Cronobacter Support
10-30-2009, 09:33 AM
2009/10/21
CIC microGUNE is working jointly with Gaiker-IK4 Technology Centre in a project to develop a biosensor that will enable the in situ and rapid detection of microbiological contaminants, such as salmonella, in foods. This microdevice will enable the on-the-spot identification, without the need for a laboratory, of pathogenic agents that may exist in any part of the whole food chain, from the farm to the table.
The project, known as PATSENS, and designed to meet the current needs of the agricultural foods industry, will develop a number of biosensors based on different technologies of detection (molecular and immunochemical techniques). These microdevices will enable the rapid detection of pathogens once incorporated into the current traceability system, in such a way as to embrace the controlling of raw materials to the process of production and sales outlets.
PATSENS is coordinated by Gaiker-IK4 Technology Centre, with CIC microGUNE collaborating through its Tekniker-IK4 and Ceit-IK4laboratories, and with other bodies such as the Instituto de Química Orgánica General of the CSIC, the Polytechnic University of Valencia, the University of Barcelona, the Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentaries (IRTA) and the Inkoa and Eliker business companies.
The project, initiated at the end of 2008 and anticipated to finish in 2011, has an overall budget of almost 700,000 euros and has applied for funding from Unique and Strategic Projects, within the National R+D+i Plan launched by the Spanish Government.
The initial objective of PATSENS is based on the detection of the salmonella spp and cronobacter pathogenic microorganisms, highly relevant in food quality control systems, although it will later be extended to other microorganisms and toxins involved with foodstuffs. A second stage will adapt the technology developed in the project to the health sector for diagnoses of infectious diseases of out-patients, cancer and neurodegenerative diseases.
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CIC microGUNE is working jointly with Gaiker-IK4 Technology Centre in a project to develop a biosensor that will enable the in situ and rapid detection of microbiological contaminants, such as salmonella, in foods. This microdevice will enable the on-the-spot identification, without the need for a laboratory, of pathogenic agents that may exist in any part of the whole food chain, from the farm to the table.
The project, known as PATSENS, and designed to meet the current needs of the agricultural foods industry, will develop a number of biosensors based on different technologies of detection (molecular and immunochemical techniques). These microdevices will enable the rapid detection of pathogens once incorporated into the current traceability system, in such a way as to embrace the controlling of raw materials to the process of production and sales outlets.
PATSENS is coordinated by Gaiker-IK4 Technology Centre, with CIC microGUNE collaborating through its Tekniker-IK4 and Ceit-IK4laboratories, and with other bodies such as the Instituto de Química Orgánica General of the CSIC, the Polytechnic University of Valencia, the University of Barcelona, the Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentaries (IRTA) and the Inkoa and Eliker business companies.
The project, initiated at the end of 2008 and anticipated to finish in 2011, has an overall budget of almost 700,000 euros and has applied for funding from Unique and Strategic Projects, within the National R+D+i Plan launched by the Spanish Government.
The initial objective of PATSENS is based on the detection of the salmonella spp and cronobacter pathogenic microorganisms, highly relevant in food quality control systems, although it will later be extended to other microorganisms and toxins involved with foodstuffs. A second stage will adapt the technology developed in the project to the health sector for diagnoses of infectious diseases of out-patients, cancer and neurodegenerative diseases.
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