The applied research performed at the SZN is dedicated to the development and implementation of 3 European Infrastructures (ERIC, European Research Infrastructures) in the framework of the road map ESFRI (European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures).
1. EMBRC, European Marine Biology Resource Centre, EMBRC is a European Infrastructure for marine biology, that supports services for applied and basic research, providing marine biological resources and/or access to marine environments for research and industrial purposes, with the aim of developing the Blue Biotechnologies, preserving marine biodiversity and fostering a sustainable management and exploitation of marine resources in the frame of the Blue Growth of the country. In particular, EMBRC has the aim of developing: i) industrial contracts; ii) financing for research; iii) tools and potential for research also through the creation of new services. Italy is, together with other 8 European countries, the founder of EMBRC. The Italian node EMBRC-IT is coordinated by the Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn of Naples and includes the major marine Research institutes.
2 . Lifewatch, an infrastructure deployed to the improvement of data observation and collection of biodiversity in Europe. The Stazione Zoologica contributes with studies about the census of marine biodiversity, the study of biology, ecology and distribution of marine organisms and experimental studies in situ in pilot stations or mesocosms. In this field, the Stazione Zoologica participates in the “Programma Operativo Nazionale Ricerca e Competitività 2007-2013”, with the BIOforIU project (PONa3 00025), in collaboration with CNR and Università del Salento;
3. EMSO, "European Multidisciplinary Seafloor and water-column Observatory" a European infrastructure dedicated to the development of deep marine observatories in Europe. The Stazione Zoologica contributes with studies of a network for technological observation in the Gulf of Naples and with the observation of biodiversity and functioning of deep marine ecosystems. In this field, the Stazione Zoologica participates in the “Programma Operativo Nazionale Ricerca e Competitività 2007-2013”, with the project TOP IN, in collaboration with INGV, OGS and CNR.
The research activity of the Scientists of the SZN need the use of the most technologically advanced instruments, highly specialized protocols and infrastructures for the breeding and maintenance of organisms for experimental use. The technological and methodological innovation needs the development of specific infrastructures.
The scientific equipment of the SZN has high-level characteristics and is accessible to the international scientific community, through collaborations and scientific exchanges or through the well-consolidated infrastructure model and access.
