Programme: Programme for Environment and Climate Action (LIFE)

Title of the Project: Deep REef restoration And litter removal in the Mediterranean sea

Acronym: LIFE21-NAT-IT-LIFE DREAM

Duration: 01/09/2022 – 31/08/2027

Budget totalwe: € 5.308.472,89€

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The Marine Deep Reefs are fundamental benthic habitats recognized for acting as CO2 sinks and attracting highly diverse fauna. Multiple pressures are threatening the health of these habitats and resulting in the loss of their associated ecological functions, including climate change, fishing increments, and litter. The objective of LIFE21-NAT-IT-LIFE DREAM is to implement an innovative and sustainable approach to mitigate the effects of anthropogenic impacts on these habitats. LIFE21-NAT-IT-LIFE DREAM will provide supporting information for extending Natura 2000 to deep-sea habitats so as to promote actions of protection, recovery, and preservation. Additionally, the project will operate in pilot sites by deploying artificial structures aimed at facilitating the growth of deep reef-forming species and removing marine litter.

The CNR-ISMAR is the Coordinator of the Project and, in addition to managing the project, will collect and manage the data of LIFE21-NAT-IT-LIFE DREAM in Spatial Data Infrastructure consisting in software, hardware, spatial data, metadata, web services, data storage and standards. The created Geoportal will allow to share data, results, and improve the knowledge base, permitting further exploitation outside the project.

The main objectives of the Project are:

- Improving the knowledge base on Deep Reefs and the stressors threatening this habitat
- Extending the N2000 network by integrating the previous knowledge and acquiring new data
- Facilitate and promote the passive and active restoration of the Deep Reefs
- Prevent further litter accumulation
- Foster the circular economy concepts by recycling and reuse the removed marine litter
- Increase the public awareness about ocean health and human wellbeing

The expected results are:

- The development of an innovative and sustainable approach to mitigate anthropic pressure on Deep Reefs and promote their recovery
- The production of scientific data and knowledge on Deep Reefs to sustain the flow from scientists to decision-makers and enhance the natural resources management and governance
- The extension of the Natura 2000 network to deep benthic habitats by collecting and providing information to support the designation of 2 new deep-sea sites
- Apply restoration actions (either active or passive) that will extend the surface of the target habitats and provide new substrate for reefs forming species
- Develop a prototype for the removal of marine litter and enhance the cooperation with fisheries to follow a circular economy perspective and further recycle and reuse the litter removed

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Consortium

1. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto di Scienze Marine (CNR/ISMAR) (IT)
2. Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro (IT)
3. Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (EL)
4. Net European Consulting srls (IT)
5. Enaleia Astiki Mi Kerdoskopiki Etaireia (EL)
6. Università Politecnica delle Marche (IT)
7. Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas (ES)
8. Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II (IT)
9. Regione Puglia (IT)
10. Region of Thessaly (EL)
11. Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn (IT)
12. Federpesca – Federazione Nazionale delle Imprese di Pesca (IT)

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Salvati, E., Provenzani, C., D’ambrosi, A., Finoia, M. G., Romano, E., & Canese, S. (2023)In situ observation of circadian rhythm of polyps’ opening and closing of the coral Dendrophyllia ramea (Linnaeus, 1758).. Mediterranean Marine Science, 24(3), 574–585.

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Traboni C C, Sarno D, Ribera d’Alcalà M, Mazzocchi MG (2023). Microplastics in the menu of Mediterranean zooplankton: Insights from the feeding response of the calanoid copepod Centropages typicus. Marine Ecology, 00, e12760.

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Xiao Ma*, Steffen Vanneste*, Jiyang Chang*, Luca Ambrosino, Kerrie Barry, Till Bayer, Alexander A Bobrov, LoriBeth Boston, Justin E Campbell, Hengchi Chen, Maria Luisa Chiusano, Emanuela Dattolo, Jane Grimwood, Guifen He, Jerry Jenkins, Marina Khachaturyan, Lázaro Marín-Guirao, Attila Mesterházy, Danish-Daniel Muhd, Jessica Pazzaglia, Chris Plott, Shanmugam Rajasekar, Stephane Rombauts, Miriam Ruocco, Alison Scott, Min Pau Tan, Jozefien Van de Velde, Bartel Vanholme, Jenell Webber, Li Lian Wong, Mi Yan, Yeong Yik Sung, Polina Novikova, Jeremy Schmutz, Thorsten ReuschC, Gabriele ProcacciniC, Jeanine OlsenC, Yves Van de PeerC (2023). Seagrass genomes reveal a hexaploid ancestry facilitating adaptation to the marine environment. bioRxiv, 2023-03. (Accepted in NATURE PLANTS)

Zingone A C, Tortora C, D′Alelio D, Margiotta F, Sarno D C (2023). Assembly rules vary seasonally in stable phytoplankton associations of the Gulf of Naples (Mediterranean Sea). Marine Ecology, 44, e12730.

