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Adsorbed Layers of Natural Organic Macromolecules on Solid Substrates: Structure, Interactions, and Mechanisms of Growth (AdsorPLAYERS)

Date du début: 1 mai 2013, Date de fin: 30 avr. 2015,

...ions is a ubiquitous mechanism that affects many environmental processes, such as fate and transport of contaminants. In engineered systems, adsorption of organic molecules causes fouling and prompts biofilm formation. Fouling is a major impediment to the successful development of membrane technology to increase the supply of safe water. Control of surface adsorption in aquatic systems requires fu ...
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Legionellosis: risk reduction to public health from environmental sources using biotechnology in the textile sector. (TEXLEGIO)

Date du début: 1 avr. 2009, Date de fin: 1 janv. 2012,

... those installations and clean it of exogenous micro-organisms, particles in suspension and the organic matter that can be used by micro-organisms as food and support for the formation of biofilm. It hoped to show, through monitoring of the water input, that the process can reduce the presence of Legionella pneumophila in the water supply below 50 cfu (colony-forming units) per litre and control i ...
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Rotating bioreactors for sustainable hydrogen sulphide removal (Biosur)

Date du début: 1 juil. 2012, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2015,

...demonstration prototype with a new type of bio-trickling filter, called the Moving Bed BioTrickling Filter (MBBTF), which was equipped with discs made of different types of support media for biofilm growth. The main novelty of this technology is the coupling of a bio-trickling filter with rotating supports, and the prototype is a rare example of a full-scale moving bed bio-reactor for gaseous stre ...
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Multidisciplinary European training network for development of personalized anti-infective medical devices combining printing technologies and antimicrobial functionality (PRINT-AID)

Date du début: 1 janv. 2017, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2020,

...care-associated infections in the EU cause 37,000 deaths and cost EUR 7 billion/year. Half of them are related to medical devices (i.e., catheters, implants) and 80% of these are related to bacterial biofilms. A recent EC report highlighted the medical device sector’s role in driving EU economic growth, employing 500k people in 25k companies (80% are SMEs) with annual sales of EUR 85 billion. The ...
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Interaction Dynamics of Bacterial Biofilms with Bacteriophages (BIOFAGE)

Date du début: 1 janv. 2017, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2021,

Biofilms are antibiotic-resistant, sessile bacterial communities that occupy most moist surfaces on Earth and represent a major mode of bacterial life. Another common feature of bacterial life is exposure to viral parasites (termed phages), which are a dominant force in bacterial population control throughout nature. Surprisingly, almost nothing is known about the interactions between biofilm-dwel ...
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Plasma- and electron beam-assisted nanofabrication of two-dimensional (2D) substrates and three-dimensional (3D) scaffolds with artificial cell-instructive niches for vascular and bone implants (PlasmaNanoSmart)

Date du début: 27 juil. 2015, Date de fin: 26 juil. 2016,

...s of polymers, titanium and shape-memory alloys-based materials3) Control over the hydrophobic nitric oxide groups containing surface chemistry, wettability and charge that prevent the formation of biofilm and adhesion of platelets4) Differential diagnostics of cell associations and bioengineering constructions in vitro by use of synchrotron radiation5) The development and studying of the novel 2D ...
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Accelerating the Dissemination of Agluna(R), a clinically proven innovative silver ion based anti-microbial surface technology, from orthopaedics sector into the dental implant sector (ADA)

Date du début: 1 févr. 2015, Date de fin: 31 juil. 2015,

...tion in clinical use within the EU limb salvage market, and is being actively commercialised within the wider global orthopaedic market.Implant related infections are associated with the formation of biofilm on the surface of implanted devices. This is a global problem with socio-economic costs recognised across a range of medical device sectors. The dental implant sector is actively searching for ...
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New engineered surfaces for a better life (ENSUR4LIFE)

Date du début: 1 mai 2015, Date de fin: 30 avr. 2017,

...ry conditions, low cost) has not been achieved.This project will research on bringing functional properties to low-cost materials: anti-condensation for stainless steel and one polymer (PP); and anti-biofilm for two polymers (PP and EPDM). Both properties will be ensured by proper surface wettability control. Two non-conventional surface micro/nanostructuration technologies will be researched: PVD ...
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Biogeochemistry of erosive material deposition in streams: Impact of particulate deposition upon biofilm carbon cycling (Bio-ERODS)

