Acronym RADAR
Category
Marine Biotechnology
Title Innovative aquatic biosensors Programme FP7
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
FP7 - Small or Medium-Scale Focused Research Project
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
KBBE – Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology
Specific Programme (FP7)
Cooperation
Funding source European Coordinator Follonier Stephane Coordinator email stephane.follonier@csem.ch
Coordinator institution
CSEM - Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (Switzerland)
Institutions involved
NA - Elysium Projects Ltd (United Kingdom) ,
IRB - Institute for Research in Biomedicine (Switzerland) ,
JRC - Joint Research Centre (Italy) ,
NIB - National institute of Biology (Slovenia) ,
NA - Optics Balzers AG (Liechtenstein) ,
WUR - Wageningen University and Research (Netherlands) ,
Start year 2011 End year 2014 Funding (€) € 3,896,412 Website https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/265721 Summary RADAR is a 7 member consortium that aims to develop a robust, sensitive, and versatile label��free, biosensor platform for spot measurements and online monitoring of toxins and pollutants in food production processes and in the aquatic environment. Specificity towards chemical pollutants and toxins is achieved by using recombinant receptors (namely the estrogen receptor and the aryl hydrocarbon receptor) whose amino acid sequences have been rationally designed based on genomic and functional information from aquatic organisms. Sensitivity of the biosensor is increased by the unique combination of isotachophoretic pre��concentration step, and surface nanostructuring & chemical modification. The integration of the label��free detection sensors with an on��line automated sample handling and a wireless communication system will yield a best��inclass biosensor platform for robust, specific and sensitive detection of EDCs and PAHs in difficult operating conditions. To validate the RADAR biosensor the consortium will test the biosensors in fresh and marine water, in fish farms, and in food products such as fish, fruit juices, and milk. Through their contacts in these industries, the partners will evaluate the performance of the biosensors in such environments, analyzing a representative number of samples and reporting on the stability, ruggedness and accuracy of the sensors used under laboratory and real test conditions. This project is expected to have a high economic impact, since our cost��effective sensor could find a worldwide distribution in most food production and water testing lines as supported by Agilent Technologies Inc.
Keywords
Genomic;
Food safety;
Human food;
Fish;
Toxins;
Monitoring;
Toxic substances;
Biosensors;
Technology;
Marine Region
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