SurfBio

Title and acronym

INNOVATION HUB FOR SURFACE AND COLLOID BIOLOGY RESEARCH (SurfBio) 

Programme & call

H2020-WIDESPREAD-2020-5

Reference

952379

Principal Investigator

Rocío Barros García

Project Coordinator

INSTITUT JOZEF STEFAN (Slovenia)

Partners

• UNIVERSIDAD DE BURGOS (Spain)
• WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY (Netherlands)
• HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM DRESDEN-ROSSENDORF EV (Germany)
• UNIVERSITEIT GENT (Belgium)
• AXIA INNOVATION UG (Germany)

Global budget of the project

899.947,50 €

Financial contribution of the European Commission

899.947,50 €

UBU´s  Budget

175.000,00 €

EC contribution

175.000,00 €

Project duration

36 months (01/12/2020-30/11/2023)   

Contact

ygil@ubu.es

Web

https://surfbio.eu/

Description

Understanding the interactions of the colloids (microorganisms and biomolecules) with surfaces and between themselves is a key factor that can lead to improvements in several fields, such as the biotechnology industry or the development of nano-carriers for drug delivery.

These interactions can be studied and analysed by applying different tools and techniques, and this is the main objective in SURBIO

The activities of the Jožef Stefan Institute and consortium partners will be mainly focused on:

• Training in state-of-the-art analytical methods for the study of microbial cell-surface and microbial cell- colloid interactions to facilitate its future implementation
• Improving capabilities in iterative wet-dry methodologies applied to decipher complex cell-surface and cell-cell interactions through systems biology techniques (Cell Physiology)
• Facilitate Knowledge exchange, assessments & policy recommendations on Cell- Cell-Surface Interaction research and applications.