TREC: A two-year mission to study human impact on Europe’s seas and coastal regions
Lab Matters EMBL is leading the TREC project: the first pan-European and cross-disciplinary effort to examine life in its natural context.
2023
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BIOcean5D targets marine biodiversity
Lab Matters EMBL hosts inaugural meeting for major interdisciplinary project designed to boost understanding of ocean life
2023
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Understanding marine biodiversity across space, time, and human impacts
Lab Matters Europe-wide project studies coastal and marine biodiversity from viruses to whales
2022
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Plankton zombies for Halloween!
Science Plankton parasites provide a zombie story perfect for Halloween. While invading single-celled plankton, these parasites devour the cell’s nucleus and hijack metabolism while the organism remains alive.
2022
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Examining life along Iceland’s coasts
Lab Matters The final pilot project in Iceland marked the countdown to the ‘Traversing European Coastlines’ (TREC) expedition to study coastal ecosystems and their response to changes in the environment.
2022
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Priorities for ocean microbiome research
Science Microbial communities play essential roles in ocean ecology and planetary health. A recent publication highlights priorities for understanding and protecting ocean microbiomes.
2022
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EMBL and Ifremer cooperate to advance ocean sciences
Lab Matters The two organisations have signed a memorandum of understanding to support scientific cooperation in the exploration of coastal and oceanic ecosystems.
2021
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What lies beneath: the building blocks of life
Science Analysis of more than 2 million images has boosted understanding of ocean microbes, shedding light on the distribution of nitrogen-fixers at a global level
2021
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Molecular biology stepping up to solve environmental challenges
Lab Matters EMBL’s EU Green Week event showcased various ways molecular biology research can help solve environmental challenges.
2021
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EMBL and Tara Ocean Foundation sail forward with formalised cooperation
Lab Matters The EMBL-Tara Ocean Foundation collaboration will expand opportunities to jointly explore molecular connections between ocean and humankind.
2021
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Understanding Earth’s oceans together
Lab Matters EMBL and EMBRC have signed a memorandum of understanding for increased scientific collaboration.
2021
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Microbiomes help predict the future of the Atlantic
Science Microbiomes, plastics, and connectivity – AtlantECO aims to understand the fabric of the Atlantic Ocean.
2020
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We all come from the ocean
Science Eric Karsenti's combined loves of biology and sailing set in motion the Tara Oceans expedition
2019
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The Arctic Ocean: reservoir of marine viruses
Science Results from the Tara Oceans expedition reveal the Arctic Ocean as a cradle of viral biodiversity
2019
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Ocean origins
Lab Matters EMBL alumna, Èlia Benito-Gutiérrez, on how her research and career evolved after searching the seas
2018
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Science at sea
Science A talent for organisation has taken EMBL’s Steffi Kandels-Lewis across the globe
2017
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Diving into Autumn
Events Participants learn about EMBL’s ocean biodiversity research at the Fall Gala
2016
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An ocean odyssey
Science A journalist who spent six weeks aboard Tara reflects on the expedition’s extraordinary outcomes.
2015
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How plankton gets jet lagged
Science How plankton gets jet lagged: the same hormone governs our sleep patterns and a daily marine migration.
2014
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Capturing marine biodiversity
Science Data from first ever worldwide Ocean Sampling Day will be shared via EMBL-EBI resources this autumn.
2014
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Uncovering secrets of life in the ocean
Science The best-selling novel The swarm captured the imagination of countless readers with the fascination of marine life. But it also showed how little we understand life in the depth of the ocean. Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and the Max Planck Institute (MPI)…
2008
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