🌊 Exploring and Harnessing Marine Microbiomes for a Sustainable Blue Bioeconomy EMBL-EBI Training, with support from BlueRemediomics and Bluetools, is launching a webinar series running every Friday from 2 October to 13 November 2026. Learn more: blueremediomics.eu/exploring-an...

Exploring and harnessing marine microbiomes for a sustainable blue bioeconomy – new webinar series launches this October - Blueremediomics

EMBL-EBI, with support from BlueRemediomics and BlueTools, is launching a new webinar series titled Exploring and Harnessing Marine Microbiomes for a Sustainable Blue Bioeconomy. The series is aimed a...

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Together with @blueremediomics.bsky.social and @bluetools-project.eu, we're hosting the webinar series 'Exploring and harnessing marine microbiomes for a sustainable blue bioeconomy' from 2 October – 13 November 2026: www.ebi.ac.uk/training/eve... 🧪🧫🔬🧵

🌊 Celebrating ten years of Tara Oceans research A decade after the first Tara Oceans studies transformed our understanding of marine life, the scientific community continues to unlock new discoveries from one of the world's most ambitious ocean research initiatives.

🌊 3BIO partners Amelia Westmoreland and Thomas Vanagt are heading to Southeast Asia! The ASEAN Regional Workshop on the Nagoya Protocol, the BBNJ Agreement and Access and Benefit-Sharing will take place in Bali from 7-9 September 2026.

🌍 Are you familiar with geoengineering? Geoengineering involves deliberate large-scale interventions in the Earth’s natural systems aimed at counteracting climate change and it is the focus of our 10th factsheet.

Did you know that marine ecosystems are a rich source of bioactive compounds? Marine-derived compounds have demonstrated antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and UV-protective properties, offering promising applications in both cosmeceuticals and pharmaceuticals.

🌊 Celebrating achievements and inspiring future innovations! The joint BlueRemediomics & Bluetools Final Conference brought together project partners for three days to showcase key achievements and explore how marine microbiome research can drive real-world impact across the blue economy.

Last week, Dorinde and Antonio, members of the #XTREAM team, attended the final conference co-organised by @blueremediomics.bsky.social and @bluetools-project.eu

After 3 inspiring days at EMBL in Heidelberg, the joint BlueRemediomics and Bluetools Final Conference has concluded! Bringing together partners from both consortia, the conference provided a valuable opportunity to reflect on our achievements, discuss our KERs, and explore future collaborations.

Did you know that 353 million tonnes of plastic waste are produced globally each year? Only 9% is effectively recycled, and 11 million tonnes leak into the ocean annually. One solution? A circular economy that prioritises reducing the production and use of materials.

📰 A new article from our partner, Abbe Brown, titled "Balancing Innovation and Fair Sharing: Practical Options for IP Licensing and Benefit Sharing", was recently published in Les Nouvelles. 🔗 Access the article: blueremediomics.eu/balancing-in...

Balancing Innovation and Fair Sharing: New Article from University of Aberdeen Partner - Blueremediomics

Abbe Brown, a BlueRemediomics partner from the University of Aberdeen, has recently published an article in Les Nouvelles titled “Balancing Innovation and Fair Sharing: Practical Options for IP Licens...

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📣 The BlueRemediomics Final Conference will be held in Heidelberg, Germany, from 6-8 July 2026 at the EMBL Heidelberg campus! 🪸 The event will bring together partners from both BlueRemediomics and @bluetools-project.eu to celebrate the projects’ achievements and share the knowledge generated.

For today’s factsheet, we interviewed BlueRemediomics’ partner Neda Gilannejad on aquaculture and feed. She shares insights on how the marine microbiome can improve sustainability, as well as the key challenges facing the sector. Access our entire series: blueremediomics.eu/wp-content/u...

🌊 New article on marine innovation! A new article co-authored by our partner Professor Marcel Jaspars Jaspars from the University of Aberdeen highlights how Marine Genetic Resources (MGRs) are being translated into real-world innovation. 🔗 blueremediomics.eu/blue-genes-g...

Blue genes, green promises: new article co-authored by BlueRemediomics partner - Blueremediomics

A new article supported by BlueRemediomics and co-authored by our partner Marcel Jaspars from the University of Aberdeen highlights how Marine Genetic Resources (MGRs) are being translated into real-w...

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📣 Our 6th factsheet is out now! Find out about the role & vast potential of the powerful platform MGnify! To dive deeper, access our training materials on MGnify: blueremediomics.eu/training-mat... #BlueRemediomics #MGnify #MarineMicrobiome

Yesterday, BlueRemediomics' coordinator gave a virtual presentation on the MGnify database during the regional workshop on the Nagoya Protocol for Access and Benefit‑sharing (ABS) and the BBNJ Agreement. Take a look at some photos from the presentation!

