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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
