Prevention, control and management of prion diseases

Project Information

NEUROPRION

Grant agreement ID: 506579

Project closed

Start date 1 September 2003

End date 31 December 2009

Funded under

• Food Quality and Safety: Thematic priority 5 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006.

Total cost € 14 400 000,00

EU contribution € 14 400 000,00

Coordinated by

COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
France

Objective

The BSE crisis and recent alerts related to food safety because of the possibility that BSE may be present in sheep or infectivity in muscle have underlined the necessity for a coordinated applied research effort on prion diseases at the European level to ensure protection of human and animal health and to avoid harmful economic consequences. This project aims at structuring and integrating the research effort of the main European research teams involved in prion diseases so as to coordinate their efforts. The joint programme of research activities will focus on prevention (diagnosis and decontamination), control (epidemiology, standards set up), treatment (favouring the rational design of new therapeutic strategies) and risk management (analysis and expert opinions) of TSEs (transmissible spongiform encephalopathies). In diagnostic terms, the focus will be put on rapid differential analysis of different strains of prions (mainly to distinguish BSE from scrapie in small ruminants) and new antemortem diagnostic methods (with a special interest for new markers) able to contribute to food and blood safety. In practice, the first goal will be to integrate and manage research expertise, particularly in the fields of epidemiology, pathogenesis, transmission, inactivation and therapeutics. A second goal is to define and coordinate projects oriented to generate applied deliverables having an impact on public health and agricultural monitoring. Structuring activities will cover the development of common tools and models, training and exchange of personnel. Infrastructures devoted to prion experimentation, notably in France, will be opened for access to European researchers to promote training and rapid dissemination of scientific knowledge.

Fields of science

Not validated

• medical and health sciences › basic medicine › neurology › dementia › alzheimer
• medical and health sciences › health sciences › public health › epidemiology
• engineering and technology › other engineering and technologies › food technology › food safety
• natural sciences › biological sciences › biochemistry › biomolecules › proteins › protein folding

Keywords

• Control
• Diagnostic
• Risk Management
• Treatment

Programme(s)

• FP6-FOOD - Food Quality and Safety: Thematic priority 5 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006.

Topic(s)

• FOOD-2002-T19 - Prevention, control and management of prion diseases

Call for proposal

FP6-2002-FOOD-1
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Funding Scheme

NoE - Network of Excellence

Coordinator

COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES

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• Address: Batiment Le Ponant D - 25 Rue Leblanc ; PARIS ; France
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Participants (40)

INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 147 Rue de l'Universite ; PARIS
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AGENCE NATIONALE DE SECURITE SANITAIRE DE L'ALIMENTATION, DE L'ENVIRONEMENT ET DU TRAVAIL (ANSES

France

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• Address: Avenue du General Leclec 27/31 ; MAISONS-ALFORT
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CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE

France

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• Address: Rue Michel Ange 3 ; PARIS
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INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE.

France

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• Address: 101 Rue de Tolbiac ; PARIS
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ASSOCIATION POUR LA RECHERCHE ET LE DEVELOPPEMENT DES METHODES ET PROCESSUS INDUSTRIELS

France

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• Address: Boulevard Saint-Michel, 60 ; PARIS
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THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH

United Kingdom

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• Address: Old College, South Bridge ; EDINBURGH
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THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS

United Kingdom

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• Address: Nobel House, 17 Smith Square ; LONDON
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INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH

United Kingdom

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• Address: - ; COMPTON
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HEALTH PROTECTION AGENCY

United Kingdom

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• Address: 61 Colindale Avenue ; LONDON
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NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND - DUBLIN

Ireland

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• Address: Belfield ; DUBLIN
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HEINRICH-HEINE-UNIVERSITAET DUESSELDORF

Germany

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• Address: Universitaetsstrasse 1 ; DUESSELDORF
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LUDWIG-MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN

