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Exciting event coming up! The CommOcean Conference team will be hosting an online talk on 'Driving more impactful communication, the World Ocean Assessment as example' on 11 December 2025 at 15:00-17:30 CET! Register here to join us and discuss marine #scicomm: commocean.org/online-talks
November 26, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Exciting event coming up! The CommOcean Conference team will be hosting an online talk on 'Driving more impactful communication, the World Ocean Assessment as example' on 11 December 2025 at 15:00-17:30 CET! Register here to join us and discuss marine #scicomm: commocean.org/online-talks
Use case testimony by Jan Reubens (@vliz.be) about onboarding fish tracking data from the European Tracking Network (ETN, @aquatictracking.bsky.social) in #EDITO. #DOF2025 #EuropeanDigitalTwinOcean #MissionOcean
November 28, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Use case testimony by Jan Reubens (@vliz.be) about onboarding fish tracking data from the European Tracking Network (ETN, @aquatictracking.bsky.social) in #EDITO. #DOF2025 #EuropeanDigitalTwinOcean #MissionOcean
Aiman Shaikh @vliz.be introduces the EDITO Forum at #DOF2025. "A collaborative platform designed to foster ongoing collaboration, networking & cooperation among both current & future EDITO projects". Release: January 2026. @mercatorocean.bsky.social @emodnet.bsky.social @copernicusmarine.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Aiman Shaikh @vliz.be introduces the EDITO Forum at #DOF2025. "A collaborative platform designed to foster ongoing collaboration, networking & cooperation among both current & future EDITO projects". Release: January 2026. @mercatorocean.bsky.social @emodnet.bsky.social @copernicusmarine.bsky.social
Stijn Vermaere (IT project manager @vliz.be) shares his experiences of onboarding data of the European Tracking Network in #EDITO. “If everyone is open with their data you have so much more to win than you have to lose” #DOF2025 @aquatictracking.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Stijn Vermaere (IT project manager @vliz.be) shares his experiences of onboarding data of the European Tracking Network in #EDITO. “If everyone is open with their data you have so much more to win than you have to lose” #DOF2025 @aquatictracking.bsky.social
EU Digital Twin Ocean #EDITO has entered its 2nd phase with a €14 million investment. Led by @mercatorocean.bsky.social & @vliz.be on behalf of @ec.europa.eu this stage will enhance the platform’s technological capabilities + expand co-creation with Europe’s marine community. 🔗 tinyurl.com/yjr6hcfx
November 27, 2025 at 12:29 PM
EU Digital Twin Ocean #EDITO has entered its 2nd phase with a €14 million investment. Led by @mercatorocean.bsky.social & @vliz.be on behalf of @ec.europa.eu this stage will enhance the platform’s technological capabilities + expand co-creation with Europe’s marine community. 🔗 tinyurl.com/yjr6hcfx
#VLIZ is represented at the Digital Ocean Forum #DOF2025. Scientists, policymakers, innovators & members of the wider ocean community gather to explore the latest advances of the EU DTO @mercatorocean.bsky.social @horizoneu.bsky.social @emodnet.bsky.social @copernicusmarine.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 8:32 AM
#VLIZ is represented at the Digital Ocean Forum #DOF2025. Scientists, policymakers, innovators & members of the wider ocean community gather to explore the latest advances of the EU DTO @mercatorocean.bsky.social @horizoneu.bsky.social @emodnet.bsky.social @copernicusmarine.bsky.social
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Last night, the #LifeWatch SeaWatch-B training took place at the InnovOcean Campus.
Alongside an insightful talk on archaeological findings, participants were given a first look at SeaWatch-B data collected over 11 years.
@vliz.be
Alongside an insightful talk on archaeological findings, participants were given a first look at SeaWatch-B data collected over 11 years.
@vliz.be
November 26, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Last night, the #LifeWatch SeaWatch-B training took place at the InnovOcean Campus.
Alongside an insightful talk on archaeological findings, participants were given a first look at SeaWatch-B data collected over 11 years.
