Economic significance of biofilms: a multidisciplinary and cross-sectoral challenge
Economic significance of biofilms: a multidisciplinary and cross-sectoral challenge
The increasing awareness of the significance of microbial biofilms across different sectors is continuously revealing new areas of opportunity in the development of innovative technologies in translational research, which can address their detrimental effects, as well as exploit their benefits. Due to the extent of sectors affected by microbial biofilms, capturing their real financial impact has been difficult. This perspective highlights this impact globally, based on figures identified in a recent in-depth market analysis commissioned by the UK's National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC). The outputs from this analysis and the workshops organised by NBIC on its research strategic themes have revealed the breath of opportunities for translational research in microbial biofilms. However, there are still many outstanding scientific and technological challenges which must be addressed in order to catalyse these opportunities. This perspective discusses some of these challenges.
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Camara, Miguel, Green, William, MacPhee, Cait, Raval, Rasmita, Rakowska, Paulina, Richardson, Mark, Slater-Jefferies, Joanne, Steventon, Katerina and Webb, Jeremy
(2022)
Economic significance of biofilms: a multidisciplinary and cross-sectoral challenge.
NPJ Biofilms and Microbiomes, 8 (1), , [42].
(doi:10.1038/s41522-022-00306-y).
Abstract
The increasing awareness of the significance of microbial biofilms across different sectors is continuously revealing new areas of opportunity in the development of innovative technologies in translational research, which can address their detrimental effects, as well as exploit their benefits. Due to the extent of sectors affected by microbial biofilms, capturing their real financial impact has been difficult. This perspective highlights this impact globally, based on figures identified in a recent in-depth market analysis commissioned by the UK's National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC). The outputs from this analysis and the workshops organised by NBIC on its research strategic themes have revealed the breath of opportunities for translational research in microbial biofilms. However, there are still many outstanding scientific and technological challenges which must be addressed in order to catalyse these opportunities. This perspective discusses some of these challenges.
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All authors are funded partly or in full by the National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC) which is an Innovation and Knowledge Centre funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, InnovateUK and Hartree Centre (Award Number BB/R012415/1). We would like to acknowledge PHS Consulting Ltd for carrying out the market analysis on behalf of NBIC and Natasha Nater for support with the illustration of the data.
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All authors are funded partly or in full by the National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC) which is an Innovation and Knowledge Centre funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, InnovateUK and Hartree Centre (Award Number BB/R012415/1). We would like to acknowledge PHS Consulting Ltd for carrying out the market analysis on behalf of NBIC and Natasha Nater for support with the illustration of the data.
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