Costantini M, Esposito R, Ruocco N, Caramiello D, Cordella A, Ventola GM, Zupo V. (2024) De Novo Assembly of the Genome of the Sea Urchin Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck 1816). International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 25(3):1685. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25031685

Perillo, M., Sepe, R.M., Paganos, P., Toscano, A., and Annunziata, R. (2024). Sea cucumbers: an emerging system in evo-devo. EvoDevo 15, 3. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13227-023-00220-0

Carbonne Chloe, Comeau Steeve, Plichon Keyla, Schaub Sébastien, Gattuso Jean-Pierre and Teixidó Núria (2024) Response of two temperate scleractinian corals to projected ocean warming and marine heatwaves. R. Soc. Open Sci.11231683 http://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.231683

Ma, Xiao, Vanneste, Steffen, Chang, Jiyang, Ambrosino, Luca, Barry, Kerrie, Bayer, Till, Bobrov, Alexander A., Boston, LoriBeth, Campbell, Justin E., Chen, Hengchi, Chiusano, Maria Luisa, Dattolo, Emanuela, Grimwood, Jane, He, Guifen, Jenkins, Jerry, Khachaturyan, Marina, Marín-Guirao, Lázaro, Mesterházy, Attila, Muhd, Danish-Daniel, Pazzaglia, Jessica, Plott, Chris, Rajasekar, Shanmugam, Rombauts, Stephane, Ruocco, Miriam, Scott, Alison, Tan, Min Pau, Van de Velde, Jozefien, Vanholme, Bartel, Webber, Jenell, Wong, Li Lian, Yan, Mi, Sung, Yeong Yik, Novikova, Polina, Schmutz, Jeremy, Reusch, Thorsten B. H., Procaccini, Gabriele, Olsen, Jeanine L. and Van de Peer, Yves (2024). Seagrass genomes reveal ancient polyploidy and adaptations to the marine environment. Nature Plants 10, 240-255. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-023-01608-5

Teixidó, N., Carlot, J., Alliouane, S., Ballesteros, E., De Vittor, C., Gambi, M.C., Gattuso, J.-P., Kroeker, K., Micheli, F., Mirasole, A., et al. (2024). Functional changes across marine habitats due to ocean acidification. Global Change Biology 30, e17105.  https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17105

Ma, Xiao, Vanneste, Steffen, Chang, Jiyang, Ambrosino, Luca, Barry, Kerrie, Bayer, Till, Bobrov, Alexander A., Boston, LoriBeth, Campbell, Justin E., Chen, Hengchi, Chiusano, Maria Luisa, Dattolo, Emanuela, Grimwood, Jane, He, Guifen, Jenkins, Jerry, Khachaturyan, Marina, Marín-Guirao, Lázaro, Mesterházy, Attila, Muhd, Danish-Daniel, Pazzaglia, Jessica, Plott, Chris, Rajasekar, Shanmugam, Rombauts, Stephane, Ruocco, Miriam, Scott, Alison, Tan, Min Pau, Van de Velde, Jozefien, Vanholme, Bartel, Webber, Jenell, Wong, Li Lian, Yan, Mi, Sung, Yeong Yik, Novikova, Polina, Schmutz, Jeremy, Reusch, Thorsten B. H., Procaccini, Gabriele, Olsen, Jeanine L. and Van de Peer, Yves (2024). Seagrass genomes reveal ancient polyploidy and adaptations to the marine environment. Nature Plants 10, 240-255. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-023-01608-5

D’Aniello E, Amodeo P, Vitale RM. (2023) Marine Natural and Nature-Inspired Compounds Targeting Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptors (PPARs). Marine Drugs, 21(2):89. https://doi.org/10.3390/md21020089

