The European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC) is a distributed Research Infrastructures for large-scale marine science in Europe. EMBRC offers access to marine resources, as well as cutting-edge services and facilities, that allow researches, both from academia and industry, to study the ocean and develop innovative solutions to tackle societal challenges. The EMBRC investigation capacity and capability covers the whole range of marine biodiversity, using approaches ranging from molecular biology to ecology, chemistry, bioinformatics and mathematics, and integrative biology. EMBRC key thematic areas include marine biodiversity and ecosystem function, developmental biology and evolution, marine products and resources − biotechnology, aquaculture, fisheries − and biomedical science.

Entered in the ESFRI Roadmap in 2008, EMBRC was acknowledged the status of ESFRI Landmark in 2018, when the European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) was established. The transition to the Operational Phase was smooth, as most services were already active and accessible to users’ community. At present, EMBRC offers a wide variety of high-quality services, experimental facilities and cutting-edge technology platforms supporting both fundamental and applied research activities in Europe and beyond. Services are provided by 45 sites, including several marine stations and institutes, located in 9 Member States. EMBRC is projected to serve its users for at least 25 years, facilitating marine biology research and supporting cutting-edge research and solutions to today’s societal issues.