Ireland’s National Programme of Marine Biotechnology
Marine Institute, Oranmore, Co. Galway, Ireland
Phone: +353.91.387200
Email:
Biotech@marine.ieWeb
:
www.marine.ie/biotech
Dr. Ilaria Nardello was appointed as the National Coordinator of Ireland’s Marine Biotechnology Programme in December 2009. The Programme is led by the Marine Institute and is being implemented as part of the Marine Knowledge, Research & Innovation Strategy for Ireland 2007-2013 (“Sea Change”).
In her capacity, Ilaria is engaged in promoting awareness of the development opportunity that marine biotechnology represents for Ireland, supporting and focusing the research community efforts, and creating productive ties among researchers, companies, and technological core facilities.
Services to the research community and industry
- We maintain an inventory of Irish research centers and technological core facilities which can support marine biotechnology related research and development
- Through a technology support service, we can help in identifying appropriate technology providers for your marine biotechnology related development needs, facilitate meetings and assist you in forming collaborations
- By providing mobility grants we enable participation in training and study visits to develop new life science techniques and/or management skills.
- We provide access to a network of contacts and referenced information on marine biotechnology
- We communicate marine biotechnology research needs and opportunities to policy makers
- Build development opportunities for Ireland’s marine biotechnology community through networking, brokerage events, and conferences etc.
Short Bio
Ilaria’s background is in biological oceanography, with a post-secondary school degree in “Natural Sciences” from the University of Florence (Italy), an EU masters in “Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing” from the University of Venice (Italy), and a Ph.D. in “Ecology and Management of the Biological Resources” (University of Viterbo, Italy). Before coming to Ireland, Ilaria worked and studied in the USA for four years, at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and Old Dominion University.