23 October  2025
   
  
  
    Scientists from EMBL and CEREEP – Ecotron IleDeFrance (IDF) joined forces to advance environmental research by deploying mobile laboratories to study freshwater ecosystems and their vulnerability to human activities
    
    SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY      
  
         
        
  22 September  2025
   
  
  
    The Project Manager combines passion and scientific experience to support ocean research within BIOcean5D, a European Commission, SERI, and UKRI co-funded project of 31 partners.
    
    PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES      
  
         
        
  11 August  2025
   
  
  
    With its expeditions and mobile labs, EMBL is pioneering a new era of field-based molecular life sciences. Supported by the Klaus Tschira Stiftung and many partners, these ‘labs on wheels’ enable the study of life in context across Europe, with a view to global impact.
    
    CONNECTIONS      
  
         
        
  8 August  2025
   
  
  
    The Barcelona CryoZoo has received a grant from the international organisation Revive & Restore to advance research on stem cell reprogramming in wild animal species.
    
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  28 July  2025
   
  
  
    A ‘supersite’ for field research and public outreach provided optimal environment for exchange, as we find out in this interview.
    
    CONNECTIONS      
  
         
        
  13 June  2025
   
  
  
    Estonia may be one of EMBL’s newest member states, but thanks to the Tallinn University of Technology, the Traversing European Coastlines (TREC) project relished not just field sampling and outreach opportunities but also attracted the attention of one of the highest-ranking officials to visit…
    
    CONNECTIONS      
  
         
        
  13 May  2025
   
  
  
    Tara Ocean Foundation’s Executive Director Romain Troublé offers his insights on the TREC project, as part of a new series spotlighting TREC partners.
    
    CONNECTIONS      
  
         
        
  24 January  2025
   
  
  
    The Paleocore project, led by the French marine institute Ifremer and part of the TREC expedition, aims to study marine sediments to understand the impact of major historical events on ecosystems.
    
    SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY      
  
         
        
  4 November  2024
   
  
  
    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.
    
    CONNECTIONS      
  
         
        
  13 September  2024
   
  
  
    EMBL-EBI data resources help advance biodiversity and climate change research by enabling scientists to study species interactions, evolutionary processes, ecosystem health, and more.
    
    SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY      
  
    2024
    
    science-technologytechnology-and-innovation    
   
         
        
  16 August  2024
   
  
  
    The TREC expedition concluded its sampling in Greece and strengthened scientific exchange and collaborative networks with their Greek partners during a political and scientific stakeholder event in Athens.
    
    CONNECTIONS      
  
         
        
  17 June  2024
   
  
  
    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.
    
    CONNECTIONS      
  
         
        
  7 June  2024
   
  
  
    EMBL-EBI data resource helps scientists upcycle animal by-products.
    
    SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY      
  
    2024
    
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  22 April  2024
   
  
  
    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 MATTERS      
  
         
        
  18 April  2024
   
  
  
    The second phase of the TREC expedition focuses on the Mediterranean coast, with Barcelona, Spain, hosting the first ‘superstop’ of 2024
    
    CONNECTIONS      
  
         
        
  8 March  2024
   
  
  
    On International Women’s Day 2024, we hear from some of the women who have been working tirelessly in the field and behind the scenes as part of the Traversing European Coastlines (TREC) expedition.
    
    LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES      
  
    2024
    
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  19 February  2024
   
  
  
    The Traversing European Coastlines (TREC) expedition prepares to begin its next phase of sampling, with stops in Spain, Greece, Italy, and beyond.
    
    SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY      
  
    2024
    
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  9 January  2024
   
  
  
    A $3.8 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation will help researchers lay groundwork for the Biodiversity Cell Atlas.
    
          
  
         
        
  29 November  2023
   
  
  
    The new initiative brings together genomic data from various biodiversity projects to aid conservation and biodiversity efforts.
    
    SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY      
  
    2023
    
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  27 November  2023
   
  
  
    An interdisciplinary collaboration between Hamburg scientists has yielded new insights into the structure and function of a heat-resistant enzyme from an exotic microbe. In this interview, EMBL Hamburg’s Matthias Wilmanns and TUHH’s Garo Antranikian discuss how their collaboration developed and…
    
    SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY      
  
    2023
    
    sciencescience-technology    
   
         
        
  17 November  2023
   
  
  
    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 MATTERS      
  
    2023
    
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  15 November  2023
   
  
  
    With the new advanced mobile laboratory, EMBL is taking its service offerings to new heights, bringing cutting-edge life science technologies to the field in a way never seen before.
    
    EMBLetc      
  
         
        
  10 November  2023
   
  
  
    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 MATTERS      
  
    2023
    
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  14 August  2023
   
  
  
    EMBL-EBI Senior Scientist Rob Finn explains why data coordination and sharing are fundamental for a sustainable blue economy.
    
    PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES      
  
    2023
    
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  3 August  2023
   
  
  
    EMBL’s newly deployed Advanced Mobile Laboratory (AML) is bringing cutting-edge technologies to the European coast to help researchers study ‘life in context’.
    
    LAB MATTERSSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY      
  
    2023
    
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  26 June  2023
   
  
  
    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 MATTERS      
  
    2023
    
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  9 June  2023
   
  
  
    TREC scientists, outreach specialists, and a crucial support team have been on the road, exploring life at European coasts.
    
    CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS      
  
    2023
    
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  15 May  2023
   
  
  
    EMBL’s newest expedition attempts to answer some of the biggest questions in planetary biology, and will help scientists find solutions to pressing global concerns.
    
    EMBLetc      
  
         
        
  4 April  2023
   
  
  
    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 ANNOUNCEMENTS      
  
    2023
    
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  21 March  2023
   
  
  
    Using long-read sequencing and machine learning approaches, EMBL alumna Lara Urban is making a difference in the field of One Health.
    
          
  
         
        
  13 March  2023
   
  
  
    An annual Corporate Partnership Programme meeting provided a forum for EMBL researchers and industry representatives to discuss mobile labs, planetary biology, and other areas of common interest.
    
    CONNECTIONS      
  
         
        
  8 March  2023
   
  
  
    EMBL is leading the TREC project: the first pan-European and cross-disciplinary effort to examine life in its natural context.
    
    EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS      
  
    2023
    
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  6 February  2023
   
  
  
    Funding awarded for developing tools to harness marine microbiome data for biotechnological applications and ecosystem services.
    
          
  
    2023
    
    announcementsscience    
   
         
        
  16 January  2023
   
  
  
    We look back through some of the 2022 highlights from the Darwin Tree of Life project.
    
    SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY      
  
    2023
    
    perspectivessciencescience-technology    
   
         
        
  28 November  2022
   
  
  
    A recent EMBO|EMBL symposium provided a forum for discussing recent research on a range of issues for organisms as they cope with changing environments.
    
    SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY      
  
    2022
    
    eventsscience-technology    
   
         
        
  11 November  2022
   
  
  
    Our experts discuss the importance of open science for food security and preserving global biodiversity.
    
          
  
         
        
  31 October  2022
   
  
  
    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.
    
          
  
         
        
  21 October  2022
   
  
  
    After a postdoc at Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, Flora Vincent has joined EMBL’s Developmental Biology unit to further explore the world of phytoplankton.
    
    LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES      
  
    2022
    
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  11 October  2022
   
  
  
    EMBL-EBI’s MGnify data resource helps researchers find enzymes for novel applications.
    
          
  
    2022
    
    announcementsscience    
   
         
        
  11 October  2022
   
  
  
    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.
    
    LAB MATTERSSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY      
  
    2022
    
    lab-mattersscience-technology    
   
         
        
  20 June  2022
   
  
  
    A closer look at how genome sequencing is helping us protect biodiversity and our latest public engagement activities
    
          
  
         
        
  8 June  2022
   
  
  
    The African BioGenome Project and EMBL have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to support each other in building genomics and bioinformatics capacity across Africa
    
    CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS      
  
    2022
    
    announcementsconnectionslab-matters    
   
         
        
  19 May  2022
   
  
  
    Joint workshop brings researchers together on site and virtually to discuss broad range of planetary biology topics.
    
    CONNECTIONS      
  
         
        
  23 February  2022
   
  
  
    Michael Dorrity, one of EMBL’s newest group leaders, is studying how the environment influences early life stages in zebrafish.
    
    LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES      
  
    2022
    
    lab-matterspeople-perspectives    
   
         
        
  15 December  2021
   
  
  
    Bork Group at EMBL Heidelberg analysed a new global gene database to study how genes emerge and spread across various habitats on our planet. In the future, the group will expand the database and use it for studying microbial gene evolution and dispersal at a finer-grained scale.
    
    SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY      
  
    2021
    
    sciencescience-technology    
   
         
        
  8 October  2021
   
  
  
    The two organisations have signed a memorandum of understanding to support scientific cooperation in the exploration of coastal and oceanic ecosystems.
    
    CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS      
  
    2021
    
    connectionslab-matters    
   
         
        
  7 October  2021
   
  
  
    EMBL will host a conference to look at the state of the pandemic, lessons learned, and ways to improve pandemic preparedness. Here’s a sneak peek into what promises to be another interesting and informative EMBL conference.
    
    SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY      
  
    2021
    
    eventsscience-technology    
   
         
        
  9 July  2021
   
  
  
    EMBL’s Melissa Graewert and colleagues are taking a structural biologist’s approach to better understanding nanoplastic particles.
    
    SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY      
  
    2021
    
    sciencescience-technology    
   
         
        
  3 June  2021
   
  
  
    Under the innovative Planetary Biology research theme, EMBL scientists aim to understand life in the context of its environment.
    
    SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY      
  
    2021
    
    sciencescience-technology    
   
         
        
  1 June  2021
   
  
  
    EMBL and the Swedish Science for Life Laboratory sign agreement to advance science together.
    
    CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS      
  
    2021
    
    connectionslab-matters    
   
         
        
  30 April  2021
   
  
  
    The EMBL-Tara Ocean Foundation collaboration will expand opportunities to jointly explore molecular connections between ocean and humankind.
    
    EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS      
  
    2021
    
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  16 April  2021
   
  
  
    Researchers have used a metagenomics approach to piece together the genomes of yeasts found in wild lichens.
    
    SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY      
  
    2021
    
    sciencescience-technology    
   
         
        
  19 February  2021
   
  
  
    Gautam Dey is fascinated by the evolutionary origins of the nucleus, and is looking forward to making the most of EMBL's infrastructure.
    
    LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES      
  
    2021
    
    lab-matterspeople-perspectives    
   
         
        
  11 February  2021
   
  
  
    EMBL and EMBRC have signed a memorandum of understanding for increased scientific collaboration.
    
    CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS      
  
    2021
    
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