🌊 Today marks the start of a regional workshop focused on the Nagoya Protocol on ABS and the BBNJ Agreement, co‑facilitated by our partners 3BIO. Held in Suva, Fiji, the workshop runs until 30 April. It aims to strengthen Pacific capacity and coordination across ABS, DSI, and the BBNJ Agreement!

Last week our project partner Abbe Brown spoke at the 2026 BILETA Conference. Her presentation focused on “Beyond Master and Servant? The need and reasons for, and paths towards, new intellectual property and technology practices”. Check out a couple of pictures here!

📣 Exciting news! On 16 April, our project partner Abbe Brown will be speaking at the 2026 BILETA Conference. Her paper explores the DNSH principle and the IP & ABS licence, which is already available here: blueremediomics.eu/wp-content/u... Access the programme: www.bileta.org.uk/news/bileta-...

New policy brief on MGRs under the BBNJ Agreement! Our partners from 3BIO and the University of Aberdeen have co‑authored a new policy brief with the IUCN exploring how countries can share information on MGRs through the BBNJ Agreement’s CHM. Access it: blueremediomics.eu/new-iucn-pol...

New IUCN policy brief on the BBNJ Agreement’s Clearing-House Mechanism - Blueremediomics

A new policy brief co-authored by our partners Amelia Westmoreland and Thomas Vanagt from 3BIO/ABSint and Marcel Jaspars from the University of Aberdeen highlights how countries can best share informa...

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Factsheet 5 in the #BlueRemediomics factsheet series highlights the work of Samuel Chaffron and his team from CNRS, on the development of the first Ocean Microbiome Health Index (OMHI). Dive into the rest of our booklet here: blueremediomics.eu/wp-content/u... #OHI #OMHI

🌊 Strengthening Momentum Ahead of the BBNJ PrepCom3 Our partners at the University of Aberdeen and 3BIO have been actively contributing to global discussions on the implementation of the BBNJ Agreement in the lead-up to the PrepCom3. 🔗 More information here: blueremediomics.eu/partners-adv...

Partners Advance BBNJ Implementation Efforts Ahead of PrepCom3 - Blueremediomics

Ahead of the 3rd BBNJ Preparatory Commission which will run from March 23rd to April 2nd, 2026, our partners from the University of Aberdeen and 3BIO/ABSInt have participated in a couple of BBNJ-focus...

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The 4th and final episode of our mini‑series on MGRs is now live. This episode, titled "Navigating the Voyage Ahead: Treaty Implementation", features our partner Abbe Brown from the @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social Listen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Bin...

Episode 4 - Navigating the Voyage Ahead: Treaty Implementation

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📣 Second Capacity Building Workshop in the CARICOM region Last week, our partners from 3BIO co‑organised and presented at the regional CARICOM capacity‑building workshop on ABS, held at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus. 👉 Read more: blueremediomics.eu/second-capac...

🌊 The third BBNJ symposium kicked off in Rio de Janeiro today! It will run until March 12 and explore the role of science and knowledge in the implementation and governance of the BBNJ Agreement. Today, our partner Marcel Jaspars talked about the science-policy interface.

The third episode of the podcast mini-series: Decoding Marine Genetic Resource Governance under the BBNJ Agreement is now live, and features Professor Marcel Jaspars from the University of Aberdeen! Listen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEJs...

Episode 3: Anchoring the Framework: Interaction between Treaty Systems

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Were a million news species just discovered? A recent episode of the BBC More or Less podcast takes a closer look at Basecamp Research’s findings, with BlueRemediomics coordinator Rob Finn explaining how scientists identify new species through DNA sequencing and computational methods.

The 2nd episode of the podcast mini-series: Decoding Marine Genetic Resource Governance under the BBNJ Agreement, is live! Titled "The Ship has Reached the Shore: Sharing Ocean Heritage & Wealth", our partner Thomas Vanagt takes a part in it. 👉 Listen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKS4...

Our fourth #BlueRemediomics is now available! Did you know that TREC (Traversing European Coastlines) lasted 18 months and had stopovers at 8 European coastal cities from Greece to Denmark? Explore our factsheet series: blueremediomics.eu/wp-content/u...

This week, on Tuesday and Wednesday, our partners from 3BIO are hosting the second capacity building workshop, this time in the CARICOM region The aim is to strengthen national and regional expertise on Access and Benefit-Sharing under the Convention on Biological Diversity and its Nagoya Protocol