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Marine phytoplankton as biogeochemical drivers: Scaling from membranes and single cells to populations (SEACELLS)

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2020,

SEACELLS addresses fundamental questions in phytoplankton biology from cellular to population scales. Our recent studies of phytoplankton, primitive photosynthetic marine protists that play important roles in ocean biogeochemical cycles, are providing exciting new information on the roles and evolution of membrane transport, cell signalling and metabolic regulation. The research builds on a numbe ...
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European Marine Biological Research Infrastructure Cluster to promote the Blue Bioeconomy (EMBRIC)

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2019,

Marine (blue) biotechnology is the key to unlocking the huge economic potential of the unique biodiversity of marine organisms. This potential remains largely underexploited due to lack of connectivity between research services, practical and cultural difficulties in connecting science with industry, and high fragmentation of regional research, development and innovation (RDI) policies. To overcom ...
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Environmental Research Infrastructures Providing Shared Solutions for Science and Society (ENVRI PLUS)

Start date: May 1, 2015, End date: Apr 30, 2019,

ENVRIPLUS is a cluster of research infrastructures (RIs) for Environmental and Earth System sciences, built around ESFRI roadmap and associating leading e-infrastructures and Integrating Activities together with technical specialist partners. ENVRIPLUS is driven by 3 overarching goals: 1) favoring cross-fertilization between infrastructures, 2) implementing innovative concepts and devices across R ...
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Sea Change (SeaChange)

Start date: Mar 1, 2015, End date: Feb 28, 2018,

...r attitudes, perceptions and values to help design and implement successful mobilisation activities focused on education, community, governance actors and directly targeted at citizens. marine education• Build upon significant work to date, adopting best practice and embedding Ocean Literacy across established strategic initiatives and networks in order to help maximise impact and ensure sustainab ...
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THE MICRO ALGAE BIOREFINERY (D-FACTORY)

Start date: Dec 1, 2013, End date: Nov 30, 2017,

...ctive compounds, emulsifiers and polymers. Combining this force with world-renowned expertise in the biochemistry of Dunaliella (Ben-Amotz) we will tailor the productivities of strains sourced by the Marine Biological Association for biorefinery requirements and add to the mix, experience in constructing and using the two most advanced systems for cultivating microalgae: a series of photobioreacto ...
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Microbial Community-based sequencing analysis linked to anthropogenic pressures: MicroCoKit to address the water quality (MICROCOKIT)

Start date: Jun 1, 2013, End date: May 31, 2017,

Microbial communities are microorganisms (viruses, bacteria, fungi, algae) at the base of the food web pyramid, representing about 50 % of the total biomass on Earth. They are responsible for thebiogeochemical cycles that shape the environment of earth and of its aquatic systems, influencing the health of each trophic and ultimately human health, too.In Europe, the good quality of surface waters i ...
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Integrated Biotechnological Solutions for Combating Marine Oil Spills (Kill●Spill)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

Kill●Spill delivers innovative (bio)technologies, which can be integrated to the real sequences of state-of-the-art actions used currently to cleanup oil spills. The catalogue of Kill●Spill products & technologies is based on a review of technology & knowledge gaps in approaches of oil spill disasters and brings appropriate tools for 1st response, follow-up, and longer-term actions, specifically t ...
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European Marine Biology Resource Centre preparatory phase 2 (pp2EMBRC)

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

EMBRC is a distributed infrastructure of marine biology and ecology, encompassing aquaculture and biotechnology, exploiting the latest “omics”, analytical and imaging technologies, and providing on site and remote scientific and technical services to the scientific community of the public and private sector. EMBRC successfully completed a preparatory phase in early in 2014 with the production of a ...
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Marine Microbial Biodiversity, Bioinformatics and Biotechnology (MICRO B3)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

Micro B3 will develop innovative bioinformatic approaches and a legal framework to make large-scale data on marine viral, bacteria; archaeal and protists genomes and metagenomes accessible for marine ecosystems biology and to define new targets for biotechnological applications. Micro B3 will build upon a highly interdisciplinary consortium of 32 academic and industrial partners comprising world-l ...
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ChanneLIS

Start date: Sep 30, 2011, End date: Jun 29, 2015,

The objective of ChanneLIS is to create a bibliographic database that brings together scientific information on research in the Channel area to meet the needs of stakeholders in the maritime and marine
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Valmer

Start date: Mar 31, 2011, End date: Jun 29, 2015,

VALMER aims at developing methodologies that will be used to quantify the economical, social and environmental values of services provided by marine and coastal ecosystems in the Western Channel.
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mouvoir une gouvernance efficace de la Manche (Pegaseas)

Start date: Mar 31, 2013, End date: Feb 27, 2015,

the PEGASEAS cluster aims at supporting improved governance of the Channel marine ecosystem by capitalising on the results of the projects financed by the Interreg IV A France(Channel)-England Programme on this topic.
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Channel Catchments Cluster (3C)

Start date: Apr 22, 2013, End date: Jan 29, 2015,

The aim of the 3C “Channel Catchments Cluster” is to gather, share and disseminate best practices and tools developed in the context of various Interreg IV A France (Channel) - England projects to make scientific recommendations for better water quality.
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The influence of multiple global change stressors on marine communities: a novel field approach (CC and Marine Life)

