EMPHASIS (The European Infrastructure for Multi-scale Plant Phenomics and Simulation for food security in a changing climate) is a European research infrastructure aiming at promoting an integrated access to different research infrastructures in Europe by offering specific services to analyze and test the performance of plants in different climatic conditions (plant phenotyping). Plant phenotyping is considered an innovative tool for the new green revolution, since, based on the selection and cultivation of more productive plants with non-invasive methods, it optimizes natural resources, thus helping to face the grand global challenges concerning food and agriculture production.
EMPHASIS has the main objective to integrate the European plant phenotyping community, developing a European strategy for accessing facilities and e-infrastructures for data management as well as consolidating the network with different stakeholders and users. EMPHASIS activities and services address to the scientific-technological sector, private researchers, breeders, infrastructures.
EMPHASIS is based on 5 types of infrastructures: • Controlled conditions • Intensive camp • Lean field • Modeling • Computing data and services
Le attività e i servizi di EMPHASIS si rivolgono a scienziati, sviluppatori tecnologici, ricercatori del settore privato, breeders, operatori di infrastrutture.
EMPHASIS was included in the roadmap ESFRI in 2016 and completed the preparatory phase in June 2021. Negotiations are currently underway for the transition to the operational phase which will lead to the establishment of the EMPHASIS-ERIC consortium expected from 2022.
For further information: https://emphasis.plant-phenotyping.eu/
The Italian Plant Phenotyping Network - Phen-Italy is a Joint Research Unit (JRU) - coordinated by the Department of Biology, Agriculture and Food Sciences of the National Research Council (CNR) - to which thirteen partners among Universities, public research institutions and public-private consortia currently adhere. Phen-Italy represents the Italian node of EMPHASIS and works to put in synergistic relationship the groups that are interested in the high productivity phenotyping of plants, with particular attention to those of agricultural and food interest.
Phen-Italy provides the only high-throughput plant phenotyping facility available to the scientific community in Italy and Southern Europe and also the only air fleet dedicated to the remote sensing of agroecosystems (also based in Southern Italy).
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These are techniques that have the advantage of being non-destructive and therefore able to describe plants not only in the three spatial dimensions but also in the fourth time dimension. These data integrated with omics (from genomics to metabolomics), which are often destructive as based on the chemical analysis of plants itself. The JRU’s goal is to collect and systematize multidisciplinary and complementary skills ranging from imaging to plant physiology, from electronic sensors to agricultural biology, from remote sensing to precision and personalized agriculture.
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Industrial Biotechnology Innovation and Synthetic Biology Accelerator,
IBISBA simplifies access to integrated multidisciplinary services to accelerate the development of bioprocesses and technologies with low environmental impact aimed at a wide variety of sectors of the circular economy, such as energy (e.g. liquid biofuels), chemicals (e.g. organic acids), materials (e.g. bioplastics) and ingredients for the food, feed, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals industries (e.g. enzymes, antioxidants and antibiotics).
IBISBA offers over 30 R& D&I services from 19 research institutes distributed in 8 member countries and one associated country.
IBISBA's mission is to provide a world infrastructure that fosters cutting-edge research and supports the development of a circular economy through biotechnology. To this aim, IBISBA has developed a network of highly specialized universities and research centers, which allows to manage and link services provided by different facilities, thus supporting the entire life-cycle of research and development project.
IBISBA was included in the ESFRI roadmap in 2018, a consortium of 15 partners and 3 linked third parties, representing together 8 European countries and an associated country. IBISBA is currently in the Preparatory Phase and is engaged in the creation of an ERIC legal entity.
For information: IBISBA: https://www.ibisba.eu/ - DOI: 10.34701 / ibisba.1.document.34.1
IBISBA (Industrial Biotechnology Innovation and Synthetic Biology Accelerator) is a European infrastructure offering R&S&I services for the international industrial biotechnology community. IBISBA simplifies access to integrated multidisciplinary services to accelerate the development of bioprocesses and technologies with low environmental impact aimed at a wide variety of sectors of the circular economy, such as energy (e.g. liquid biofuels), chemicals (e.g. organic acids), materials (e.g. bioplastics) and ingredients for the food
IBISBA offers over 30 R& D&I services from 19 research institutes distributed in 8 member countries and one associated country.
IBISBA's mission is to provide a world infrastructure that fosters cutting-edge research and supports the development of a circular economy through biotechnology. To this aim, IBISBA has developed a network of highly specialized universities and research centers, which allows to manage and link services provided by different facilities, thus supporting the entire life-cycle of research and development project.
IBISBA was included in the ESFRI roadmap in 2018, a consortium of 15 partners and 3 linked third parties, representing together 8 European countries and an associated country. IBISBA is currently in the Preparatory Phase and is engaged in the creation of an ERIC legal entity.
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IBISBA-IT: : https://www.ibisba.it/
MIRRI-EU (Microbial Resource Research Infrastructure) is a European distributed research infrastructure for the conservation, systematic investigation, distribution and enhancement of microbial biodiversity resources and all associated metadata, to foster knowledge and innovation in both the academic and industrial sectors, with important implications for biotechnological development. The MIRRI-EU project deals with all types of microorganisms with the aim of creating a European system that allows interoperability and accessibility to microbial resources and provides high quality data essential for the growth of the agri-food bioeconomy and green biotechnology.
More than 50 microbial domain biological resource centers (mBRCs), microbial culture collections and research institutes from ten European countries and one associated country take part in MIRRI.
MIRRI's mission is to facilitate access to a wide range of biological resources and high quality data in compliance with current legislation, while offering access to human skills and providing a collaborative platform for the long-term sustainability of the microbial biodiversity.
MIRRI joined the ESFRI Research Roadmap (ESFRI) in 2010 with a consortium of 16 partners, 20 collaborative parties, representing a total of 19 European countries.
The preparatory phase of MIRRI ended in April 2016, but the consortium continued to work on the presentation of the European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC), governed by an Assembly of Potential Members (ApM) and an Interim National Coordinator Forum. The first phase of submission of the MIRRI-ERIC application was completed at the end of 2018.
Since April 2018, the MIRRI-EU Central Coordination Unit (CCU) has been jointly hosted by Portugal (registered office) and Spain (collaborative work pole).
For information: www.mirri.org
MIRRI-IT is a Joint Research Unit (JRU) and represents the Italian node of MIRRI-EU.
The JRU aims to promote and facilitate the Italian adhesion to the construction of the European MIRRI-EU infrastructure, favoring a wide participation of the national scientific community and maximizing the results of investments for research in our country.
MIRRI-IT also aims to foster the creation of a national network of mBRCs to increase the offer of services related to microbiological resources, guaranteeing broad coverage of genetic resources through a coordinated approach for the isolation, storage and conservation of microorganisms at national level.
MIRRI-IT contributes to MIRRI-EU activities by coordinating access to Italian microbiological collections and their resources, developing research services and carrying out interdisciplinary training activities. MIRRI-IT is composed of 5 partners and 17 associate members, including Italian universities and research centers.
The CNR, through DiSBA and its adhering institutes, participates as an effective member in the activities of the JRU of which, starting from January 2021, it has assumed the presidency at the General Assembly.
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www.mirri-it.it
