National/International Collaborations
Italy
Altergon Italia S.r.l., Avellino, Italy
Areta International S.r.l., Milano , Italy
Biogem S.c.a r.l., Avellino, Italy
CalMED Srl, Catanzaro (CZ), Italy
Ceinge Biotecnologie Avanzate Scarl, CEINGE, Napoli, Italy
Centro Regionale di Competenza in Biotecnologie Industriali BioTekNet SCpA, Napoli, Italy
CNR, Ancona, Avellino e Roma, Italy (Dr. Vasapollo C., Dr. GianLuigi Russo)
CNR, Avellino (G.L. Russo)
CNR, Istituto di Endocrinologia ed Oncologia Sperimentale (IEOS), Napoli, Italy
CNR, Napoli (C. Verde)
CNR-Ancona (C. Vasapollo)
CNR-Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry, Pozzuoli (A. Fontana, G. Villani, G. d’Ippolito)
ENEA-CREA La Spezia (S. Cocito, C. Lombardi, N. Lucey)
Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, fondazione di diritto privato, Genova, Italy
I.S.O. Istituto Superiore di Oncologia, Genova, Italy
IAMC (M. Sprovieri, S. Tamburrini, T. Alcoverro, P. Rumolo, A De Lucia)
IBAF, CNR, Legnaro (C. Calfapietra, A. Scartazza)
IBBR
IBC, CNR, Pozzuoli (G. D’Ippolito, V. Di Marzo)
IBCN CNR, Roma (C. Lanzuolo)
IBF, CNR, Pisa (C. Santinelli)
IBP-CNR. Napoli, Italy (D. DePascale)
ICB-CNR, Napoli, Italia (A. Fontana, C. Verde, G. Peluso, G. d’Ippolito, A. Cutignano)
INBIOS Srl, Napoli, Italy
INGV Napoli (G. Iannaccone)
Institute for Biomedical Technologies, ITB-CNR, Milano, Italy
ISAC, CNR, Roma (R. Santoleri)
ISMAR, Venice (M. Bastianini)
ISPRA, Livorno (I. Buttino)
ISPRA, Livorno, Italia (Dr. Isabella Buttino)
ISPRA, Livorno, Italia (I. Buttino, A. Arcancheli)
Istituto di biostrutture e bioimmagini, IBB-CNR, Napoli, Italy
Istituto per l'Ambiente Marino Costiero, Napoli, Italia (Laura Giuliano)
ITALSISTEMI S.r.l., Crotone, Italy
Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics Srl (NVD), Messina e Siena, Italy
OGS, Trieste (A. Crise, G. Civitarese and V. Tirelli)
OKAIROS, Napoli, Italy
Primm S.r.l., Milano e Napoli, Italy
Sanofi-Aventis S.p.A., Brindisi e Milano, Italy (Dott. Tiziano Croci)
SISSA, Trieste (S. Gustincich)
Takis S.r.l., Roma , Italy
Technobiochip, S.c.a r.l., Napoli, Italy
Other Countries
Accademia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan (Y.H. Su)
Advanced Chemistry Development Uk Limited Acd/Labs, United Kingdom
AIMS, Townsville, Australia (N. Andreakis)
Aquapharm Biodiscovery Limited Aquapharm, United Kingdom
Asociacion Instituto Nacional De Biodiversidad Inbio, Costa Rica
AWI, Bremerhaven (U. John, V. Smetacek)
Berlin Natural Museum, Berlin, Germany (E. Ullrich-Lueter)
Biobridge Limited Biobridge, United Kingdom
Biocom, Germany
Boston Children’s Hospital, USA
Boston Children’s Hospital, USA (F. Langellotto)
Centre National de la Recherche (CNRS), Observatoire Océanologique, France (Dr. Remi Dumollard); La Rochelle, France (Dr. Lavaud J.)
