A New Tool for Faster Construction of Marine Biotechnology Collaborative Networks

Frontiers in Marine Science

Marlen I. Vasquez¹  Irem Deniz²  Zrinka Ljubešić³  Giovanna Cristina Varese⁴  Johan Robbens⁵  Olivier P. Thomas⁶  Ana Rotter⁷  Ernesta Grigalionyte-Bembič⁷  Katja Klun⁷  Jan-Niklas Macher⁸  Christine Edwards⁹  Susana P. Gaudêncio^1,10 

[1] 0Department of Chemical Engineering, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus;Department of Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering, Manisa Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey;Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia;Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology – Mycotheca Universitatis Taurinensis, University of Turin, Turin, Italy;Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Ostend, Belgium;Marine Biodiscovery, School of Chemistry and Ryan Institute, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland;Marine Biology Station Piran, National Institute of Biology, Piran, Slovenia;Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, Netherlands;School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, United Kingdom;UCIBIO, Chemistry Department, Blue Biotechnology and Biomedicine Lab, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal;

关键词: marine biotechnology;    collaboration;    expertise;    inquiry;    tools and infrastructures;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fmars.2021.685164

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The increasing and rapid development in technologies, infrastructures, computational power, data availability and information flow has enabled rapid scientific advances. These entail transdisciplinary collaborations that maximize sharing of data and knowledge and, consequently, results, and possible technology transfer. However, in emerging scientific fields it is sometimes difficult to provide all necessary expertise within existing collaborative circles. This is especially true for marine biotechnology that directly addresses global societal challenges. This article describes the creation of a platform dedicated to facilitating the formation of short or mid-term collaborative networks in marine biotechnology. This online platform (https://www.ocean4biotech.eu/map/) enables experts (researchers and members of the marine biotechnology community in general) to have the possibility to showcase their expertise with the aim of being integrated into new collaborations/consortia on the one hand, or to use it as a search tool to complement the expertise in planned/running collaborations, on the other. The platform was created within the Ocean4Biotech (European transdisciplinary networking platform for marine biotechnology) Action, funded under the framework of the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST). To build the platform, an inquiry was developed to identify experts in marine biotechnology and its adjunct fields, to define their expertise, to highlight their infrastructures and facilities and to pinpoint the main bottlenecks in this field. The inquiry was open to all experts in the broad field of marine biotechnology, including non-members of the consortium. The inquiry (https://ee.kobotoolbox.org/single/UKVsBNtD) remains open for insertion of additional expertise and the resulting interactive map can be used as a display and search tool for establishing new collaborations.

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