Objective
INMARE stands for “Industrial Applications of Marine Enzymes: Innovative screening and expression platforms to discover and use the functional protein diversity from the sea”. It is a collaborative Innovation Action to streamline the pathways of discovery and industrial applications of new marine enzymes and bioactives for targeted production of fine chemicals, drugs and in environmental clean-up applications.
The INMARE consortium will unify the multidisciplinary expertise and facilities of academic and industry partners. This will include integrating the following core activities: advanced technologies to access and sample unique marine biodiversity hot-spots; state-of-the art technologies for construction of metagenomic libraries; innovative enzyme screening assays and platforms; cutting-edge sequence annotation pipelines and bioinformatics resources; high-end activity screening technology; bioanalytical and bioprocess engineering facilities and expertise, nanoparticle-biocatalysts; high-quality protein crystallization and structural analysis facilities and experts in IP management for biotechnology.
The companies involved in the project are market leaders in enzyme production and biocatalysis processes designed to efficiently deliver safer (pharmaceuticals) cheaper (agriculture) and biobased (biopolymers) products. They also have impressive track record in environmental clean-up technologies and are committed to promoting public understanding, awareness and dissemination of scientific research. The main emphasis will be focused on streamlining and shortening the pipelines for enzyme and ‘bioactive compound’ discovery towards industrial applications through the establishing of marine enzyme collections with a high proportion of enzymes-“allrounders”. The project will also prioritize the identification of novel lead products and the delivery of improved prototypes for new biocatalytic processes.
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LL57 2DG Bangor
United Kingdom
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Participants (25)
20148 Hamburg
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40225 Dusseldorf
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00185 Roma
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28006 Madrid
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28049 Madrid
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51373 Leverkusen
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2880 Bagsvaerd
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5020 Bergen
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T12 YN60 Cork
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01513 Vilnius
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28725 Bremen
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28770 Madrid
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731 00 Chania
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40126 Bologna
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1000-043 Sao Jorge De Arroios
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40789 Monheim
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4132 Muttenz
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5210 Windisch
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WC2A 2AE London
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40219 Dusseldorf
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M5S 1A1 Toronto
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Participation ended
SO51 0HN Romsey Awbridge
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5838 Bergen
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20122 Milano
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1000 Brussel
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