The mission of the Marine Biotechnology Department is to conduct and promote scientific research regarding the possible applications of marine natural products in the biomedical and environmental sectors

The mission of the Marine Biotechnology Department is to conduct and promote scientific research regarding the possible applications of marine natural products in the biomedical and environmental sectors.
We mainly focus on microalgal products and on the optimization of the production of bioactive compounds by changing growth parameters such as the quality of light and concentration of nutrients. We are interested in the characterization of the biological activity of extracts, fractions and pure compounds isolated from microalgae and other marine organisms, through advanced screening platforms that allow the prediction of the type of pharmacological, nutraceutical, and cosmeceutical activity of compounds.

We also focus on the isolation and characterization of marine microorganisms, including bacteria and fungi, which are able to resist and degrade pollutants such as heavy metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Bioremediation and bioaugmentation studies are aimed at validating new technologies for the recovery of marine polluted coastal areas. New and innovative approaches are being developed for the restoration of such sites using seagrasses and corals.

Our shared expertise covers such fields as ecology, chemical ecology, physiology, genomics and transcriptomics, chemistry and biochemistry, and cell biology that drive technology and knowledge transfer for industrial applications of marine natural products.

Available platforms include:
• BlueBiomass Platform for the isolation and maintenance and mass cultivation of microalgae and other marine organisms for potential biotechnological applications.
• BlueBioChem Platform for the extraction and fractionation of bioactive marine organisms
• BlueOmics Platform for genome mining of new enzymes and biosynthetic pathways
• BlueCell Platform to test the biological activity of extracts, fractions and pure compounds on marine model species and human cell lines.
• BlueMicrobe Platform for testing antibacterial activity of marine organisms.
• BlueEnvironment Platform for the bioremediation and restoration of polluted marine sites

SECRETED - Sustainable Exploitation of bio-based Compounds Revealed and Engineered from naTural sources

SEDREMED - Bioremediation of contaminated sediments in coastal areas of ex-industrial sites 2021-2024

ISIDORE - Integrated Services For Infectious Diseases Outbreak Research

HOTBIO - A holistic approach to training a new generation of scientists in marine biodiscovery

BlueRemediomics - ARNESSING THE MARINE MICROBIOME FOR NOVEL SUSTAINABLE BIOGENICS AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES

Project @ CNR “SCANFISH” SEA COSMETICS AND NUTRACEUTICS: FROM FISHERY AND AQUACULTURE BYPRODUCTS

PON project “ALIFUN” Development of functional foods for the innovation of traditional Italian food products

PRoDiA: Droplet digital PCR to assess the occurrence and infer the ROle of prostaglandin in natural DIatom Assemblage in the Ionian coastal waters

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The Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn of Napoli, founded in 1872, is a public Research institution entirely dedicate to scientific research. Here more than 20 Nobel Laureates have worked and made scientific progresses that contributed to the wellbeing of humanity.
In our Research Institution, marine animals and their habitat are studied and protected. The monitoring of the Mediterranean coasts and seabed is carried out with the most updated technical scientific equipment and the researches cover some of the most advanced sectors of biology.

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The European Marine Biological Resource Centre 

In short: the European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC) is a Distributed Research Infrastructure providing services to support research on marine biological resources. Its end users are researchers and technological engineers from academia, universities, and from the private sector.

The European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC) is a distributed Research Infrastructure (RI) composed of marine biological stations and institutes across the European Research Area (ERA). Teams of scientists in EMBRC engage in interdisciplinary research and technological development in marine biology and ecology. The RI is equipped with state-of-the-art research platforms and instruments organized into scientific services. External users from academia and industry can access this stimulating scientific ecosystem to pursue fundamental and applied research on marine bioresources. In particular, EMBRC aims to drive forward the development of blue biotechnologies.

