Acronym Sea-on-a Chip
Category
Aquaculture
Title Protecting our seafood from marine pollution Programme FP7
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
FP7 - Collaborative Project (generic)
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 NA Coordinator email NA
Coordinator institution
CSIC - Spanish National Research Council (Spain)
Institutions involved
NA - AEIFORIA srl (Italy) ,
NA - CapSenze Biosystems AB (Sweden) ,
ICRA - Catalan Institute for Water Research (Spain) ,
UCBL - Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 (France) ,
NA - Intrarom SA (Romania) ,
NA - Istituto Delta Ecologia Applicata Srl (Italy) ,
NIVA - Norwegian Institute for Water Research (Norway) ,
OQP - Organizacion Calidad y Protectos (Spain) ,
IPMA - Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere (Portugal) ,
CEST - Research Center for Corrosion and Surface Technology (Austria) ,
SANT’ANNA SCHOOL - Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies - Pisa (Italy) ,
NA - Scalpro AS (Norway) ,
NA - Skaloma SA (Greece) ,
UB - University of Barcelona (Spain) ,
UoI - University of Ioannina (Greece) ,
UoP - University of Plymouth (United Kingdom) ,
Start year 2013 End year 2017 Funding (€) € 7,603,007 Website http://www.sea-on-a-chip.eu/ Summary European maritime regions account for over 40% of the EU gross national product (GNP). Between 3 and 5% of Europe’s GNP is estimated to be generated directly from marine based industries and services. Coastal waters generate 75% of the ecosystem service benefits for Europe’s coastal zone estimated to have an equivalent value of €18 billion/annum. In addition, the non-quantifiable value of the marine resource should not be underestimated as it has a direct impact on quality of life, health societal and business development in Europe. Chemical contamination of estuarine and coastal areas is a highly complex issue with negative implications for the environment and human health (through the food chain) and related coastal industries such as fisheries. Early warning systems that can provide extreme sensitivity with exquisite selectivity are required. SEA-on-a-CHIP aims to develop a miniaturized, autonomous, remote and flexible immuno-sensor platform based on a fully integrated array of micro/nano-electrodes and a microfluidic system in a lab-on-a-chip configuration combined with electrochemical detection (impedimetric measurements) for real time analysis of marine waters in multi-stressor conditions. This system will be developed for a concrete application in aquaculture facilities, including the rapid assessment of contaminants affecting aquaculture production and also those produced by this industry, but it is easy adaptable to other target compounds or other situations required by early warning systems for coastal waters contamination analysis.
Keywords
Engineering;
Impacts;
Monitoring;
Toxic substances;
Pollution;
Prototype;
Marine Region
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Not associated to marine areas
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