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1 Marine Biotechnology

2 Our University is located at the heart of the old town in Valencia (Spain), at the shore of the Mediterranean sea. Valencia (Spain) UCV in facts: ü Bachelor students: ü Master students: 1.700

3 Our University teaches 4-year Bachelor degrees at the Veterinary and Experimental Science School : Degree in Biotechnology Degree in Marine Sciences Important synergies in: Marine Biotechnology

laboratories - Technical equipment: - Molecular Biology - Chemistry

4 Facilities at the Veterinary and Experimental Science School: - 12 conference rooms - 6 fully-equiped laboratories - 2 computer laboratories - Technical equipment: - Molecular Biology - Chemistry and Biochemistry - Biorreactors - Photobiorreactors - Cell culture - Microbiology - etc.

We also count on a Marine Station at Calpe

7 We also count on a Marine Station at Calpe (Alicante, Spain) headquarters of the IMEDMAR research institute*: - Two 90m 2 laboratories - University boat and zodiac - Advanced marine equipment * IMEDMAR: Instituto de Investigación en Medio Ambiente Marino

10 Altura de ola m m m m 0 Altura de ola (colores) y ortogonales Oleaje del S con Hs=1 m y Tp=12s 0.4m 0.2m

isquemia/reperfussion organ injury Development of photonic cristals from marine

11 Marine Biotechnology Research lines at UCV: Microalgae products for biomedical biomaterials Extraction of algae-derived antioxidants for the treatment of isquemia/reperfussion organ injury Development of photonic cristals from marine origin Assessment of microorganisms involved in aquaculture Environmental marine genomics

12 A Biotechnology Master for a Blue Career Project (BBMBC)

13 UCV is leader of WP5 Transferability and feedback : expected to implement a similar master program in 2018/19

14 WP2 Design Master Course :

15 Skills Gap Questionnaire:

16 15 companies assessed so far: Seprosys Green Plants Extracts PHOSPHOTECH FERME MARINE DU DOUHET Spiruline de haute saintonge Stemmatters SA CERAMED / ALTAKITIN SPAROS Lda. APIOMARINE ALLMICROALGAE Soja de Portugal SA Marisland PharmaMar Sea4Us - Biotecnologia e Recursos Marinhos, Lda Algorythme les algues de 'île de ré

Most importan skills towards recruitment: Project management skills (ability to plan and run a project on time and budget) Technical competencies (ability to perform key methodologies and learn new

17 Most importan skills towards recruitment: Project management skills (ability to plan and run a project on time and budget) Technical competencies (ability to perform key methodologies and learn new techniques) Knowledge of the sector (good grounding in the science and commercial realities of your industry) Communication skills (ability to convey ideas through a range of media) People management skills (ability to supervise colleagues and lead teams) 0,0 1,0 2,0 3,0 4,0 5,0

18 Most important general skills (out of 18 skills assessed): 1. Able to use simple software packages, including , word processing and spreadsheets 2. Able to communicate effectively with colleagues 3. Able to prepare written reports and other documents 4. Able to acquire new skills, knowledge and techniques 5. Able to work independently with little or no supervision

19 Most important technical skills (out of 24 skills assessed): 1. Experimental design and research methodologies 2. Extraction of molecules from biological material (e.g. use of solvents) 3. Knowledge of funding opportunities and procedures 4. Knowledge of marine biodiversity 5. Culture of marine microorganisms including algae and bacteria 6. Chromatography (e.g. HPLC) 7. Biochemical characterization of molecules 8. Bioprocess engineering and scaling-up]

20 Questionnaire flaws: ü We need to increase number of companies assessed: marine biotech company database at the European level? ü We need to expand it to other sectors: food, aquaculture, pharma, etc. We may need to explain: What can Blue Biotech do for you? create an adapted version of the questionnaire? translate it to Spanish/French?

21 WP2 Design Master Course :

22 Meeting academics and industrials: Done: ü ü Pharmamar Regional Food Company Network (FEDACOVA) Pending (waiting for web and leaflets): Regional Biotech Company Network (BIOVAL) National Biotech Company Network (ASEBIO) Aquaculture Company Networks

23 WP3 Apprenticeship : Not really implemented in Spain: formación dual Solutions to be found

24 WP4 Delivering the Master s course at La Rochelle : Mobility issues for students, professors: Erasmus program Appel à candidatures programmes de master francoespagnoles en 2016:

25 WP5 Transferability and feedback :

26 WP6 Communication and Dissemination : ü ü Web news at UCV Next Marine Biotechnology Summer Course at UCV: ü BIOtechnology for the AQUACulture Industry BIOAQUAC ü July 2017

BLUE GROWTH IN ACTION European Maritime Day 2017

BLUE GROWTH IN ACTION European Maritime Day 217 Blue Careers in Europe Poole, UK - 19/5/217 Stéphanie Bordenave-Juchereau sbordena@univ-lr.fr What is the issue? BLUE BIOTECHNOLOGY is a DYNAMIC and EXPANDING