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A collaborative European approach to accelerating translational marine science. / Brennecke, Philip; Ferrante, Maria; Johnston, Ian A.; Smith, David.
In: Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, Vol. 6, No. 3, 81, 05.07.2018.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - A collaborative European approach to accelerating translational marine science
AU - Brennecke, Philip
AU - Ferrante, Maria
AU - Johnston, Ian A.
AU - Smith, David
N1 - This research was funded by European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 654008.
PY - 2018/7/5
Y1 - 2018/7/5
N2 - Marine environments account for over 90% of the biosphere and hold tremendous potential for biotechnological applications and drug discovery. To fully exploit this potential and develop interesting discoveries into useful molecular tools and successful products, a multidisciplinary approach is indispensable. Here, we introduce the European Marine Biological Research Infrastructure Cluster (EMBRIC), a novel collaborative initiative that aims to facilitate translational marine science and remove existing bottlenecks that are currently impeding blue innovation. In the context of this initiative, pilot projects have been designed to test the functionality of the cluster focusing on two specific sectors of marine biotechnology: (i) the discovery and exploitation of marine natural products and (ii) the marker-assisted selection of desirable traits in aquaculture. EMBRIC brings together the expertise of six European Research Infrastructures on accessing the potential of marine organisms, specifically on the 99% of bacteria yet to be grown in culture, the microalgae, finfish, and shellfish. It improves the throughput and efficiency of workflows for discovery of novel marine products and facilitates projects that require an interdisciplinary approach. The objective is to develop coherent chains of high quality services for access to biological, analytical, and data resources by deploying common underpinning technologies and practices. The connection of academic science with industry is being strengthened by engaging companies, as well as geographically separated public and private-sector communities in the domain of marine biotechnology, and by federating technology transfer services amongst the players involved.
AB - Marine environments account for over 90% of the biosphere and hold tremendous potential for biotechnological applications and drug discovery. To fully exploit this potential and develop interesting discoveries into useful molecular tools and successful products, a multidisciplinary approach is indispensable. Here, we introduce the European Marine Biological Research Infrastructure Cluster (EMBRIC), a novel collaborative initiative that aims to facilitate translational marine science and remove existing bottlenecks that are currently impeding blue innovation. In the context of this initiative, pilot projects have been designed to test the functionality of the cluster focusing on two specific sectors of marine biotechnology: (i) the discovery and exploitation of marine natural products and (ii) the marker-assisted selection of desirable traits in aquaculture. EMBRIC brings together the expertise of six European Research Infrastructures on accessing the potential of marine organisms, specifically on the 99% of bacteria yet to be grown in culture, the microalgae, finfish, and shellfish. It improves the throughput and efficiency of workflows for discovery of novel marine products and facilitates projects that require an interdisciplinary approach. The objective is to develop coherent chains of high quality services for access to biological, analytical, and data resources by deploying common underpinning technologies and practices. The connection of academic science with industry is being strengthened by engaging companies, as well as geographically separated public and private-sector communities in the domain of marine biotechnology, and by federating technology transfer services amongst the players involved.
KW - Marine biotechnology
KW - Microorganisms
KW - Microalgae
KW - Finfish
KW - Research infrastructure
KW - Discovery pipeline
KW - Bioactive compounds
U2 - 10.3390/jmse6030081
DO - 10.3390/jmse6030081
M3 - Article
VL - 6
JO - Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
JF - Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
SN - 2077-1312
IS - 3
M1 - 81
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