Date du début: 1 sept. 2012, Date de fin: 31 août 2014,

...diments of inland waters. However, the metabolic fate of these particles at the water-streambed interface remains poorly studied. Particle deposition at the streambed is enhanced by benthic microbial biofilms. As such, understanding the potential role of organo-mineral complexes in the preservation and burial of organic matter, requires investigation of the interactions with biofilms. Bio-ERODS ai ...
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Functional Adaptive nano-Materials and technologies for energy efficient BUILDings (FOAM-BUILD)

Date du début: 1 sept. 2013, Date de fin: 31 août 2017,

...l-scale façade system at TRL level 6. By deployment of FoAM-BUILD technology energy savings of 192,000 kWh to 288,000 kW will be achieved over a façade lifetime of 30 years. Additionally the new biofilm protection system will extend the service life of the façade surface from 5 years to 20 years for a north façade in central Europe.FoAM-BUILD is characterised by an exceptionally strong industrial ...
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Integrated Bio-Electrochemical Production of Ethylene through CO2 sequestration (BIO-ELECTRO-ETHYLENE)

Date du début: 1 mai 2014, Date de fin: 30 avr. 2016,

...lly very important commodity chemical. Two functionally different electroactive cathodic biocatalysts will be developed from the environmental sources. The selective enrichment of the electroactive biofilm forming bacteria with desired biochemical pathway is a challenging task. It can be performed with consolidation of biochemical and electrochemical techniques. First biocathode, which is homoacet ...
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Plasma- and electron beam-assisted nanofabrication of two-dimensional (2D) substrates and three-dimensional (3D) scaffolds with artificial cell-instructive niches for vascular and bone implants (PlasmaNanoSmart)

Date du début: 1 juil. 2013, Date de fin: 30 juin 2015,

...s of polymers, titanium and shape-memory alloys-based materials3) Control over the hydrophobic nitric oxide groups containing surface chemistry, wettability and charge that prevent the formation of biofilm and adhesion of platelets4) Differential diagnostics of cell associations and bioengineering constructions in vitro by use of synchrotron radiation5) The development and studying of the novel 2D ...
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Interfacial electrochemical bacterial recognition (INTERBAC)

Date du début: 10 déc. 2007, Date de fin: 9 déc. 2008,

...agnitude as the dimensions o f the bacteria investigated. This will ensure a high degree of control and reproducibility of the electrode material. The potential dependence of bacterial attachment and biofilm formation on these surfaces will be studied by microgravimetry, infrared reflectance spectroscopy and ac impedance spectroscopy.The results will be used to develop an interfacial model of the ...
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Novel coatings to prevent biofilm formation on urinary catheters based on nanoantibiotics and quorum quenching compounds (NanoQuench)

Date du début: 25 mars 2013, Date de fin: 14 juil. 2015,

NanoQuench project is about the development of alternative methods to coat indewelling medical devices to control microbial biofilms with relevance to clinical drug resistance. Biofilms are bacterial communities embedded in a self-produced polymeric matrix that commonly grow on indwelling medical devices, such as catheters. This mode of growing is believed to be regulated by a quorum-sensing (QS) ...
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STUDIES ON THE BACTERIAL STRESS RESPONSE AND STRESS-INDUCED CROSS-RESISTANCE (Bacterial Stress)

Date du début: 15 sept. 2011, Date de fin: 14 sept. 2013,

...ntrol of bacterial populations. In particular, the epidemiology and virulence of many human, animal, and plant pathogens appears to be related to stress-induced cross-resistance and phenomena such as biofilm formation appear to be the direct consequence of exposure to environmental stress. Therefore, understanding these bacterial survival strategies has important medical and economical implication ...
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Biofilm Alliance (BALI)

Date du début: 1 oct. 2011, Date de fin: 30 sept. 2016,

Infections by biofilm-forming microorganisms on indwelling medical devices such as catheters, prosthetic joints and internal fracture fixation devices pose a serious health threat. Overall, approximately 3% of all patients receiving such devices develop biofilm infections, with costs adding up to billions of Euro’s.Current strategies to combat biofilms are based on conventional antibiotics. They o ...
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Implant Disposable Antibacterial Coating (I.D.A.C.): a Novel Approach to Implant-Related Infections in Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery (I.D.A.C.)

