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STOP
Surface Transfer of Pathogens
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Start Date: 01/09/2022,     End Date: 31/08/2026

STOP project aims at developing antimicrobial and antiviral nanocoatings that can be flexibly or permanently applied to high-touch surfaces. These nanocoatings will be derived from a combination of inorganic nanoparticles, antimicrobial peptides and nanoscale laser surface patterning. The nanocoatings will be thoroughly characterised for their efficacy, using both existing international standards and improved testing methods developed within the project (the new testing methods will be proposed to standards agencies for adoption). Several different active substances will be explored (i) to allow formulation in highly flexible, sprayable, and long-lasting coatings, (ii) provide broad spectrum antimicrobial antiviral activity, and iii) reduce the chances of the development of resistance. To this end, the mode-of-action, and the risk of selection for antimicrobial resistance in bacteria and viruses will be assessed.

The flexible nanocoatings will provide a long-lasting (30 days) reduction in bioburden that resembles standards set for microbial colonization of surfaces in hospitals, which can only be reached after intense surface disinfection or permanent introduction of known antimicrobial material such as copper. This effect will be studied in a real-life intervention trail and with epidemiological models. The developed nanocoatings are expected to lead to significant reductions in infectious diseases transmitted from high-touch surfaces, healthcare cost savings, reduction in environmental pollution by disinfectants, and increased preparedness of the EU public health system to future pandemics. The safety of the nanomaterials will be backed up by human and environmental toxicity studies and life cycle analyses. From the beginning, attention will be paid to end-user acceptance, manufacturing scalability, and short-term exploitation by SMEs

Principal Investigator

[1]
Prof. Anastasiadis Spiros
University Faculty Member
[2]
Dr. Chrissopoulou Kiriaki
Principal Researcher

Research Associates

[3]
Prof. Stylianakis Minas
Visiting Faculty Member
[4]
Dr. Krasanakis Fanourios
PostDoctoral Fellow

Students

[5]
Ms. Gkointa Frantzeska
Ph.D. student
[6]
Ms. Petsi Erta
M.Sc. student
[7]
Mr. Karnis Ioannis
Ph.D. student

Alumni

[8]
Mr. Thomos Alexandros
M.Sc. student
[9]
Ms. Athanasaki Antonia
M.Sc. student
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM, (UoB), United Kingdom
www.bham.ac.uk [10]
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI TRIESTE (UNITS), Italy
www.units.it [11]
RUDER BOSKOVIC INSTITUTE (RBI), Croatia
www.irb.hr [12]
INSTITUT PRO ELEKTRONIKA NA BAN - INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONICS BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (IE-BAS), Bulgaria
www.ie-bas.dir.bg [13]
PHOTON ENERGY GmbH (PE), Germany
www.photon-energy.de [14]
FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. (IKTS), Germany
www.fraunhofer.de [15]
BUNDESANSTALT FUER MATERIALFORSCHUNG UND -PRUEFUNG (BAM), Germany
www.bam.de [16]
SATAKUNNAN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU OY (SAMK), Finland
www.samk.fi [17]
TARTU ULIKOOL (UT), Estonia
www.ut.ee [18]
FORTH / IESL, Greece
www.iesl.forth.gr [19]
KING'S COLLEGE LONDON (KCL), United Kingdom
www.kcl.ac.uk [20]
EIDGENOSSISCHE MATERIALPRUFUNGS- UND FORSCHUNGSANSTALT (EMPA), Switzerland
www.empa.ch [21]
AMANUENSIS GMBH (AMAN), United Kingdom
www.amanuensis.ch [22]
ASTIKI MI KERDOSKOPIKI ETAIREIA PROLIPTIKIS PERIVALLONTIKIS KAI ERGASIAKIS IATRIKIS (PROLEPSIS), Greece
www.prolepsis.gr [23]
Affix Labs Oy (AFFIX), Finland
www.affixlabs.com [24]
photo [25]

Funding

Horizon Europe Framework Programme (HORIZON)

Links
[1] https://cc-webserver.iesl.forth.gr/en/people/anastasiadis-spiros [2] https://cc-webserver.iesl.forth.gr/en/people/chrissopoulou-kiriaki [3] https://cc-webserver.iesl.forth.gr/en/people/stylianakis-minas [4] https://cc-webserver.iesl.forth.gr/en/people/krasanakis-fanourios [5] https://cc-webserver.iesl.forth.gr/en/people/gkointa-frantzeska [6] https://cc-webserver.iesl.forth.gr/en/people/petsi-erta [7] https://cc-webserver.iesl.forth.gr/en/people/karnis-ioannis [8] https://cc-webserver.iesl.forth.gr/en/people/thomos-alexandros [9] https://cc-webserver.iesl.forth.gr/en/people/athanasaki-antonia [10] https://cc-webserver.iesl.forth.gr/en/www.bham.ac.uk [11] https://cc-webserver.iesl.forth.gr/en/www.units.it [12] https://cc-webserver.iesl.forth.gr/en/www.irb.hr [13] https://cc-webserver.iesl.forth.gr/en/www.ie-bas.dir.bg [14] https://cc-webserver.iesl.forth.gr/en/www.photon-energy.de [15] https://cc-webserver.iesl.forth.gr/en/www.fraunhofer.de [16] https://cc-webserver.iesl.forth.gr/en/www.bam.de [17] https://cc-webserver.iesl.forth.gr/en/www.samk.fi [18] https://cc-webserver.iesl.forth.gr/en/www.ut.ee [19] https://cc-webserver.iesl.forth.gr/en/www.iesl.forth.gr [20] https://cc-webserver.iesl.forth.gr/en/www.kcl.ac.uk [21] https://cc-webserver.iesl.forth.gr/en/www.empa.ch [22] https://cc-webserver.iesl.forth.gr/en/www.amanuensis.ch [23] https://cc-webserver.iesl.forth.gr/en/www.prolepsis.gr [24] https://cc-webserver.iesl.forth.gr/en/www.affixlabs.com [25] https://cc-webserver.iesl.forth.gr/sites/default/files/DSC_3391a.jpg