Obiettivo Microalgae in marine and brackish waters of Europe regularly cause «harmful effects», considered from the human perspective, in that they threaten public health and cause economic damage to fisheries and tourism. Cyanobacteria cause similar problems in freshwaters. These episodes encompass a broad range of phenomena collectively referred to as «harmful algal blooms» (HABs). They include discoloration of waters by mass occurrences of microalgae (true algal blooms that may or may not be «harmful») to toxin-producing species that may be harmful even in low cell concentrations. A broad classification of HAB distinguishes three groups of toxic organisms. For adequate management of these phenomena, monitoring of microalgae is required. However, the effectiveness of monitoring programmes is limited by the fact that it is time consuming and morphology as determined by light microscopy may be insufficient to give definitive species and toxin attribution. Once cell numbers reach a threshold level, then shellfish are selected to toxin analysis by the mouse bioassay. The mouse bioassay is continued on a daily basis until no more toxin is detected. Molecular and biochemical methods are now available that offer rapid means of both species and toxin detection. In this project we will target rapid species identification using rRNA genes as the target. We include antibodies to specific toxins because even when cell numbers are very low, the toxins can be present and can be accumulated in the shellfish. Microarrays are the state of the art technology in molecular biology for the processing of bulk samples for detection of target RNA/DNA sequences.. The purpose of MIDTAL is to support the common fisheries policy to aid the national monitoring agencies by providing new rapid tools for the identification of toxic algae and their toxins so that they can comply with ECC directive 91/1491/CEE that can be converted to cell numbers and reduce the need for the mouse bioassay. Campo scientifico natural sciencesbiological sciencesmicrobiologyphycologynatural sciencesbiological sciencesgeneticsDNAnatural sciencesphysical sciencesopticsmicroscopynatural sciencesbiological sciencesgeneticsRNAnatural sciencesbiological sciencesmolecular biology Parole chiave harmful algal blooms monitoring microarrays rRNA probes toxic algae Programma(i) FP7-ENVIRONMENT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Environment (including Climate Change) Argomento(i) ENV.2007.3.2.1.1. - Damage assessment, diagnosis and monitoring for the preventive conservation and maintenance of the cultural heritage ENV.2007.3.3.1.1. - In-silico techniques for hazard-, safety-, and environmental risk-assessment Invito a presentare proposte FP7-ENV-2007-1 Vedi altri progetti per questo bando Meccanismo di finanziamento CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research project Coordinatore MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM Contributo UE € 253 678,00 Indirizzo CITADEL HILL THE LABORATORY PL1 2PB Plymouth Regno Unito Mostra sulla mappa Regione South West (England) Devon Plymouth Tipo di attività Research Organisations Contatto amministrativo Parr Jon (Mr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato Partecipanti (10) Classifica in ordine alfabetico Classifica per Contributo UE Espandi tutto Riduci tutto STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN Italia Contributo UE € 316 078,00 Indirizzo Villa Comunale 80121 Napoli Mostra sulla mappa Regione Sud Campania Napoli Tipo di attività Research Organisations Contatto amministrativo Wiebe Kooistra (Dr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato LINNEUNIVERSITETET Svezia Contributo UE € 323 370,00 Indirizzo LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY 35195 Vaxjo Mostra sulla mappa Regione Södra Sverige Småland med öarna Kronobergs län Tipo di attività Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contatto amministrativo Anna Gustavsson (Ms.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato INSTITUTO ESPANOL DE OCEANOGRAFIA Spagna Contributo UE € 248 879,00 Indirizzo CORAZON DE MARIA 8 28002 MADRID Mostra sulla mappa Tipo di attività Research Organisations Contatto amministrativo Enrique Tortosa (Dr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato UNIVERSITY OF GALWAY Irlanda Contributo UE € 248 379,00 Indirizzo UNIVERSITY ROAD H91 Galway Mostra sulla mappa Regione Ireland Northern and Western West Tipo di attività Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contatto amministrativo Daniel O'mahony (Dr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato UNIVERSITETET I OSLO Norvegia Contributo UE € 296 353,00 Indirizzo PROBLEMVEIEN 5-7 0313 Oslo Mostra sulla mappa Regione Norge Oslo og Viken Oslo Tipo di attività Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contatto amministrativo Tone Tellevik Dahl Dahl (Ms.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER LBG Regno Unito Contributo UE € 252 295,00 Indirizzo REGENT STREET 309 W1B 2UW London Mostra sulla mappa Regione London Inner London — West Westminster Tipo di attività Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contatto amministrativo Jane Lewis (Prof.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato DHI Partecipazione conclusa Danimarca Contributo UE € 12 181,59 Indirizzo AGERN ALLE 5 2970 HOERSHOLM Mostra sulla mappa Tipo di attività Research Organisations Contatto amministrativo Hanne Kaas (Dr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato INSTITUTO TECNOLOXICO PARA O CONTROL DOMEDIO MARINO DE GALICIA - 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