Project: Nanoenabled strategies to reduce the presence of contaminants of emerging concern in aquatic environment
| Acronym | AMROCE (Reference Number: ID 152) |
| Duration | 01/09/2021 - 31/08/2024 |
| Project Topic | Contaminant of emerging concern (CECs) such as antibiotics, pathogens and antimicrobial resistant (AMR) bacteria in water bodies associated to intensive fish and inland animal farming, represent a great threat to the environment and human health. AMROCE aims at reducing antibiotic pollution and spread of AMR bacteria in the entire water cycle through a platform of novel antibiotic-free antimicrobial products. AMROCE will develop antimicrobial/antibiofilm fish cage nets and wastewater filtration membranes through polymer bulk and surface nano-engineering. Marine-derived antimicrobial agents and antibiofilm enzymes will be nano-formulated as alternative to antibiotics for fish and animal feed supplement. Human and environmental nanosafety during the manufacturing and use of the novel nanotechnology-embedded products will be continuously evaluated to anticipate nanosafety issues. |
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Project Results (after finalisation) |
1.Identification and extraction of novel marine-derived antimicrobial lipids and AMP to be used as active agents and nanoplatforms for encapsulation and delivery of QQE. 2. Nano-formulation of QQE, antimicrobial lipids and AMP for fish and animal feed using simple and versatile nano-enabling technologies including sonochemistry, layer-by-layer (LbL) deposition, high-pressure homogenisation and combinations thereof. 3. Engineering of antimicrobial and antibiofilm FCN and WFM from nano-enabled thermoplastic polymers or using innovative NPbased antimicrobial coatings, featuring improved antibacterial/antibiofilm efficiency and durability in operational conditions. 4. Validation of the novel nano-coated materials in the SINTEF ACE full-scale aquaculture demo facility and in the water filtration station of an animal farm. 5. Risk assessment for CECs ininland- and seawaters by also predicting the fate of contaminants. 6. Nano-toxicity assessment of the novel nano-enabled products. 7. Life cycle assessment and costing (LCA/LCC) to evaluate the environmental burden and prove the economic sustainability of the novel antimicrobial products. |
| Network | AquaticPollutants |
| Call | 1st AquaticPollutants Joint Call 2020 |
Project partner
| Number | Name | Role | Country |
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| 1 | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya | Coordinator | Spain |
| 2 | Bar-Ilan University Israel | Partner | Israel |
| 3 | SINTEF, Norway | Partner | Norway |
| 4 | University of Milano-Bicocca | Partner | Italy |
| 5 | Project sas, Italy | Partner | Italy |
| 6 | Technical University Crete | Partner | Greece |
| 7 | VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd | Partner | Finland |
| 8 | Polymemtech, Poland | Partner | Poland |