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
- 2 March, 2021 – - The EBB project is coming to an end. As the final event of the project, a virtual symposium will be held on March 23rd (09:30-12:30 CET) on Biobanking and Marine Diversity. The main goal of the EBB project is to facilitate sustainable access to marine biodiversity, its associated data, and extractable products for local and… ...
- 1 March, 2021 – - Deliverable 2.5.2. Documentary Script. Action 5. WP2 Project Communication This deliverable defines the actions taken within the framework of deliverable 2.5.2 (WP2: Communication) of the EBB project in order to facilitate the dissemination and understanding of its main objective: the preservation of marine biodiversity. A television show, 'Teknopolis', was recorded with a high local audience, with… ...
- 17 February, 2021 – - The Basque Microalgae Culture Collection (BMCC), of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), maintains more than 600 strains of marine and freshwater microalgae and cyanobacteria, mainly from the Basque Country, although counts with species collected in different parts of the world. This collection was registered within the World Federation for Culture Collections (WFCC, World… ...