Descrizione del progetto
Analisi e prevenzione di proliferazioni algali nocive
La proliferazione di microalghe appartenenti al genere Ostreopsis, note come proliferazioni algali nocive, interessa gli ecosistemi costieri e rappresenta un problema ecologico in peggioramento per i decenni a venire. Il progetto CHEMICROS, finanziato dall’UE, sta analizzando gli aspetti fondamentali del controllo microbico della proliferazione di Ostreopsis, tra cui il metabolismo, la degradazione di tossine e l’individuazione di bioagenti per il controllo della proliferazione. Il progetto di formazione prevede attività di collaborazione e ricerca a livello internazionale, con una particolare attenzione alla chimica dei prodotti naturali e all’ecologia del plancton. Utilizzando tecniche all’avanguardia di chimica analitica, CHEMICROS svilupperà una serie di strumenti metodologici, che verrà applicata per migliorare la nostra conoscenza di altre specie di proliferazioni algali nocive e per permettere ai gestori delle zone costiere di implementare misure preventive.
Obiettivo
Important proliferation of microalgae, the so-called Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs), affects aquatic ecosystems. Extensive repercussions of HABs on human health, aquatic species, and aquaculture are yearly recorded worldwide and related economic losses can be measured in millions of dollars. Given their impacts, the increasing occurrence of HABs worldwide constitutes a major ecological issue for the coming decades. The proposed research project CHEMICROS (CHEmically-mediated MICRobial Interactions maintained by OStreopsis) aims to investigate the three essential aspects of the microbial control of Ostreopsis blooms: (i) influence on the specialized metabolism, (ii) commitment with toxins degradation, and (iii) potentiality as bio-agents for blooms control. The proposed research will benefit from the training offered by two renowned institutions, the Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine at Scripps Institution of Oceanography (USA, outgoing phase) and the Laboratory of Oceanography of Villefranche-sur-mer (France, incoming phase), whose research activities focus on natural products chemistry and plankton ecology, respectively. A large part of this project relies on the use of cutting-edge techniques in analytical chemistry, for which I will be trained during the outgoing phase. This knowledge will be transferred to the European host by organizing a technical workshop. The multidisciplinary skillset and knowledge developed through the fellowship will help me gain European and international visibility in the field of microbial ecology and will increase my competitiveness and attractiveness for potential collaborations with researchers in academy or industry, as well as with European managers of aquatic environments. The methodologies developed during the fellowship may be applied to improve our understanding of other HABs species and the dissemination of the results will enable coastal managers to implement preventive measures to safeguard the public.
Campo scientifico
CORDIS classifica i progetti con EuroSciVoc, una tassonomia multilingue dei campi scientifici, attraverso un processo semi-automatico basato su tecniche NLP.
CORDIS classifica i progetti con EuroSciVoc, una tassonomia multilingue dei campi scientifici, attraverso un processo semi-automatico basato su tecniche NLP.
- natural scienceschemical sciencesanalytical chemistry
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesfisheries
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystems
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental scienceshydrologylimnology
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesoceanography
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MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)Coordinatore
75006 Paris
Francia