“Quite often academia doesn’t have enough funding & motivation to scale…That’s why public-private partnerships can add real value” #PoojaMahapatra from Fugro (who took part in our #OceanDialogues roundtable) on boosting the value of marine data 👉 https://swll.to/KF9QN

Collecting the data needed to understand our ocean isn’t something that only researchers do. Through the @aneris.eu #eDNAbyCitizens campaign, EMBRC supported #CitizenScientists across Europe to collect #eDNA from coastal waters and sediments 🔗 https://swll.to/zcEg7eD @ednaquaplan.bsky.social

EMBRC is proud to be part of Ithe #MAGINE EU-Funded project advancing next-generation cross-scale imaging technologies such as: • X-ray imaging • Cryo-electron microscopy • Super-resolution microscopy Discover more about IMAGINE: https://swll.to/NNkSUPI

Advancing #MarineScience depends on access to the right technologies, facilities, & expertise Through EMBRC’s network of marine stations, researchers gain access to advanced tools & unique ecosystems across Europe to drive innovation & discoveries https://swll.to/2MebvjV @embrcspain.bsky.social

#OpenData are essential if we want marine science to be transparent, comparable, and usable for real-world decision-making. That’s why EMBRC’s EMO BON DNA-based datasets are fully #FAIR and available to all 🔗 Discover more and access the data: https://swll.to/d2RZK9 @embrcspain.bsky.social

Ensuring #MarineData are well managed, usable, and accessible is key to advancing #MarineScience EMBRC’s Data & e-Infrastructures #WorkingGroup brings together experts to improve how marine data are generated, managed, and shared. 🔗 https://swll.to/UlHsO20

Access to advanced technologies is essential for advancing #MarineScience Through the @aquaserv.bsky.social Transnational Access programme, María Vila Duplá (University of Granada) used imaging technologies at #CienciasDoMar to study how #ClimateChange may reshape marine food webs 👇 #MarineTech

📢 EMBRC Training for marine biologists & biodiversity scientists: @vliz.be is hosting a 3-day #FAIRData training course 📅 27 - 29 May, 2026 📍 Online More details 🔗 https://swll.to/LoFGrP

Blue Tech Europe 2026 concluded yesterday after two days of marine observing technologies, innovation, and collaboration across academia and industry. Thank you to all the speakers, attendees, staff, and our organisers for driving the event forward. #BlueTech26

🌊 Blue Tech Europe 2026 continues in Paris! Explore sessions on: 👉 hardware innovation 👉 academia–industry transfer 👉 the role of industry & society in #OceanObservation #BlueTech26

🌊 Blue Tech Europe 2026: Marine observing technologies conference starts today Showcasing cutting-edge marine tech & EU research, with a focus on: 👉 academia-industry collaboration 👉 innovation 👉 & EU autonomy in sensors & software. #BlueTech26

Did you know EMBRC supports industry to boost #BlueTechnologies in Europe? By connecting academia & the private sector, EMBRC helps develop science-based sustainable technologies & strengthen Europe’s Blue Economy Discover how EMBRC can support you 🔗 https://swll.to/8MXv2l

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