Blue Tech Europe 2026 is bringing together government, industry, researchers, & investors to explore innovations in marine observation technologies & bolster Europe’s growing ocean observation ecosystem. Learn more & register 🔗 https://swll.to/YY2MAD Registration deadline: 12 April, 23:59 CEST

📣 “We wanted...to help turn data into something that can inform positive policy decisions” At the 2025 Ocean Hackathon EMBRC’s Daniel Kumazawa Morais built a prototype tech-tool using EMO BON, emodnet & @globalfishingwatch.org data that maps biodiversity. 🔗 https://swll.to/KF5UZc

Technology, innovation, and data are essential to advancing marine science. At EMBRC, we support #OpenScience by promoting shared data, technologies, and research infrastructures that help scientists collaborate and accelerate ocean discovery. 🔗 https://swll.to/LYHqEe @embrcspain.bsky.social

SciPaper | Microplastics harm the environment and our health By studying zebrafish, researchers from @ccmar.bsky.social (EMBRC Portugal) found #microplastic exposure interferes with growth, reproduction & bone health. 🗒 Read the research: https://swll.to/ytOG8 🧪🌊 #PhDSky

#EMBRCBlog 🔬 How research infrastructures advance marine aquaculture? 🐟 Through our network, EMBRC Greece is developing: ● autogenous vaccines ● phages ● alternatives to antibiotics Read the Q&A https://swll.to/Vaccines-blog #MarineBiotech 🧪🌊 #AcademicSky

#Webinar | How does science evaluate the environmental impacts of ocean-based CO₂ removal? 🌊🔬 Researchers share how mesocosm experiments and shared protocols support robust, comparable climate research. 📅 18 March | Online Register: https://swll.to/iIpWo8 #ClimateSolutions #OceanResearch

#EMBRCBlog | 👉 Marine science, food & public health How can EMBRC’s marine research bring real-world solutions to #PublicHealth and #FoodSafety? Find out in our latest blog: https://swll.to/healthy-dinner 🧪🌊 #MarineEcology @ccmar.bsky.social

#UserStory | What happens when logistics prevent you from conducting research at your own institution? 👉 With transnational access, you can benefit from facilities at no cost. Read Maradonna's research on plastic toxicity in seabream https://swll.to/dWud3Fc @aquaserv.bsky.social #AcademicSky 🧪🌊

EMBRC & @aneris.eu are training researchers in genomic technologies to improve monitoring in the sea 👥 10 researchers, students & lab techs will develop skills in experimental design, lab workflows & bioinformatics 📅 20–22 Oct, Crete Apply by 30 Mar: https://swll.to/jkuZX #ResearchTraining

🌊 Blue Tech Europe 26: Marine Observing Technologies 📅 21–22 Apr 📍 Paris 🔗 https://swll.to/BT26 2 days of sessions on: 👉 Science & industry collaboration 👉 #MarineTech including sensors 👉 Industry driving #OceanObservation @marco-bolo.bsky.social @tricuso.bsky.social #AcademinSky 🧪

🌊 Blue Tech Europe 2026: Marine Observing Technologies 👉 Bringing academia & industry together to strengthen Europe’s #BlueTech sector 👉 Organised by EMBRC 📅 21–22 Apr 2026 📍 Paris More 👉 https://swll.to/BT26 @marco-bolo.bsky.social @tricuso.bsky.social #AcademinSky #Sensors 🧪

#OSM26 | EMBRC joins the Bio-GO-SHIP Town Hall at #OSM2026 to advance marine biological observations. 🔵 EMBRC supports marine research and contributes to @tricuso.bsky.social as a partner. More info: https://swll.to/OczLE #OceanObservation #OpenOcean

FundingResearch 🔬 | Looking to fund & accelerate your #MarineResearch? 👉 EMBRC offers access to research services at no cost via EU projects like @agroserv.bsky.social, @aquaserv.bsky.social, @iriscc.bsky.social 🔗 Apply: https://swll.to/Funding 🧪🌊 #AcademicSky #PhDSky #MarineEcology

🌊🧪 The #ocean’s biological diversity holds vast untapped potential to benefit human #health. A discovery today could lead to a medical solution tomorrow for pain management, illness, and infectious disease. Find out more: https://swll.to/MLmn0

#Gender bias affects the whole of society, including science. 🧪 Just one third of researchers around the world are female But #research and innovation benefits from collaborations between people with different backgrounds, experiences and ideas 💡 Read the blog: https://swll.to/women-STEM

🌊 Behind the scenes of #MarineScience research infrastructures EMBRC powers discoveries & #Innovation 🧪 —from field sampling to data analysis—turning ocean observations into knowledge for a sustainable future. Watch how we do it at Kristineberg Center: https://swll.to/mr8Ck7

To tackle global challenges like #ClimateChange, health, and food security, cooperation is essential. That’s why Europe invests strategically in world-class research and technology infrastructures such as EMBRC. 🔗 Find out more: https://swll.to/FegmjTs @euractiv.com @ec.europa.eu 🧪🌊 #AcademicSky