Chonbuk National Univ. Jeonju, Korea (U.H. Kim)
C-Lecta Gmbh C-Lecta, Germany
CMIMA-CSIC Barcelona, Spain (J. M. Gasol, F. Peters, M. Estrada, C. Marrasé)
CNRS Montpellier, France (P. Lemaire)
CNRS, Paris, France (S. Planes)
College of Charleston USA (G. Di Tullio)
CRG, Barcelona, Spain (M. Irimia; R. Guigò)
CSIC-Blanes, Spain (Ballesteros E., Garrabou J.)
CSIC-Blanes, Spain (E. Ballesteros, J. Garrabou, T. Alcoverro)
CSIS, Vigo, Spain (Dr. Garrido J.L.)
Dartmouth College, Hanover NH, USA (K. Peterson)
Dead Sea-Arava Science Center, Central Arava Branch, Israel (G. Winters)
Dead Sea-Arava Science Center, Central Arava Branch, Israel (Winters G.)
Deep Tek Limited, United Kingdom
DTU-Aqua, Denmark (T. Kiorboe, A. Christensen)
EAWAG Zurich, Switzerland (F. Pomati, F. Hammes)
Ecoast Research Centre Ostend Bvba Ecoast, Belgium
ELTE, Budapest, Hungary (I. Scheuring)
EMBL Heidelberg, Germany (V. Benes)
EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany (V. Benes)
ENEA-CREA La Spezia, Italy (Cocito S., Lombardi C., Lucey N.)
Fundacion Centro De Excelencia En Investigacion De Medicamentos Innovadores En Andalucia Fundación Medina, Spain (F. Reyes)
GIPREB, Etang de Berre, France (G. Bernard)
HCMR, Crete, Greece (P. Kasapidis, C. Frangoulis)
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Leipzig, Germany (H. J. Heipieper)
Hubrecht Institute-KNAW, Utrecht, The Netherlands (S. Schulte-Merker)
IEO, Gijon, Spain (M. Latasa); IFREMER, Brest, France (R. Siano)
IEO, Palma, Spain (C. Perales Raya, J. Estefanell, E. Almansa)
Institut J. Monod, Paris France (A. Pierani)
Institute Of Microbiology, Chinese Academy Of Sciences Imcas, China
IOC of Murcia, Murcia, Spain (J.M. Ruiz Fernandez)
IPMA, Lisbon, Portugal (J. Pereira)
IRIBHM ULB, Brussels, Belgium (R. Opitz)
ISIS, Univ. de Strasbourg, France (J.M. Lehn)
Istituto De Dinamica Celular Y Biotecnologia Icdb, Chile
KTH, Stockholm, Sweden (L. Brandt)
Laboratoire Clement, Paris, France (Prof Yves Menezo)
LOV, CNRS, Villefranche, France (L. Stemmann, G. Gorsky, F. d'Ortenzio)
Lund University, Lund, Sweden (D.E. Nilsson)
Macquarie Univ, Sydney, Australia (J.M.P. Joss)
Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tuebingen, Germany (G. Jékely)
MBRC, Univ Baltimore, USA (M. Fiorentino)
Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography, Marseille, France (G. Gregori, M. Thyssen, M. Denis)
Meteorological Research Institute, Japan (M. Ishii)
MIT, Boston, USA (M. Follows)
MPI for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany (F. O. Glöckner)
MPIMM Bremen, Germany (F-O.Glockner, M. Richter)
MPIMM, Bremen, Germany (F.O. Glöckner)
National Institute of Sea Sciences and Technologies, Sfax, Tunisia (N. Bradai)
Natural History Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark (N. Lundholm)
NIOZ, Texel, Netherlands (S. Balzano)
NY University, USA (L. Christiaen)
Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls-sur-Mer, France (H. Escriva)
Queen Mary Hospital, London, UK (M. Elphick)
RBGS, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, (D.G. Mann)
Research Division Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada (M. Poulin)
RIKEN CDB, Japan (J. Pascual-Anaya, S. Kuratani)
