EMBRC (European Marine Biological Resource Centre)

🌊 Behind the scenes of #MarineScience research infrastructures

EMBRC powers discoveries & #Innovation 🧪 —from field sampling to data analysis—turning ocean observations into knowledge for a sustainable future.

Watch how we do it at Kristineberg Center: https://swll.to/mr8Ck7

To tackle global challenges like #ClimateChange, health, and food security, cooperation is essential. That’s why Europe invests strategically in world-class research and technology infrastructures such as EMBRC.

🔗 Find out more: https://swll.to/FegmjTs

@euractiv.com @ec.europa.eu

🧪🌊 #AcademicSky

As a #research infrastructure, we provide high-quality facilities, resources and services to researchers around Europe. This ensures science is not limited by the capacity of countries, sectors or institutions.

🧪 For more, visit our website: https://swll.to/What-is-RI

#AcademicSky #PhDSky

#EMBRCForYourResearch👨‍🔬

🧪 Scientists need access to cutting-edge infrastructures to test and develop ideas

🌊 We help them find the right service - whether access to a unique ecosystem or specific lab equipment - to advance research toward a sustainable future

https://swll.to/service-catalogue

#MarineScienceInfrastructures |🔬 How do cells adapt to environmental change?

Tobias Gerber (@embl.org) studies the ragworm Platynereis dumerilii with EMBRC support:
👉 collecting samples
👉 accessing lab equipment
👉 navigating ABS regulations

🌊🧪 More: https://swll.to/Tobias-Gerber

#MarineEcology

🚨 Only 5 places remaining!

Join the course "Leadership and Management Skills for Service Providers and Facility Managers"
📍 Paris, France
📆 25–27 Feb 2026

Are your part of the EMBRC network? grants are available!

🔗 Apply now: https://swll.to/training-services

#PhDSky #AcademicSky 🧪🌊

👉 #Mesocosms give researchers:

➡ Realistic conditions
➡ A large scale
➡ Replicates & controls
➡ Long-term experiments
➡ A better understanding of how biodiversity responds to environmental changes

🔗 https://swll.to/Toralla-Mesocosms @uvigo.bsky.social

🌊🧪#MarineEcology

#EMBRCForYourResearch | 🌊 By gaining deeper ocean knowledge, we can create innovative, sustainable products & services benefiting communities, economies & the environment

🔬 Novel tech & unique biodiversity can all lead to these solutions – access them through EMBRC

https://swll.to/embrc-service 🧪

🧬Help shape the future of #eDNA in Europe

At EMBRC, harmonised and FAIR data is essential across our services and projects

@ednaquaplan.bsky.social is inviting the community to share its views via a short survey 👇
https://swll.to/edna-survey

🗓 Open until 12 Feb 2025

🧬Do you work with eDNA—sampling, analysis, publishing, or storage?
Help shape the eDNAqua-Plan Technical Blueprint & Roadmap!

⏱️ 10–30 min
📅 Open until 12/02/2026

👉 Survey: tinyurl.com/5n7phwdd

#eDNA #FAIRdata #Biodiversity #DataStandards #Science

#EMBRConnect | ✉ Missed our latest #Newsletter? Catch up on the highlights

🌊 Stay linked up with the latest advancements across the #MarineBiodiversity community as scientists find solutions today for a #sustainable world tomorrow

Next updates: https://swll.to/embrc-newsletter
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#NewYear | We’re excited about what 2026 will bring for #MarineScience

🔵 If you’re a researcher, policymaker or industry decision-maker working to learn more about the ocean and how to use its resources #sustainably, visit our website to find out how we can support you.

www.embrc.eu

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🌊 Exploring ocean data with #AI (4/4)

Through EMBRC, AI helps marine scientists:

🏃🏽‍♀️ analyse data faster
🔬 bridge microscopic observations and ecosystem-scale patterns
🇪🇺 Turn ocean data into knowledge to support science-based ocean policy

#PhDSky #AcademicSky #MarineEcology 🧪

🌊 Exploring the ocean data with #AI (3/4)

EMBRC is involved in the Augmented Observatory (@embrc-france.bsky.social) programme to connect marine data by:

🔬 Combining genomics, imaging & environmental data
🧠 Using AI to analyse datasets & detect ecosystem changes

🔗 www.embrc.eu/using-ai-to-...

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🌊 Exploring the ocean data with #AI (2/4)

EMBRC works with @ai4life.bsky.social to help researchers to unlock imaging data by:

🤝 Sharing AI models & best practices
🧠 Creating a meeting point between AI developers & marine biologists

🔗 www.embrc.eu/project/ai4life/ 🧪

🌊 Exploring the ocean data with #AI (1/4)

EMBRC partners with IMAGINE to help see what's invisible in the ocean by:

🔬developing & integrating major disruptive microscopy tech
🧠 integrating AI-powered analysis directly into imaging workflows

🔗 www.embrc.eu/project/imagine/

Coordinator: @embl.org

📢 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