“With the Foundation’s backing, principles at the heart of TREC – open data, standardised protocols, and shared analytical approaches – are being adopted across new countries & continents,” said Paola Bertucci, Head @embl.org Scientific Expeditions. Check out this great article on labs on wheels!

With its scientific expeditions, EMBL is pioneering a new era of field-based molecular life sciences. 🚌🔬 Supported by the Klaus Tschira Stiftung & many partners, these ‘labs on wheels’ enable the study of life in context across Europe, with a view to global impact. 🌍🧬 www.embl.org/news/connect...

@embltrec.bsky.social has published this snapshot of their stop @pie-upvehu.bsky.social Thanks for the kind words! TREC partner snapshot: University of Basque Country Plentzia Marine Station www.embl.org/news/connect...

From the TREC Blog "My father passed away while I was working on TREC. Doing the work with others gave me the strength to carry on until I could return home to be with my family. It was a very sad time, but showed me how important this project & these people had become" www.embl.org/about/info/t...

Check out this great article on the Curiosity microscope, used by @embl.org & BIOcean5D to empower teachers to share excitement of plankton discovery with their students! "The Curiosity microscope is fantastic because it will enable us to bring the classroom to the sampling site” bit.ly/3UfeEoz

TREC is hiring! @embl.org is looking for a field technician/engineer to coordinate soil sampling: plan activities, apply protocols, lead site scouting, coordinate teams & more. Join an amazing international team exploring a hidden universe beneath our feet. Please spread the word! bit.ly/4eSTPbZ

TREC is hiring! @embl.org is looking for a field technician/engineer to coordinate soil sampling: plan activities, apply protocols, lead site scouting, coordinate teams & more. Join an amazing international team exploring a hidden universe beneath our feet. Please spread the word! bit.ly/4eSTPbZ

Coastal sediments lining Europe’s shores hold a hidden archive of microbial biodiversity, past & present. As part of the TREC expedition, scientists collected samples from coastal sites across the continent. Meet Raffaele Siano, who leads TREC's work on coastal sediments www.embl.org/about/info/t...

Coastal sediments lining Europe’s shores hold a hidden archive of microbial biodiversity, past & present. As part of the TREC expedition, scientists collected samples from coastal sites across the continent. Meet Raffaele Siano, who leads TREC's work on coastal sediments www.embl.org/about/info/t...

Great summary of happenings at the world's largest ever ocean summit #unoc3 by our friends at the BIOcean5D project (cofunded by @horizoneu.bsky.social) aiming to gain a holistic understanding of ocean life "Now, the decisions must be transformed into action" biocean5d.org/a-decisive-m...

Global ocean temperatures 1850-2024. Temperature is known to play a crucial role in shaping the microbial communities TREC aims to learn much more about #showyourstripes showyourstripes.info

Global ocean temperatures 1850-2024. Temperature is known to play a crucial role in shaping the microbial communities TREC aims to learn much more about #showyourstripes showyourstripes.info

The kindness of strangers: TREC collaborator Sirje Sildever (Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia) recalls asking organisations if she could set up air sampling stations on the tops of their buildings "Many people were surprised, but they were very accommodating!" www.embl.org/news/connect...

EMBL's TREC expedition wouldn't have been possible without its partners. We spotlight some valuable collaborators, such as the Tallinn University of Technology, #Estonia. We spoke to Sirje Sildever, Assistant Professor @TallinnTech: www.embl.org/news/connect...

The kindness of strangers: TREC collaborator Sirje Sildever (Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia) recalls asking organisations if she could set up air sampling stations on the tops of their buildings "Many people were surprised, but they were very accommodating!" www.embl.org/news/connect...

"Never before in human history has there been a more urgent need to understand living systems & how they interact with each other and the environment" Check out this blog from the 'wild frontiers of model organisms' symposium, inc on the importance of TREC's approach of taking the lab to the field

It's #WorldOceanDay – this year’s theme is: ‘Wonder: sustain what sustains us’. One key force sustaining ocean life is microbes. With @embl.org TREC we explored this hidden universe along Europe's coasts, across water, sediment and soil to see how microbial life connects across ecosystems and biomes

"Never before in human history has there been a more urgent need to understand living systems & how they interact with each other and the environment" Check out this blog from the 'wild frontiers of model organisms' symposium, inc on the importance of TREC's approach of taking the lab to the field

It's #WorldOceanDay – this year’s theme is: ‘Wonder: sustain what sustains us’. One key force sustaining ocean life is microbes. With @embl.org TREC we explored this hidden universe along Europe's coasts, across water, sediment and soil to see how microbial life connects across ecosystems and biomes