SAHFOS, Plymouth, UK (C. Castellani and P. Licandro)
SARS, Bergen, Norway (A. Hejnol)
SBR Roscoff, France (B. Kloareg, N. Simon, I. Probert, D. Vaulot, F. Not, C. De Vargas)
Sealife Pharma Gmbh, Austria (A. Pretsch)
Stanford University, CA USA (F. Micheli)
Station Biologique de Roscoff, Roscoff, France (S. Mazan)
TGAC, Norwich, UK (M. Caccamo)
The Royal Society of Chemistry Rsc, United Kingdom
Tohoku Univ. Asamushi, Japan (K. Kyozuka)
Union Internationale Pour La Conservation De La Nature Et De Ses Ressources Iucn Elc, Switzerland
Univ Adelaide, Australia (M. Lardelli)
Universitat Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain (P. Martinez; G. Fernández)
University College London, London, UK (P. Olivieri)
University of Bath, UK (R. Kelsh)
University of California, USA, (N. Holland)
University of Koln, Germany (M. Hammerschmidt)
University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain (L. Puelles; J.L. Ferran)
University of Washington, USA (B.J. Swalla)
UPMC-CNRS, Villefranche-sur-mer, France (S. Tiozzo, C. Hudson, H. Yasuo, R. Dumollard)
UPO, Siviglia, Spagna (J.R.M. Morales)
Vienna University, Vienna, Austria (U. Technau)
Zoologisches Forschungmuseum A. Koenig, Bonn, Germany (T. Krapp-Schickel)
Collaborations with Universities
Italian Universities
Seconda Università di Napoli, Napoli, Italy
U. Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy (P. Melià e R. Casagrandi)
UNICAL, Cosenza, Italy (I. Serra)
UniParthenope, Napoli Italy (G. F. Russo)
Univ. Di Messina, Messina, Italy (L. Guglielmo)
Univ. Federico II, Napoli, Italia (S. Cozzolino, C. Agnisola, G. Guerriero, A. Amoresano, L. Tutino, V. Costantini, O. Mangoni)
Univ. of Naples, Caserta, Italy (M. De Stefano)
Univ. of Pisa, Pisa, Italy (F. Bulleri, P. Luchi)
Univ. of Roma ’Tor Vergata’, Roma, Italy (L. Migliore)
Univ. of Sassari, Italy (G. Ceccherelli)
Univ. of Verona, Verona, Italy (M. Delle Donne)
Univ. Padova, Padova, Italy (L. Zane)
Univ. Roma, "La Sapienza"” Rome, Italy (S. Espa)
Università degli studi della Calabria, Rende, Italy (A. Gattuso, M.C. Cerra)
Università degli studi di Padova, Padova, Italy (F. Cima)
Università degli studi di Parma, Parma, Italy (P. Ferrari, L. Fogassi)
Università degli Studi di Salerno, Salerno, Italy (A. Weisz)
Università degli studi di Trento, Trento, Italy (I. Mancini, G. Vallortigara)
Università degli Studi Magna Graecia di Catanzaro, Catanzaro (CZ) , Italy
Università del Salento, Lecce, Italy (Prof. Giangrande A., Lezzi M.)
Università del Sannio, Benevento, Italy (L. Canzoniero, L. Cerulo, M. Ceccarelli)
Università della Basilicata, Italia (Prof. Raffaele Boni)
Università della Basilicata, Italy (R. Boni)
Università di Bari, Bari, Italy (G. Pesole)
Università di Bologna, Bologna (Prof.s Colangelo M.A., Ceccherelli V.U., Goffredo S.)
Università di Genova, Italy (Prof. Canesi L.)
Università di Messina, Messina, Italy
Università di Milano –Bicocca, Milano, Italy
Università di Napoli Federico II, CRIACQ (Portici), Italy (Dr. Graziani G.)
Università di Napoli Federico II, Dipartimento di Farmacia, Napoli, Italia (Valeria Costantino)
Università di Palermo, Palermo, Italy (Vizzini T., Ricevuto E.)