Gafranek, J.T., D’Aniello, E., Ravisankar, P., Thakkar, K., Vagnozzi, R.J., Lim, H.-W., Salomonis, N., and Waxman, J.S. (2023). Sinus venosus adaptation models prolonged cardiovascular disease and reveals insights into evolutionary transitions of the vertebrate heart. Nature Communications 14, 5509. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41184-y

Russo, M. T., A. Santin, A. Zuccarotto, S. Leone, A. Palumbo, M. I. Ferrante and I. Castellano (2023). "The first genetic engineered system for ovothiol biosynthesis in diatoms reveals a mitochondrial localization for the sulfoxide synthase OvoA." Open Biology 13(2): 220309. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsob.220309

Barrenechea Angeles, I., M. L. Romero-Martínez, M. Cavaliere, S. Varrella, F. Francescangeli, R. Piredda, M. G. Mazzocchi, M. Montresor, A. Schirone, I. Delbono, F. Margiotta, C. Corinaldesi, S. Chiavarini, M. R. Montereali, J. Rimauro, L. Parrella, L. Musco, A. Dell'Anno, M. Tangherlini, J. Pawlowski and F. Frontalini (2023). "Encapsulated in sediments: eDNA deciphers the ecosystem history of one of the most polluted European marine sites." Environment International 172: 107738. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2023.107738

Bommarito, C., Díaz-Morales, D.M., Guy-Haim, T., Noè, S., Delasalle, J., Buchholz, B., Khosravi, M., Rilov, G., Sures, B., and Wahl, M. (2023). Warming and parasitism impair the performance of Baltic native and invasive macroalgae and their associated fauna. Limnology and Oceanography 68, 1852-1864. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12390

Bonanomi, S., Annibale, O., Lucchetti, A., & Bottaro, M. (2023). Extinct but not entirely: A new occurrence of the critically endangered Squatina squatina (Linnaeus, 1758) stresses the urgency of its conservation in the Adriatic sea. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 287, 108344.

Bottaro, M., Sinopoli, M., Bertocci, I., Follesa, M. C., Cau, A., Consalvo, I., ... & Danovaro, R. (2023). Jaws from the deep: biological and ecological insights on the kitefin shark Dalatias licha from the Mediterranean Sea. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10.

Consales, G., Bottaro, M., Mancusi, C., Neri, A., Sartor, P., Voliani, A., ... & Marsili, L. (2023). Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in three bathyal chondrichthyes from the North-Western Mediterranean Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 196, 115647.

Costa, V., Sciutteri, V., Consoli, P., Manea, E., Menini, E., Andaloro, F., Romeo, T., and Danovaro, R. (2023). Volcanic-associated ecosystems of the Mediterranean Sea: a systematic map and an interactive tool to support their conservation. PeerJ 11, e15162. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15162

Díaz-Morales, D.M., Bommarito, C., Knol, J., Grabner, D.S., Noè, S., Rilov, G., Wahl, M., Guy-Haim, T., and Sures, B. (2023). Parasitism enhances gastropod feeding on invasive and native algae while altering essential energy reserves for organismal homeostasis upon warming. Science of The Total Environment 863, 160727. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160727

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Gallo, S., Nania, G., Caruso, V., Zicarelli, G., Leonetti, F. L., Giglio, G., Bottaro, M., ... & Sperone, E. (2023). Bioaccumulation of Trace Elements in the Muscle of the Blackmouth Catshark Galeus melastomus from Mediterranean Waters. Biology, 12(7), 951.

Motta, G., Caffara, M., Fioravanti, M. L., Bottaro, M., Avian, M., Terlizzi, A., & Tedesco, P. (2023). Parasitic infection in the scyphozoan Rhizostoma pulmo (Macri, 1778). Scientific Reports, 13(1), 5549.

Pfister, C.A., Cardini, U., Mirasole, A., Montilla, L.M., Veseli, I., Gattuso, J.-P., and Teixido, N. (2023). Microbial associates of an endemic Mediterranean seagrass enhance the access of the host and the surrounding seawater to inorganic nitrogen under ocean acidification. Scientific Reports 13, 19996. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-47126-4

Russo, M. T., A. Santin, A. Zuccarotto, S. Leone, A. Palumbo, M. I. Ferrante and I. Castellano (2023). "The first genetic engineered system for ovothiol biosynthesis in diatoms reveals a mitochondrial localization for the sulfoxide synthase OvoA." Open Biology 13(2): 220309. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsob.220309

Savin, A.; Sini, M.; Xynogala, I.; Lioupa, V.; Vougioukalou, K.; Stamatis, K.; Noè, S.; Ragkousis, M.; Gerovasileiou, V.; Dailianis, T.; Katsanevakis, S. (2023). Assessment of Macroalgal Communities on Shallow Rocky Reefs in the Aegean Sea Indicates an Impoverished Ecological Status. Medit. Mar. Sci. 24, 241-258. https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.31034

Sinopoli, M., Badalamenti, F., Bottaro, M., & D’Anna, G. (2023). The Role of Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) in Juvenile Fish Dispersal along the North-Western Coast of Sicily. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 11(4), 746.

