Obiettivo Many marine sponges contain natural compounds that have potential interest to society. Limited possibilities for supply of these compounds from natural resources often delays or even stops further development of a product after its initial discovery. In the proposed project, systems and processes for the cultivation of marine sponges will be developed in order to create a stable and sustainable supply and reduce pressures on natural resources. The development of these applications will be supported by studies on the biology of the target organisms, such as ecology, feeding biology (and the role of symbiotic microorganisms therein) and ATP-metabolism. In addition, the genetic background of growth and secondary metabolism of sponges will be studied in order to rationalise strategies to improve culture techniques. The culture systems to be developed are an integration of innovative technologies of four European SMEs, including novel strategies to feed sponges in closed and half-open systems, a unique technology to control water quality in artificial marine systems, novel spectrometric sensor technology (and corresponding software) to monitor and control the system, an in vitro sponge cultivation system (primmorphs) for testing medium design and specific sponge farming methodologies. A limited number of (commercially interesting) sponge species will be used in the project as model species for technology development. Product formation in these species will be studied in order to optimise productivity of the culture systems. The objective of the proposed project is to initiate a sustainable sponge industry in Europe by combining the efforts of innovative SMEs and leading scientific institutes. The project will strongly improve the competitive position of Europe in marine biotechnology and is expected to generate new products for the market. Campo scientifico natural sciencesbiological sciencesgeneticsnatural sciencesearth and related environmental scienceshydrologynatural sciencesbiological sciencesecologynatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesoceanographynatural sciencesbiological sciencesmicrobiology Programma(i) FP6-SME - Horizontal research activities involving SMEs: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Argomento(i) SME-1 - Co-operative Research (all areas of science and technology) Invito a presentare proposte FP6-2003-SME-1 Vedi altri progetti per questo bando Meccanismo di finanziamento Data not available Coordinatore JOHANNES GUTEMBERG UNIVERSITÄT MAINZ Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Saarstrasse 21 MAINZ Germania Mostra sulla mappa Collegamenti Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato Partecipanti (12) Classifica in ordine alfabetico Classifica per Contributo UE Espandi tutto Riduci tutto BIOTECMARIN GMBH Germania Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Duesbergweg 6 MAINZ Mostra sulla mappa Collegamenti Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS Spagna Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Calle Serrano 117 MADRID Mostra sulla mappa Collegamenti Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato INSTITUTE RUDJER BOSKOVIC Croazia Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Bijenicka cesta 54 ZAGREB Mostra sulla mappa Collegamenti Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato KLINIPHARM GMBH Germania Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Eschenheimer Tor 3 FRANKFURT / MAIN Mostra sulla mappa Collegamenti Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V. 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