As a #research infrastructure, we provide high-quality facilities, resources and services to researchers around Europe. This ensures science is not limited by the capacity of countries, sectors or institutions. 🧪 For more, visit our website: https://swll.to/What-is-RI #AcademicSky #PhDSky

#EMBRCForYourResearch👨‍🔬 🧪 Scientists need access to cutting-edge infrastructures to test and develop ideas 🌊 We help them find the right service - whether access to a unique ecosystem or specific lab equipment - to advance research toward a sustainable future https://swll.to/service-catalogue

#MarineScienceInfrastructures |🔬 How do cells adapt to environmental change? Tobias Gerber (@embl.org) studies the ragworm Platynereis dumerilii with EMBRC support: 👉 collecting samples 👉 accessing lab equipment 👉 navigating ABS regulations 🌊🧪 More: https://swll.to/Tobias-Gerber #MarineEcology

🚨 Only 5 places remaining! Join the course "Leadership and Management Skills for Service Providers and Facility Managers" 📍 Paris, France 📆 25–27 Feb 2026 Are your part of the EMBRC network? grants are available! 🔗 Apply now: https://swll.to/training-services #PhDSky #AcademicSky 🧪🌊

👉 #Mesocosms give researchers: ➡ Realistic conditions ➡ A large scale ➡ Replicates & controls ➡ Long-term experiments ➡ A better understanding of how biodiversity responds to environmental changes 🔗 https://swll.to/Toralla-Mesocosms @uvigo.bsky.social 🌊🧪#MarineEcology

#EMBRCForYourResearch | 🌊 By gaining deeper ocean knowledge, we can create innovative, sustainable products & services benefiting communities, economies & the environment 🔬 Novel tech & unique biodiversity can all lead to these solutions – access them through EMBRC https://swll.to/embrc-service 🧪

🧬Help shape the future of #eDNA in Europe At EMBRC, harmonised and FAIR data is essential across our services and projects @ednaquaplan.bsky.social is inviting the community to share its views via a short survey 👇 https://swll.to/edna-survey 🗓 Open until 12 Feb 2025

🧬Do you work with eDNA—sampling, analysis, publishing, or storage? Help shape the eDNAqua-Plan Technical Blueprint & Roadmap! ⏱️ 10–30 min 📅 Open until 12/02/2026 👉 Survey: tinyurl.com/5n7phwdd #eDNA #FAIRdata #Biodiversity #DataStandards #Science

#EMBRConnect | ✉ Missed our latest #Newsletter? Catch up on the highlights 🌊 Stay linked up with the latest advancements across the #MarineBiodiversity community as scientists find solutions today for a #sustainable world tomorrow Next updates: https://swll.to/embrc-newsletter 🧪

#NewYear | We’re excited about what 2026 will bring for #MarineScience 🔵 If you’re a researcher, policymaker or industry decision-maker working to learn more about the ocean and how to use its resources #sustainably, visit our website to find out how we can support you. www.embrc.eu 🧪🌊

🌊 Exploring ocean data with #AI (4/4) Through EMBRC, AI helps marine scientists: 🏃🏽‍♀️ analyse data faster 🔬 bridge microscopic observations and ecosystem-scale patterns 🇪🇺 Turn ocean data into knowledge to support science-based ocean policy #PhDSky #AcademicSky #MarineEcology 🧪

🌊 Exploring the ocean data with #AI (3/4) EMBRC is involved in the Augmented Observatory (@embrc-france.bsky.social) programme to connect marine data by: 🔬 Combining genomics, imaging & environmental data 🧠 Using AI to analyse datasets & detect ecosystem changes 🔗 www.embrc.eu/using-ai-to-... 🧪

🌊 Exploring the ocean data with #AI (2/4) EMBRC works with @ai4life.bsky.social to help researchers to unlock imaging data by: 🤝 Sharing AI models & best practices 🧠 Creating a meeting point between AI developers & marine biologists 🔗 www.embrc.eu/project/ai4life/ 🧪

🌊 Exploring the ocean data with #AI (1/4) EMBRC partners with IMAGINE to help see what's invisible in the ocean by: 🔬developing & integrating major disruptive microscopy tech 🧠 integrating AI-powered analysis directly into imaging workflows 🔗 www.embrc.eu/project/imagine/ Coordinator: @embl.org

📢 December #EMOBON sampling activity begins 🌊 Scientists will collect samples from the water column & organisms: 🦠 Bacteria 🦀 Crustaceans from the seabed 🐌 Molluscs from sediments This data can help us understand which marine ecosystems need protection 🌍 @iouliasanti.bsky.social #MarineEcology

Within DTO-BioFlow’s DUC5, University of Gothenburg researchers used #AI to analyse 26 years of underwater videos from Sweden’s Kosterhavet National Park. Study shows how #DeepLearning can turn hidden #biodiversity #data into knowledge for smarter #marine planning. 📃https://tinyurl.com/2fz2stb9

#EMBRCBlog | Analysing huge volumes of underwater data can be impossible without #AI ’s help In a new paper, researchers at Gothenburg Uni used #SUBSIM machine learning to analyse 26y of data & generated robust results from 4.4 M images in just a few hours 🔗 tinyurl.com/nvr5rzxa 🌊🧪 #AcademicSky

