Highlights
improving bio-utilisation of marine algae as sustainable feed ingredients to increase efficiency and quality of aquaculture productionfrom zebrafish to meagre: use of macro- and microalgae as functional feeds
industrial innovation under the context of biotechnological valorization of marine resources and by-products
genetic diversity exploitation for innovative macro-algal biorefinery
nutritious, safe and sustainable seafood for consumers of tomorrow
fatty acid incorporation and modification in cyanobacterial natural products
emergent marine toxins in the north atlantic and mediterranean: new approaches to assess their occurrence and future scenarios in the framework of global environmental changes
deep-sea sponge grounds ecosystems of the north atlantic: an integrated approach towards their preservation and sustainable exploitation
mobilizing scientific and technological knowledge in response to the challenges of the agri-food market
promote concerted and sustainable management of eel in sudoe area
new opportunities for more competitive and sustainable blue growth in atlantic area
transboundary marine biotechnology laboratory
pollutants of emerging concern in watersheds from galicia-northern portugal: new tools to risk management 
cyanotoxins in irrigation waters: surveillance, risk assessment, and innovative remediation proposals
integrated on-farm aquaponics systems for co-production of fish, halophyte vegetables, bioactive compounds, and bioenergy
diversity and dynamics of atlantic bee resources in relation to climate and pesticide load: data for pollination management and sustainable agriculture
H2020 program
GENIALG - GENetic diversity exploitation for Innovative macro-ALGal biorefinery
PI: Isabel Sousa Pinto
IGNITE - Comparative genomics of non-model invertebrates
PI: Agostinho Antunes
SEAFOODTOMORROW - Nutritious, safe and sustainable seafood for consumers of tomorrow
PI: Maria Leonor Nunes
ASSEMBLE plus - Association of European Marine Biological Laboratories Expanded
PI: Vitor Vasconcelos
TRANSNATIONAL R&D
BlueBioLab - Transboundary Marine Biotechnology Laboratory
PI: Vitor Vasconcelos
NetTag - Tagging fishing gears and enhancing on board best-practices to promote waste free fisheries
PI: Marisa Almeida, Sandra Ramos
Technology development for drone-based coastal observations
PI: Débora Borges
MOBILIZING PROGRAMS
National R&D
OMARE - Observatório Marinho Biodiversidade
PI: Francisco Arenas
AdaptAlentejo - Predicting ecosystem-level responses to climate change
PI: Francisco Arenas
AntiBacFilm - Novel marine biomolecule with antibiofilm activity
PI: Mariana Reis
EXTRATOTECA - Microalgae extracts with high added value
PI: Vitor Vasconcelos
GENiuSAMPLER - Autonomous biosampler to capture in situ aquatic microbiomes
PI: Catarina Magalhães
Sea Forest - Sea Forest Portugal
PI: Isabel Sousa Pinto
SITE - Integrated System of Wastewater Treatment with Macroalgae
PI: Isabel Azevedo
XANTIFOUL - Oxygenated xanthone derivatives as antifouling agents
PI: Marta Correia da Silva
INFLAMMAA - Unraveling neuro-endocrine/immune modulatory roles of tryptophan during inflammation
PI: Benjamin Costas Refojos
NASCEM - Novel eco-friendly Antifouling Strategies based on Cyanobacterial bioactivE Metabolites
PI: Joana Reis de Almeida
PANDORAA - Unravelling the functional importance of amino acids in the fish neuroendocrine-immune network
PI: Benjamin Costas Refojos
SWUAV - Mapping the intertidal zone and assessing seaweed biomass using UAV images
PI: José Alberto Gonçalves
UID/Multi/04423 - CIIMAR
PI: Vitor Vasconcelos
Infrastructures
ASSEMBLE plus - Association of European Marine Biological Laboratories Expanded
PI: Vitor Vasconcelos
EMBRC-PT - European Marine Biological Resource Centre - Portugal
PI: Vitor Vasconcelos
BBMBC - A Blue Biotechnology Master for a Blue Career
PI: Vitor Vasconcelos
EDUCATION AND OUTREACH
Ponds with Life - Charcos com Vida
PI: José Teixeira
CETUS - Cetacean Monitoring Project in Macaronesia
PI: Isabel Sousa Pinto
Concluded Projects
- MarinEye - A prototype for multitrophic oceanic monitoring
- NOMORFILM - Novel marine biomolecules against biofilm. Application to medical devices.
- BLUEandGREEN - Boosting scientific excellence and innovation capacity in biorefineries based on marine resources
- AtlantOS - Optimizing and Enhancing the Integrated Atlantic Ocean Observing System
- CORAL - Sustainable Ocean Exploitation: Tools and Sensors
- MarInfo - Integrated Platform for Marine Data Acquisition and Analysis
- ROSM - Robotic Oil Spill Mitigation
- Biological producers of Natural Fluorinated Compounds as a novel source of relevant degrading microorganisms and biosynthetic mechanisms
- NANOBINDERS - NANOpartículas polimétricas Biogenéticas funcionalizadas para absorção de metais em aplicações amigas do ambiente: bioREmedição e bioSensores
- PRE-NEURO-HD - Targeting huntingtin proteostasis and mitochondria to prevent neuronal dysfunction in Huntington
- SENSORY-OMICS - Animal sensory diversity: innovative genomic solutions to enhance perception of environmental stimuli
- SeaChange - Our Ocean | Our Health
- Cadeias Tróficas Marinhas-Conhecer para Comunicar
- OCEANLAB - Oceanlab - Protegendo os Oceanos: vem ao laboratório fazer connosco!
- CIIMAR at school
- MALIA - Marine litter awareness through learning by doing together
