G5RD-2001-00542 Algal Bioadhesives

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Contract No:	G5RD-2001-00542
Project Type:	CSC (Cost-sharing contract)
Start Date:	01-09-2001
Duration:	40 months
Total Cost:	2 390 000 EUR
EC Contribution:	1 770 000 EUR
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Abstract

Sessile marine organisms evolved strong underwater adhesives, which retain attached under tensional conditions, comparable to the surgical environment. Algal adhesives could serve as tissue adhesives and offer a safe and efficient alternative to painful traditional wound closure devices. The scientific objectives of this research are purification, characterization and gene expression of Algal Bioadhesives (ABs). They will be treated by a mutidisciplinary approach using physico-chemical, biochemical, molecular and cellular methodologies. The major deliverables of the study will be novel, surgical tissue adhesive compounds. The contribution to the socio-economic impact will be through improvement of the quality of life by better health care. The economic prospect will develop mariculture and biotechnological industries.

Contacts

Coordinator

• Josef DISHON / Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Research Institute Department of Marine Biology and Biotechnology / ISRAEL

Participant

• BIOTA LTD ISRAEL
• Skuli SKULASON / Bio-Gels Pharmaceuticals ICELAND
• Margareta AHLQWIST / Goeteborg University Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology / SWEDEN
• Alain MARCHAL / National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 1931- Station Biologique-Oligosaccharides, / FRANCE
• AvrahamSHITZER / Technion - Israel Institute of Technology Department of Chemical Engineering / ISRAEL
• University of Birmingham School of Bioscience / UNITED KINGDOM