Last week, the Deep Chew Bahir Drilling Project #DeepCHB @icdpdrilling.bsky.social held their hybrid workshop - in Addis Ababa 🇪🇹 and Potsdam 🇩🇪 - with lots of #ECR representation! 🧑‍🔬 Thanks to the organizers for valuing our contributions and to the researchers for taking time to share their ideas!

icdpdrilling.bsky.social is busy⚡ packing our bags & goodies for our Training Course @ KTB Geocenter, Windischeschenbach (Germany): 1 week of drilling project skills, new @icdp-ecn.bsky.social Early Career session & hands-on experience 🔥 @ KTB drillrig 👍 www.icdp-online.org/support/upco...

Wrap-up of our @icdpdrilling.bsky.social ECR – Next Generation workshop in Chiba, Japan! 🗾 Still buzzing with excitement - what a great week it has been! Thank you to all the enthousiastic participants (ECR and PIs) from all around the globe - it certainly was an inspiring and fruitful workshop! 🎉

Behind the scenes at JpGU-AGU 2026 in Chiba! A glimpse of the @icdp-ecn.bsky.social ICDP Early Career Network Podcast recording in Special Space 3, featuring Hiroshi Ogasawara, Katsuyoshi Michibayashi, and Virginia Toy, with Rodrigo and Romina on interviews.

🌟Starring at JpGU-AGU 2026 in Chiba! A glimpse of the @icdp-ecn.bsky.social ICDP Early Career Network Podcast with speakers Yasuo Yabe, Yohei Suzuki & interviewers Yuhi Sakai and Kana Miyata during Live Session No. 2

We have a surprise for you! Because you asked for it: two extra episodes, but this time live from Japan!! 🇯🇵 Directly from the JpGU-AGU meeting in Chiba. That is not all! Introducing two new hosts: Kana and Yuhi! Welcome to the family of Into the Core! 🎙 Into the Core - Live at JpGU-AGU 2026

📢🎙️Can't believe it's already time for the season finale of our #IntoTheCore podcast! 😱 If you could give yourself some advice 20 years ago…, what would you say? 🗓 May 22 at 12:00 CET 🎧 Guest: Flavio Anselmetti But don't worry, we will be back soon with Season 2 😉

😅Day 2 of @icdp-ecn.bsky.social Workshop, featuring Drilling Operation Essentials and Technical Training with Dr. Ai Li, followed by Outreach & Citizen Science with Dr. Virginia Toy.👏 🤓We are working in groups, exchanging ideas over Japanese tea. A productive and engaging day so far.💚

The last lecture of the day features psychologist Franklin Guevara on “Managing the Mental Load of Leadership” in a virtual presentation. 🎈🤲 A timely reminder for early career scientists stepping into leadership roles in scientific drilling. 🧡💚 @icdp-ecn.bsky.social 💙

🤓The ICDP workshop simulation is underway! Participants were given a project idea and context, then challenged to draft their own ICDP workshop proposal.💥 Prof. Hiroshi Ogasawara and Prof. Virginia Toy led the session. Great energy and excellent photos to capture the moment!😅 @icdp-ecn.bsky.social 💚

⛲Virginia Toy offered a fresh perspective on leadership in large scientific projects, drawing on her experience in structural geology, tectonics, and scientific drilling.🥇 A great talk to end the session before coffee break. ☕️ @icdp-ecn.bsky.social 🩵

Prof. Hiroshi Ogasawara (Ritsumeikan University, Emeritus) delivered an inspiring talk on leadership in large-scale projects, drawing on his experience from ICDP DSeis project (2016–2018).👏 🎯 A highlight for the next generation, followed with great interest by participants @icdp-ecn.bsky.social🔥

🎉We are kicking off the @icdp-ecn.bsky.social ICDP ECR Workshop – Next Generation in 📍Chiba, ahead of #JpGU-AGU2026. 😍 ECRs from around the world are coming together to connect, collaborate, and engage with the scientific drilling community. Great energy, smiling faces, and a strong start. 🧡🩵💙💚

@icdp-ecn.bsky.social Trapped in Antarctica: A special birthday! Guest: Simona Pierdominici, a specialist in borehole logging evaluation to characterize sediment and rock properties & part of the OSG of ICDP. Listen to Into the Core on: Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/2p7I1gk...

