TREC Partner Snapshot: Tara Ocean Foundation
Tara Ocean Foundation’s Executive Director Romain Troublé offers his insights on the TREC project, as part of a new series spotlighting TREC partners.
CONNECTIONS2025
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12 moments of philanthropy: #11 EMBL’s World of Molecular Biology
In 2023, EMBL opened its interactive World of Molecular Biology exhibition as an inspiring entree into molecular biology. This visionary project would not have been possible without an impressive array of support.
CONNECTIONS2024
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Diving into the world of science
EMBL Grenoble took part in a series of activities during the French Science Week, highlighting EMBL’s research and the TREC scientific expedition.
LAB MATTERS2024
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TREC in numbers: the expedition’s impact so far
In less than two years, the EMBL-led TREC expedition has demonstrated that large-scale international collaboration is essential for driving ground-breaking planetary and human health research with societal impact. Here, we summarise some aspects of the expedition in numbers.
CONNECTIONS2024
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12 moments of philanthropy: #9 TREC research expedition
The Manfred Lautenschläger Foundation helped fund EMBL’s Advanced Mobile Lab, enabling many experimental concepts.
CONNECTIONS2024
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TREC in Italy – sampling from coast to coast
For almost two months, Italy was the stage for the TREC expedition, with a rich programme of events organised across the country attended by the public, scientists, schools, and high-level political stakeholders, including Minister of University and Research Anna Maria Bernini.
CONNECTIONS2024
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Sparking curiosity: the Curiosity microscope
BIOcean5D is an EMBL-coordinated project co-funded by the European Union that unites 31 institutes to address pressing global challenges on marine biodiversity.
LAB MATTERS2024
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Collaborative project launched across EMBL member states invites teenagers to discover the wonder of proteins
New project will help inform and educate young people about the important roles proteins play in nature, health, and disease, as part of EMBL’s 50th anniversary celebrations.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS2024
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TREC sets off along the Mediterranean coast
The second phase of the TREC expedition focuses on the Mediterranean coast, with Barcelona, Spain, hosting the first ‘superstop’ of 2024
CONNECTIONS2024
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TREC in 2024: bringing it home
The Traversing European Coastlines (TREC) expedition prepares to begin its next phase of sampling, with stops in Spain, Greece, Italy, and beyond.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2024
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TREC – Towards the end of the first phase
The TREC expedition has come to the end of its first phase. The last superstop of 2023 was hosted by CIIMAR in Porto and, despite the adverse weather conditions, included many scientific and public engagement activities.
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2023
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Celebrating European collaboration at the TREC supersite in Bilbao
A celebratory event at the Maritime Museum Bilbao marked the partnerships that make possible the TREC expedition on land and at sea along the European coast.
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2023
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A night to share the wonders of science
EMBL Rome celebrated the European Researchers’ Night by participating in an event organised at the CNR Campus in Montelibretti.
LAB MATTERS2023
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Connecting scientists, engaging citizens
The TREC expedition stop in Sopot offered an opportunity to create connections with Polish scientists and citizens around the topics of planetary biology and ocean science.
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2023
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TREC on Twitter: a life-in-context journey through the social media lens
TREC scientists, outreach specialists, and a crucial support team have been on the road, exploring life at European coasts.
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2023
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Building a broader European science community
Croatian scientists and students from the Ruđer Bošković Institute and University of Zagreb visited EMBL to exchange ideas with researchers and public outreach experts on ways to increase interest, awareness, and involvement in science.
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2023
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TREC is underway!
EMBL’s planetary biology flagship TREC expedition has officially started. The new project applies EMBL's expertise and technologies in molecular and cellular biology to current environmental challenges, and connects with a wide range of research disciplines.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS2023
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Biology meets engineering
Physicists, engineers and robotics experts work together in EMBL Hamburg’s Instrumentation Team to design instruments that support structural biology research. The team has finished a transfer robot that facilitates automated handling of protein crystals with care and precision. This will help…
LAB MATTERSSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2023
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Celebrating science in Grenoble
In October 2022, EMBL Grenoble participated in the annual science outreach event Parvis des Sciences, organised by the GIANT campus under the umbrella of the French science week – La Fête de la science.
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2022
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Tools for teachers
EMBL reminds teachers of freely available educational resources and workshops just in time for school.
LAB MATTERS2022
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EMBL Hamburg is helping train lab techs of the future
Students from the Business Academy Aarhus visit EMBL Hamburg annually. Many of them return later as trainees to gain experience as lab technicians. EMBL Hamburg offers great opportunities to learn diverse techniques and work with various equipment. This experience helps them in their future jobs in…
LAB MATTERS2022
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Science for all: the origins of Native Scientist
How Joana Moscoso bridges the gap between science and society
LAB MATTERS2020
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Fostering links with Montenegro
Two recent events have expanded EMBL’s collaboration with one of its newest member states
CONNECTIONS2019
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Summer in Science 2018
EMBL Rome opens its labs for students to get their first real taste of science
LAB MATTERS2018
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Humans of EMBL: Outreach
Discover how EMBLers across all sites share their passion for science
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2018
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A pint of EMBL science
EMBL and Pint of Science join forces to entertain and educate
LAB MATTERS2018
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EMBL Annual Reception: focussing on young talent
On April 12, EMBL hosted 200 attendees at its Annual Reception in Heidelberg and highlighted its role as a training hub.
LAB MATTERS2018
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Science in a suitcase
School students build fluorescence microscopes designed by members of the Prevedel group and ELLS
LAB MATTERS2018
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Women in Science Day: school event
EMBL Barcelona organises first school activity to coincide with the International Day of Women in Science
LAB MATTERS2018
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EMBL annual reception: bridging nations
EMBL’s annual reception took place on 18 September, with more than 150 attendees
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2017
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Science + X: The science behind the Matrix movie
EMBL researchers separated facts from fiction at a Friends of EMBL Science Movie Night
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVESSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2017
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A whole new ball game
Hamburg researchers have a ball creating game to explain transporter protein mechanism.
LAB MATTERS2015
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Big biology, big success
EMBL-EBI supports Big Biology Day, inspiring 500 youngsters with jelly-baby DNA and golf-tee viruses.
CONNECTIONS2014
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