Periodic Reporting for period 2 - MARILIA (MARA-BASED INDUSTRIAL LOW-COST IDENTIFICATION ASSAYS)
Période du rapport: 2022-03-01 au 2023-02-28
In MARILIA, we aim to increase the technology readiness level (TRL) of our novel detection concept from TRL 2 to TRL 5. A well-balanced consortium has been established, comprising an applied research institute as coordinator
(AIT Austrian Institute of Technology), the University of Zagreb, the basic research institute Ruder Boskovic Institute, the SME Dayone acting as business incubator, and the large company IREN engaged as water supplier in northern Italy. If the MARILIA detection
assay meets our interally defined KPIs regarding specificity and sensitivity, a start-up will be founded to commercially exploit the innovations in the post-project phase.
The other three WPs are dedicated to R&D and product development. So far, our activitied there resulted in at least three exploitable results. (I) A bacteria detection assay based on bacteria binding peptides, (II) site-specific introduction of DNA-tags on proteins, (III) software for the modelling of DNA/protein hybrid systems.
Three manuscripts were published, two others are currently under review. Two posters were presented at conferences.
Furthermore, we expect that we will develop a bacteria detection assay for water samples at the end of the project. The potential impact of this result is the foundation of a new startup commercially exploiting this technology.