@vliz.be
Alongside an insightful talk on archaeological findings, participants were given a first look at SeaWatch-B data collected over 11 years.
@vliz.be
Save the date: the next CommOcean conference will take place 2-3 September 2026 in Bergen (Norway).
Awaiting this CommOcean conference, the @emarineboard.bsky.social Communication Panel organises a dedicated CommOCEAN Online Talks on 11 December 2025, 15:00 - 17:30 CET. Register: lnkd.in/eQYq9b_X
Awaiting this CommOcean conference, the @emarineboard.bsky.social Communication Panel organises a dedicated CommOCEAN Online Talks on 11 December 2025, 15:00 - 17:30 CET. Register: lnkd.in/eQYq9b_X
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Save the date: the next CommOcean conference will take place 2-3 September 2026 in Bergen (Norway).
Awaiting this CommOcean conference, the @emarineboard.bsky.social Communication Panel organises a dedicated CommOCEAN Online Talks on 11 December 2025, 15:00 - 17:30 CET. Register: lnkd.in/eQYq9b_X
Awaiting this CommOcean conference, the @emarineboard.bsky.social Communication Panel organises a dedicated CommOCEAN Online Talks on 11 December 2025, 15:00 - 17:30 CET. Register: lnkd.in/eQYq9b_X
🌊 The call for abstracts for the VLIZ Marine Science Day 2026 (#VMSD26) is open!
📅 Deadline: 11 Jan 2026
📍 Ostend, 4 March 2026
🎤 Pitch & poster opportunities. More info here: vliz.be/en/news/vliz... #MarineScience #Research
📅 Deadline: 11 Jan 2026
📍 Ostend, 4 March 2026
🎤 Pitch & poster opportunities. More info here: vliz.be/en/news/vliz... #MarineScience #Research
November 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
🌊 The call for abstracts for the VLIZ Marine Science Day 2026 (#VMSD26) is open!
📅 Deadline: 11 Jan 2026
📍 Ostend, 4 March 2026
🎤 Pitch & poster opportunities. More info here: vliz.be/en/news/vliz... #MarineScience #Research
📅 Deadline: 11 Jan 2026
📍 Ostend, 4 March 2026
🎤 Pitch & poster opportunities. More info here: vliz.be/en/news/vliz... #MarineScience #Research
Joint meeting of the IOC Groups of Experts on Ocean Literacy & of Capacity Development in UNESCO's HQ in #Paris has started. VLIZ is represented by Ann-Katrien Lescrauwaet & @juanajimenez.bsky.social (GoE Capacity Development) and Jan Seys (GoE Ocean Literacy). @unesco.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Joint meeting of the IOC Groups of Experts on Ocean Literacy & of Capacity Development in UNESCO's HQ in #Paris has started. VLIZ is represented by Ann-Katrien Lescrauwaet & @juanajimenez.bsky.social (GoE Capacity Development) and Jan Seys (GoE Ocean Literacy). @unesco.bsky.social
New @emarineboard.bsky.social report shows current marine Carbon Dioxide Removal (#mCDR) methods are not yet ready for large-scale deployment – cutting CO₂ emissions remains essential and MRV frameworks developed. Proud that Peter Landschützer (#VLIZ) contributed.👇
www.vliz.be/en/news/mari...
www.vliz.be/en/news/mari...
November 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
New @emarineboard.bsky.social report shows current marine Carbon Dioxide Removal (#mCDR) methods are not yet ready for large-scale deployment – cutting CO₂ emissions remains essential and MRV frameworks developed. Proud that Peter Landschützer (#VLIZ) contributed.👇
www.vliz.be/en/news/mari...
www.vliz.be/en/news/mari...
