Competitiveness and Innovation

RARe provides access to traced and documented biological resources, which is an asset for the reproducibility of research results. The existence of large collections saves time for researchers who draw on them and sometimes supplement them in a targeted manner, with mutual benefits for the CRB and the scientific community. CRBs also preserve rare resources that are difficult or even impossible to collect at present. Access to the genetic resources preserved by RARe thus broadens the range of diversity available for research into genetic variants useful for agroecological transition or for screening bacterial strains (PEPR projects).

RARe is part of these acceleration strategies:

• Bio-based products and sustainable fuels
• Biotherapy and bioproduction of innovative therapies
• Emerging infectious diseases and nuclear, radiological, biological and chemical threats
• Sustainable and healthy food
• Sustainable agricultural systems and agricultural equipment contributing to ecological transition

For agroecological transition, RARe offers genetic resources by participating in the BReIF and AgroDiv projects of the PEPR AgroEcoNum (plants and animals) and the PPR SPECIFICS for plant disease resistance.

For sustainable food, RARe supports food diversification by participating in the Ferments du Futur challenge.

The Micro-organism and Environment pillars contribute to the study of emerging infectious diseases and biotherapies.

The non-food use of biomass can mobilise resources from the Plant, Forest and Micro-organism pillars.

The infrastructure is part of national acceleration strategies

• Food – Microbiomes (SAMS)
• Agroecology and digital technology (AgroEcoNum)
• Emerging Infectious Diseases (MIE)
• Biomass, biotechnology and sustainable technologies for chemistry and fuels (B-BEST)

It is involved in the following exploratory PEPRs:

• Carbon and continental ecosystems (FairCarboN)
• OneWater - Water as a common good