Università di Salerno, Fisciano, Italy (Dr. Caruso T., Dr. Dal Piaz F.)
Università di Siena, Siena, Italy
Università Federico II, Napoli, Italia (C. Arena, L. Corsaro, G. Graziani, A. Amoresano, L. Tutino)
Università Federico II, Napoli, Italy (V. Costantino, L. Cigliano, A. Donizetti, C. Agnisola, L. Fucci, F. Aniello, G. De Vita, G. Guerriero)
Università la Sapienza, Roma, Italy (M. Toni, M. Oliverio)
Università Parthenope, Napoli, Italy (Prof. Russo G.F.)
Università Politecnico delle Marche, Ancona, Italy (Prof. Regoli F.)
University of Bologna: Prof.s Colangelo M.A., Ceccherelli V.U., Goffredo S.
University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy (S. Zupo, P. Rivaro)
University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy (S Lo Brutto)
University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy (T. Vizzini, E. Ricevuto)
University of Salento - Lecce: Prof. Giangrande A., Lezzi M.
University Parthenope, Napoli, Italy (G.F. Russo, M. Uttieri, E. Zambianchi)
University Politechniche delle Marche – Ancona, Italy (F. Regoli, A. Pusceddu)
Foreign Universities
Danmarks Tekniske Universitet Dtu, Denmark
ECIM, Universidad Cattolica de Chile; Chile (P. von Dassov)
ENS, Paris, France (C. Bowler, S. Speich)
EULA Center, Universidad de Concepción, Chile (V. Aguilera Ramos)
Hopkins Marine Station - Stanford University, Ca, USA (Prof. Micheli F.)
Institute of Marine Biology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan (Jiang-Shiou Hwang)
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven K.U., Leuven, Belgium
Lund University, Lund, Sweden (G. Bianco)
National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan (Jiang-Shiou Hwang)
Princeton University, Princeton, USA (K.B. Rodgers)
RUG, Groningen, The Netherlands (J. L. Olsen)
Technical University of Denmark (DTU) Denmark (T. Ostenfeld Larsen)
Technical University of Denmark (DTU). Lyngby, Denmark (T. Ostenfeld Larsen)
The University Court Of The University Of Aberdeen Uniabdn, United Kingdom (M. Jaspars)
UEA, Norwich, UK (T. Mock)
Univ. Arizona, Tucson, USA (M. Sullivan)
Univ. Barcelona, Spain (J. Romero, C. Canestro)
Univ. of Algarve, Faro, Portugal (J. Silva and R. Santos)
Univ. of Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain (A. Estomba)
Univ. of Maine, Orono, USA (E. Boss, L. Karp-Boss)
Univ. of Nizza, France (L. Mangialajo)
Univ. of Stockholm, Sweden (R. Caballero, M. Bjork)
Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia (H. González)
Universidade De Santiago De Compostela Usc, Spain
Università di Pamukkale e DEKAMER Sea Turtle Research Centre, Dalyan, Mugla, Turchia, (Y. Kaska)
Université de Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia (K. Belghith)
Universitetet I Tromsoe Uot, Norway (J. Andersen)
University Ben Gurion, Beer Sheva, Israel (A. Sagi)
University California Santa Cruz, Ca, USA (K. Kroeker)
University College Cork, National University Of Ireland, Cork Ucc, Ireland (A. Dobson)
University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain (C. Canestro)
University of California Santa Cruz, Ca, USA (Kroeker K.)
University of Concepción, Concepcion, Chile (C. Lange)
University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium (W. Vyverman, K. Sabbe, O. DeClerck, L. Clement)
University of Goteborg, Goteborg, Sweden (A. Godhe, E. Selander, L. Turner)
University of Goteborg, Sweden (Turner L.)
