso Umberto I 40 NAPOLI ITALIA Region:CAMPANIA Napoli |
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| Organization name:VALTION TEKNILLINEN TUTKIMUSKESKUS | |
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Name:Irmeli |
Vuorimiehentie 5 1000 ESPOO SUOMI/FINLAND Region:MANNER-SUOMI UUSIMAA |
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| Organization name:UNIVERSITE DE STRASBOURG | |
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Name:Laurence |
rue Blaise Pascal 4 1032 STRASBOURG FRANCE Region:EST ALSACE Bas-Rhin |
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Iconix Park, London Road, Pampisford CAMBRIDGE UNITED KINGDOM Region:EAST ANGLIA Cambridgeshire |
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| Organization name:UNIVERZA V LJUBLJANI | |
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Name:Alea |
KONGRESNI TRG 12 LJUBLJANA SLOVENIJA Region:SLOVENIJA Slovenija Osrednjeslovenska |
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DOMKYRKOTORGET 3 ABO SUOMI/FINLAND Region: |
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Name:Fadia Rosie |
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Name:Grzegorz |
ul. Bazynskiego 1a GDANSK POLSKA Region:POMORSKIE Gdansk-Gdynia-Sopot |
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| Organization name:NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY | |
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Name:Lisette |
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY PANAJI INDIA Region: |
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| Organization name:UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA | |
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Name:Cristina |
MOLINOS DE AGUA S/N 000 LA LAGUNA TENERIFE ESPAÑA Region: |
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| Organization name:UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DEL NORTE | |
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Name:Nicole |
Zone industrielle de Quemper Guezennec PONTRIEUX FRANCE Region:OUEST BRETAGNE Côtes-d'Armor |
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| Organization name:UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA | |
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| Organization name:EUROESPES BIOETCNOLOGIA S.A. | |
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Name:Francisco |
Poligono Industrial de Bergondo C/. Parroquia de Guisamo s/n Parcela A6 Nave F LA CORUÑA ESPAÑA Region:NOROESTE GALICIA La Coruna |
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| Organization name:ACREO AB. | |
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ELECTRUM 236 16440 KISTA SVERIGE Region:SVERIGE STOCKHOLM |
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