An expedition to study coastal ecosystems and their response to the environment, from molecules to communities https://bsky.app/profile/embltrec.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/embltrec.bsky.social/post/3lw4us6cbfc2d“With the Foundation’s backing, principles at the heart of TREC – open data, standardised protocols, and shared analytical approaches – are being adopted across new countries & continents,” said Paola Bertucci, Head @embl.org Scientific Expeditions. Check out this great article on labs on wheels! [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Aug 2025 13:13 +0000at://did:plc:ei2vc6vzr2lf4bfvh577bofx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lw4us6cbfc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/embltrec.bsky.social/post/3lurp63s5j22iFrom the TREC Blog "My father passed away while I was working on TREC. Doing the work with others gave me the strength to carry on until I could return home to be with my family. It was a very sad time, but showed me how important this project & these people had become" https://www.embl.org/about/info/trec/blog/digging-deep-into-coastal-biodiversity/25 Jul 2025 09:08 +0000at://did:plc:ei2vc6vzr2lf4bfvh577bofx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lurp63s5j22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/embltrec.bsky.social/post/3lu5oan5jck2oCheck out this great article on the Curiosity microscope, used by @embl.org & BIOcean5D to empower teachers to share excitement of plankton discovery with their students! "The Curiosity microscope is fantastic because it will enable us to bring the classroom to the sampling site” bit.ly/3UfeEoz17 Jul 2025 09:58 +0000at://did:plc:ei2vc6vzr2lf4bfvh577bofx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu5oan5jck2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/embltrec.bsky.social/post/3lu3ilsubuk24TREC is hiring! @embl.org is looking for a field technician/engineer to coordinate soil sampling: plan activities, apply protocols, lead site scouting, coordinate teams & more. Join an amazing international team exploring a hidden universe beneath our feet. Please spread the word! bit.ly/4eSTPbZ https://bit.ly/4eSTPbZ16 Jul 2025 13:12 +0000at://did:plc:ei2vc6vzr2lf4bfvh577bofx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu3ilsubuk24https://bsky.app/profile/embltrec.bsky.social/post/3lu3ilsubuk24TREC is hiring! @embl.org is looking for a field technician/engineer to coordinate soil sampling: plan activities, apply protocols, lead site scouting, coordinate teams & more. Join an amazing international team exploring a hidden universe beneath our feet. Please spread the word! bit.ly/4eSTPbZ https://bit.ly/4eSTPbZ16 Jul 2025 13:12 +0000at://did:plc:ei2vc6vzr2lf4bfvh577bofx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu3ilsubuk24https://bsky.app/profile/embltrec.bsky.social/post/3lsvpxz7oos2fCoastal sediments lining Europe’s shores hold a hidden archive of microbial biodiversity, past & present. As part of the TREC expedition, scientists collected samples from coastal sites across the continent. Meet Raffaele Siano, who leads TREC's work on coastal sediments https://www.embl.org/about/info/trec/blog/digging-deep-into-coastal-biodiversity/01 Jul 2025 12:42 +0000at://did:plc:ei2vc6vzr2lf4bfvh577bofx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsvpxz7oos2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/embltrec.bsky.social/post/3lsvpxz7oos2fCoastal sediments lining Europe’s shores hold a hidden archive of microbial biodiversity, past & present. As part of the TREC expedition, scientists collected samples from coastal sites across the continent. Meet Raffaele Siano, who leads TREC's work on coastal sediments https://www.embl.org/about/info/trec/blog/digging-deep-into-coastal-biodiversity/01 Jul 2025 12:42 +0000at://did:plc:ei2vc6vzr2lf4bfvh577bofx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsvpxz7oos2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/embltrec.bsky.social/post/3lsvemlx5kc27Great summary of happenings at the world's largest ever ocean summit #unoc3 by our friends at the BIOcean5D project (cofunded by @horizoneu.bsky.social) aiming to gain a holistic understanding of ocean life "Now, the decisions must be transformed into action" https://biocean5d.org/a-decisive-moment-for-the-future-of-our-ocean/01 Jul 2025 09:19 +0000at://did:plc:ei2vc6vzr2lf4bfvh577bofx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsvemlx5kc27https://bsky.app/profile/embltrec.bsky.social/post/3ls4fc7ph3226Global ocean temperatures 1850-2024. Temperature is known to play a crucial role in shaping the microbial