Explore the TREC projects per topic:

The TREC expedition aims to deepen our understanding of coastal ecosystems and how they respond to environmental change at the molecular level. By uncovering the mechanisms that drive ecosystem function and resilience, TREC is generating new knowledge – and potential solutions – for addressing the harmful environmental impacts of human activity on coastal ecosystems.

Research goals:

• Identification of key factors (natural and man-made) driving coastal community composition
• Understanding molecular mechanisms of phenotypic plasticity and adaptation at species and community levels
• Tracking gene flux between soil and ocean species via horizontal gene transfer or species assimilation, both regionally and globally
• Elucidating mechanisms of co-adaptation across species and communities
• A better definition of coastal ecosystems biodiversity, causes of biodiversity loss, and its impact
• Unravelling new molecular mechanisms from coastal species and symbionts

TREC projects are highly collaborative, bringing together EMBL researchers and those from partner institutions. See above the expanding TREC projects portfolio with sub-projects submitted by the growing network of collaborators.