A New Network for the Advancement of Marine Biotechnology in Europe and Beyond

Frontiers in Marine Science

Meltem Conk Dalay¹  Richard J. FitzGerald²  Lucie Novoveská⁴  Manolis Mandalakis⁵  Thanos Dailianis⁵  Michelle E. Portman⁶  Ivo Safarik⁷  Susana P. Gaudêncio⁸  Irem Deniz⁹  Siret Talve^1,10  Nadica Ivošević DeNardis^1,11  Krzysztof Pyrc^1,12  Danijela Joksimovic^1,14  Dragana Drakulovic^1,14  Donata Overlingė^1,15  Marija Kataržytė^1,15  Céline Rebours^1,16  Jonne Kotta^1,17  Deniz Tasdemir^1,18  Thorsten Reinsch^1,19  Arita Dubnika^2,20  Hjörleifur Einarsson^2,21  Fernando Reyes^2,22  Inga Matijošytė^2,23  Xenia Theodotou Schneider^2,24  Ayşegül Erdoğan^2,25  Hanna Mazur-Marzec^2,26  Anna Toruńska-Sitarz^2,26  Baruch Rinkevich^2,27  Olivier P. Thomas^2,28  Alexia Massa-Gallucci^2,29  Orhan Tufan Eroldoğan^3,30  Giovanna Cristina Varese^3,31  Johan Robbens^3,32  Vita Rudovica^3,33  Marlen I. Vasquez^3,34  David Ezra^3,35  Mohamed Mehiri^3,36  Jerica Sabotič^3,37  Søren Laurentius Nielsen^3,38  Stefano Fazi^3,39  Laura M. Gargan^4,40  Jens Carlsson^4,40  Atle M. Bones^4,41  M. Leonor Cancela^4,42  Ariola Bacu^4,43  Michèle Barbier^4,44  Francesco Bertoni^4,45  Maria F. Carvalho^4,46  Marta Cegłowska^4,47  Ana Rotter^4,48 

[1] 0Department of Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ege University, Ýzmir, Turkey;0Department of Biological Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland;0Department of Nanobiotechnology, Biology Centre, ISB, CAS, České Budějovice, Czechia;0Scottish Association for Marine Science, Scottish Marine Institute, Oban, United Kingdom;1Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Heraklion, Greece;1MarCoast Ecosystems Integration Lab, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel;1Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czechia;1UCIBIO-Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit, Department of Chemistry, Blue Biotechnology and Biomedicine Lab, Faculty for Sciences and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon, Caparica, Portugal;2Department of Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering, Manisa Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey;2Research and Development Department, Ministry of Rural Affairs, Tallinn, Estonia;2Ruđer Boškoviċ Institute, Zagreb, Croatia;2Virogenetics Laboratory of Virology, Malopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland;3GEOMAR Centre for Marine Biotechnology (GEOMAR-Biotech), Research Unit Marine Natural Products Chemistry, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel, Germany;3Institute of Marine Biology, University of Montenegro, Kotor, Montenegro;3Marine Research Institute, Klaipeda University, Klaipeda, Lithuania;3Møreforsking Ålesund AS, Ålesund, Norway;4Estonian Marine Institute, University of Tartu, Tallinn, Estonia;4Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany;4Institute of Crop Science and Plant Breeding, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany;4Rudolfs Cimdins Riga Biomaterials Innovations and Development Centre, Institute of General Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Materials Science and Applied Chemistry, Riga Technical University, Riga, Latvia;5Department of Natural Resource Sciences, University of Akureyri, Akureyri, Iceland;5Fundación MEDINA, Granada, Spain;5Institute of Biotechnology, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania;5XPRO Consulting Limited, Nicosia, Cyprus;6Application and Research Center for Testing and Analysis, Ege University, Ýzmir, Turkey;6Division of Marine Biotechnology, Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, University of Gdańsk, Gdynia, Poland;6Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, National Institute of Oceanography, Haifa, Israel;6Marine Biodiscovery, School of Chemistry and Ryan Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway, Galway, Ireland;7AquaBioTech Group, Mosta, Malta;7Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Fisheries, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey;7Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology – Mycotheca Universitatis Taurinensis, University of Turin, Turin, Italy;7Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Ostend, Belgium;8Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia;8Department of Chemical Engineering, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus;8Department of Plant Pathology and Weed Research, ARO The Volcani Center, Rishon LeZion, Israel;8Marine Natural Products Team, Institute of Chemistry of Nice, CNRS, UMR 7272, University Nice Côte d’Azur, Nice, France;9Department of Biotechnology, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia;9Department of Science and Environment, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark;9Water Research Institute, IRSA-CNR, Rome, Italy;Area 52 Research Group, School of Biology and Environmental Science/Earth Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland;Cell, Molecular Biology and Genomics Group, Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway;Department of Biomedical Sciences and Medicine, CCMAR, CBMR/ABC, University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal;Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Tirana, Tirana, Albania;Institute for Science and Ethics, Nice, France;Institute of Oncology Research, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, USI, and Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland (IOSI), Bellinzona, Switzerland;Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal;Marine Biochemistry Laboratory, Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sopot, Poland;Marine Biology Station Piran, National Institute of Biology, Piran, Slovenia;

关键词: marine biotechnology;    marine natural products;    blue growth;    marine biodiversity and chemodiversity;    responsible research and innovation;    stakeholder engagement;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fmars.2020.00278

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Marine organisms produce a vast diversity of metabolites with biological activities useful for humans, e.g., cytotoxic, antioxidant, anti-microbial, insecticidal, herbicidal, anticancer, pro-osteogenic and pro-regenerative, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, anti-coagulant, cholesterol-lowering, nutritional, photoprotective, horticultural or other beneficial properties. These metabolites could help satisfy the increasing demand for alternative sources of nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals, cosmeceuticals, food, feed, and novel bio-based products. In addition, marine biomass itself can serve as the source material for the production of various bulk commodities (e.g., biofuels, bioplastics, biomaterials). The sustainable exploitation of marine bio-resources and the development of biomolecules and polymers are also known as the growing field of marine biotechnology. Up to now, over 35,000 natural products have been characterized from marine organisms, but many more are yet to be uncovered, as the vast diversity of biota in the marine systems remains largely unexplored. Since marine biotechnology is still in its infancy, there is a need to create effective, operational, inclusive, sustainable, transnational and transdisciplinary networks with a serious and ambitious commitment for knowledge transfer, training provision, dissemination of best practices and identification of the emerging technological trends through science communication activities. A collaborative (net)work is today compelling to provide innovative solutions and products that can be commercialized to contribute to the circular bioeconomy. This perspective article highlights the importance of establishing such collaborative frameworks using the example of Ocean4Biotech, an Action within the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) that connects all and any stakeholders with an interest in marine biotechnology in Europe and beyond.

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