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European Marine Biological Research Infrastructure Cluster to promote the Blue Bioeconomy (EMBRIC)

Description

EMBRIC was a four-year project funded by EU Horizon 2020, aimed at bringing Europe’s marine blue bioeconomy forward through the creation of a perennial cluster of research infrastructures (RIs) to foster innovation in marine biotechnologies.

Tangible results: The project set up a data management service – the EMBRIC Configurator – targeting those embarking on the design of new marine projects. Following the completion of an online form, as well as  several rounds of structured discussion and review involving input from informatics and scientific experts, users are provided with a project-specific ‘configuration’, which includes a description of the elements of infrastructure (such as databases, standards, formats, curation groups, analysis methods and cloud compute capacity), advice on accessing and setting these elements up for the project and data management guidelines. The project also developed ‘Discovery Pipelines for Marion Bio-Products’, a tool to help industry and Academia scientists requiring assistance regarding experimental workflows or a specific experimental step.

Application/relevance: Through the Configurator and the Discovery Pipelines, the project offers free consultancy service to assist marine scientists with their needs around blue biotechnology and biomolecular work. The Configurator is no longer available, but would-be users are encouraged to complete the online form to be routed to the most appropriate resources for their studies.

Details

Original Author(s)
Lead Partner: Sorbonne Universite
Project Partner(s): Centro de Ciencias do Mar do Algarve
Project Partner(s): United Kingdom Research and Innovation
Project Partner(s): The Scottish Association for Marinescience LBG
Project Partner(s): CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE
Project Partner(s): Tel Aviv University
Project Partner(s): Scalpro AS
Project Partner(s): Hellenic Centre for Marine Research
Project Partner(s): Universidad de Vigo
Project Partner(s): Universite Cote D'azur
Project Partner(s): Cab International
Project Partner(s): Universiteit Gent
Project Partner(s): Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
Project Partner(s): Marine Scotland
Project Partner(s): STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN
Project Partner(s): MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
Projects Partner(s): Universitetet I Tromsoe, Norges Arktiske Universitet
Projects Partner(s): University Gustave Eiffel
Projects Partner(s): Institut Pasteur
Projects Partner(s): HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM FUR INFEKTIONSFORSCHUNG GMBH
Projects Partner(s): THE UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS
Projects Partner(s): XELECT LIMITED
Projects Partner(s): Tunatech GMBH
Projects Partner(s): EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY
Projects Partner(s): Forschungsverbund Berlin EV
Financing Programme(s): H2020-EU.1.4. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Research Infrastructures
Financing Programme(s): H2020-EU.1.4.1.1. - Developing new world-class research infrastructures
Topic(s)
Data and Monitoring, Knowledge and Innovation
Geographical Coverage
European
Date
June, 2015 - May, 2019
Source