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MICROWINE - Microbial metagenomics and the modern wine industry

Objective

A diverse, complex, and poorly characterised community of microorganisms lies at the heart of the wine – an industry worth over €220 billion globally. These microorganisms play key roles at all stages of the viniculture and vinification processes, from helping plants access nutrients from the soil, driving their health through protection against pathogens, to fermentation processes that transform the must into wine with its complex array of aromas and flavours. Given this importance, an improved understanding of the microbial community and its interplay will have significant effects on the industry. In recent years, 'Next Generation' DNA sequencing has revolutionised many areas of biology, including microbiology, through conferring the ability to characterise microbes on the deep community scale, through both ’shotgun’ and ’deep amplicon’ sequencing approaches. To exploit this power for the benefit of the wine industry, we propose MICROWINE, a 15 ESR Marie Curie Actions European Training Network. The network is constructed as a close collaboration between industry and academic partners, around the theme of the microbial community’s role in the wine production process. Through combining microbial metagenomic sequencing with powerful computation analyses, with metadata generated using techniques such as metabolomics and geochemistry, we will study the action of microbes from the plant protection and nutrition, through to wine fermentation process, using samples collected from both Europe and beyond. We will further train the ESRs across a wide range of relevant disciplines, and maximise information transfer through multiple host and academic-industry cosupervision and secondments. In this way, we anticipate contributing to the strength and scientific progress of the wine industry through training of a cohort of leading, interdisciplinary and tightly interconnected scientists at the forefront of modern microbiological, genomic, computational and related techniques.

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AARHUS UNIVERSITET
Net EU contribution
€ 580 163,76
Address
Nordre Ringgade 1
8000 Aarhus C
Denmark

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Danmark Midtjylland Østjylland
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Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
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€ 0,00

Participants (12)

KOBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET
Denmark
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€ 580 163,76
Address
Norregade 10
1165 Kobenhavn

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Danmark Hovedstaden Byen København
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Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
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€ 0,00
THE UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK
United Kingdom
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€ 273 287,88
Address
Kirby Corner Road - University House
CV4 8UW Coventry

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West Midlands (England) West Midlands Coventry
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Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
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€ 0,00
UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA
Argentina
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€ 204 096,60
Address
Calle 7 776
1900 La Plata

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UNIVERSITE DE BORDEAUX
France
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€ 262 875,60
Address
Place Pey Berland 35
33000 Bordeaux

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Nouvelle-Aquitaine Aquitaine Gironde
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Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
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€ 0,00
DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET
Denmark
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€ 290 081,88
Address
Anker Engelunds Vej 101
2800 Kongens Lyngby

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Danmark Hovedstaden Københavns omegn
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Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
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€ 0,00
MINISTERIUM FUER UMWELT, LANDWIRTSCHAFT, ERNAEHRUNG, WEINBAU UND FORSTEN RHEINLAND- PFALZ
Germany
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€ 249 216,48
Address
Kaiser-friedrich-strasse 1
55116 Mainz

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Rheinland-Pfalz Rheinhessen-Pfalz Mainz, Kreisfreie Stadt
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UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA
Spain
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€ 247 872,96
Address
Calle Pedro Cerbuna 12
50009 Zaragoza

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Noreste Aragón Zaragoza
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INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE POUR L'AGRICULTURE, L'ALIMENTATION ET L'ENVIRONNEMENT
France
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€ 262 875,60
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147 Rue De L'universite
75007 Paris Cedex 07

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Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris
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UNIVERSIDADE CATOLICA PORTUGUESA
Portugal
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€ 238 356,36
Address
Palma De Cima
1649 023 Lisboa

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Continente Área Metropolitana de Lisboa Área Metropolitana de Lisboa
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INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA
Portugal
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€ 238 356,36
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Tapada Da Ajuda
1349 017 Lisboa

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Continente Área Metropolitana de Lisboa Área Metropolitana de Lisboa
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STICHTING VU
Netherlands
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€ 255 374,28
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De Boelelaan 1105
1081 HV Amsterdam

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West-Nederland Noord-Holland Groot-Amsterdam
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INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFORMATIQUE ET AUTOMATIQUE
France
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€ 262 875,60
Address
Domaine De Voluceau Rocquencourt
78153 Le Chesnay Cedex

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Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Yvelines
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Partners (8)

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Partner organisations contribute to the implementation of the action, but do not sign the Grant Agreement.

CHR. HANSEN A/S
Denmark
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€ 0,00
Address
Boege Alle 10-12
2970 Hoersholm

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Danmark Hovedstaden Nordsjælland
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€ 0,00
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Partner organisations contribute to the implementation of the action, but do not sign the Grant Agreement.

THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
United States
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€ 0,00
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Franklin Street 1111 12 Floor
94607 Oakland Ca

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Partner organisations contribute to the implementation of the action, but do not sign the Grant Agreement.

CURTIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
Australia
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€ 0,00
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Gpo Box U1987
6845 Perth

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Partner organisations contribute to the implementation of the action, but do not sign the Grant Agreement.

Biodiscovery, LLC
United States
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€ 0,00
Address
5840 Interface Dr.
48103 Ann Arbor

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Partner organisations contribute to the implementation of the action, but do not sign the Grant Agreement.

Ansilta S.A.
Argentina
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Calle 2 No. 80
1900 La Plata

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Partner organisations contribute to the implementation of the action, but do not sign the Grant Agreement.

UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE QUILMES
Argentina
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€ 0,00
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Roque Saenz Pena 352
B1876BXD Bernal

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Agrarian Research and Development Center
Georgia
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€ 0,00
Address
Didi Gighomi, 3 Mkr, Block 8, Fl. 56.
0131 Tbilisi

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Partner organisations contribute to the implementation of the action, but do not sign the Grant Agreement.

SCREENWOOD, LDA
Portugal
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€ 0,00
Address
Rua Do Pinhal, Nº 48
2080-110 Almeirim

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Continente Alentejo Lezíria do Tejo
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