OverviewThe main objective of the joint project BOSMAN is to investigate industrial applicabilities of natural products and enzymes of boreal sponges (phylum porifera) and their associated microorganisms. BOSMAN is embedded in the central research programme "Marine Natural Product Research" launched by the Federal Ministry of Education, Research and Technology in 1999. The first period of BOSMAN was challenged by six long-term experienced, multidisciplinary research groups from different universities, whose scientific activities comprise marine fieldwork, geobiology, sponge and microbiological taxonomy, and natural product chemistry. Furthermore bioassays were developed, in order to analyse extracts, fractions, and isolated compounds for specific biological activity.

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