Amazing chance to work with CONTRAST project & TREC expedition coastal sediment samples to map chemical contaminants and how they shape microbial life over time. Based at Ifremer, Nantes in Chemical Contamination of Marine Ecosystems unit www.hellowork.com/fr-fr/emploi... #Postdoc #MicrobialEcology

Amazing chance to work with CONTRAST project & TREC expedition coastal sediment samples to map chemical contaminants and how they shape microbial life over time. Based at Ifremer, Nantes in Chemical Contamination of Marine Ecosystems unit www.hellowork.com/fr-fr/emploi... #Postdoc #MicrobialEcology

Tomorrow, Wed 4 June, TREC's @floravincent.bsky.social @embl.org will speak at DAI Heidelberg, Germany, on the world of plankton and its importance for the future of our planet. Event includes hands-on activities, crafting, quiz & more: see dai-heidelberg.de/en/events/oc... #WorldOceanDay #ocean

Note: the talk only starts at 18:45 Full program dai-heidelberg.de/en/events/oc... Oceans Day - Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institut. Haus der Kultur.

Tomorrow, Wed 4 June, TREC's @floravincent.bsky.social @embl.org will speak at DAI Heidelberg, Germany, on the world of plankton and its importance for the future of our planet. Event includes hands-on activities, crafting, quiz & more: see dai-heidelberg.de/en/events/oc... #WorldOceanDay #ocean

The abstract deadline for @same18-bcn.bsky.social – Aquatic Microbiomes on a Changing Planet – conference is fast approaching (25 May). SAME18 will take place 28 September-3 October 2025 on the beautiful Barcelona Biomedical Research Park campus

"At times, the technologies that TREC brought to local researchers felt like ‘science fiction’.. some of them had never seen the species they worked on for years with this level of detail" check out this great interview with TREC partner Romain Troublé @fondationtaraocean.bsky.social, by Ivy Kupec

"At times, the technologies that TREC brought to local researchers felt like ‘science fiction’.. some of them had never seen the species they worked on for years with this level of detail" check out this great interview with TREC partner Romain Troublé @fondationtaraocean.bsky.social, by Ivy Kupec

The Arctic is threatened by global heating and pollution: @taraoceans-science.bsky.social polar station will both lock into ice and float on water to support researchers in understanding these threats. TREC's Thomas Haize attended the vessel's inauguration in Lorient and shared these great pics!

Some marine microbes steal tiny structures called plastids from algae for photosynthesis, a relationship that may hold clues to how complex life first harnessed sunlight. TREC collaborator @ehehenberger.bsky.social has a great postdoc opp to study this in Ross Sea Dinoflagellates! 🗓️ Deadline: 17 May

Some marine microbes steal tiny structures called plastids from algae for photosynthesis, a relationship that may hold clues to how complex life first harnessed sunlight. TREC collaborator @ehehenberger.bsky.social has a great postdoc opp to study this in Ross Sea Dinoflagellates! 🗓️ Deadline: 17 May

Looking forward to reading behind the scenes stories about the great expedition of @embltrec.bsky.social! It was a great interacting with the teams in Athens superstop last year 😊 www.embl.org/about/info/t...

The Arctic is threatened by global heating and pollution: @taraoceans-science.bsky.social polar station will both lock into ice and float on water to support researchers in understanding these threats. TREC's Thomas Haize attended the vessel's inauguration in Lorient and shared these great pics!

Welcome to Bluesky @embltrec.bsky.social! 🦋 TREC is as a project from EMBL Planetary Biology transversal theme, part of “Molecules to Ecosystems” 2022-2026 Programme. Combining EMBL and European partners expertise, TREC aims to initiate a new era of coastal ecosystems exploration! 👏

Since TREC began in April 2023, 100+ research projects have been launched across Europe. Our new blog will share what’s happening behind the scenes – through interviews, lab updates, photo stories, and more. We’d love to hear your ideas for future posts. www.embl.org/about/info/t...

During the past weeks TREC's mobile lab has been at the University of Malta. @embl.org TREC Specialists have been providing advanced technology, expertise and training www.embl.org/news/connections/the-university-of-malta-hosts-embls-advanced-mobile-laboratory-for-research-and-training 📸 Niko Leisch

Two years ago, TREC began in Roscoff. Sampling at 120+ sites across Europe was supported by @embl.org custom-built mobile lab and @taraoceans-science.bsky.social schooner, enabling on-site processing across land and sea. Now this work continues, with 100s of projects initiated 📸 Kinga Lubowiecka

TREC is now on Bluesky! The expedition has gathered samples all along Europe’s coasts – now scientists are exploring what the data tell us. We’ll be sharing insights into this amazing ongoing work! Spread the word! @embl.org @taraoceans-science.bsky.social @embrc-eu.bsky.social 📸Massimo Del Prete