Work packages

WP7 Knowledge Integration, Dissemination and Exploitation


Objective:
Το promote integration of knowledge, dissemination, exploitation and uptake to end-users


Tasks:
T7.1 Network-wide and community level knowledge integration
T7.2 Dissemination activities
T7.3 Data protection and exploitation
T7.4 Analysis of legal, regulatory and market pathways for microbial biopesticides

WP6 Sustainability of Capacity and Innovation


Objective:
To ensure the long-term sustainability of the MicroBioPest


Tasks:
T6.1 Transformation to an excellence center (BIOPEST)
T6.2 Stakeholder and end user engagement

WP5 Development of formulations-prototype products


Objective:
To develop prototype products of microbial biopesticides


Tasks:
T5.1 Formulating biopesticides
T5.2 Evaluation of the non-target effects – specificity of biopesticide produc
T5.3 Suitability for commercialization

WP4 Determination of the nature and mode of action of biopesticides


Objective:
To assess the nature and mode of action of the microbial derived bio-insecticidal activity.


Tasks:
T4.1 Assessing the nature of the biopesticide’s activity
T4.2 Interrogation of biopesticide metabolites from selected isolates
T4.3: Interrogation of the basic mode of action of biopesticides

WP3 Screening for microbial biopesticides
To establish an indigenous microbial isolate repository and use it to identify isolates that have insecticidal properties and/or inhibit the development of human pathogens in insect vectors


Objective:
To establish an indigenous microbial isolate repository and use it to identify isolates that have insecticidal properties and/or inhibit the development of human pathogens in insect vectors.


Tasks:
T3.1 Establishing an indigenous microbial isolate collection
T3.2 Screening for insecticidal microbes
T3.3 Screening for microbes inhibiting the development of human pathogens

WP2 Establishment of the ERA Chair team at IMBB


Objective:
Establishment of the Era Chair group through the recruitment of top scientists and their smooth integration at IMBB-FORTH.


Tasks:
T2.1 Recruitment of the Era Chair and the MicroBioPest team– brain gain
T2.2 Reform and operational support actions
T2.3 Training of young investigators and integration into ecosystem
T2.4 Feasibility and sustainability plan

WP1 Project management, coordination and communication

Objective:
Effective management, communication and liaison with the European Commission (EC).


Tasks:
T1.1 Deployment of MicroBioPest and management
T1.2 Communication