The distributed nature of EMBRC enables it to provide access to the entire marine biodiversity along the European coast, far beyond what each station in isolation can offer. Each of the stations specializes in particular sets of model species, permitting EMBRC as a whole to offer a broad array of models for innovative scientific and technological applications. EMBRC gives its users unprecedented access not only to its interconnected research infrastructure but also to its background knowledge and expertise, thereby greatly facilitating the research endeavors of its external users. The integration of resources and knowledge on such a large scale over the decades to come will enhance the efficiency of training, knowledge transfer, international collaboration and EU global positioning in marine biological sciences. It will foster the development of key enabling technologies, in particular blue biotechnologies. Developments in these fields will, in their turn, stimulate blue growth, economic development and human wellbeing across the ERA. In conclusion, the RI will have an enormous potential in fostering research, education and innovation in marine biology. It will contribute to creation of excellence needed to achieve the goals established in the "Europe 2020 Strategy" and the "2010 ESFRI Roadmap".

EMBRC constitutes one of thirteen Research Infrastructures (RI) on the Biological and Medical Sciences (BMS) group and it forms a bridge towards the Environmental Sciences RIs.

EMBRC obtained three years funding from the European Commission to prepare itself. At the close of this preparatory phase, January 2014, an EMBRC Business Plan and a ready-to-sign Memorandum of Understanding was delivered, inviting countries to express their willingness to set up the EMBRC as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC). The signatories, France, Norway, the UK, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece and Israel, established an EMBRC Implementation Board with the overarching tasks to set up EMBRC and apply for the ERIC status. The Board appointed a General Director, which has commenced her work for EMBRC. France was selected by the partners to host the statutory seat and therefore, the EMBRC core office is located at the UPMC in Paris. Each of the signatory countries has established a national node staffed by a node director and a liaison officer to guarantee optimal collaboration with the core office.

Central Core Office: UPMC, Paris, France
Executive Director: Nicolas Pade
Web: www.EMBRC.eu
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The Italian Node of the European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC-IT) was constituted on 05/10/2021 as a JRU (Joint Research Unit), including a total of 16 partners (SZN, CONISMA, CNR, OGS, CTN-BIG, IZSPLV, ENEA, ISPRA, UNITUS, UNICA, UNIFE, UNIME UNIMIB UNINA UNITO, UNIVPM) with SZN as its coordinator and representative institute in EMBRC-ERIC.

The Italian JRU was established according to the principles of complementarity and synergy of the partners regarding the development of new collaborative research projects and research services and in order to strengthen scientific research and foster human and infrastructure resources exchange in the field of blue growth.

The JRU agreement has set itself the following objectives:

Strategic Agenda

• Valorisation of the resources and skills of each of the Parties through their coordinated organization and best practices sharing;
• Coordination of national activities within EMBRC–ERIC and provide support to the MUR and other Ministries in organizing the Italian membership in EMBRC–ERIC and in defining strategic research agendas and roadmaps related to sustainable blue growth;
• Strengthening of Italian scientific research in the field of marine biology and promote training, scientific dissemination and communication in this area;
• Promotion of technology transfer and new relationships with national companies;
• Design and organization of pilot actions and projects, demonstrating the peculiarity and value of the Italian contribution to EMBRC–ERIC;
• Conduction of joint activities aimed at consolidating, strengthening and expanding the EMBRC-ERIC Research Infrastructure and its impact in terms of science and innovation, with particular attention to the spill overs at the national level, also by participating jointly or individually in funding programs of the Research.