Here we go again!! 🤩 In the middle of the storm, navigating at 4,700 m above sea level… Don’t miss these stories and more in the eighth episode of #IntoTheCore. 🗓 24.04 at 18:00 CET 🎙 Guest: Arne Ulfers Arne Ulfers is a researcher at the LIAG - Institute for Applied Geophysics in Germany.

And yet another eposide is available online! Listen now!! ⏬🎧 To the rescue of the platform's floats! Don’t miss these stories and more in the seventh episode of #IntoTheCore. 🗓 10.04 at 18:00 CET 🎙 Guest: Maarten Van Daele

Meet Olga! She helps organize the social media and is responsible for the newsletter and other communication. A fourth-generation geoscientist, Olga grew up surrounded by rocks — so this path was probably set from the start.

📻 Tune in, and don't forget to share your thoughts in the comments! Our @icdp-ecn.bsky.social 💙💚🧡 🗓 10.04 at 18:00 CET 🎙 Guest: Maarten Van Daele

Last Friday, another episode of the #IntoTheCore podcast was released! Haven't listened yet? Here's your chance ⏬📣 🌴 Taking the platform into the Jungle: I don't think I will do it again! ▶️ Don’t miss these stories and more in this sixth episode!! 🎙 Guest: Jonathan Obrist-Farner

... and the king said: do not touch the water! Don’t miss this story and more in the fifth episode of #IntoTheCore !! 🗓 13.03 at 18:00 CET 🎙 Guest: Daniel Ariztegui

Today is our 30th birthday‼️ 🎉🎈 💚Thank you to all who have contributed to our success!💙 Thirty years of discovery are just the beginning — the future of continental scientific drilling lies ahead! #ScientificDrilling

The day we lost the boat engine! Don’t miss these stories and more in the fourth episode of Into the Core. 🗓 27.02 at 18:00 CET 🎙 Guest: Liseth Pérez Alvarado

Strange traditions after working on a lake! Don’t miss these stories and more in the third episode of #IntoTheCore 🗓 13.02 at 18:00 CET 🎙 Guest: Blas Valero

Meet Katleen! @katleenwils.bsky.social Katleen is responsible for the International Network, and also helps creating the posts for our Social Media channels! ... Image credits: 2) Gesit Mutiarta 3) Katleen Wils 4) Mira Chalupka

📢 Calling all Early Career Scientists! EGU’s 2026 Education Fellowship is open for applications. Develop educational resources, gain mentorship, and boost your career, all while contributing to the geoscience community 🔗 Apply here: www.egu.eu/news/1255/ap... #EGU #SSS #SoilScience #EarlyCareer

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Meet Matthias! Matthias is working on establishing a Funding Database for all of us #ECR to use.

📢🎧 Did you hear it already? The second episode of our #IntoTheCore podcast is available! And the guest is our very own @mamarchegiano.bsky.social, liaison and chair of the @icdpdrilling.bsky.social Early Career Network 🤩 Enjoy!! ▶️: Spotify: h7.cl/1mVwl Apple: h7.cl/1mVwt Amazon Music: h7.cl/1hXHz

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Want to bring #geoscience #education to the next level⬆️? The EGU 2026 Education Fellowship offers €2500 for Early Career Scientists to develop innovative #teaching projects. 📆 Apply by 23 February 2026! 👉Learn more here: https://www.egu.eu/2D84CM 📸 Vladimir Shipilin on https://imaggeo.egu.eu

Meet Romina! Romina is responsible for the international network and hosts our #IntoTheCore Podcast and Youtube channel

Meet Lisa! @lisa-feist.bsky.social Lisa helps compiling all info for our newsletter and is working on establishing an ECR database.