Ziel
Mosquitoes transmit a variety of infectious diseases that cause a tremendous burden to public health. Due to climate changes and to the increase in international trade and tourism the threats posed by mosquitoes are increasingly affecting large parts of Europe, causing understandable concerns among the populations of many Member States. Control methods, mainly based on insecticide usage, are struggling to cope with the challenges posed by the biology and ecology of mosquito vectors. INFRAVEC aims at bridging the gap between the recent advances in transgenic technology and its implementation as a novel powerful approach for vector control. To this aim, a large European Infrastructure will be established, in which the coordination of efforts, expertise and facilities provided by the individual research groups and institutions will bolster and considerably expand the overall research capabilities of the research community. INFRAVEC will operate, through a number of Networking, Joint Research, Transnational and Service activities, towards the objective of considerably strengthening research capability in Europe by sharing knowledge, resources and technology. INFRAVEC will mainly focus on Anopheles gambiae, the major vector of malaria, and Aedes albopictus, a viral disease vector that is rapidly spreading through Europe. Four Infrastructure facilities will be integrated in the project: 1) the Genetically Modified mosquito laboratory of Imperial College London; 2) the Mosquito Mass-rearing facility at the Centro Agricoltura ed Ambiente (with the support of the International Atomic Energy Agency); 3) the Bioinformatics facility at EMBLEBI, UK; and 4) the Mosquito Confined Release facility at ISRIM. INFRAVEC will provide a formidable research capability to external users and facilitate the performance of five research projects aimed at utilizing basic knowledge of mosquito genetics and biology in an unprecedented effort to develop novel opportunities for mosquito control.
Wissenschaftliches Gebiet
Thema/Themen
Aufforderung zur Vorschlagseinreichung
FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2008-1
Andere Projekte für diesen Aufruf anzeigen
Finanzierungsplan
CP-CSA-Infra - Combination of CP and CSA
Koordinator
SW7 2AZ London
United Kingdom
Beteiligte (30)
118 55 Athina
40014 Crevalcore
7003 Ouagadougou
75794 Paris
69117 Heidelberg
0100 Nairobi
1349-008 Lisboa
70013 Irakleio
75724 Paris Cedex 15
DAKAR Dakar
13572 Marseille
03 Ouagadougou
Beteiligung beendet
05100 Terni
ST5 5BG Keele
L35QA Liverpool
Yaounde
OX14 4RX Oxford
10691 Stockholm
62032 Camerino
Beteiligung beendet
80138 Napoli
27100 Pavia
00185 Roma
OX1 2JD Oxford
00161 Roma
0256 Kampala
G12 8QQ Glasgow
6708 PB Wageningen
06123 Perugia
6525 XZ Nijmegen
69120 Heidelberg