EMBRC (European Marine Biological Resource Centre)

📢 December #EMOBON sampling activity begins 🌊

Scientists will collect samples from the water column & organisms:

🦠 Bacteria
🦀 Crustaceans from the seabed
🐌 Molluscs from sediments

This data can help us understand which marine ecosystems need protection 🌍

@iouliasanti.bsky.social #MarineEcology

Within DTO-BioFlow’s DUC5, University of Gothenburg researchers used #AI to analyse 26 years of underwater videos from Sweden’s Kosterhavet National Park.

Study shows how #DeepLearning can turn hidden #biodiversity #data into knowledge for smarter #marine planning.

📃https://tinyurl.com/2fz2stb9

#EMBRCBlog | Analysing huge volumes of underwater data can be impossible without #AI ’s help

In a new paper, researchers at Gothenburg Uni used #SUBSIM machine learning to analyse 26y of data & generated robust results from 4.4 M images in just a few hours

🔗 tinyurl.com/nvr5rzxa

🌊🧪 #AcademicSky

#Training | Plankton Taxonomy with EcoTaxa

Key learnings:
🔵 organise & validate quantitative imaging data
🔵 use AI-assisted taxonomy tools
🔵 boost your ID skills across major plankton groups

Meet experts from BIOcean5D & EMBRC networks ! 🌊

🔗 tinyurl.com/2m8xwvhb

🧪 #AcademicSky #PhDSky

#TRECExpedition I 👉 EMBRC was pleased to contribute to TREC’s scientific exploration of our changing planet & we're looking forward to insightful discussions at the TREC symposium.

Read our blog
🔗https://tinyurl.com/mw7sh7m8

@embl.org @fondationtaraocean.bsky.social 🧪🌊

🌊 EMBRC’s @marcobolo.bsky.social is finding solutions to problems faced by #TheWatersWeShare. To help, scientists can:
➡️ Standardise data
➡️ Recommend the MARCO-BOLO Data Management Plan
➡️ Understand EOVs & EBVs & how they support monitoring
➡️ Use trusted data repositories

#MarineEcology 🧪

Inspired by the @ericforum.bsky.social Communications Workshop 💡

A great opportunity to:
👥 Meet colleagues from RIs across Europe
🤝 Share challenges
🧠 Reflect on the evolving role of science communications

Thanks to #JennaSloan, #SamSheperd & #PeterMurray for the insights!

@bbmrieric.bsky.social

The current aquatic eDNA digital landscape is fragmented, @ednaquaplan.bsky.social has worked on a proposal for it to be FAIREer & more sustainable, contributing to a more efficient biodiversity monitoring.

Find out more about the project coordinated by EMBRC.

www.embrc.eu/project/edna...

🔵 #eDNA is crucial for the early detection of invasive species but databases must be interconnected to be effective.

🇪🇺 @ednaquaplan.bsky.social – a @horizoneu.bsky.social project led by EMBRC – is working towards building a harmonised eDNA aquatic digital ecosystem

www.embrc.eu/project/edna...

#DidYouKnow | 🔵 By embracing #FAIRData principles:

👉 we can ensure our marine research is not only groundbreaking but also reproducible.
👉 we can advance innovative solutions to societal issues more quickly and effectively 🔄🔬

Explore our policies: www.embrc.eu/our-policies/

🌊🧪 #Data #MetaData

#EMOBON’s #StandardOperatingProcedures and #FAIRData help researchers:

🔵 Ensure safety, consistency & compliance during sampling
🔵 Generate accurate, comparable, reliable data
🔵 Support robust conclusions for evidence-based policy

🔗 www.embrc.eu/emo-bon-sops/

🌊🧪 #MarineEcology #AcademicSky #Data

🔵 The dynamic nature of science means researchers must adapt, but standardised procedures are essential for generating robust, reliable data.

👉 That’s why EMBRC’s #EMOBON observatory has detailed Standard Operating Procedures

🔗 tinyurl.com/mr3azx9b

🧪🌊 #MarineEcology #Data #eDNA

🇪🇺 @dtobioflow.bsky.social aims to:

🔵 unlock “sleeping” #BiodiversityData that are inaccessible
🔵 create a digital replica of marine biological processes
🔵 harmonise standards and protocols to make biodiversity data interoperable

🔗 tinyurl.com/2mhjzzd2

🌊🧪 #MarineEcology #PhDSky #DTO #AcademicSky

📈 As part of the FAIR-EASE project, a new tool called Beacon is enhancing data access and improving #FAIRData access

Through Beacon, users can easily store and retrieve millions of datasets quickly.

🔗 For more info: fairease.eu/kers/beacon

📈 DidYouKnow Standardised data:

➡️ Allows us to understand how what happens in one marine ecosystem impacts another
➡️ Enables researchers to benefit from data generated by another project
➡️ & makes it easier for decision-makers to access scientific information

www.embrc.eu

👀 Data is the backbone of reliable biodiversity monitoring

@ednaquaplan.bsky.social is working to build frameworks to make eDNA data FAIR — ensuring it supports science, policy & conservation

👉 Explore: www.embrc.eu/project/edna...

