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Country Number Name(s) of marine biology stations with genomic facilities Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (MBA) University of Bangor Wales The Marine Institute, Microbial Oceanography Research Unit Ireland 2 University College of Cork - Aquaculture & Fisheries Development Centre (AFDC) France 4 Marine Biological Station of Roscoff Marine Biological Station of Concarneau - Operated by the MNHN Observatoire océanologique - Banyuls-sur-mer Observatoire Océanologique - Villefranche sur mer Spain 3 Marine Biological Station of A Graña Molecular biology and genetic laboratory – CEAB - Blanes ZOOMAR - Marine Zoology Unit – ICBIBE – Univ. Valencia Portugal Italy Slovenia Greece Israel Total 24 Data compiled from SEAS-ERA SEAS-ERA Work Package reports D4.1.1, D6.4.1_2, D7.4.1_2 and D8.4.1 which can be found here: http://www.seas-era.eu/np4/19.html Marine data facilities Marine data facilities play key role in archiving marine data, data management and making this data widely available. Marine data facilities include computing and modelling facilities, data storage and data dissemination. Data storage can be the electronic storage of information i.e. databases or the physical storage of biological samples i.e. biobanks for future retrieval and use. The use of advanced technologies such as metagenomic analyses and deep sequencing is increasingly adding to large marine datasets. Data management infrastructures provide long term storage and access platforms for the exchange of this data and derived parameters and they also act as a quality control check to standardise data. Data management systems are often big and expensive to run however can often overlooked by non-specialists when considering the field of marine biotechnology. The efficient management of both data and metadata requires harmonisation and the implementation of common standards. 1 1 1 1 1 Center for Marine Sciences (CCMAR), Faro Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples Marine Biology Station (MBS), Piran Institute of Marine Biology and Genetics (IMBG) Interuniversity Institute (IUI) for Marine Sciences, Eilat Study in support of Impact Assessment work on Blue Biotechnology 165

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