EMBRC is a global reference Research Infrastructure responding to the societal Grand Challenges through advanced marine biology and ecology research.
EMBRC is a global reference Research Infrastructure responding to the societal Grand Challenges through advanced marine biology and ecology research.
EMBRC-ERIC is a global reference Research Infrastructure responding to the societal Grand Challenges through advanced marine biology and ecology research.
Biobank: Universidade de Vigo (UVigo) Spain.
UVigo is a leading Institution in Marine Research in Spain.
Biobank: Universidade de Vigo (UVigo) Spain.
UVigo is a leading Institution in Marine Research in Spain.
Biobank: Universidade de Vigo (UVigo) Spain.
UVigo is a leading Institution in Marine Research in Spain.
Facilitating Access to Marine Biological Resources
The most important biobanks of marine organisms in Europe are located in the Atlantic Area and are part of the European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC-ERIC), a distributed global reference Research Infrastructure for fundamental and applied marine biology and ecology research, which is included in the European Strategic Roadmap for Research Infrastructures since 2008.
Biobanks provide Marine Biological Resources to academic and industrial researchers, becoming the backbone for the search of unique marine genes, bio-actives and biomaterials with potential for commercial development and job creation.
The EBB project aims to contribute to ensure the practical long-term transnational coordination of the marine biobanks through the establishment of the European Blue Biobank; a world class centrally curated marine biobank operated by EMBRC-ERIC. This initiative, the first of its kind worldwide, will increase the diversity and quality of Marine Biological Resources made available to user communities, facilitating their biotechnological valorization.
THE PROJECT
Biobanks contribute to conservation of marine diversity by complementing traditional in-situ conservation techniques with ex-situ methods that are safe and reproducible for short, medium, and long-term storage of biological specimens.
THE PROJECT
Biobanks contribute to conservation of marine diversity by complementing traditional in-situ conservation techniques with ex-situ methods that are safe and reproducible for short, medium, and long-term storage of biological specimens.
OUR NEWS & EVENTS
- 9 December, 2020 – - A total of 46 researchers from 30 different institutions, have created an ocean observation network with the aim to know and understand the changes taking place in the coastal habitats and provide information about the biodiversity they hold. For that, researchers have placed more than 130 Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS) on the ocean floor,… ...
- 23 November, 2020 – - The 10th edition of Business2Sea organized by CETMAR Foundation and Fórum Oceano was held from the 16th to 20th of November 2020 in virtual format. The European Blue Biobank (EBB) project contributed to this event with an awareness workshop entitled “Do not be a biopirate: the European Blue biobank can help you use marine genetic… ...
- 20 November, 2020 – - The EMBRC website has renewed its image with a striking website that gathers general information on the tasks of the research infrastructure, as well as the services it offers and the nodes that comprise it. Have a look here! ...