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8 September 2023 Female scientist looking into a microscope

TREC: Exploring the ocean’s oxygen supply

Lab MattersScience & Technology As part of the EMBL-led Traversing European Ecosystems (TREC) expedition, scientists are studying plankton to understand biodiversity, health, and our planet’s future.

2023

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25 January 2023 A group photo from the BiOcean5D launch meeting

BIOcean5D targets marine biodiversity

ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL hosts inaugural meeting for major interdisciplinary project designed to boost understanding of ocean life

2023

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31 October 2022 Two photos of a cell nucleus with blue, bandage-like objects wrapped around a roundish nucleus. The photos show before and after a parasitic invasion, so few chromosomes remain afterwards.

Plankton zombies for Halloween!

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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11 October 2022 EMBL scientists sampling at the coastline of Iceland in August 2022

Examining life along Iceland’s coasts

Lab MattersScience & Technology 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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14 July 2022 Visualising the ocean below and above surface, showing several species and giving written details on the ocean microbiome composition

Priorities for ocean microbiome research

Science & Technology 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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8 October 2021 Logos of Ifremer and EMBL with text: “memorandum of understanding”. Illustrations of marine animals and numbers in the background.

EMBL and Ifremer cooperate to advance ocean sciences

ConnectionsLab 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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29 July 2021 Oblong shape with two holes and coloured dots inside, representing phytoplankton cells and nitrogen-fixing bacteria

What lies beneath: the building blocks of life

Science & Technology 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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11 February 2021 Logos of EMBL and the EMBRC.

Understanding Earth’s oceans together

ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL and EMBRC have signed a memorandum of understanding for increased scientific collaboration.

2021

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2 August 2019 Eric Karsenti in Hamburg

We all come from the ocean

People & Perspectives Eric Karsenti's combined loves of biology and sailing set in motion the Tara Oceans expedition

2019

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9 May 2018 Benito-Gutiérrez searching for cephalochordates on board the dhoni boat

Ocean origins

Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives EMBL alumna, Èlia Benito-Gutiérrez, on how her research and career evolved after searching the seas

2018

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3 November 2017 An image of Tara which was sailed around the world for four years during the Tara Oceans expedition. PHOTO by S Bollet/Tara Expeditions

Science at sea

A talent for organisation has taken EMBL’s Steffi Kandels-Lewis across the globe

2017

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20 October 2016

Diving into Autumn

Connections Participants learn about EMBL’s ocean biodiversity research at the Fall Gala

2016

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24 August 2015

An ocean odyssey

Science & Technology A journalist who spent six weeks aboard Tara reflects on the expedition’s extraordinary outcomes.

2015

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25 September 2014 Marine ragworm brain

How plankton gets jet lagged

How plankton gets jet lagged: the same hormone governs our sleep patterns and a daily marine migration.

2014

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21 June 2014 Ocean Sampling Day 2014

Capturing marine biodiversity

Science & Technology Data from first ever worldwide Ocean Sampling Day will be shared via EMBL-EBI resources this autumn.

2014

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20 November 2008

Uncovering secrets of life in the ocean

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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