KSP: On-site monitoring of aquaculture impact on the environment by open-source nanopore eDNA analysis
Informations
- Funding country
Norway- Acronym
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- URL
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- Start date
- 1/1/2021
- End date
- 12/31/2025
- Budget
- 2,543,640 EUR
Fundings
| Name | Role | Start | End | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIOTEK2021 - Biotechnology for value creation | Grant | - | - | 2,543,640 EUR |
Abstract
expensive and inaccurate. AQUAeD aims to replace the current environmental monitoring analyses with digital DNA based solutions, as well as moving the analyses to the facilities to achieve fast and accurate results. In the project, the results from traditional analyses will initially be compared with that obtained with the new DNA-based technologies. Then, a database of DNA data will be established that can be used to describe the environmental state directly without performing the time-consuming and inaccurate traditional analyses. Since the DNA analyses are so easy to perform, the entire analysis will be carried out at the facilities using cloud bases solutions for data analysis. In order to ensure that the technology and knowledge will benefit the entire industry, a new standard for DNA based environmental monitoring will be proposed to the authorities? at the end of the project. By December 2021, we have collected about 1 500 sediment samples. Of these have 500 been DNA extracted, and 200 DNA sequenced. We have experienced come corona challenges with respect to DNA extraction kits, but we have managed to obtain kits for all the planned samples. A kickoff meeting was held at the facilities of Akvaplan NIVA in Trondheim. We have initialized the planning of an advisory board. We expect to have this in place by the end of 2021.