Start date: Aug 1, 2012, End date: Nov 30, 2014,

Marine habitats are socially and economically important to millions of people around the world, but accelerated global climate change poses a significant threat to aquatic organisms and communities. Accurate predictions of the effects seawater warming and other stressors on marine resources are needed to successfully manage our seas and plan for future change. Of all the facets of global change, i ...
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EMBRC preparatory phase (EMBRC)

Start date: Feb 1, 2011, End date: Jan 31, 2014,

The Preparatory Phase for a pan-European MARINE BIOLOGICAL RESOURCE CENTRE(EMBRC) research Infrastructure. This application focuses on the technical, legal, governance, and financial issues to prepare a memorandum of understanding to begin to construct EMBRC. It will build on existing Marine Biological Institutes and Research Centres which will be complemented with innovative components and pro ...
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Our shared sea: mechanisms of ecosystem change in the western Channel (MARINEXUS)

Start date: Aug 31, 2008, End date: Dec 30, 2013,

Objectif général :Le projet MARINEXUS a pour but de réduire limpact des activités humaines sur les écosystèmes marins et de favoriser le développement durable de la Manche. En effet, la Manche fait face à de nombreuses problématiques environnementales liées au développement de diverses activités en zone marine. Pour cela, les partenaires souhaitent contribuer à la mise en place dune politique envi ...
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Integration of European marine research networks of excellence - Euromarine (EuroMarine)

Start date: Feb 1, 2011, End date: Jul 31, 2013,

EuroMarine is a coordination action that seeks to develop and implement an agreed framework for the long-lasting and durable co-operation between research institutions that were partners in FP6 marine Networks of Excellence in order to achieve further integration of marine research in Europe. Particular areas for cooperation will be: research programming, joint development and use of data bases, t ...
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Determination of pertinent Indicators for Environmental monitoring: a Strategy for Europe (DIESE)

Start date: Jan 31, 2008, End date: Jul 30, 2013,

...in objective :The DIESE project aims to assess the threat of endocrine disruption (ED), immunotoxicity and carcinogenicity in freshwater and marine ecosystems of the eligible regions in order to ensure a sustainable development of aquaculture and better water quality. The project aims at generating common tools and data bases on the effects of EDC, immune system modulation and carcinogens (modifi ...
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Cephalopod Recruitment from English Channel Spawning Habitats (CRESH)

Start date: Dec 31, 2008, End date: Sep 29, 2012,

... revenu des pêcheurs de ces deux pays. Le projet porte sur l’étude des céphalopodes, des différents stades de développement, des zones de pontes et du renouvellement de ces ressources marines. Le projet propose de combiner différentes statistiques pour mettre à jour les estimations de stock et celles du recrutement (degré de repeuplement par des juvéniles/œufs). A partir des données recueillies, l ...
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Engineered Nanoparticle Impact on Aquatic Environments: Structure, Activity and Toxicology (ENNSATOX)

Start date: Jul 1, 2009, End date: Jun 30, 2012,

The use of engineered nanoparticles in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, sensors and many other commercial applications has been growing exponentially over the past decade. EU and Member State’s research into the environmental impact of these materials, particularly in aquatic systems, is at an early stage. ENNSATOX addresses this deficit through a, comprehensive investigation relating the structure and ...
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CHannel integrated Approach for marine Resource Management – Phase 3 (CHARM 3)

Start date: Dec 31, 2007, End date: Jun 29, 2012,

Objectif général :Le projet CHARM 3 a pour but de contribuer à la préservation des ressources marines en Manche en approfondissant les connaissances sur les ressources marines de la zone et en fournissant des outils pour améliorer la gestion durable de l’espace Manche.En effet, l'éco-région Manche, une des zones où le trafic maritime est le plus intense du monde et constitue une voie de passage ob ...
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MICROARRAYS FOR THE DETECTION OF TOXIC ALGAE (MIDTAL)

Start date: Sep 1, 2008, End date: May 31, 2012,

Microalgae in marine and brackish waters of Europe regularly cause «harmful effects», considered from the human perspective, in that they threaten public health and cause economic damage to fisheries and tourism. Cyanobacteria cause similar problems in freshwaters. These episodes encompass a broad range of phenomena collectively referred to as «harmful algal blooms» (HABs). They include discolorat ...
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European Project on Ocean Acidification (EPOCA)

Start date: May 1, 2008, End date: Apr 30, 2012,

...including foraminifera and deep-seacorals, to determine past variability in ocean chemistry and to tie these to present-day chemical andbiological observations.EPOCA will determine the sensitivity of marine organisms, communities and ecosystems to oceanacidification. Molecular to biochemical, physiological and ecological approaches will be combinedwith laboratory and field-based perturbation exper ...
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A Pan-European Species-directories Infrastructure (PESI)

Start date: May 1, 2008, End date: Apr 30, 2011,

PESI provides standardised and authoritative taxonomic information by integrating and securing Europe's taxonomically authoritative species name registers and nomenclators (name databases) that underpin the management of biodiversity in Europe.PESI defines and coordinates strategies to enhance the quality and reliability of European biodiversity information by integrating the infrastructural compo ...
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Sustainable Development of Cod Farming - NORTH COD (NORTH COD)

Start date: Dec 31, 2004, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

Historically, the most important fish species in the northern periphery has been cod. However, recent years have witnessed a decline in wild fish stocks. With the decline in wild fisheries for cod, aquaculture of this species has become commercially realistic and is now an emergent industry in northern periphery countries. Aquaculture of cod has a valuable potential role in the development and emp ...
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