WP5: Clustering of European food allergy research

Objectives:

• Develop a functioning cluster of EU-funded food allergy projects
• Apply the recommendations and communication strategies developed in WP2 to the dissemination of research outputs of nationally and European-funded food allergy research and related topics
• Promote exchange of information across EU and nationally-funded research projects related to food allergy

Leader:

• Prof Henryk Kostyra, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland

Cluster projects:

• SAFE: Plant food allergies: field to table strategies for reducing their incidence in Europe (QLK1-2000-03194). Dr Karin Hoffmann-Sommergruber
• AllergenTest: Development of rapid-to-use immunochemical tests for the detection of proteins with allergenic potential in food (QLK1-2000-01151)
• Allergest: The effect of gastrointestinal digestion on the allergenicity of foods (QLK1-2000-01239)
• INFABIO: Effects of diet and lifestyle on risk of gastrointestinal infection and allergy in early life; consumer knowledge, attitudes and needs (QLK1-2001-02606)
• REDALL: Reduced Allergenicity of Processed Foods (QKL3-2000-00340)
• CREATE: Development of certified reference materials for allergenic products and validation of methods for their quantification (GRD2-2000-30032)
• LABDEL: Oral delivery of Vaccines and Therapeutic Molecules using Non-Pathogenic Lactic Acid bacteria (QLRT 2000-00340)
• FAREDAT: Food Allergy Risk Evaluation based on improved Diagnosis, Allergens and Test methods (QLK4-2001-00301)

Partners:

• Dr Clare Mills, Institute of Food Research, UK
• Dr Charlotte Madsen, Danish Veterinary & Food Administration, Denmark
• René Crevel, Unilever Research, UK
• Professor Shmuel Yannai, Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
• Professor Elide Pastorello, Regional Reference Centre for Allergic Diseases, Italy
• Dr Photini Papageorgiou, University of Athens, Greece
• Dr Richard Goodman, Monsanto Company, USA
• Dr Ronald van Ree, Sanquin & University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Dr Rosa Sanchez-Monge, Universidad Politecnica Madrid, Spain
• Dr Harry Wichers, ATO, The Netherlands
• Professor Rudi Krska, IFA-Tulln, Austria
• Dr Jean-Michel Wal, Laboratoire Associe INRA-CRJJ, France
• Dr Karin Hoffmann-Sommergruber, University of Vienna, Austria
• Dr Priska Kock, SQTS, Switzerland
• Dr Steve Gendel, National Center for Food Safety & Toxicology, USA
• Dr Stella Lewis, University of Southampton, UK
• Dr Didier Marion, INRA, France
• Dr Paul Reece, Central Science Laboratory, UK
• Dr Ram Reifen, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
• Professor Peter Shewry, Rothamsted Research, UK
• Dr Åsa Schiött, SIK, Sweden
• Phil Goodwin, Tepnel BioSystems Limited, UK
• Dr Sylvia Pfaff, EHI, Germany
• Professor Sue Hefle, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
• Dr Elke Anklam, DG Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy
• Dr Christine Edwards, University of Glasgow, UK
• Dr Angelike Paschke, University of Hamburg, Germany
• Professor Lars Poulsen, Laboratory for Medical Allergology, Denmark

Outcomes:

• Control of allergen risks (perspective I)
  • workshop (October 2003)
  • web publication (December 2003)
• Understanding food allergen structure and matrix interactions - a route to improved methods and approaches for diagnosis of food allergies (perspective II)
  • workshop (October 2004)
  • web publication (November 2004)
• Understanding the molecular basis of food allergenicity - paving the way for treating food allergies (perspective III)
  • workshop (October 2005)
  • web publication (December 2005)