Somma E, Terlizzi A, Costantini M, Madeira M, Zupo V. (2023) Global Changes Alter the Successions of Early Colonizers of Benthic Surfaces. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 11: 1232. https://doi:10.3390/jmse11061232

The Stazione Zoologica, through its Grant and Innovation Office, promotes the use, commercial development and exploitation of industrial property rights resulting from research results. It holds several industrial property rights, of which the patent portfolio is structured with titles (exclusively owned or jointly owned with other internationally prestigious research institutions) that are also European and international in scope.

A patent is a title by which the owner has a temporary monopoly of exploitation of the protected invention and prevents others from producing, selling or using the invention without authorisation. In order to be patented, an invention must, however, meet at least 3 basic requirements:

-  Novelty

-  Originality

-  Industrial applicability

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

Below are the Zoological Station's currently filed patents:

• Light system for aquatic photosynthetic organisms (Acronyms LIGHT SYSTEM)

The patented invention consists of a modulable RGB LED lighting system for aquatic photosynthetic organisms, capable of reproducing any natural light in aquatic ecosystems, accelerating and increasing the production of algal biomass and the molecules that can be extracted from it.

• Processes and compositions for the production of astaxanthin from marine organisms (Acronyms ASTAXANTINA)

The patented invention consists of a breeding method and a specific feed composition to maximise the production of natural Astaxanthin from sea urchins, to be used as a nutraceutical.

• Automated apparatus and method for cultures of organisms in an aquatic environment (Acronyms AUTOMATED APPARATUS)

The invention consists of a computerised automated system of apparatuses capable of reducing the cost of rearing aquatic invertebrates and a corresponding process for growing cultures of organisms in an aquatic environment.

• Temperature profiling device and related monitoring system (Acronyms SOPHIA)

The invention consists of a small device with autonomous operation capable of remotely measuring the temperature profile of the hydrogeological mantle thickness in all those areas where there is a need for multi-sensor profile detection in ice, snow and/or water, at high frequency, in adverse geological situations and at different depths.

• Process for the production of pearl from edible bivalvia and gastropoda (Acronyms PERLS)

The invention consists of a grafting technique to induce pearl production in edible bivalves, with zero mortality rates of the animal and zero rejection rates of the grafted nucleus.

• Method and kit to predict cell death in response to biotic and/or abiotic stimuli (Acronyms CELL FATE)

The invention, based on the analysis of gene expression and the processing of the data obtained and their use in laboratory and clinical research, consists of an in vitro and ex vivo method that can monitor and predict cell response under many experimental conditions.

• Device for supporting, growing and replanting aquatic plants from seeds (Acronyms PLANTSEEDS)

The invention consists of a technique for the reforestation of seagrass meadows, specifically seagrass beds of Posidonia oceanica, compromised by anthropogenic impacts.

• Ovothiols for the treatment of chronic low-grade systemic inflammation (CLGSI) and related diseases (Acronyms CLGSI)

The invention concerns the use of Ovothiols which have a protective effect on endothelial cultures obtained from umbilical cords of women suffering from gestational diabetes.

• 5-thiohistidine compounds and methylated derivatives (ovothiols) as inhibitors of gamma-glutamyl-transpeptidase (GGT) activity (Acronyms GGT)

The invention concerns the use of natural molecules of marine origin as inhibitors of the activity of the enzyme GGT, the cause of the kidney, liver and lung diseases.

• Diatom-based genetic engineering system methodology for the eco-sustainable production of ovothiols (Acronyms GEO)

The invention consists of an environmentally sustainable protocol that uses the genetic engineering of the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum to stimulate the production of methylated 5-thiohistidines - and in particular Ovothiol B, one of the most powerful natural antioxidants. The use of P. tricornutum cultures accomplishes high productivity and allows easy scale-up of upstream and downstream processes.