Project description
Marine microbiome potential for sustainable ecosystems services
Marine microbial communities carry out critical life-sustaining functions on Earth. However, multiple factors are needed to unlock their potential to support the European blue economy and conduct responsible biodiscovery from marine microbes. The EU-funded BlueRemediomics project will develop an integrated bioinformatics platform to explore the marine microbiome potential. The project will establish innovative culturomics and high-efficiency screening platforms to experimentally exploit the consortia of marine microbes. It will apply these platforms to identify and develop natural products derived from marine microbes. BlueRemediomics will support aquaculture and ecosystem services, increase equitable access to ocean microbiome resources, and provide training and tools to diverse stakeholders.
Objective
Marine microbial communities perform critical life sustaining functions on Earth and represent a vast unexploited treasure trove of bioresources that have the potential to strengthen the European blue economy. To unlock this hidden potential, as well as responsibly conduct biodiscovery from marine microbes requires multiple developments. We need to amalgamate and apply advanced technologies to elucidate the composition, interactions and functional repertoire of the marine microbiome, while concomitantly ensuring sustainable and equitable exploitation, maintaining ocean health, and improving ocean literacy through an improved appreciation of ocean microbes.
To address these needs, BlueRemediomics will: (1) develop and provide an integrated bioinformatics platform to explore the marine microbiome potential; (2) establish innovative culturomics and high-throughput screening platforms to experimentally exploit consortia of marine microbes; (3) apply the platforms to identify and develop natural products derived from marine microbes; (4) foster aquaculture and ecosystem services that embody the “do no significant harm” principle; (5) maximise equitable access to ocean microbiome resources and increase awareness of the marine microbiome to a diverse range of stakeholders; (6) Provide training, tools and resources to a variety of stakeholders. To achieve these objectives, BlueRemediomics interlinks an advanced “Discovery Platform” with “Applications”, so designed to facilitate cyclical and iterative crosstalk. By federating multiple, currently fragmented key data resources, the Discovery Platform will accelerate new product identification and development, reduce resource dependence, raise consumer benefits and address key societal issues. New modalities in access and benefit sharing will be established that balance sustainable and equitable use of marine genetic resources with intellectual property protection.
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69117 Heidelberg
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75794 Paris
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75006 Paris
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75015 PARIS 15
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29280 Plouzane
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75005 Paris
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19013 Attikia Anavissos
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80121 Napoli
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16610 Praha 6
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5838 Bergen
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08225 Terrassa
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75012 Paris
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7535 Cape Town
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9050 GENT
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D08H67X Dublin
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20147 Saronno Va
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1067 Riga
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9000 Ghent
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66041 Atessa (Chi)
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8092 Zuerich
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WC1E 6BT London
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CB2 1TN Cambridge
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AB24 3FX ABERDEEN
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