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
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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Marine stations
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ERIC status awarded
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Services offered
News & events
NEWS
4th EMO BON Sampling Event
EMO BON partners are gearing up for a 4th sampling event! This round: water column & microorganisms from soft substrates.
02 Dec 2021
NEWS
Job opportunity (EMBRC Belgium): Full-time researcher in marine ecology
Exciting job opportunity in marine ecology through EMBRC Belgium partners RBINS and Ghent University.
09 Nov 2021
Marine Scientist Monday
Ricardo Miledi was a Mexican neuroscientist who shed light on how synapses work, with the help of a marine friend, the giant squid & Ca2+.
08 Nov 2021
NEWS
EMBRC position on sharing the benefits arising from the use of Digital Sequence Information on genetic resources
We support the call of international scientific users of genetic resources & derived digital sequence information (DSI). Learn more here!
22 Oct 2021
EVENT
Symposium on Marine Carbon Sequestration
16 Dec 2021 to
16 Dec 2021
Ostend Science Park, Bluebridge, Belgium (in-person event only)
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Article of interest!
'Could #seaweed stop #coronavirus from infecting human cells?'
A team of researchers from @StudyTAU say they have found that ulvan could help stop the spread of coronavirus
More wonders from the sea!
https://t.co/PEVUXcGrOo
@iui_eilat
Dohrn was a zoologist & evolutionist. Above all, he was a professional science & research infrastructure manager, a catalyser of scientific progress & a visionary of research service provision.
Oh, and he was penpals with Darwin! #MarineScientistMonday
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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
Cristina Piñeiro-Corbeira advanced her research on kelp forests using an EMBRC site in Portugal. This was a novel study of seascape change in NW Iberia.
Cristina Piñeiro-Corbeira
PhD student at University of A Coruña