Projects and contracts
We develop research projects founded by public institutions (Galician and Spanish governments, European Union, etc.) as well collaborative contracts with private seafood industry. Current on-going projects are the following:
MARINE POLAR LIPIDS AS A SOURCE OF OMEGA-3 PUFA AND LIPID MEDIATORS FOR HEALTHY AGING: INFLAMMATION REGULATION AND OXIDATIVE IMBALANCE
Financing institution: CICYT. Plan Nacional PROGRAMA ESTATAL DE I+D+i ORIENTADA A LOS RETOS DE LA SOCIEDAD: REFERENCIA: RTI2018-095659-B-I00
Responsible researcher 1: Dra. Isabel Medina.
Responsible researcher 2: Dr. Santiago Aubourg.
Participant institutions: Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas de Vigo (CSIC), University of Rutgers (EEUU), Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Rovira e Virgili and Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Galicia SUR, VIGO.
Project budget: 249.865,00 €.
Period: 1 January 2019 – 31 December 2022.
Objectives: Analyse the convenience of consuming fish and marine oils during aging, with a special stress on neuroinflammation and consequently, on related neurological and neurodegenerative disorders
A PLANT PILOT START FOR THE TRANSFORMATION AND ELABORATION OF NEW PRODUCTS RESULTING FROM THE TRANSFORMATION OF CULMÁREX GOLDEN SEA BASS AND SEA BASS AND LABELLING PLANS for NEW PODUCTS
Financing institution: Grupo Culmárex.
Responsible researcher: Dra. Isabel Medina.
Participant institutions: Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas.
Project budget: 40.919 €.
Period: 1 December 2018 – 31 December 2021.
Objectives: Exploitation of by-products generated during the production and processing of cultivated species.
CHARACTERISATION AND ASSESSMENT of the OXIDATIVE DEGREE OF AN OIL OBTAINED FROM TUNA HEADS
Financing institution: JEALSA Rianxeira, S. A. U.
Responsible researcher: Dr. Santiago Aubourg.
Participant institutions: Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas.
Project budget: 1.050 €.
Period: 1-30 April 2019.
Objectives: Analysis of lipid composition and oxidative degree damage in oil obtained from fishery by-products.
STABILITY ASSESMENT OF A TUNA HEADS OIL STORED AT TWO DIFFERENT TEMPERATURES IN THE PRESENCE OF A NATURAL ANTIOXIDANT
Financing institution: JEALSA Rianxeira, S. A. U.
Responsible researcher: Dr. Santiago Aubourg.
Participant institutions: Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas.
Project budget: 2.500 €.
Period: 1 May – 30 June de 2019.
Objectives: Analysis of the oxidation degree evolution of an oil obtained from fishery by-products during its storage under two different temperatures.
OXIDATIVE MECHANISMS INVOLVED IN THE QUALITY AND BIOACTIVITY OF FISHERY PRODUCTS
Financing institution: CSIC.
Responsible researcher: Dr. Manuel Pazos.
Participant institutions: Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas.
Project budget: 5.000,00 €.
Period: 1 January 2017 – 30 November 2018.
Objectives: Analysis the redox processes related to the quality of fishery products and their bioactive effect on metabolic disorder associated to obesity/diabetes induced by the diet.
EMPlOYMENT OF THE HIGH-PRESSURE TECHNOLOGY FOR THE QUALITY ENHANCEMENT OF FROZEN HAKE
Financing institution: CSIC.
Responsible researcher: Dr. Santiago Aubourg.
Participant institutions: Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas.
Project budget: 11.000 €.
Period: 1 Mars 2017 – 28 February 2019.
Objectives: Inhibition of the main degradation mechanisms, and consequently, quality enhancement of frozen hake by optimised employment of a previous high-pressure treatment.
MARINE LIPID MEDIATORS ROLE AND FAGOMINE FUNCTION FOR PREVENTING METABOLIC ALTERATIONS RESULTING FROM HIPERCALORIC DIETS
Financing institution: CICYT. Plan Nacional AGL2013-49079-C2-1-R.
