Objective
The P and G European Technical Centre (B) and its partners - the Institute of Marine Sciences in Andalusia (E), the Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences of Utrecht University (NL), the Plant Bioengineering Department of the Free University of Brussels (B) and the International Atomic Energy Agency - Marine Environment Laboratory in Monaco - offer the opportunity to four fellows to build up scientific knowledge in the field of ecological risk assessment of surfactants (RISICO) in coastal environments. The objective of the RISICO project is to develop analytical methods to predict the exposure to xenophobic mixtures in sea-sprays and in marine sediments and their effects on coastal ecosystems. A direct business application will be the development of sustainable detergents.
The innovative aspects include the development and validation of
(1) Specific analytical methods targeting surfactants in sea sprays,
(2) A non destructive radiotracer approach to characterize kinetics of surfactants biological uptake and subsequent destabilization in target marine organisms,
(3) Insight into the bioavailaiblity and sorption of organic xenobiotics in marine sediments,
(4) A microbiofilm in stratified toxic/anoxic sediments to identify recalcitrant metabolites, and
(5) New standardized ecotoxicity tests for marine sediments.
These aspects will contribute in the development of marine risk assessment guidance (EU TGD, Commission directive 93/67/EEC) for the safe use of surfactants in Europe as requested by the EU White Paper (Com (2001) 88 Final). We encourage the fellows to use their data to present a PhD thesis. The fellows can follow complementary training courses in aspects such as time management and leadership. The training will offer various career possibilities for the fellows. The Marie Curie Programme fits very well with the P and G's training policy, because the development of our people's skills are essential parts of our successful career development.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
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- natural sciences earth and related environmental sciences oceanography
- natural sciences biological sciences ecology ecosystems coastal ecosystems
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Call for proposal
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FP6-2002-MOBILITY-2
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Coordinator
STROMBEEK-BEVER
Belgium
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