Acronym COASTAL
Category
Aquaculture
Title Microfluidic sensors for the rapid detection of marine toxins in sustainable aquaculture Programme International Cooperation
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 Other Coordinator Alisa Rudnitskaya Coordinator email NA
Coordinator institution
CESAM - Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (Portugal)
Institutions involved
CETMAR - Centro Tecnológico del Mar - Fundación CETMAR (Spain) ,
NMBU - Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Norway) ,
SINTEF - SINTEF (Norway) ,
Start year 2021 End year 2024 Funding (€) € 10,020,671 Website https://www.cesam-la.pt/projetos/coastal-sensores-microfluidicos-para-a-deteccao-rapida-de-toxinas-marinhas-em-aquacultura-sustentavel/ Summary "The COASTAL project brings together a multidisciplinary team in the area of biological and chemical sensors, micro and nanofabrication, electrochemistry and analytical chemistry, who will work together to develop new approaches for the detection of PST (Paralyzing Seafood Toxins).
Main objectives:
The COASTAL project seeks to mitigate the negative effects of harmful algal blooms (HABs) by developing a new miniaturized detection screening tool for the rapid and sensitive detection of paralyzing shellfish toxins (PSTs). The main end-users of such tools are bivalve producers and reference laboratories involved in toxin surveillance. Successful implementation of the proposed detection tools will enable efficient management of bivalve harvesting, particularly at the beginning or end of a toxicity episode. Therefore, it has a high economic, social and environmental impact.
Among the quantifiable goals of the project are:
– to develop and optimize methodologies for the simultaneous detection of the 5 main PSTs that occur on the Portuguese and Norwegian coasts, at the concentration levels corresponding to the regulatory limits;
– develop a user-friendly microfluidic architecture to perform toxin detection in small sample volumes (less than 50 μL) and in an automated format, which can be used outside the laboratory facility by operators without specialized skills, and which requires minimal sample preparation;
– evaluate the validity and benchmark of the microfluidic sensor system, developed in relation to conventional analytical techniques and estimate its innovation potential;
– improve the competences of the consortium."
Keywords
Biosensors;
Monitoring;
Algal toxins;
Prototype;
Algae;
Technology;
Bivalve;
Open sea aquaculture;
Mollusc;
Food safety;
Shellfish;
Marine Region
41
Norwegian Sea (27.IIa)
38
Portuguese Waters (27.IXa,27.IXb)
2
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