NEWS
New publication: The ERIC Forum Policy Brief on the 'Impact of Big Science on the Research Ecosystem'
This ERIC Forum report takes a look at the impact of 'big science' on the research ecosystem.
28 Jan 2022
What is EMBRC?
The European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC) is a European 'research infrastructure' that provides researchers and companies with access to marine organisms and the facilities to study them, including experimental facilities and technological platforms.
We enable researchers to better understand our impact on the oceans and ensure the sustainable use of marine resources.
Our services
EMBRC offers a variety of services supporting both fundamental and applied research activities to explore marine biodiversity. Services are provided by 45 sites in our 9 member countries.
Our network
Our member countries offer a wealth of marine biological laboratories and stations dedicated to the investigation of marine organisms and ecosystems. By making their services and resources available to European and international research/innovation communities, we hope to push the frontiers of marine biological science and promote marine solutions to address societal issues (eg global warming, food shortages) and develop novel products, drugs and treatments.
EMBRC currently has 9 member countries: Belgium, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Spain and the UK.
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News & events
NEWS
Communication guidelines for engaging with regional stakeholders
EMBRC contributed to developing communications guidelines to help European 'RIs' engage with stakeholders in Latin America and African countries
25 Jan 2022
Marine Scientist Monday
For our final #MarineScientistMonday post, Ibon Cancio brings us the interesting (and impactful!) life of Jacques Loeb.
24 Jan 2022
NEWS
Meeting report: Marine Research Infrastructures Side Event at the 9th EuroGOOS International Conference 2021
At the EuroGOOS Conference in May 2021, a side event was held with marine 'research infrastructures'. Read all about it here!
06 Jan 2022
NEWS
HQ update: find out what's new at EMBRC headquarters (Sept-Dec 2021)
Our latest edition of 'HQ updates' is hot off the press!
17 Dec 2021
Marine Scientist Monday
This week's piece features Felix Anton Dohrn, the founder of EMBRC Italy partner Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, SZN, laying the foundations for RIs!
06 Dec 2021
Latest Tweets
Big news! @ERIC_forum policy brief on Impact of Big Science on Research Ecosystem published this week!
Check it out to better understand the role of Research Infrastructures (#EU_RIs) & European Research Infrastructure Consortia (ERICs) like EMBRC in the EU RD&I landscape https://t.co/KDbpvt5FAC
EMBRC participated in a #H2020 project @RI_landscape to enhance the visibility of 'Research Infrastructures' (RIs) like us!
The project created a Comms Toolkit intended for RI communicators, but it's full of helpful tips for effective #scicomm, so helpful for our community! https://t.co/zLrRBwPSHh
What our users
are saying
Chiara Conte used EMBRC services to expand on previous research exploring the relationship between seagrasses and epiphytic microbes.
Chiara Conte
PhD student, CoNISMa
Sanda Skejić and Jasna Arapov used the MOTax Unit at SZN for a comparative study of Pseudo-nitzschia assemblage
Sanda Skejić and Jasna Arapov
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (Croatia)
Daniel Wangpraseurt's postdoc research at EMBRC Israel partner 'IUI' enabled him to access deep sea corals and study their light harvesting abilities.
Daniel Wangpraseurt
Assistant Project Scientist, UCSD - Jacobs School of Engineering
Belén González-Gaya tested the obesity potential of the estrogenic compounds present in Basque hospital effluent waters with an in-vitro transactivation bioassay developed at CIIMAR.
Belén Gonzalez-Gaya
Postdoc, Plentzia Marine Station (PiE-UPV/EHU)
Jorune Sakalauskaite's research helped her to better understand the molecular aspects of biomineralisation and use them as molecular barcodes to identify the biological origin of prehistoric shell artifacts.
Jorune Sakalauskaite
University of Turin, Italy
Imke Lang tested different cryopreservation protocols and techniques for red microalgae strains at Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS)
Imke Lang
Prof of marine biotechnology, University of Applied Sciences Bremerhaven