Summary
- Profile Type
- Technology offer
- POD Reference
- TORO20241009015
- Term of Validity
- 22 November 2024 - 22 November 2025
- Company's Country
- Romania
- Type of partnership
- Research and development cooperation agreement
- Commercial agreement with technical assistance
- Targeted Countries
- All countries
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General information
- Short Summary
- Transylvanian research institute represented by the team offers its research services (soil science, biodiversity & ecosystem services) under commercial agreement with technical assistance and also is looking for project partners under research and development cooperation agreement within a consortium (Horizon Europe Cluster 6).
- Full Description
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Located in Transylvania, the Romanian research institute is active in the fundamental and applied research and has decades of experience in applied analytical chemistry in three main directions:
- Environment and Health;
- Bioenergy and Biomass;
- Analytics and Instrumentation.
The Romanian research institute has experienced scientists and researchers, as well as a remarkable endowment, that allow approaching projects from industrial research to stages "prototype realization" and "technology transfer".
The biodiversity laboratory assesses soil microbiodiversity and functions with the aim of generating know-how that can be used to develop strategies to conserve soil microbiodiversity and maintain the ecosystem functions and services it supports. The laboratory team conducts research that describes for the first time the complex ecological functional relationships mediated by the soil microbiota.
The BIODIVERSA laboratory carries out activities to assess microbiodiversity and soil functions both in the field and in the laboratory. The BIODIVERSA laboratory exploits the identified interactive relationships to contribute to the formulation of best practice guidelines for the conservation of soil biodiversity and the maintenance of soil ecosystem functions and services. Access is physical for discussions between the beneficiary and the research team based on the results of the evaluation studies. The research team provides support for both the development of remediation strategies and the subsequent effective evaluation of the effectiveness of the implemented strategies.
Laboratories and equipment involved:
The laboratory consist of: • complex mass spectrometric and chromatographic systems (GC-MS/MS, GC-FID, GC-ECD) that allow: soil microbiome phenotypic structure and metabolic and volatilomic profile assessment; • complex sequencing system (MALDI-TOF/TOM MS IMS) that allow multiple “omics” analysis in soil (proteomics, lipidomics, metabolomics, etc.); • complex spectroscopic system that allow biochemical reactions establishment and quantitative description (MicroPlate-Reader); • complex microscopic systems that allow soil microbiome physiological characterizations (Inverted Epi=Fluorescence Mycroscope); • complex climate chamber that allow to simulate global change drivers impact on soil microbiome with aim to formulate mitigation solutions at current and future challenges.
Willing to further develop green technologies, the Romanian research institute would like to conclude
commercial agreement with technical assistance with partners that need research services or research and development cooperation agreement within a consortium (Horizon Europe - Cluster 6: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment). - Advantages and Innovations
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Representative parameters and accuracy
The complex mass spectrometric and chromatographic systems GC-MS/MS, GC-FID, GC-ECD) allow soil microbiome phenotypic structure quantification at nmol level and formulate the metabolic profile of components between 50 - 1000 m/z molecular fractions. The complex sequencing system (MALDI-TOF/TOM MS IMS) allow identification and annotation of molecules till 500 kDA. The complex spectroscopic system for biochemical reactions establishment and quantitation allows multimode analysis in absorbance, fluorescence and luminescence. The complex microscopic systems permit fluorescence and visible assessment of soil microorganism physiological pattern. The complex climate chamber has a 1 m3 capacity for controlled conditions.
The biodiversity projects have allowed both the expansion of scientific capabilities and their testing with research teams from the following universities and academies: Sun-Yat Sen University (Guangzhou, China), Capital Normal University (Beijing, China), Nagoya University (Nagoya, Japan); Tsukuba Research Centre (Tsukuba, Japan); Polish Academy of Sciences (Poznan, Polland); etc. - Stage of Development
- Concept stage
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
- IPR status
- No IPR applied
Partner Sought
- Expected Role of a Partner
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Under the commercial agreement with technical assistance the Romanian research institute is looking for foreign partners that require the development of new analytical and numerical approaches that allow microbiome assessment; soil functions evaluation; and services prediction; experimental reports that describe soil microbiodiversity, functions and services.
Under research and development cooperation agreement the Romanian research institute is looking for foreign partners within a consortium (Horizon Europe: Cluster 6: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment).
The Romanian research institute will support its foreign partners with the provision of all required documents. - Type and Size of Partner
- SME 50 - 249
- University
- R&D Institution
- SME 11-49
- SME <=10
- Big company
- Type of partnership
- Research and development cooperation agreement
- Commercial agreement with technical assistance
Dissemination
- Technology keywords
- 06004 - Micro- and Nanotechnology related to Biological sciences
- 010002002 - Biodiversity
- 10002005 - Biodiversity / Natural Heritage
- Market keywords
- 09003007 - Other services (not elsewhere classified)
- Sector Groups Involved
- Agri-Food
- Health
- Targeted countries
- All countries