Public-public and public-private collaborations

• Coordination of an up-to-date National Index of scientific services for the «blue» community
• National services catalogue opened to EU Projects and Transnational Accesses
• Single access point: marketing at national and EU level
• Support to efficient and coordinated technology transfer
• Shared management of orders via the Node capacity
• Improved opportunity for scientific interactions, co-authorship and for interdisciplinary collaborations
• Favourable access conditions for associate partner

Improved fundraising capacity

• HE: Participation in EU projects as individual members of EMBRC-IT that can involve the other members of the JRU and EMBRC-IT itself as Affiliated Entity
• PNRR (NextGenerationEU): Strengthening and improvement of operative units (OU) of EMBRC-IT partners
• H2020: Access to EU-IR grants
• PON 2007-2013: Action on «Potenziamento strutturale»
• POR 2014-20: Action on «access to H2020 EU projects»

EMBRC-IT Partners

• Stazione Zoologica di Napoli Anton Dohrn (SZN) – Italian Node Coordinator
• Cluster Tecnologico Nazionale “Blue Italian Growth”(CTN-BIG)
• Consorzio Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare (CoNISMa)
• Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e Geofisica Sperimentale (OGS)
• Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale di Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d’Aosta (IZSPLV)
• Università di Cagliari (UNICA)
• Università di Ferrara (UNIFE)
• Università di Messina (UNIME)
• Università di Milano-Bicocca (UNIMIB)
• Università di Napoli Federico II (UNINA)
• Università di Torino (UNITO)
• Università della Tuscia (UNITUS)
• Università Politecnica delle Marche (UNIVPM)
• Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (ISPRA)
• Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)
• Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l’energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (ENEA)

Summary

EMBRC-IT will offer opportunities for the Italian marine research and technological development community at large because:
• The JRU supports and reinforces the cohesion of the Italian Marine Research Community,
• It fosters a higher visibility of this community at the National (MIUR) and International (EU) level,
• It links marine biological resources to innovation, supporting cooperation with universities, research organizations and industries
• It creates critical mass, capable to interact with, and advise, policy makers

The result of its common effort will be more than the sum of the capacity of each.

Contact information

Node Director: Donatella de Pascale
Liaison Officer: Pasquale De Luca
JRU Manager: Giorgio Maria Vingiani

Director

Fiorito Graziano

Research Director

Maria I. Arnone
Teresa Romeo

Senior Researcher

D'Aniello Salvatore
Ristoratore Filomena
Sordino Paolo
Spagnuolo Antonietta

Researcher

Amodio Piero
Annunziata Rossella
Arrigoni Roberto
Buono Lorena
D'Aniello Enrico
Ferraro Francesco
Gallo Alessandra
Leone Serena
Liberti Assunta
Locascio Annamaria
Locatello Lisa
Mirra Serena
Modica Maria Vittoria
Ponte Giovanna
Sirakov Maria
Stefanni Sergio
Terzibasi Tozzini Eva

Technologist

Benvenuto Giovanna
Chun Jong Tai
Marino Rita

Technician

Ferrandino Gabriele, Supporto Amministrativo
Amoroso Alessandro
Francone Maria
Imperadore Pamela
Sommella Andrea

Research Fellowships

Chiavacci Elena
Jimenez-Guri Eva
Liberti Assunta
Paganos Periklis

Scholarships and research fellowships

Cocurullo Maria
Eliso Maria Concetta
Pollastro Carla
Rosapane Marco
Sepe Rosa Maria
Spasiano Erica

PhD Students

Alessandro Tanya
Astoricchio Emanuele
De Vivo Giacinto
Esposito Maria Consiglia
Ferrari Emma
La Vecchia Claudia
Angela Mazzeo
Elisa Nocella
Olivo Paola
Pizzulli Federica
Ritschard Elena
Salatiello Federica
Tibone Maddalena
Verni Sara
Zuccarotto Annalisa

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Director

Massimo Cavaliere ad interim

Research Director

Santella Luigia

Researcher

Tangherlini Michael

Senior Technologist

Marco Borra
Canese Simonepietro
Conversano Fabio
De Luca Pasquale
Sarno Diana

Technologist

Berti Claudio
Cianelli Daniela
D'Ambrosio Paolo
Di Capua Iole
Margiotta Francesca
Passarelli Augusto
Saggiomo Maria
Terlizzi Francesco

