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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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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TREC expedition concludes sampling in Greece
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.
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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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 – 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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TREC: A two-year mission to study human impact on Europe’s seas and coastal regions
EMBL is leading the TREC project: the first pan-European and cross-disciplinary effort to examine life in its natural context.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2023
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BlueRemediomics: harnessing marine microbes to promote a circular bioeconomy
Funding awarded for developing tools to harness marine microbiome data for biotechnological applications and ecosystem services.
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Understanding marine biodiversity across space, time, and human impacts
Europe-wide project studies coastal and marine biodiversity from viruses to whales
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS2022
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Priorities for ocean microbiome research
Microbial communities play essential roles in ocean ecology and planetary health. A recent publication highlights priorities for understanding and protecting ocean microbiomes.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2022
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What lies beneath: the building blocks of life
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
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2021
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EMBL and Tara Ocean Foundation sail forward with formalised cooperation
The EMBL-Tara Ocean Foundation collaboration will expand opportunities to jointly explore molecular connections between ocean and humankind.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2021
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Microbiomes help predict the future of the Atlantic
Microbiomes, plastics, and connectivity – AtlantECO aims to understand the fabric of the Atlantic Ocean.
CONNECTIONS2020
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Discover the research schooner Tara and her new microplastics mission in the Barcelona harbour on 4 October
When: Friday, 4 October at 16:30 – 18:00. Where: The press conference will be held on the Tara schooner at the Port Olímpic in Barcelona. What: A press conference on the new Tara mission on microplastics and Tara’s cooperation with EMBL.…
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS2019
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Discover the research schooner Tara and her new microplastics mission in the Old Port of Marseille on 27 September
What: A press conference on the new Tara mission on microplastics and the Tara Ocean Foundation’s cooperation with EMBL. The press briefing will be followed by a visit to the schooner.When: Friday 27 September at 13:00 CEST.Where: The press conference will be held on the Tara…
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS2019
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EMBL in France: where science meets the sea
September’s alumni event in Marseille will coincide with a Tara stopover
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2019
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Discover the research schooner Tara and her new microplastics mission in the Rome harbour on 13 September
When: Friday 13 September at 14:30.Where: The press conference will be held on the Tara schooner at the Porto Turistico di Roma (Lungomare Duca degli Abruzzi, 84, 00121 Roma RM, Italy).What: A press conference on the new Tara mission on microplastics and the Tara Ocean Foundation’s…
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS2019
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Discover the research schooner Tara and her new microplastics mission in the Hamburg harbour on 17 June
When: Monday 17 June at 10:30Where: The press conference will be held on the Tara schooner at the Sandtorhafen in the Hamburg harbourWhat: A press conference on the new Tara mission on microplastics and Tara’s cooperation with EMBL. A tour of the schooner will be organised with the…
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS2019
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The origins of plastic pollution at sea
Tara Ocean Foundation launches the exploration of 10 European rivers
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2019
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