The national Marine Sciences program brings together 7 autonomous communities (Andalusia, Cantabria, Valencia, Galicia, Murcia, Canary Islands and Balearic Islands) with the commitment to integrate and promote all marine research in these regions and with the overall objective of creating a network of centers of excellence to cooperatively address challenges in marine research, aquaculture, new technologies, impacts on the marine environment and the blue economy.
In this sense, the program will develop a research, innovation and transfer network to integrate and develop three basic lines of action.
The Complementary Plan for R&D&I in marine sciences ThinkInAzul brings together 7 autonomous communities (Andalusia, Cantabria, Valencia, Galicia, Region of Murcia, Canary Islands and Balearic Islands) with the commitment to integrate and promote all marine research in these regions and with the general objective of creating a network of centers of excellence to cooperatively address challenges in marine research, sustainable aquaculture, new technologies, impacts on the marine environment, food sovereignty, climate change in Spain and the blue economy.
In this sense, the program will develop a research, innovation and transfer network to integrate and develop three basic lines of action: Observation and monitoring of the marine and coastal environment; sustainable, intelligent and precision aquaculture; and blue economy, innovation and opportunities.
The ThinkInAzul of the Valencian Community (GVA-ThinkInAzul) is a consortium made up of 39 research groups that brings together more than 370 researchers from the CSIC, the University of Alicante, the Polytechnic University of Valencia, the University of Valencia, the Miguel Hernández University of Elche, the Jaume I University and the Catholic University of Valencia.
The Institute of Environmental Hydraulics of the University of Cantabria (IHCantabria), and the National Institute for Aerospace Technology (INTA), in collaboration with the Copernicus Marine Service (CMEMS), organise on 15-16 October 2024, the online event Copernicus in Marine Applications: Opportunities and Training. The aim of
On the 12th of July, the coordinators of the ThinkInAzul Programme at national level will meet at the University of Alicante to monitor the three lines of action of the National Plan for Marine Science.
The second annual meeting was held from 11 to 13 June at the San Vicente de Raspeig Campus of Alicante University. It brought together over 150 scientists. As well as work sessions explaining and discussing progress made over the year and whether the tasks of
Fernando Naya defended his doctoral thesis on 4 June in the ICTA department at the Polytechnic University of Valencia. His thesis, «The Two Genomes of Gilthead Sea Bream (Sparus aurata): A Multi-Omics and Holobiont Approach» was co-supervised by Jaume Pérez-Sánchez (IP1 of the CSIC1 Group
