Project description
Better analysis of treated water samples
The increase in human-made chemicals poses a threat to the environment. Analysing the exposome (lifetime chemical exposure) is challenging. Current non-targeted analysis methods limit the detectable chemicals to those with medium-to-low polarity. Supported by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the BEspace project aims to broaden the detectable exposome using advanced two-dimensional separation methods and high-resolution mass spectrometry. In collaboration with the KWR Water Research Institute, the project seeks to improve the analysis of environmental and treated water samples. It will develop advanced analytical platforms to expand the detectable chemical range in water samples and publicly share large-scale exposome datasets. This will enhance existing databases and facilitate the development of new risk assessment methods.
Objective
The increase of anthropogenic chemicals released by human activities poses a growing threat to natural and man-made environments. Characterizing the mixture of chemicals that an individual encounters throughout lifetime, namely exposome, is a complex analytical task that is only partially fulfilled by current state-of-the-art methods. Non-targeted analysis approaches based on liquid reversed-phase chromatography hyphenated with high-resolution mass spectrometry restrict the detectable exposome chemical space to medium-to-low polarity chemicals. The BEspace project seeks to untangle sample complexity and expand the detectable exposome through advanced separation approaches, combined in a two-dimensional fashion and hyphenated with high-resolution mass spectrometers. On this basis, it shall boost the profiling of chemicals of environmental concern in relevant exposome matrices like environmental and treated water samples, thanks to the collaboration with KWR Water Research Institute. Even though two-dimensional liquid chromatography approaches provide increased separation selectivity and capacity, boosting the detectable chemical space coverage of the aqueous samples, their application in exposomics is limited. The complex two-dimensional data structure and the lack of standardized procedures hamper the exposome chemical identification, requiring the implementation of composite cheminformatics tools. Therefore, BEspace will develop advanced wet and dry lab analytical platforms to expand the detectable chemical space of the aqueous compartment. Large-scale quali-quantitative exposomics datasets will be project final outputs, providing cutting-edge data to be publicly shared to enrich present databases and to develop novel risk assessment approaches. The implicit multidisciplinarity of the project grants multiple-way knowledge transfer among the host institution, the researcher, and the associate partner.
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HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
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1012WX Amsterdam
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