Date du début: 1 janv. 2012, Date de fin: 30 juin 2015,

...ving millions of new patients each year at an increasing trend. Infection related to implanted medical devices is directly related to bacterial capability to establish multilayered, highly structured biofilms on artificial surfaces. Bacterial infections due to implanted biomaterials represent the most devastating complication in O&T, involving millions of European citizens. Aim of the present rese ...
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BIOFILMS IN BIOREACTORS FOR ADVANCED NITROGEN REMOVAL FROM WASTEWATER (BIONIT)

Date du début: 1 sept. 2010, Date de fin: 31 août 2013,

"For both economic and environmental reasons, maximal use of resources present in wastewater is becoming a very important issue. From this perspective, wastewater is not seen as waste that must be disposed off, but as resource that should be utilized. For energy recovery, anaerobic wastewater treatment is an ideal option, but further research and further developments on the application of combined ...
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Cyclic-di-GMP: New Concepts in Second Messenger Signaling and Bacterial Biofilm Formation (SecMessBiofilm)

Date du début: 1 juin 2010, Date de fin: 31 mai 2015,

Biofilms represent a multicellular lifestyle of bacteria that causes serious biomedical and technological problems. Biofilm developmental involves an inhibition of motility and an induction of adhesins at the cell surface and culminates in complex structures, in which bacteria are embedded in an extracellular matrix, which renders them resistant against antibiotics and host immune systems. The ove ...
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Dissecting the role of a novel transcriptional regulator in microbial-host interactomes (MexT regulation)

Date du début: 1 avr. 2010, Date de fin: 31 mars 2013,

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a versatile bacterium that can inhabit many environments. In its natural environments, Pseudomonas predominantly grows in organized communities called biofilms. Growth as a biofilm is also an important requirement for the colonization of human tissues. For instance, P. aeruginosa grows as a biofilm in the lungs of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. Previously, it has been sho ...
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Engineering aspects and mechanisms of redox-stratified membrane bioreactors for completely autotrophic nitrogen removal from wastewater (RSMBR)

Date du début: 1 janv. 2009, Date de fin: 13 mai 2011,

...pletely autotrophic nitrogen removal from wastewater. This technology is based on simultaneous nitritation and anaerobic ammonium oxidization (anammox) occurring in redox-stratified counter-diffusion biofilms grown on the surface of gas-permeable membrane. With precise control of the oxygen supply flux, the growth of nitrite oxidizing bacteria will be inhibited. A stable redox-stratified counter-d ...
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Development and implementation of a contact biocide polymer for its application as antimicrobial and anti-deposit surfaces in the food industry (BIOSURF)

Date du début: 1 juin 2009, Date de fin: 31 août 2011,

...EKELIT manufactures plastic equipment for different industrial applications such as plastic pipe systems, pipe insulation and pre-insulated pipes; LAGOTEC develops industrial monitoring technologies (biofilm control/microbial plant safety); and COASA is specialized in the production, packaging and distribution of farmhouse cheese, honey, jams, canned food and cider."
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Electroactive Biofilms for Microbial Fuel Cells and Biosensors (EA-Biofilms)

Date du début: 1 sept. 2008, Date de fin: 31 août 2012,

Electroactive biofilms are capable of extracellular electron transfer and are therefore relevant to geochemistry, biocatalysis, and energy production. Although electroactive biofilms are widely applied in microbial fuel cells (MFCs) for renewable electricity production, where they transfer electrons to solid electrodes, the extracellular electron transfer chain is not completely understood. This l ...
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Training and research in Listeria monocytogenes Adaptation through Proteomic and Transcriptome deep Sequencing Analysis (List_MAPS)

Date du début: 1 mars 2015, Date de fin: 28 févr. 2019,

List_MAPS is a network dedicated to the training of innovative young researchers in the field of Microbiology and Systems Biology. It focuses on Listeria monocytogenes, an ubiquitous pathogen that is in the EU the leading cause of mortality and food recalls due to foodborne pathogens, costing the EU millions of euro per annum in medical care and associated costs in the food sector. ESRs will devel ...
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Development of antibiofilm coatings for implants (COATIM)

Date du début: 1 janv. 2012, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2015,

"The aim of the SME-driven COATIM consortium is to tackle the increasing problem of infections due to biofilms, groups of microorganisms that stick together on different surfaces within the human body and escape conventional antibiotic treatment. Biofilms are typically found on medical devices like implants. The most recent generation of implants with open porosity enable fast osseointegration, bu ...
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GIMs

Date du début: 30 sept. 2010, Date de fin: 29 sept. 2013,

...ojet GIMs vise à développer de nouveaux biocides naturels (qui détruisent les micro-organismes), provenant d’algues et du milieu marin, afin de développer des matériaux barrières contre les biofilms. Un biofilm se forme quand des bactéries adhèrent à une surface en milieu aqueux. Ce projet de recherche met en relation des laboratoires français et britanniques, ainsi qu’une entreprise française, di ...
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