University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland (A. Kremp)
University of Koeln. Koeln, Germany (E. von Elert)
University of Malta, Malta (J-A. Borg)
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA (J.T. Turner)
University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, USA (J. T. Turner)
University of Quebec Rimouski, Canada (Calosi P.)
University of Rio del Janeiro, Argentina (M. Bastos)
University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia (E. Graham)
University Of The Western Cape Uwc South Africa
University of Trento, Italy (Prof. Ines Mancini)
University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain (Dr. Fernandez F.)
University Of Waikato Uow, New Zealand
University of Wien. Vienna, Austria (K. Wittmann)
University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia (S. Bosak)
University of Zurich. Zurich, Switzerland (F. Jüttner)
University Quebec Rimouski, Canada (P. Calosi)
University Queen Mary, London, UK (Prof. Ruban A.V.)
UPMC, Paris, France (A. Falciatore)
Wuhan University Whu, China
Grant and Innovation Office Coordinator: Giorgio Carpino
Grant and Innovation Office Staff: Giosuè Zurzolo, Ornella Papaluca, Alberto Corona, Valerio Mattera, Valeria Mancusi
The SZN Grant and Innovation Office (GIO) offers support to SZN members on looking for funding opportunities, developing their ideas and expoiting the results of their research.
We will help you to take the next step, either for research or for the market.
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Strategic advice for your research – funding your research
GIO staff aims at maximising the capacity of SZN researchers to obtain external funding for their research. We provide you with support for:
- Scouting for international and national calls, opportunities, training programmes
- Identifying the most promising funding schemes for your research idea and career stage
- Maintenance of statistics on research funding at the SZN
- Publicizing opportunities and research related events to the SZN research community
Project Management – funding your research
Based on previous experience of management of large national and international projects, we can help you with:
- Understanding the regulations of the funding agencies
- Developing and establishing research networks
- Preparing the proposal (in terms of budget planning, project management preparation, workplan and impact)
- Managing the application process, by clarifying inquiries, reading, giving feedback and commenting on applications
- Definition of a Project Management and a Dissemination and Exploitation plan of the project
- Negotiation of terms and conditions for a successful proposal
- Implementation of an efficient project management in all administrative, legal, and financial matters
- Submission of progress reports and financial statements to the funding agency
Patenting, licensing, property right and Innovation advice – develop your ideas
Our innovation advisors have a good knowledge of promotion, commercialization, product development, business development, technology transfer and intellectual property rights. We support you in developing your ideas through the evaluation process towards a possible patent. This means, for example, that we:
- Help you to design, present and formulate your ideas
- Identify potential patents from SZN research results
- Submit to the internal evaluation Commission the potential patenting ideas
- Manage the relationship with SZN administrative offices and external consultants
- Define an Exploitation plan
- Promote and manage the relationship with stakeholders
- Prepare and sign of patents-related contracts
- Manage the patents portfolio of the SZN
- Maintain statistics on research services and patents by the SZN
SZN has an Industrial Property Regulation implementing the changes introduced by Law No. 102 of July 24, 2023 "Amendments to the Industrial Property Code, referred to in Legislative Decree No. 30 of February 10, 2005" available at the following link: REGULATION
The list of documents on the topics of Protection and Exploitation of Research Results and the templates to be filled out to file a new patent application is in the following:
01. Patent filing request form
02. Disclosure of invention
03. Non Disclosure Agreement - NDA
04. Material and Data Transfer Agreement - MTDA
05. Agreement of joint ownership of Patent
All mentioned documents are available, in Italian and English version, at the following link: FORMS
External contracts - expand your network
Research activities can be conducted in the framework of external contracts with public and private institutes. These contracts can be institutional and involve different entities and structures of SZN. Alternatively, they can be referred to specific research activities. These contracts are not confined to research agreements, but can also cover such things as the exchange of confidential information, datasets, research tools or materials and terms and conditions for research projects.
