The Decathlon project’s strategic objective is the development of cost efficient advanced DNA-based methods for specific traceability issues and high level on-site applications.
More specific DECATHLON aims to: Develop advanced, dedicated DNA-based methodologies for lab-based and on-site application for selected issues in the fields of
- Food pathogens
- Traceability of GMOs, and
- Customs issues;
- Develop and apply minimal performance parameters (MPPs) for DNA extraction, isothermal amplification, different PCR-based approaches and next-generation sequencing (NGS) with emphasis on cost efficiency
- Include socio-economic factors and other impact criteria in the development of methods, such as on-site applicability and equivalence to current standard approaches
- Demonstrate the advanced characteristics of developed methods that are important for decision making, including measurement uncertainties under suboptimal conditions
- Develop training schemes for inter-laboratory validation trials and facilitate subsequent application of the developed methods by additional laboratories on the basis of e-learning tools.
Project Manager from the Norwegian Veterinary Institute
Arne Holst-Jensen
Partners
- Co-ordinator: RIKILT (NL)
- Eurofins GeneScan GmbH (DE)
- Shanghai JiaoTong University (CN)
- National Institute of Biology (SI)
- Biosistemika (SI)
- BaseClear B.V. (NL)
- Genostar (FR)
- Dublin City University (IE)
- Leiden University (NL)
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (DE)
- Norwegian Veterinary Institute (NO)
- Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovacao (PT)
- Biolytix AG (CH)
- Dutch Customs Laboratory (NL)
- Institut Jozef Stefan (SI)
- Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnologica (PT)
- Joint Research Centre (Eur.Com. IT)
- National Customs Agency of the Republic of Bulgaria (BG)