Germany

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• Address: Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1 ; MUENCHEN
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FRIEDRICH-LOEFFLER-INSTITUT, BUNDESFORSCHUNGSINSTITUT FÜR TIERGESUNDHEID

Germany

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• Address: Südufer 10 ; GREIFSWALD-INSEL RIEMS
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ROBERT KOCH-INSTITUT

Germany

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• Address: Nordufer 20 ; BERLIN
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STICHTING DIENST LANDBOUWKUNDIG ONDERZOEK

Netherlands

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• Address: Costerweg, 50 ; 9101 WAGENINGEN
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FONDAZIONE IRCCS - ISTITUTO NEUROLOGICO "CARLO BESTA"

Italy

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• Address: Via Celoria 11 ; MILANO
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INSTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITA

Italy

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• Address: Viale Regina Elena 299 ; ROMA
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ISTITUTO DI RICERCHE FARMACOLOGICHE "MARIO NEGRI"

Italy

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• Address: Via Eritrea 62 ; MILANO
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ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DEL PIEMONTE LIGURIA E VALLE D'AOSTA

Italy

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• Address: Via Bologna 148 ; TORINO
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ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI BOLOGNA

Italy

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• Address: Via Zamboni 33 ; BOLOGNA
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UNIVERSITAET WIEN

Austria

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• Address: Dr. Karl Lueger-Ring 1 ; WIEN
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UNIVERSITAET ZUERICH.

Switzerland

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• Address: Raemistrasse 71 ; ZURICH
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NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE

Norway

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• Address: Ullevaalsveien 68 (postal address: PO Box 750 Sentrum, 0106 Oslo) ; 8156 Dep OSLO
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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES - DIRECTORATE GENERAL JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE

Belgium

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• Address: Rue de la Loi 200 ; BRUXELLES
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HADASSAH MEDICAL ORGANIZATION

Israel

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• Address: Kiryat Hadassah, Ein Kerem ; JERUSALEM
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INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACION Y TECHNOLOGIA AGRARIA Y ALIMENTARIA

Spain

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• Address: Ctra. de la Coruña, km7.5 ; 28071 MADRID
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HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE BELLVITGE

Spain

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• Address: Feixa Llarga s/n ; L'HOSPITALET DE LLOBREGAT
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UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA

Spain

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• Address: c/ Pedro Cerbuna, 12 ; ZARAGOZA
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CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY HELLAS

Greece

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• Address: 6th KM Charilaou-Thermi Road ; 361 THERMI-THESSALONIKI
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THE ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE

United Kingdom

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• Address: ROYAL COLLEGE STREET ; LONDON
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TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN

Germany

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• Address: Arcisstrasse 21 ; MUENCHEN
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STATENS VETERINAERMEDICINSKA ANSTALT

Sweden

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• Address: Ulls Vaeg 2B ; UPPSALA
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KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET

Sweden

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• Address: Nobels Vaeg 1 ; STOCKHOLM
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AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS

Spain

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• Address: Calle Serrano 117 ; MADRID
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UNIVERSITÄTSKLINIKUM MÜNSTER

Germany

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• Address: Domagkstr. 5 ; MUENSTER
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INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE RECURSOS BIOLOGICOS

Portugal

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• Address: Estrada de Benfica 701 ; LISBOA
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FUNDACIÓ PRIVADA INSTITUT D'INVESTIGACIÓ BIOMÈDICA DE BELLVITGE

Spain

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• Address: Gran Via s/n Km. 2,7 ; L'HOSPITALET DE LLOBREGAT
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SÜDDEUTSCHES INSTITUT FÜR EMPIRISCHE SOZIALFORSCHUNG E.V.

Germany

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• Address: Lilienstrasse 3 ; MÜNCHEN
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DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET

Denmark

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• Address: Anker Engelunds Vej 1 ; KGS. LYNGBY
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FINNISH FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY EVIRA

Finland

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• Address: Mustialankatu 3 ; HELSINKI
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