European Life Science Research Infrastructures

At the core of the AnaEE approach are the ditributed experimental facilities that are able to impose global change drivers to quantify the role of each of these drivers of change, and to identify their interactions. These platforms have state of the art instrumentation and have the capacity to perform at least 2 environmental pressures.

1. Experimentation on terrestrial ecosystems (open-air) Open-air platforms have been designed to host mid to long-term experiments that last from one year to  decades to decipher long-term trends and slow processes.
2. Experimentation on terrestrial ecosystems (enclosed) AnaEE enclosed platforms need to comprise at least 12 individually controllable exposure units, in order to be able to fully cross at least two environmental pressures in a two-by-two factorial design with three replicates. The most advanced category of such platforms are Ecotrons, equipped to measure multiple ecosystem processes in those exposure units in real-time and in an automated fashion, thus allowing continuous tracking of the ecosystem responses to the imposed pressures, or gradient of pressures (e.g. greenhouse gas absorption and emission in photosynthesis and respiration, evapotranspiration).
3. Experimentation on freshwater aquatic ecosystems (mesocosms) AnaEE offers access to open-air and enclosed platforms dedicated to research on aquatic ecosystems, especially on freshwater ecosystems. AnaEE offers access to mesocosms which allow to conduct enclosed experimentation on large volumes of natural water and permit to measure the effects of multiple stressors and drivers on the aquatic ecosystems.
4. Analytical services in support of experimentation Analytical services are facilities that provide a common support to experimentation in AnaEE and include: aerial facilities (drones, airplanes) for remote measurements; large mobile platforms for in-situ measurements; highly specialized laboratories for specific measurements (omics, microbiology, etc.); process based imaging methods (MRI, NMR, Raman spectroscopy, etc.).
5. Modelling platform service AnaEE offers access to models that can be used for the interpretation of experimental data, notably in conjunction with other sources of data, and also to assess the quality of the data. Models offered by the AnaEE Data and Modelling Centre (DMC) are open.
6. Data access service AnaEE offer virtual open access to the data acquired in its facilities, either background data taken by the facility as part of its day-to-day tasks, or from specific experimental data (open after an embargo period). The data offered by the AnaEE Data and Modelling Centre is open and compliant with FAIR standards.

Prices depend on the nature of the service and are available upon request.

Access can be physical, remote or virtual, depending on the type of service requested.&nbsp

With AnaEE, researchers can conduct experimental research in a wide range of ecosystems throughout Europe (including overseas) and combine it with analytical and modelling services.&nbsp

Access can be subsidised for selected users who apply for Transnational Access Calls. All costs can be covered, depending on funds availability and project quality. Co-funding (user financial participation) can be requested in case user projects exceed the subsidy ceiling fixed by the IBISBA's TNA programme. Alternatively, access can be paid and the costs depend on the type of services requested.
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Access can be on-site, remote (mail-in samples) or virtual (digital tools).
Europe-wide access to integrated platforms operating multidisciplinary services is currently under development and clients will benefit from a single-entry point to the IBISBA R&D services.
Two types of access will be offered:
Collaborative R&D Services: Services that involve beyond state-of-the-art research and development activities that move science/technology along the pathway to innovation. For these services, IBISBA guarantees work quality, but not results.
Standard Integrated Services: Propose state-of-the-art, standardised services with a guarantee of the quality of results.

Researchers across the private and public sectors will benefit from single access to best-in-class faciliities and capabilities processing unique know-how and operational excellence across Europe, thus reducing regional and national inequalities. Finding a comprehensive service offer no longer requires endless, multi-contact searchers. IBISBA will work with users to identify the right combination of services to suit their R&D needs.