Marine Scientist Monday
It all started with a beer - beer deterioration under light, that is. Selig Hecht & George Wald devoted their careers to understanding how light works
03 May 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 Scientist Monday
The song may go ‘Love is in the air’, but marine biology, thanks to Osamu Shimomura, has shown us that ‘bioluminescence is in the sea’!
19 Apr 2021
Marine Scientist Monday
Manton revolutionised the study of algae using the electron microscope & is known for her work revealing cilia structure & function of Golgi apparatus
12 Apr 2021
NEWS
Get ready to 'ABS'! We have two new guides
We're excited to introduce EMBRC's two new guides on Access & Benefit-Sharing (ABS), developed with the EBB project & the EMBRC ABS working group
01 Apr 2021
Marine Scientist Monday
Freud may be most famous for founding psychoanalysis. But get this! He was also an ichthyologist & carcinologist (a fish and crustacean studying man)!
26 Mar 2021
Marine Scientist Monday
Legislative changes in the UK in 1918-19 encouraged women to take up university study, creating a group of scientific stars including Mary Parke
22 Mar 2021
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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
Federica Montesanto used 3 EMBRC sites for her research on early identification of non-indigenous ascidian species and identification of complex/cryptic/new species.
Federica Montesanto
PhD student at University of Bari