Technician

Ambrosino Luca
Campili Fabrizio
Cannavacciuolo Marco
Corato Federico
Corato Giuseppe
Errico Davide
Fasciglione Paolo
Franzitta Giulio
Gallia Roberto
Gragnaniello Giovanni
Graziano Rita
Gugliemo Rosanna
Iacono Bruno
Iamunno Franco
Iorio Claudio
Lanzotti Giampiero
Miralto Marco
Pagliarani Alberto
Pannone Raimondo
Pansera Marco
Percopo Isabella
Rando Vincenzo
Russo Monia Teresa
Sanfilippo Marilena
Scalco Eleonora

Technical operator

Mauriello Elvira

Research Fellowship

Blanckaert Alice
Bosso Luciano
Escalera Laura
Kokoszka Florian Volmer Martin
Limatola Nunzia
Marotta Pina
Saviano Simona

Scholarship

Annona Giovanni
Austoni Martina
Bazzani Emma
Buondonno Angela
Carrabino Leandro
Cipolletta Francesco
Ferri Sara
Fioretti Sara
Firmamento Roberto
Furia Marta
Giova Antonio
Marino Gabriele
Pantano Valentina
Paini Germano
Passaniti Giulia
Picciolo Andrea
Riccio Francesco
Severini Maila
Stenico Francesco

PhD Students

Apurva Mule
Palomba Emanuela

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Director

Antonio Terlizzi

Administration

Raffaele Sepe

Research Director

Ciannelli Lorenzo
Colloca Francesco
Silvestro Greco (Direttore sedi Roma e Calabria)
Paolo Guidetti
Wiebe H.C.F. Kooistra
Gabriele Procaccini
Trevor J. Willis (Coordinatore sede Fano)

Senior Researcher

Buia Maria Cristina
Casotti Raffaella
Di Franco Antonio
Ferrante Maria Immacolata
Giakoumi Sylvaine
Iudicone Daniele
Licandro Priscilla
Rossi Francesca
Teixido Ullod Nuria

Researcher

Alagna Adriana
Battaglia Pietro
Berlino Manuel
Bottaro Massimiliano
Cardini Ulisse
Cardone Frine
Carotenuto Ylenia
Cattano Carlo
Consoli Pierpaolo
Costa Valentina
Crocetta Fabio
D'Alelio Domenico
D'Ambra Isabella
Dattolo Emanuela
Di Lorenzo Manfredi
Farina Simone
Mangano Maria Cristina
Mazzella Valerio
Milisenda Giacomo
Mutalipassi Mirko
Noè Simona
Nunez Pons Laura
Olivé Samarra Irene
Pazzaglia Jessica
Pennesi Chiara
Pepi Milva
Pica Daniela
Ragazzola Federica
Riginella Emilio
Roncalli Vittoria
Salvati Eva
Santoro Mario
Scianna Claudia
Sinopoli Mauro
Tamburello Laura
Uttieri Marco
Vega Fernandez Tomas

Technologist

Aglieri Giorgio
Balestrieri Rosario
Bava Simone
Lorenti Maurizio

Chiara Giommi

Technician

Borgonuovo Camilla
Cannavacciuolo Antonio
Chiarore Antonia
Giommi Chiara
Malara Danilo
Manfrè Vincenzo
Manfredonia Alessandro
Minucci Carmen
Mirasole Alice
Tramontano Ferdinando
Trano Anna Chiara
Zenone Arturo

Administrative Collaborator

De Domenico Francesca
De Maio Maria

Research Fellowships

Bellodi Andrea
Blanckaert Alice
Blondine Agus
Calogero Rosario
Campese Lucia
Elena Desiderà
Di Blasi Davide (Genoa Marine Centre)
Garozzo Vincenzo
Hogg Katie Elisabeth
Longo Francesco
Mattioli Diego
Molino Chiara
Moro Stefano
Motta Gregorio
Palazzo Luca
Pedà Cristina
Rescio Federica
Sciutteri Valentina
Seyed Ehsan Versal
Trabut Eloise Claudia

