Project description DEENESFRITPL Virtual tongue for food taste screening The EU-funded VIRTUOUS project is dedicated to the development of a virtual tongue made by an integrated computational framework that can screen food for natural components by binding taste receptors. This international consortium includes nine academic and industry participants from four European countries. Using a variety of computational and experimental data, partners plan to create an algorithm for the prediction of the organoleptic profile of the food based on its chemical composition. Potential application of this platform as taste predictor is in the food industry, modern precision agriculture, and as a link to neuroscience for taste determination. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective VIRTUOUS is a virtual tongue made by an integrated computational framework able to screen food for natural ligands targeting taste receptors. The proposed intelligent algorithm, by integrating drug discovery techniques, machine learning classifiers, algorithms for big data, cloud computing, and experimental data will predict the organoleptic profile of a specific food based on its chemical composition. The outcomes of this research will shed light on the mechanisms driving the information transfer from the chemistry level, where food molecular constituents bind taste receptors, toward a cascade of molecular, supramolecular and cellular events emerging as an elaborated sensation which strongly contribute to the food organoleptic profile. The joint exchange programme involves 9 participants from 4 countries: Italy, Greece, Spain, Switzerland. Participants are both from academic (4 beneficiaries) and non-academic (5 beneficiaries) sectors. The balance between academy and industry and the interdisciplinary nature of the Consortium will grant a unique stimulating environment for researchers involved in the projects.Relevance of the program is identified at European and worldwide level, both for academia and industry. The idea of conceiving a taste predictor to be applied on European food products will boost and widen European food market at global level. The VIRTUOUS tongue may be also thought has an “food computer aided design tool” for EU food technology. For example, based on taste prediction the VIRTUOUS platform may be used in the future to predict the results of a specific grape graft. The Virtuous tongue may be also combined with other technologies to enhance precision agriculture. The VIRTUOUS research also links taste receptors’ activation to the activity of nuclear receptors following the paradigm of the Mediterranean Diet: “good and healthy”. Finally, the project is related to neuroscience, by considering molecular mechanisms of brain elaboration in taste. Fields of science natural sciencesbiological sciencesneurobiologyengineering and technologyother engineering and technologiesfood technologynatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdata sciencebig datanatural sciencescomputer and information sciencescomputational sciencemultiphysicsnatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligencemachine learning Keywords Organoleptic profile Human Homeostasis Mediterranian Diet molecular modelling bioinformatics molecular dynamics taste protein-protein interactions Programme(s) H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Main Programme H2020-EU.1.3.3. - Stimulating innovation by means of cross-fertilisation of knowledge Topic(s) MSCA-RISE-2019 - Research and Innovation Staff Exchange Call for proposal H2020-MSCA-RISE-2019 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme MSCA-RISE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE) Coordinator POLITECNICO DI TORINO Net EU contribution € 211 600,00 Address Corso duca degli abruzzi 24 10129 Torino Italy See on map Region Nord-Ovest Piemonte Torino Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 Participants (10) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all MISSING TECH SAGL Switzerland Net EU contribution € 133 400,00 Address Via g b pioda 2a 6830 Chiasso See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera Ticino Ticino Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 ENGINLIFE-ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS Italy Net EU contribution € 161 000,00 Address Via revello 51 10139 Torino See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Nord-Ovest Piemonte Torino Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 EFIIS SISTEMIKI VIOLOGIA MONOPROSOPI IKE Greece Net EU contribution € 96 600,00 Address Scientific park street 0 26332 Patra See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Κεντρική Ελλάδα Δυτική Ελλάδα Αχαΐα Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA Spain Net EU contribution € 101 200,00 Address Cuesta del hospicio sn 18071 Granada See on map Region Sur Andalucía Granada Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 A.P.A. SAN SEBASTIAN S. COOP. AND. Spain Net EU contribution € 50 600,00 Address Puente del ventorro s/n 18564 Benalua de las villas See on map Region Sur Andalucía Granada Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 ATHINA-EREVNITIKO KENTRO KAINOTOMIAS STIS TECHNOLOGIES TIS PLIROFORIAS, TON EPIKOINONION KAI TIS GNOSIS Greece Net EU contribution € 101 200,00 Address Artemidos 6 kai epidavrou 151 25 Maroussi See on map Region Αττική Aττική Βόρειος Τομέας Αθηνών Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 SCUOLA UNIVERSITARIA PROFESSIONALE DELLA SVIZZERA ITALIANA Switzerland Net EU contribution € 156 400,00 Address Stabile le gerre 6928 Manno See on map Region Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera Ticino Ticino Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 EMMANOUIL ORFANOS KAI SIA EE Greece Net EU contribution € 41 400,00 Address 25 martious 101 b 26500 Patra See on map Region Κεντρική Ελλάδα Δυτική Ελλάδα Αχαΐα Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 7HC SOCIETA A RESPONSABILITA LIMITATA Italy Net EU contribution € 32 200,00 Address Via giovanni paisello 55 00198 Roma See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Centro (IT) Lazio Roma Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM Israel Net EU contribution € 23 000,00 Address Edmond j safra campus givat ram 91904 Jerusalem See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00
