The first edition of the Biorefine Conference 'The role of biorefineries in European agriculture', took place on 30 and 31 May in Ghent, Belgium. The Conference is aimed at highlighting the current research innovations in the six main Biorefine's domains related to the sustainable resource management in the framework of circular economy systems. At...

Bantry Marine Research Station Ltd. announced in August 2020, the completion of an investment project to upgrade its laboratory infrastructure with a total investment of €71,223. The project was part funded by the Irish Government and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund under the Sustainable Aquaculture Development Scheme and was administered ...

Bantry Marine Research Station Ltd. announced in May 2019, the completion of an investment project with a total investment of €541,345.51. The project was part funded by the Irish Government and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund under the Sustainable Aquaculture Development Scheme and was administered by Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), Ireland's ...

Sea urchin (Paracentrotus lividus) production has been piloted here at BMRs for the last six years and our own brood stock have now been established. Currently, we have around 1000 urchins on site with a further 1000 in our sea cages. The urchins are grown in a flow-through system and are mainly fed Laminaria digitata. We are still sellin...

BMRS attended the Farming Seaweed workshop hosted by BIM in Ennis, Co Clare on April 10.  Over 70 industry representatives including seaweed producers, regulators and processors attended the one day workshop, This workshop was held in response to a growing interest in farming seaweed and in producing seaweed products (in Ireland) following sea...

Sea urchin production has been carried out at BMRS for the last five years. The aim is to establish our own broodstock and produce sea urchins with sufficient gonad size for sale for human consumption. Sea urchins are being sold to two Michelin star restaurants: Ichigo Ichi (Cork) and The Chestnut (Ballydehob; currently closed for the season).

BMRS became involved in an art installation named Photo.Synth.Etica to highlight the devastating impact of carbon emissions on the planet. Known as the 'urban curtain' the installation is made up of 16, 2 x 7 metre modules, each containing micro-algae cultures sourced from BMRS and wrapped around Dublin Castle's Printworks building.​The modules are...

​Now installed and ready for use, our new UHPLC machine and new cell counter. The new equipment will enhance our ability to deal with various analytical challenges. We are looking forward to putting them to good use. UHPLC Cell Counter

SEATRACES project kick-off meeting was held in Vigo (Galicia-Spain), with the participation of 6 EU countries, with 19 partners and coordinated by the Food Biochemistry group of the Marine Research Instituto (IIMCSIC). Julie Maguire, BMRS research director is taking part of the project! The main objective of this project is to demonstrate that trac...

The latest update from the organizers of the upcoming Young Algaeneers Symposium (YAS 2018).  First item is that the abstract submission deadline has been extended to April 20th. But we have more! We are so happy with the good reception YAS 2018 is having and we want to thank you for that. For that reason, we open two awards cat...

 Will petrochemical plastics be replaced by bio-plastics? A highly recommended article by Sylvia Thompson, in which Julie Maguire, the BMRS Research Director, talks about how they made bio-plastics products from seaweed and the importance of it ((as part as Seabioplas project)! Read the full article

Julie Maguire gave a presentation on Seabioplas at the European Parliament on the 22nd February.

Drivers for Organic Food Growth
Figures from the Soil Association state that you can now buy organic products from over 8,000 outlets, including major retailers. Research carried out by the Soil Association, shows more and more people are questioning the origin of their foods, and have concerns around production and trusting ingredients. Clare McDermott, business development director for the Soil Association states there are three main drivers for organic food

 The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed TD, today announced the awarding of a total of €3.3 million grant funding though the Marine Institute to research projects in two areas - specialist marine equipment and Ocean Law and Marine Governance. Some 19 funding grants in total have been made in the area of specialist mar...

The growth of the seaweed aquaculture industry is good for the economy and good for the ocean. The process of growing seaweed is environmentally friendly. Apart from planting the seeds and ensuring the seaweed is in a clean environment, seaweed often does not need feed or additional attention. The plants can grow naturally. Seaweed farms also creat...

This is the latest in a regular series exploring early-stage technologies and scientific developments that could play a role in corporate solutions to climate change. (The previous installments are here.) Email ideas and pitches to . Many Westerners don't include seaweed in their regular greens consumption unless they're sushi e...