#FAIR #Data #eDNA #Biodiversity #OpenScience

#EMOBON I From Sampling to Data 🔢

To ensure robust and #FAIRdata from its sampling campaigns, EMO BON follows strict standards 👉 from Standard Operating Procedures ( #SOPs) to its Data Management Plan ( #DMP).

🔗 Join the effort by following EMO BON standards: www.embrc.eu/emo-bon-sops/

🚨 D-10 to join the #OceanHackathon

Join Daniel Kumazawa’s team (Univ of Tromso, EMBRC Norway)
🎯 Build a web-based tool to safeguard marine life using EMO BON data
🧠 Skills needed : Web dev, Data analysis, Marine bio, Genomics, Oceanography, Biotech

🔗 tinyurl.com/4dyw8w9k 🌊🧪

#PhDSky #AcademicSky

🎤 Our ED Nicolas Pade was interviewed by @sciencebusiness.net about @horizoneu.bsky.social funding for #ResearchInfrastructures & how a proposed EU Commission plan could affect RIs.

👉 tinyurl.com/432e827y

EMBRCBlog | 👉 Marine toxins

🔷 At @ccmar.bsky.social , Sandra Lage and colleagues analysed trumpet shells for a neurotoxin (TTX) that arrived in European waters

👉 By detecting TTX, we can inform regulations that could keep people safe

🔗 www.embrc.eu/embrc-portug...

#MarineEcology 🌊🧪 #PhDSky

🚀 Excited to be working on a new project with the
European Aquaculture Society (EAS) team!

👀 Coming soon: Mery Pina’s #EASTalk interview with
Ana Visković & Alistair Lane.

🎙️ Stay tuned to listen to this insightful #podcast

#AquacultureEurope25 #AcademicSky #PhDSky #MarineEcology 🌊🧪

🔴 EMBRC's #BluePitches 🌊

🗣️ Federico Conti "Our future projects will address climate adaptation and resilience in the Mediterranean, the development of bio-based solutions that convert residual animal biomass into valuable lipid sources, and more."

🧪 #AcademicSky #PhDSky #MarineEcology

🔴 EMBRC's #BluePitches 🌊

👉 Federico Conti (EMBRC Italy, Università Politecnica delle Marche) explains how to lower your carbon footprint & improve fish welfare through:
🔵 Innovative feeds
🔵 Waste reduction

#AquacultureEurope25 #AcademicSky #PhDSky #MarineEcology 🧪

🔴 EMBRC's #BluePitches 🌊

👉 Hear Vincent Vermeylen "Our infrastructure includes a microalgae live feed test facility, Vibrio and Bacillus collections, a gnotobiotic Artemia challenge model, enrichment trials, and more." 🧪

#AquacultureEurope25 #AcademicSky #PhDSky #MarineEcology

🔴 EMBRC's #BluePitches

👉 Hear Vincent Vermeylen (UGent, EMBRC Belgium) presents the Aquaculture & Artemia Reference Center (ARC) to develop #sustainability of the aquaculture sector 🌊🧪

💡ARC is EMBRC’s most requested service for research

#AquacultureEurope25 #AcademicSky #PhDSky #MarineEcology

🔴 EMBRC's #BluePitches 🌊

🗣️"Phages have drawn the attention of pharma companies and are considered as the next trillion dollar idea in biotech." speaking now at Booth 177

Missed the pitch? Read our March 2024 interview 🧪👉 www.embrc.eu/innovative-disease-control-strategies-in-marine-aquaculture/

🔴 EMBRC's #BluePitches 🌊

🗣️ “Aquaculture is a hotspot for the development of antimicrobial resistance.” Pantelis Katharios (EMBRC Greece, HCMR) speaking now at Booth 177

Missed the pitch? Read our March 2024 interview 🧪👉 www.embrc.eu/innovative-disease-control-strategies-in-marine-aquaculture/

☕ Don’t miss today’s Coffee & Blue Pitches

🎙️Introduced by Adelino Canario, Chair of the EMBRC Assembly

🌊🧪 3 EMBRC representatives will deliver a live pitch presenting how EMBRC supports sustainable aquaculture research

@ccmar.bsky.social #AcademicSky #PhDSky #MarineEcology

🤝 EMBRC Get Together event just started 🚀

We are excited to collaborate with our partners to advance #MarineScience together 🌊🧪

📸 EMBRC Italy, EMBRC Portugal & EMBRC HQ

👉 Get together at #AquacultureEurope25

🔴 EMBRC is hosting an invite-only networking event for EMBRC researchers to gather over a glass of wine & connect with European colleagues.

See you there! 🍸🌊

📆 Today, Sept 23
🕔 5pm to 7pm
📍 Booth 177
🔗 More & contact: www.embrc.eu/ae25/