#Training | Plankton Taxonomy with EcoTaxa Key learnings: 🔵 organise & validate quantitative imaging data 🔵 use AI-assisted taxonomy tools 🔵 boost your ID skills across major plankton groups Meet experts from BIOcean5D & EMBRC networks ! 🌊 🔗 tinyurl.com/2m8xwvhb 🧪 #AcademicSky #PhDSky

#TRECExpedition I 👉 EMBRC was pleased to contribute to TREC’s scientific exploration of our changing planet & we're looking forward to insightful discussions at the TREC symposium. Read our blog 🔗https://tinyurl.com/mw7sh7m8 @embl.org @fondationtaraocean.bsky.social 🧪🌊

🌊 EMBRC’s @marcobolo.bsky.social is finding solutions to problems faced by #TheWatersWeShare. To help, scientists can: ➡️ Standardise data ➡️ Recommend the MARCO-BOLO Data Management Plan ➡️ Understand EOVs & EBVs & how they support monitoring ➡️ Use trusted data repositories #MarineEcology 🧪

Inspired by the @ericforum.bsky.social Communications Workshop 💡 A great opportunity to: 👥 Meet colleagues from RIs across Europe 🤝 Share challenges 🧠 Reflect on the evolving role of science communications Thanks to #JennaSloan, #SamSheperd & #PeterMurray for the insights! @bbmrieric.bsky.social

The current aquatic eDNA digital landscape is fragmented, @ednaquaplan.bsky.social has worked on a proposal for it to be FAIREer & more sustainable, contributing to a more efficient biodiversity monitoring. Find out more about the project coordinated by EMBRC. www.embrc.eu/project/edna...

🔵 #eDNA is crucial for the early detection of invasive species but databases must be interconnected to be effective. 🇪🇺 @ednaquaplan.bsky.social – a @horizoneu.bsky.social project led by EMBRC – is working towards building a harmonised eDNA aquatic digital ecosystem www.embrc.eu/project/edna...

#DidYouKnow | 🔵 By embracing #FAIRData principles: 👉 we can ensure our marine research is not only groundbreaking but also reproducible. 👉 we can advance innovative solutions to societal issues more quickly and effectively 🔄🔬 Explore our policies: www.embrc.eu/our-policies/ 🌊🧪 #Data #MetaData

#EMOBON’s #StandardOperatingProcedures and #FAIRData help researchers: 🔵 Ensure safety, consistency & compliance during sampling 🔵 Generate accurate, comparable, reliable data 🔵 Support robust conclusions for evidence-based policy 🔗 www.embrc.eu/emo-bon-sops/ 🌊🧪 #MarineEcology #AcademicSky #Data

🔵 The dynamic nature of science means researchers must adapt, but standardised procedures are essential for generating robust, reliable data. 👉 That’s why EMBRC’s #EMOBON observatory has detailed Standard Operating Procedures 🔗 tinyurl.com/mr3azx9b 🧪🌊 #MarineEcology #Data #eDNA

🇪🇺 @dtobioflow.bsky.social aims to: 🔵 unlock “sleeping” #BiodiversityData that are inaccessible 🔵 create a digital replica of marine biological processes 🔵 harmonise standards and protocols to make biodiversity data interoperable 🔗 tinyurl.com/2mhjzzd2 🌊🧪 #MarineEcology #PhDSky #DTO #AcademicSky

📈 As part of the FAIR-EASE project, a new tool called Beacon is enhancing data access and improving #FAIRData access Through Beacon, users can easily store and retrieve millions of datasets quickly. 🔗 For more info: fairease.eu/kers/beacon

📈 DidYouKnow Standardised data: ➡️ Allows us to understand how what happens in one marine ecosystem impacts another ➡️ Enables researchers to benefit from data generated by another project ➡️ & makes it easier for decision-makers to access scientific information www.embrc.eu

👀 Data is the backbone of reliable biodiversity monitoring @ednaquaplan.bsky.social is working to build frameworks to make eDNA data FAIR — ensuring it supports science, policy & conservation 👉 Explore: www.embrc.eu/project/edna... #FAIR #Data #eDNA #Biodiversity #OpenScience

#EMOBON I From Sampling to Data 🔢 To ensure robust and #FAIRdata from its sampling campaigns, EMO BON follows strict standards 👉 from Standard Operating Procedures ( #SOPs) to its Data Management Plan ( #DMP). 🔗 Join the effort by following EMO BON standards: www.embrc.eu/emo-bon-sops/

🚨 D-10 to join the #OceanHackathon Join Daniel Kumazawa’s team (Univ of Tromso, EMBRC Norway) 🎯 Build a web-based tool to safeguard marine life using EMO BON data 🧠 Skills needed : Web dev, Data analysis, Marine bio, Genomics, Oceanography, Biotech 🔗 tinyurl.com/4dyw8w9k 🌊🧪 #PhDSky #AcademicSky

🎤 Our ED Nicolas Pade was interviewed by @sciencebusiness.net about @horizoneu.bsky.social funding for #ResearchInfrastructures & how a proposed EU Commission plan could affect RIs. 👉 tinyurl.com/432e827y