Acronym BIOMEP
Category
Marine Biotechnology
Title Progetto e Sviluppo di un Biosensore per le rilevazione in real-time di Metalli Pesanti - Design and Development of a Biosensor for the real-time detection of Heavy Metals Programme Nat. Programme (supported by ESIF)
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
NA
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source National-European Coordinator Angela Cuttitta Coordinator email angela.cuttitta@iamc.cnr.it
Coordinator institution
NA
Institutions involved
CNR-IAMC - National Research Council; Institute for Coastal Marine Environment (Italy) ,
CNR-IBIM - National Research Council; Institute of Biomedicine and Molecular Immunology 'Alberto Monroy' (Italy) ,
CNR-IGV - National Research Council; Institute of Plant Genetics (Italy) ,
NA - Sicilian Regional Authority; Department of Industry (Italy) ,
Start year 2012 End year 2014 Funding (€) € 563,476 Website NA Summary The project aims to study the effect of environmental contaminants on the fluorescent emission intensity of the ""Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP)"". This fluorescent protein, which has already been extracted from marine organisms (Aequorea coerulescens and Anemonia sulcata) and on which the first results have been obtained, will be synthesized in the laboratory so that it can subsequently be produced in medium quantities at reduced prices. The capabilities of this protein will then be exploited for the design and development of a biosensor for ""real-time"" detections of heavy metals. In particular, the interaction characteristics between the protein and the metals will be exploited, which show a “quenching” (ie: a reduction of the fluorescence emitted by the protein) proportional to the quantity of metal present in the solution under test.
Design and development of a portable and automatic instrument for "real-time" detection of heavy metals
Keywords
Biosensors;
Monitoring;
Toxic substances;
Marine Region
71
South of Sicily (GSA 16)
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