communities TREC aims to learn much more about #showyourstripes showyourstripes.info21 Jun 2025 10:55 +0000at://did:plc:ei2vc6vzr2lf4bfvh577bofx/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls4fc7ph3226https://bsky.app/profile/embltrec.bsky.social/post/3ls4fc7ph3226Global ocean temperatures 1850-2024. Temperature is known to play a crucial role in shaping the microbial communities TREC aims to learn much more about #showyourstripes showyourstripes.info21 Jun 2025 10:55 +0000at://did:plc:ei2vc6vzr2lf4bfvh577bofx/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls4fc7ph3226https://bsky.app/profile/embltrec.bsky.social/post/3lrpppk2plk24The kindness of strangers: TREC collaborator Sirje Sildever (Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia) recalls asking organisations if she could set up air sampling stations on the tops of their buildings "Many people were surprised, but they were very accommodating!" https://www.embl.org/news/connections/trec-partner-snapshot-tallinn-university-of-technology/16 Jun 2025 09:57 +0000at://did:plc:ei2vc6vzr2lf4bfvh577bofx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrpppk2plk24https://bsky.app/profile/embltrec.bsky.social/post/3lrpppk2plk24The kindness of strangers: TREC collaborator Sirje Sildever (Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia) recalls asking organisations if she could set up air sampling stations on the tops of their buildings "Many people were surprised, but they were very accommodating!" https://www.embl.org/news/connections/trec-partner-snapshot-tallinn-university-of-technology/16 Jun 2025 09:57 +0000at://did:plc:ei2vc6vzr2lf4bfvh577bofx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrpppk2plk24https://bsky.app/profile/embltrec.bsky.social/post/3lra4cnjlac2a"Never before in human history has there been a more urgent need to understand living systems & how they interact with each other and the environment" Check out this blog from the 'wild frontiers of model organisms' symposium, inc on the importance of TREC's approach of taking the lab to the field https://www.embl.org/news/science-technology/biology-beyond-conventional-model-organisms-a-whole-new-world/10 Jun 2025 04:59 +0000at://did:plc:ei2vc6vzr2lf4bfvh577bofx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lra4cnjlac2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/embltrec.bsky.social/post/3lr3nc7hths2zIt's #WorldOceanDay – this year’s theme is: ‘Wonder: sustain what sustains us’. One key force sustaining ocean life is microbes. With @embl.org TREC we explored this hidden universe along Europe's coasts, across water, sediment and soil to see how microbial life connects across ecosystems and biomes08 Jun 2025 10:20 +0000at://did:plc:ei2vc6vzr2lf4bfvh577bofx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr3nc7hths2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/embltrec.bsky.social/post/3lra4cnjlac2a"Never before in human history has there been a more urgent need to understand living systems & how they interact with each other and the environment" Check out this blog from the 'wild frontiers of model organisms' symposium, inc on the importance of TREC's approach of taking the lab to the field https://www.embl.org/news/science-technology/biology-beyond-conventional-model-organisms-a-whole-new-world/10 Jun 2025 04:59 +0000at://did:plc:ei2vc6vzr2lf4bfvh577bofx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lra4cnjlac2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/embltrec.bsky.social/post/3lr3nc7hths2zIt's #WorldOceanDay – this year’s theme is: ‘Wonder: sustain what sustains us’. One key force sustaining ocean life is microbes. With @embl.org TREC we explored this hidden universe along Europe's coasts, across water, sediment and soil to see how microbial life connects across ecosystems and biomes08 Jun 2025 10:20 +0000at://did:plc:ei2vc6vzr2lf4bfvh577bofx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr3nc7hths2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/embltrec.bsky.social/post/3lquifrdpo22xAmazing chance to work with CONTRAST project & TREC expedition coastal sediment samples to map chemical contaminants and how they shape microbial life over time. Based at Ifremer, Nantes in Chemical Contamination of Marine Ecosystems unit https://www.hellowork.com/fr-fr/emplois/65773179.html #Postdoc #MicrobialEcology05 Jun 2025 14:04 +0000at://did:plc:ei2vc6vzr2lf4bfvh577bofx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lquifrdpo22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/embltrec.bsky.social/post/3lquifrdpo22xAmazing chance to work with CONTRAST project & TREC expedition