GIO staff, depending on the case, will support several activities, for example:
- Preparing the administrative documents
- Developing and establishing of the partnership participating to the activities (in case of institutional contracts) and its coordination
- Defining the budget
- Defining the contracts
Training and networking events
- Organizing and conducting workshops on scouting, proposal preparation, patenting and develop new business (spin-off)
- Organizing and conducting workshops on specific funding opportunities
- Contact point with APRE and other Agencies
Contact: gio(at)szn.it
You can download the PDF presentation about us here
Grand and Innovation Office Contacts
Giorgio Carpino: giorgio.carpino(at)szn.it, +39 081 5833231
Giosuè Zurzolo: giosue.zurzolo(at)szn.it, +39 081 5833341
Ornella Papaluca: ornella.papaluca(at)szn.it, +39 081 5833366
Alberto Corona: alberto.corona(at)szn.it
Valerio Mattera: valerio.mattera(at)szn.it, +39 081 5833 367
Valeria Mancusi: valeria.mancusi(at)szn.it, +39 388 800 46 08
Organization of the Institutional research activity (Flagship Projects) among the research sections of the Stazione Zoologica
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The first public aquarium in Italy
Entering the historic public Aquarium of Naples, the oldest still functioning, designed to show the ecosystems and biodiversity of the Gulf of Naples and more generally of the Mediterranean and their possible evolution in relation to changes, means crossing the threshold of time and diving in the dream of its founder, the zoologist Anton Dohrn, to provide and disseminate knowledge of the underwater world.
The Aquarium, in fact, was inaugurated in 1874 only two years after the foundation of the Zoological Station itself, "the great hotel of scientists", as Benedetto Croce defined it, which took place in March 1872, to fulfill the triple function of live observation of the sea, entertainment and research funding.
Flora and fauna of the Gulf of Naples
Students, scientists and researchers from all over the world came to Naples to analyze and study animals live and in their natural environment. Just a few steps were enough to leave your rented study table, equipped with a very rich instrumentation, to find yourself face to face with the subject of your own research, living or "fixed" by the skilled hands of the conservators of the Stazione Zoologica, first of all Salvatore Lo Bianco.
Located on the ground floor, the Aquarium was connected, and still is today, directly to the sea by an underground channel. The engineering work was entrusted to the English William Alford Lloyd, who had already developed the aquariums in London and Hamburg. The exhibition rooms received natural light from the side windows and skylights and the semi-darkness thus generated made the visit even more immersive.
Today the architectural layout has remained unchanged. The restoration and necessary modernization works, have allowed the maintenance of the ancient exhibition tanks dedicated to the environments of the Gulf of Naples and the peculiarities of its marine life, equipping them with the most modern and sophisticated technological systems to ensure the well-being of the organisms that populate it. At the same time it shows a great novelty, represented by the large central tanks hosting the tropical coral reef, the vision of a possible change in the Mediterranean induced by environmental changes.
Discovering the Aquarium
The journey inside the Aquarium will then lead the visitors to discover the sea, from the coast to the open sea, between caves and ravines, along seagrass meadows, passing from the coralligenous to the abyss, from the pelagic environment, also inhabited by alien species, from Mediterranean reefs to tropical formations. Of particular interest will be the murenarium, which represents the breeding structures of moray eels (murenari) designed by the ancient Romans and well preserved in the submerged archaeological area of Gaiola in Capo Posillipo. Another novelty is the octopus tank, an extraordinary ancient organism that has a life cycle of about two years and an intelligence similar to that of mammals.
The knowledge of the richness of the sea and of the biodiversity it contains, as well as of all its wonders, must lead each of us to the awareness of its importance for our very survival. To protect it and manage it in an eco-sustainable way, we need to know it and even today our knowledge is not complete.
Dohrn's dream has never ceased, the scientific and cultural climate of his Stazione Zoologica, currently the National Institute of Marine Biology, Ecology and Biotechnology, considered in an international ranking among the best 20 Scientific Research Institutes in the world, has reached us and allows us to look at life and the mysteries of the underwater world with open eyes.










