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IMEV’s Marine Biological Resource Center (CRB) comprises 3 platforms (SA, CCPv, MCCV) providing access to single- or multi-cellular marine organisms, either living or preserved after fixation.
The CRB is one of the Sorbonne University / EMBRC-France accredited platforms, and is also open to external users.
The Center for Planktonic Collections Of Villefranche (CCPv) holds almost 30,000 plankton samples collected worldwide during numerous scientific projects and oceanographic missions.
The Mediterranean Culture Collection of Villefranche (MCCV) is a collection of marine microplanktonic and microbenthic organisms isolated mainly from the Mediterranean Sea and Villefranche Bay.
The expertise and facilities of Villefranche’s Aquariology Department support scientific research on marine organisms, both cultivated and laboratory-grown. The department contributes to research into new marine models and experimental development.
Institut de la Mer de Villefranche FR 3761
The Institut de la Mer and its supervisory bodies are actively involved in the French Year of the Sea and UNOC’3. As at the One Ocean Science Congress, they will take part in scientific exchanges and associated events.
The « Sciences-sur-Mer » Festival (7–13 June, Villefranche-sur-Mer) will strengthen the link between science and society by offering opportunities for dialogue among stakeholders and welcoming both the general public and schoolchildren.