coastal sediment samples to map chemical contaminants and how they shape microbial life over time. Based at Ifremer, Nantes in Chemical Contamination of Marine Ecosystems unit https://www.hellowork.com/fr-fr/emplois/65773179.html #Postdoc #MicrobialEcology05 Jun 2025 14:04 +0000at://did:plc:ei2vc6vzr2lf4bfvh577bofx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lquifrdpo22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/embltrec.bsky.social/post/3lqp466lv3k24Tomorrow, Wed 4 June, TREC's @floravincent.bsky.social @embl.org will speak at DAI Heidelberg, Germany, on the world of plankton and its importance for the future of our planet. Event includes hands-on activities, crafting, quiz & more: see https://dai-heidelberg.de/en/events/oceans-day-52752/ #WorldOceanDay #ocean03 Jun 2025 10:42 +0000at://did:plc:ei2vc6vzr2lf4bfvh577bofx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqp466lv3k24https://bsky.app/profile/embltrec.bsky.social/post/3lqp466lv3k24Tomorrow, Wed 4 June, TREC's @floravincent.bsky.social @embl.org will speak at DAI Heidelberg, Germany, on the world of plankton and its importance for the future of our planet. Event includes hands-on activities, crafting, quiz & more: see https://dai-heidelberg.de/en/events/oceans-day-52752/ #WorldOceanDay #ocean03 Jun 2025 10:42 +0000at://did:plc:ei2vc6vzr2lf4bfvh577bofx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqp466lv3k24https://bsky.app/profile/embltrec.bsky.social/post/3lpbvmya4gk27The abstract deadline for @same18-bcn.bsky.social – Aquatic Microbiomes on a Changing Planet – conference is fast approaching (25 May). SAME18 will take place 28 September-3 October 2025 on the beautiful Barcelona Biomedical Research Park campus [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 May 2025 11:15 +0000at://did:plc:ei2vc6vzr2lf4bfvh577bofx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpbvmya4gk27https://bsky.app/profile/embltrec.bsky.social/post/3lp4eddyfmc2s"At times, the technologies that TREC brought to local researchers felt like ‘science fiction’.. some of them had never seen the species they worked on for years with this level of detail" check out this great interview with TREC partner Romain Troublé @fondationtaraocean.bsky.social, by Ivy Kupec [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 May 2025 06:22 +0000at://did:plc:ei2vc6vzr2lf4bfvh577bofx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp4eddyfmc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/embltrec.bsky.social/post/3lp4eddyfmc2s"At times, the technologies that TREC brought to local researchers felt like ‘science fiction’.. some of them had never seen the species they worked on for years with this level of detail" check out this great interview with TREC partner Romain Troublé @fondationtaraocean.bsky.social, by Ivy Kupec [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 May 2025 06:22 +0000at://did:plc:ei2vc6vzr2lf4bfvh577bofx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp4eddyfmc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/embltrec.bsky.social/post/3lnzrtzavas2aThe Arctic is threatened by global heating and pollution: @taraoceans-science.bsky.social polar station will both lock into ice and float on water to support researchers in understanding these threats. TREC's Thomas Haize attended the vessel's inauguration in Lorient and shared these great pics!30 Apr 2025 12:21 +0000at://did:plc:ei2vc6vzr2lf4bfvh577bofx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnzrtzavas2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/embltrec.bsky.social/post/3lol6hldaps2xSome marine microbes steal tiny structures called plastids from algae for photosynthesis, a relationship that may hold clues to how complex life first harnessed sunlight. TREC collaborator @ehehenberger.bsky.social has a great postdoc opp to study this in Ross Sea Dinoflagellates! 🗓️ Deadline: 17 May [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 May 2025 10:22 +0000at://did:plc:ei2vc6vzr2lf4bfvh577bofx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lol6hldaps2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/embltrec.bsky.social/post/3lol6hldaps2xSome marine microbes steal tiny structures called plastids from algae for photosynthesis, a relationship that may hold clues to how complex life first harnessed sunlight. TREC collaborator @ehehenberger.bsky.social has a great postdoc opp to study this in Ross Sea Dinoflagellates! 🗓️ Deadline: 17 May [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 May 2025 10:22 +0000at://did:plc:ei2vc6vzr2lf4bfvh577bofx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lol6hldaps2x