Presentation
Service providers: SBR, IUI, HCMR
Funding source: ASSEMBLE Plus* (2019)
'I applied to ASSEMBLE Plus to collect ascidians species from the marine environment of three access providers: Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR), The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences in Eilat (IUI), and Hellenic Centre of Marine Research (HCMR). Ascidians are one of the main components of biofouling: when introduced, they can rapidly grow and become invasive.
My goal is the early identification of non-indigenous species, as well as the identification of possible complex/cryptic/new species, through an integrated taxonomy approach, since exact specific identification is the major difficulty in ascidians studies.
Thanks to ASSEMBLE Plus I had the opportunity to find and collect several non-indigenous species from all the access providers and this amazing experience gave me the opportunity to obtain a huge quantity of data that I will analyse during my PhD.
And more to the point, all the different local teams of researchers were incredibly supportive, playing a fundamental role in the success of the project!'
*ASSEMBLE Plus is an EMBRC-coordinated programme funded by Horizon 2020 under grant agreement number 730984
