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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Updated on October 3^rd, 2024

• 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 TURTLENEST - Caretta caretta nesting range expansion under climate warming: urgent actions to mitigate threats at emerging nesting sites in the Western Mediterranean
• 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) 
• LIFE OASIS - Mitigating the negative interactions of protected species with marine litter and pelagic fisheries of the Mediterranean
  
• 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

• ABBaCo - Restauro Ambientale e Balneabilità del SIN Bagnoli-Coroglio
• CIR01_00029 - Research and marine infrastructure strengthening (EMBRC-IT) – Strengthening of the Human Capital
• CRIMAC-Centro Ricerche ed Infrastrutture Marine Avanzate in Calabria (CRIMAC) - Fondo FSC 2014-2020 - Piano Stralcio «Ricerca e Innovazione 2015-2017» – Programma Nazionale Infrastrutture di Ricerca (PNIR), linea d’azione 1. Cofinanziamento Infrastrutture di Ricerca (IR)»
• Empowering an integrated platform for the study of human diseases with great impact by means of system phenotyping of model animals: mouse and zebrafish clinic (MouZeCLINIC)
• EMSO MedIT - PON R&C 2007-2013 - PAC Potenziamento infrastrutture di ricerca pubblica - Linea di intervento B. Interventi per l’adeguamento e il consolidamento di infrastrutture per il monitoraggio ambientale
• IRMA: Implementazione e connessione Remota di una piattaforma per il monitoraggio in tempo reale di microorganismi Marini
• FIRB, MIUR-Cineca - Non-Coding RNA Explosion: Novel Implications in Neurotrophin Biology
• 13/RBC/20 MoSic - Monitoraggio Sic in Calabria
• PIR01_00018 Implementazione del laboratorio naturale ECCSEL di Panarea e dell’osservatorio marino
• PIR01_00029 - PON-PRIMA Research and marine infrastructure strengthening (EMBRC-IT)
• PON01_02093 Studio di nuove tecnologie e piattaforme tecnologiche per il miglioramento di processi produttivi di principi attivi farmaceutici di interesse industriale e ricerca di nuove molecole bioattive da sorgenti naturali - Capofila: Sanofi-Aventis S.p.A.
• PON01_02782 Nuove strategie nanotecnologiche per la messa a punto di farmaci e presidi diagnostici diretti verso cellule cancerose circolanti (CTC) - Capofila: Biogem S.c.a r.l.
• PON01_00117 Antigeni e Adiuvanti per Vaccini e Immunoterapia - Capofila: Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics srl
• Progetto Nazionale di Ricerca in Antartide (PNRA) - Funzionamento degli ecosistemi costieri in un Oceano Antartico in cambiamento (CEFA)
• Reconnect - Reconciling conservation and exploitation of a keystone species through networks of Marine Protected Areas - 2022Y3TMR7 - Finanziato dal programma PRIN del MUR
• PROSHARKS - Living on the extinction edge: bridging knowledge gaps to PROtect threatened coastal SHARKS in the central Mediterranean Sea, funded by the Ministry of University and Research (MUR) under the PRIN 2022 program, is dedicated to the conservation of demersal sharks in the Mediterranean.

Comune di Bacoli

Risanamento idraulico del bacino del Miseno e riapertura, sistemazione e protezione delle foci del lago Fusaro - Grande Progetto "Risanamento ambientale e valorizzazione dei laghi dei campi Flegrei".

Terna Rete Italia SpA

Monitoraggio ambientale relativo all’interconnessione delle isole campane alla rete di trasmissione nazionale tratta Torre annunziata - Capri.

Attuazione del piano di monitoraggio ambientale nell’area marina interessata dalla realizzazione dell’elettrodotto 15KV – Nuova Stazione Elettrica Capri-CP Torre Annunziata Centro

Responsabile Scientifico: Raffaella Casotti
Data Inizio: 06/10/2014
Data Fine: 06/10/2019

M/B Vettoria (1996) - Iveco Aifo Motors (280 Hp)

• GPS
• Radar
• Echo sounder
• VHF
• Multiparametric Probe SBE 911Plus
• Hydraulic portal for oceanographic instruments and sampling of planktonic and benthic communities
• Hydraulic winch with double drum
• Cable (1500 m) for multiparameter probes and samplers
• Automatic sampler Carousell SBE with 12 bottles of 10 liters
• Steel cord (600 m, 5 mm diameter)
• Wet laboratory for filtration and first processing of samples for chemical and biological analysis

M/B Phoenicia (1998) - VM Cento Motors (180 Hp)

• GPS
• Plotter
• Auto Pilot
• Radar
• Echo sounder
• VHF.
• EPIRB McMurdo
• Hydraulic winch with stainless steel cable (300 m, 6 mm diameter)
• Electric windlass for stern mooring
• Life raft
• Headband with block (Max 70 kg)
• A.R.A. Diving equipment
• ROV and driven camera
• Multiparameter probe
• VanVeen bucket (15 kg)

Tender Dohrn (2014) Outboard engine Selva - model Aruana (40HP)

• Boat in fiberglass used as a tender for the R/V Phoenicia at Ischia
• Name: Dohrn
• Length: 5,70 m
• Width: 1.90m
• Displacement: 1.04 t
• Passengers: 6 persons
• Max holding: 540 kg
• Name: Dohrn
• Max speed: 15Kns

M/N 11000 "Hippocampus" Yamaha Outboard Motor (150 Hp)

• Electric winch with steel cable (5 mm diameter)
• Inverter 1500W, 220V
• Generator 2000W, 220V
• Depth sounder
• Portable GPS
• Multiparameter probe SBE 19Plus V2

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