New technology in food sciences facing the multiplicity of new released GMO

PROPOSAL: G6RD-2000-00419 ACRONYM GMOCHIPS
AREA: FP5 - Growth, 5/ unknown KeyAction Call number / date: -
PROJECT TYPE: Shared Cost EU CONTRIBUTION: 1,090,000
STARTING DATE: 2001-01-01 DURATION: 36 months

Coordinator: Prof.dr. J. Remacle, Univ. Notre-Dame de la Paix de Namur, Unite De Biochimie Cellulaire, Rue de Bruxelles 61, BE -5000, Namur, Belgium, Email: jose.remacle@fundp.ac.be

Project Description:
Reliable detection methods are essential for the labelling of GMO concerned food and for the control at the EU borders. This programme will collaborate with two previous EU programs (qpcrgmofood and entransfood) in order to develop a new biochips technology for already assayed GMO. It will also develop assays for new released GMO not (yet) approved by the EU. The miniaturisation and the multiparametric detection of the DNA microarray can be used in a "matrix approach" for both quantitative detection and typing of GMO. Amplifications by consensus PCR of parts of the plant and GMO used sequences are identified on the microarray by specific capture probe. A final ring-test will assess the reliability of the micro-array testing and compare this technologie with the real-time PCR one in terms of quantification and identification of GMO. Most of the laboratories are common to previous EU programmes making the comparison possible. The results will be proposed for CEN standardisation.

Project URL: http://www.gmochips.org/

Consortium:
Co-ordinator: Contact Person: Remacle, José (Professor) Department: Departement De Biologie - Faculte Des Sciences Unite De Biochimie Cellulaire Organisation: Facultes Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix de Namur 61 Rue de Bruxelles 61 5000 NAMUR / NAMEN BELGIUM Tel: +32-81-724123 Fax: +32-81-7244135 jose.remacle@fundp.ac.be Contact Person: BertheauL, Yves (Dr) Department: LABORATOIRE DE PHYTOPATHOLOGIE ET DE METHODOLOGIES DE LA DETECTION - EQUIPE METHODOLOGIES DE LE DETECTION DES OGM CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE VERSAILLES Organisation: Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique Route de Saint-Cyr RD 10 78026 VERSAILLES FRANCE Bertheau@versailles.inra.fr Participants Contact Person: BRIGNON, Pierre (Dr) Organisation: Tepral SA Route d'Oberhausbergen 20 67037 STRASBOURG FRANCE Contact Person: Pla, Maria (Dr) Department: DEPARTAMENTO GENETICA MOLECULAR INSTITUTO DE BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR DE BARCELONA Organisation: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas Jordi Girona, 18/26 08034 BARCELONA SPAIN Contact Person: Harris, Neil (Dr) Department: LIFESCIENCES RESEARCH Organisation: LGC - Laboratory of the Government Chemist (Teddington) Ltd. Queens Road TW11 0LY TEDDINGTON UNITED KINGDOM Contact Person: Philipp, Patrick (Dr) Department: LIR 67 - LABORATOIRE INTERREGIONAL DE LA REPRESSION DES FRAUDES DE STRASBOURG Organisation: Direction Generale de la Concurrence de la Consommation et de la Repression des Fraudes Chemin du routoir 67400 ILLKIRCH GRAFFENSTADEN FRANCE Contact Person: KAEPPELI, Othmar (Dr) Department: PROGRAMME BIOTECHNOLOGY Organisation: Agency for Biosafety Research and Assessment of Technology impacts of the Swiss Priority Clarastrasse 13 4058 BASEL SWITZERLAND Contact Person: DEMARTEAU, Joel (Mr) Organisation: Advanced Array Technology S.A. Rue du Séminaire, 22 5000 Namur BELGIUM


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