• 11.06.2019

Lecture of Professor Herman Ehrlich within the SHellMed Project



Univerzitet Crne Gore
Univerzitet Crne Gore

The Institute of Marine Biology of the University of Montenegro organizes a lecture of Full Professor of biomineralogy and extreme biomimetics at the Herman Ehrlich, PhD at the Institute of Electronic and Sensor Materials at the Technical University Bergakademie in Freiberg, Germany.

The lecture will be held on Tuesday, June 18th, at 11.00h in the hall of the Institute of Marine Biology in Kotor, in English, on the topic of Marine Biological Materials: from diversity to biomedical applications.

The lecture is organized within the project ‘Screening of HEI Indicators and Molecular Biomarkers in Seafood and Fish with Application in MEDICINE and Pharmacology – ShellMED’.

The project SHellMed is supported by the Ministry of Science of Montenegro, is submitted by the Institute for Marine Biology of the UoM, the chairperson Danijela Joksimovic, PhD and the partner institutions CETI - Center for Ecotoxicological Testing, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Serbia, Institute of Electronic and Sensor Materials, Technical University of Bergakademie, Freiberg, Germany.

The general goal of the ShellMED project is screening based on complex analyzes of chemical indicators and molecular biomarkers in the Mediterranean mussel Mytillus galloprovincialis and economically important fish species of the Montenegrin coast (Merluccius merluccius and Mullus barbatus) in order to prevent possible harmful effects on human health. One of the goals of the project is the development of innovative ‘waste free’ technology for isolating organic matrix from shell sherd, with their possible application in biomedicine, pharmacology as well as nutritional supplements for aquaculture and poultry.

The use of bioactive compounds from marine organisms with application in medicine and pharmacology is in accordance with the National Strategy of Research Activity of Montenegro and is stated as a priority research in the field of medicine and human health. Since mussels are often used as a source of food on the Montenegrin coast, there is a large amount of waste originating from shells as an intermediate. The development of a methodology for isolating the organic matrix from shell shers through their moderate demineralization would reduce the shellfish origin and simultaneously be a valuable tool in medical treatments due to its possible anticancer and antibacterial effect.

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