Coordinator: Dra. Isabel Medina.
Responsible researcher IIM-CSIC: Dra. Isabel Medina.
Participant institutions: IIM-CSIC, University of Rutgers (EEUU), Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas y Ambientales de Barcelona (CSIC) and Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Rovira e Virgili.
Project budget: 260.000 €.
Period: 1 January 2014 – 31 December 2018.
Objectives: Production mechanisms of lipid mediators derived from the consumption of marine omega-3 fatty acids and combined effect with fagomine for the prevention of metabolic disorders derived from hypercaloric diets.
EMI-TB, ELICITING MUCOSAL IMMUNITY TO TUBERCULOSIS
Financing institution: UE. Horizon 2020-PHC2014-single-stage RTD. Grant Agreement Number 643558.
Coordinator: Dr. Rajko Reljic (ST GEORGE’S HOSPITAL MEDICAL SCHOOL UK).
Responsible researcher (IIM-CSIC): Dra. Mónica Carrera.
Participant institutions: St George’s, University of London of Cranmer Terrace, London, King’s College London of Strand, Karolinska Institute of Nobels Vag, STOCKHOLM , Sweden, University of Vigo, VIGO PONTEVEDRA, Spain, Lionex GMBH, BRAUNSCHWEIG, Germany, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico “Paolo Giaccone” di Palermo, Palermo, Italy, SporeGen Ltd, READING BERKSHIRE, UK, Stockholms Universitet of Universitetsvaegen STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, MADRID, Spain, Universita Degli Studi di Roma Torvergata, ROMA, Italy (“UDSRT”), Institut de Investigacio en Ciencies de la Salut Germans Trias I Pujol, BARCELONA, Spain, Public Health England, an executive agency of the Department of Health (“DH”), Instituto Nacional de Saude, Maputo, Mozambique and Institute for Microbiology of the ASCR, PRAHA, Czech Republic.
Project budget: 323.036 €.
Period: 1 January 2015 – 30 June 2019.
Objectives: Proteomic study support for the development of vaccines focused on infectious diseases.
DEVELOPMENT OF METHODOLOGIES FOR THE IDENTIFICATION AND QUANTIFICATION OF METABOLITES RESULTING FROM IN-VIVO OXIDATION OF OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS IN TISSUES AND RELATIONSHIP WITH THE OXIDATIVE STRESS
Financing institution: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC). Proyecto Intramural Especial 201570E098.
Responsible researcher: Dra. Isabel Medina.
Participant institutions: Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas (CSIC, Vigo).
Project budget: 45.075,97 €.
Period: 1 November 2015 – 31 October 2018.
Objectives: Development of an analytical based on solid phase extraction and tandem liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry for the identification and quantification of in-vivo peroxidation products resulting from PUFA n-3 y n-6 (EPA, DHA and ARA) in tissues.
ADVANCED PROTEOMIC AND SYSTEMS BIOLOGY FOR STUDYING THE FOOD ALERGIA
Financing institution: Fundación Ramón Areces.
Responsible researcher: Dra. Mónica Carrera.
Participant institutions: Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas (CSIC, Vigo).
Project budget: 128.000 €.
Period: 7 June 2015 – 31 December 2018.
Objectives: Development of fast methods for allergens detection in marine foods for designing a vaccine for allergy produced by fish intake.
CROSS-TALK PROTEOMIC FOR THE CONTROL, STUDY AND THERAPY OF FOOD ALERGY
Financing institution: GAIN-XUNTA DE GALICIA (Referencia: IN607D 2017/01)
Responsible researcher: Dra. Mónica Carrera
Participant institutions: Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas (IIM-CSIC, Vigo), Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas de Vigo (CINBIO), Servicio Gallego de Salud (SERGAS) and Hospital Meixoeiro de Vigo
Project budget: 115.000 €.
Period: 1 October 2018 al 31 December 2022.
Objectives: Proteomic study of the molecular bases of the development of fish allergy in laboratory animals. Development of new and fast methods for allergens detection in seafood and design of new vaccines against fish allergy.