Novel enzymes from extreme marine environments as a source for value-added targest

NEXTMARINE

Novel enzymes from extreme marine environments as a source for value-added targest

Extreme European environments—such as the volcanic arc of the Aegean Sea and ammunition dump sites in the Baltic—host diverse extremophilic microorganisms. The EU-funded NEXTMARINE project explores this biodiversity to unlock its potential for industrial processes and innovative applications. Combining advanced sampling techniques, cutting-edge bioinformatics, AI-driven modelling, and the most recent molecular biology, enzymology, and protein engineering tools, the project will harness metagenomic data to identify unique enzymes with high industrial relevance. NEXTMARINE will deepen knowledge of extreme ecosystems while developing scalable methods for producing halogenases for pharmaceuticals and carbohydrate-processing enzymes. In summary, NEXTMARINE aspires to push the boundaries of exploration, uncovering unique enzymatic resources from extreme environments, and translating this knowledge into innovative bioprocesses and products.

November, 2025

October, 2029

4496000

365000

EU / HORIZON-CL6-2024-CIRCBIO-01

University of Crete (University of Crete), Greece

David Needham

University of Crete, Greece
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), Greece
Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark
Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava (STU), Bratislava
Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU), Germany
Lodz University of Technology (TUL), Poland
Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO), Belgium
European AIDS Treatment Network (NEAT), Italy
PLOA Technology Consultants SL, Spain
ASTRAZENECA AB, Sweden
ASSOCIATION EUROMARINE, France