ENVICAT

ENVIronmental control of CyAnoToxins production

Coordinatore	NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL    more  Organization address address: Polaris House, North Star Avenue city: SWINDON WILTSHIRE postcode: SN2 1EU contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Stephen Cognome: Maberly Email: send email Telefono: +44 1524 595851 Fax: +44 1524 61536
Nazionalità Coordinatore	United Kingdom [UK]
Totale costo	180˙103 €
EC contributo	180˙103 €
Programma	FP7-PEOPLE Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IEF
Funding Scheme	MC-IEF
Anno di inizio	2011
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2011-07-01   -   2013-06-30

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL  Organization address address: Polaris House, North Star Avenue city: SWINDON WILTSHIRE postcode: SN2 1EU contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Stephen Cognome: Maberly Email: send email Telefono: +44 1524 595851 Fax: +44 1524 61536	UK (SWINDON WILTSHIRE)	coordinator	180˙103.20

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Harmful cyanobacterial blooms produce toxic secondary metabolites and have significant impacts that jeopardize ecosystems services provided by lakes. To date, the complexity of toxin production and the partial information provided by published studies prevent the accurate prediction of in situ toxin dynamics. The ENVICAT project aims to help an Experienced Researcher broaden his knowledge and skills through the study of cyanotoxin production using cutting-edge ecophysiological, analytical chemical and molecular approaches, and analysis of large-scale environmental databases. The tailored training package will produce a young scientist able to lead European research in this important area. ENVICAT will focus on microcystins (MCs), a diverse family of hepatotoxins that are the most widespread cyanotoxin, and BMAA, a recently identified neurotoxin produced by most cyanobacteria and about which very little is known. An in-depth in vitro study of MCs and BMAA production by Microcystis aeruginosa will be performed taking into account the main factors already identified as acting on toxin production (light, temperature, nutrients) and will provide the first comprehensive study of the factors controlling their production. Furthermore, the competitive advantage of MCs-producing strains will be studied according to the conditions identified as promoting or repressing MCs production. The results obtained from this research will be a first step to provide the data necessary to produce a module to forecast in situ toxins concentration within the PROTECH model developed at CEH Lancaster. The results obtained from in vitro studies will be compared to large-scale in situ data. Finally, we will also provide the first large-scale study of BMAA occurrence in European lakes. In addition to being a stepping-stone to a future career in science, ENVICAT will provide an invaluable opportunity to help share the knowledge between experts in cyanobacterial ecology and lake ecology.'