DEEP-Biobank

The DEEP-Biobank was founded in 2023 and is located at Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR), in the Deep-Sea Biodiversity and Conservation Lab. The DEEP-Biobank was created with the objective of supporting fundamental research and innovation at the blue biotechnological sector. The collection currently includes around 400 specimens of deep-sea sponges and corals.

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What we Do

The DEEP-Biobank is composed by a vast collection of preserved organisms collected across the deep Atlantic Ocean. In this collection there are also sub-samples preserved in various media allowing its usage for multiple research and innovation purposes with the aim to provide services (identification and characterization) and samples in various forms (biomass, DNA and biomaterials).