The aim of the project is to develop biophysical methods for the rapid identification of microbiological contamination in water. The project focuses on research and development activities with the aim of establishing a method that allows the identification of bacteria at the single-cell level using Raman microspectroscopy. Investigations of microbiological contamination of drinking water, food, and surface water usually take several days, so a rapid optical detection using Raman microspectroscopy is innovative and highly relevant for all areas of microbiological quality monitoring.

Besides the focus on research and development, communication structures are to be established that bring science together with potential users from industry, analytics, and environmental monitoring.