Quantifying the impact of Biologicals
We assess the safety of biologicals for agriculture, sustainability and biodiversity.
About the Project
Quantifying the impact of biologicals
EMBARQ's primary purpose is to provide a knowledge base and develop innovative tools for quantifying the impact of these organisms, facilitating rapid assessment methods for industry and regulators.
The project proposes four novel aspects for risk assessment: tracking biologicals in the environment, calibrating risks against natural fluctuations, integrating AI tools for risk assessment, and considering a OneHealth perspective.
EMBARQ will expand traditional risk assessment steps to cover various risk factors, e.g how horizontal gene transfer may affect pathogenicity, and assess environmental impacts.
News & Resources
Open Positions
Exciting Postdoc Opportunities
Unraveling Horizontal Gene Transfer and Ecosystem Impacts of Biopesticides
EMBARQ is often looking for good new recruits, however right now no positions are being advertized.
Research Insights
Building Risk Assessment Framework
EMBARQ will build a risk assessment framework to support safety, sustainability, and biodiversity.
Approach
Quantifying safety of Biologicals
EMBARQ researchers at Aarhus and Copenhagen universities will track biologicals and microbial behaviour
EMBARQ will develop a one health based hazard assessment at the Statens Serum Institute in Copenhagen
Environmental hazard assessment will be expanded to European scales using AI driven tools at Aalborg University Denmark
Planning
Strategic Roadmap for Research Project
The research project aims to quantify the impact of biological use, track biologicals in the environment using AI, and build a risk assessment framework to enhance safety, sustainability, biodiversity, and ecosystem services.
1
Hazard assessment
EMBARQ will gather relevant data on factors such as horizontal gene transfer or key microbes.
2
Microcosm experiments
EMBARQ will use methods such as metagenomics to investigate effects of perturbation and large scale variation.
3
In silico validation
EMBARQ will investigate geographic and climatic variation using AI and bioinformatic big data.
4
Field trials
EMBARQ will investigate bioprotection and bioremediation with meta-genomics, transcriptomics and metabolomics.
5
Impact
EMBARQ will develop recommendations based on research findings to support safer and more sustainable practices.
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Facilities, institutions and associates
UCPH hosts
CoDoN
Environmental Science
Protection from threats
Future proofing with AI bioscience
Our Team
Meet Research Leaders
EMBARQ will provide knowledge to quantify the impact of 'biological' use, track biologicals in the environment using AI, to build a risk assessment framework.
Professor Søren Sørensen
Pioneering soil microbial ecology and horizontal gene transfer in the environment.
Professor Carsten Suhr Jacobsen
Environmental risk analysis, RNA analysis, in vivo impact testing
Senior research microbiologist Eva Møller Nielsen
Human risk analyses, Exposure analysis, national reference, diagnostics, typing methods
Professor Mads Albertsen
AI tool development, data analysis, high performance computing
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