Traboni Claudia
Zampardi Serena

Scholarship

Abbate Cristina
Aiello Rita Valeria
Amico Maria Rita
Arcioni Martina
Asciutto Emanuele
Bizzarri Stefano
Botte Vincenzo
Bouya M'Bengue
Calogero Rosario
Campanini Claudia
Carelli Martina
Ciani Riccardo
Di Lauro Ilaria
Firmamento Roberto
Gargano Noemi
Garozzo Vincenzo
Greca Teresa
Ippoliti Lorenzo
Lopresti Elena
Madia Manfredi
Mazza Alice
Marino Gabriele
Picciolo Andrea
Piscopo Raffaele
Russi Martina
Tarantino Giulio
Tramontin Eugenia
Trova Floriana Gianna
Vannini Jessica
Verdejo Alejandro Lopez

PhD Student

Aco Alburqueque Renato
Arpaia Martina
Ascione Daniela
Bellardini Daniele
Berlinghof Johanna
Broccoli Andrea
Cangemi Giuseppe
Eric Diaz Delgado
Grasso Gaia
Chiara Gregorin
Haverbeck Melendez Daniela
Federica Laface
Liguori Gianluca
Minoia Lorenzo
Mussi Alessandra
Nannini Matteo
Eleonora Negro
Pagano Luca
Palummo Valeria
Emanuele Pigani
Isabella Provera
Salvatori Anna
Faustino Scarcelli
Scozzafava Serena
Stipa Maria Giulia
Valentina Tanduo
Verkovitch Denisse
Virgili Riccardo

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• AmphioxusNOS - Marie Curie Career Integration Grant (FP7-PEOPLE-2011-CIG)
• Assemble+ - Consortium of marine biological research stations
• Corbel - Coordinated Research Infrastructures Building Enduring Life-science Services
• DiaEdit - Development of genetic tools for the establishment of routine genome editing in the marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum
• EMBRIC - European Marine Biological Research Infrastructure Cluster to promote the Blue Bioeconomy
• ESSEM COST Action ES0906 - Seagrass productivity: from genes to ecosystem management
• EvoCell - Animal evolution from a cell type perspective: multidisciplinary training in single-cell genomics, evo-devo and in science outreach
• FishMPABlue2 PLUS - Transferring FishMPABlue2 approach to sustainably manage Small Scale Fisheries in Mediterranean MPAs
• GRASSMET - Climate change effects on seagrass secondary metabolism: ecological implications
• GreenList4MMPAs - project funded by the Interreg Euro-MED programme, which aims to promote effective and equitable management of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in the Mediterranean Region
• HighGrass - High-CO₂ effects on seagrass photosynthetic ecophysiology
• INBALANCE - INvertebrate-BActeriaL Associations as hotspots of benthic Nitrogen Cycling in Estuarine ecosystems
• LIFE DREAM - Deep REef restoration And litter removal in the Mediterranean sea
• LIFE European Sharks - European Sharks – a project co-funded by the European Union to safeguard Mediterranean sharks and rays (www.europeansharks.eu) 
• MPA Engage - Engaging Mediterranean key actors in Ecosystem Approach to manage Marine Protected Areas to face Climate Change
• NEPTUNE - Multidisciplinarity training in evo-devo and neurobiology of marine animal models
• Ocean Medicines
• PANTRAC - Gut patterning and PANcreas development in evolution and disease: a TRAnsCriptomic approach
• PALEOPARK – Seagrass palaeo-records as a tool for the evaluation, diagnosis and prognosis of the evolution of species, communities, and processes in Spanish insular National Parks
• Progetto S&T MED
• PharmaDeep
• PharmaSea
• RESIGRASS - An holistic understanding of seagrass functioning and resilience to local-scale disturbances: from molecular to biogeographical scales