CIGUATOOLS

Development of a Rapid Test Kit and supporting Reference Standards Capable of Detecting the Emerging Fish toxin Ciguatoxin in European and Global Waters

Coordinatore	RESEARCH RELAY LIMITED    more  Organization address address: "HORRIES, DEERNESS" city: ORKNEY postcode: KW17 2QL contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Dennis Cognome: Gowland Email: send email Telefono: +44 1856 741267 Fax: +44 1856 741370
Nazionalità Coordinatore	United Kingdom [UK]
Sito del progetto	http://www.ciguatools.eu
Totale costo	1˙455˙187 €
EC contributo	1˙092˙000 €
Programma	FP7-SME Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs
Code Call	FP7-SME-2012
Funding Scheme	BSG-SME
Anno di inizio	2012
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2012-11-01   -   2015-01-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	RESEARCH RELAY LIMITED  Organization address address: "HORRIES, DEERNESS" city: ORKNEY postcode: KW17 2QL contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Dennis Cognome: Gowland Email: send email Telefono: +44 1856 741267 Fax: +44 1856 741370	UK (ORKNEY)	coordinator	310˙322.00
2	LABORATORIO CIFGA SA  Organization address address: PLAZA DE SANTO DOMINGO 20 PLANTA 5 city: LUGO postcode: 27001 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Eva Cognome: Cagide Email: send email Telefono: +34 608073245	ES (LUGO)	participant	362˙894.00
3	EUROPROXIMA  Organization address address: BEIJERINCKWEG 18 city: ARNHEM postcode: 6827 BN contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Ronald Cognome: Verheijen Email: send email Telefono: +31 26 3630364 Fax: +31 26 3645111	NL (ARNHEM)	participant	354˙054.00
4	ASOCIACION NACIONAL DE FABRICANTES DE CONSERVAS DE PESCADOS Y MARISCOS-CENTRO TECNICO NACIONAL DE CONSERVACION DE PRODUCTOS DE LA PESCA  Organization address address: LAGOAS MARCOSENDE city: VIGO postcode: 36310 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Ana G. Cognome: Cabado Email: send email Telefono: +34 986469303	ES (VIGO)	participant	59˙130.00
5	QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST  Organization address address: University Road city: BELFAST postcode: BT7 1NN contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Ronan Cognome: Crossey Email: send email Telefono: +44 2890971165 Fax: +44 2890975182	UK (BELFAST)	participant	2˙800.00
6	UNIVERSIDADE DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA  Organization address address: "PAZO DE SAN XEROME, PRAZA DO OBRADOIRO S/N" city: SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA postcode: 15782 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Martin Cognome: Cacheiro Martinez Email: send email Telefono: +34 881 816233 Fax: +34 881 816263	ES (SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA)	participant	2˙800.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'This proposal, CiguaTools has been developed to deal with a serious emerging problem thought by many to be caused by climate change. Put in basic terms, strains of harmful marine algae which produce deadly toxins and were only associated with tropical climates are emerging in European waters. Due to the complexity of the food chain these toxins accumulate in fish. While the fish themselves show no obvious signs of contamination eating such fish can have very serious health implications. Ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) is a major economic and social problem worldwide, with up to 500,000 people being poisoned each year. The associated illness caused by this can last for many months. The causative toxins are known as ciguatoxins (CTX).

A consortium comprising experts in marine toxins, rapid screening test development and a group of SMEs specialising in producing vital reference standards, test kits and validating both to international standards has been formed to deliver the following objectives:

The identification of the CTX toxin profiles present in EU waters which will lead to the production of vital reference standards.

The production of a fast and simple method for high throughput analysis for CTX toxin presence in fish destined for consumption.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

Warm-water fish are now commercially available around the world thanks to rapid transportation across the globe, but consumers are exposed to biotoxins associated with these species. Furthermore, these toxins may encroach on European waters as a result of climate change, thereby creating a major challenge to human and animal health.