REGISTRATION for the 7th World Conference on Marine Biodiversity in Bruges, Belgium (17-20 november 2026) IS NOW OPEN! Start your countdown - #WCMB2026 is happening exactly one year from now! 🔗 lnkd.in/eEJEkpHW
November 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
REGISTRATION for the 7th World Conference on Marine Biodiversity in Bruges, Belgium (17-20 november 2026) IS NOW OPEN! Start your countdown - #WCMB2026 is happening exactly one year from now! 🔗 lnkd.in/eEJEkpHW
VLIZ is hiring: PhD researcher "Immune effects of sea air". Join the VLIZ research group Life's Roots & Rates and unravel the mechanistic links between marine microbial diversity, endotoxin composition & human immune responses. Apply no later than Tuesday, December 9th 🔗 www.vliz.be/en/jobs/vliz...
November 18, 2025 at 9:57 AM
VLIZ is hiring: PhD researcher "Immune effects of sea air". Join the VLIZ research group Life's Roots & Rates and unravel the mechanistic links between marine microbial diversity, endotoxin composition & human immune responses. Apply no later than Tuesday, December 9th 🔗 www.vliz.be/en/jobs/vliz...
Peter Landschützer – #VLIZ research director and author of next @ipcc.bsky.social report – contributed to #GlobalCarbonProject 2025: mainly collaborating to insights on role of #ocean in global carbon budget & impact #ClimateChange on extent carbon absorption by ocean.
📎 www.vliz.be/en/news/glob...
📎 www.vliz.be/en/news/glob...
November 13, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Peter Landschützer – #VLIZ research director and author of next @ipcc.bsky.social report – contributed to #GlobalCarbonProject 2025: mainly collaborating to insights on role of #ocean in global carbon budget & impact #ClimateChange on extent carbon absorption by ocean.
📎 www.vliz.be/en/news/glob...
📎 www.vliz.be/en/news/glob...
#VLIZ is hosting a North Seas Energy Cooperation meeting @InnovOcean Campus. We’re honoured to contribute to the grow of renewable energy. Mathieu Bihet: ‘Holding this meeting in Ostend, Belgium’s main offshore hub, shows our country’s central role in the NSEC’ @fodeconomie.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu
November 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
#VLIZ is hosting a North Seas Energy Cooperation meeting @InnovOcean Campus. We’re honoured to contribute to the grow of renewable energy. Mathieu Bihet: ‘Holding this meeting in Ostend, Belgium’s main offshore hub, shows our country’s central role in the NSEC’ @fodeconomie.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu
Congrats to @michielperneel.bsky.social on defending his PhD (#VLIZ #VIB #ugent)! 🎓 His research reveals how plankton in the North Sea shape oxygen production & marine food webs, using metatranscriptomics to uncover their hidden daily lives. 🔗https://tinyurl.com/5dejnyac
@fwovlaanderen.bsky.social
@fwovlaanderen.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Congrats to @michielperneel.bsky.social on defending his PhD (#VLIZ #VIB #ugent)! 🎓 His research reveals how plankton in the North Sea shape oxygen production & marine food webs, using metatranscriptomics to uncover their hidden daily lives. 🔗https://tinyurl.com/5dejnyac
@fwovlaanderen.bsky.social
@fwovlaanderen.bsky.social
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TODAY: Public PhD defense of @michielperneel.bsky.social from the group of @stevenmaere.bsky.social and @pascalhabluetzel.bsky.social. @viblifesciences.bsky.social @vliz.be
November 5, 2025 at 7:50 AM
TODAY: Public PhD defense of @michielperneel.bsky.social from the group of @stevenmaere.bsky.social and @pascalhabluetzel.bsky.social. @viblifesciences.bsky.social @vliz.be
The #TESTEREP project comes to an end - but its story keeps shaping how we see our coast. From ancient islands to today’s shoreline, TESTEREP research revealed 5000 years of change - blending science, art & heritage to bring the past to life.
👉 vliz.be/en/news/anci...
👉 vliz.be/en/news/anci...
November 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The #TESTEREP project comes to an end - but its story keeps shaping how we see our coast. From ancient islands to today’s shoreline, TESTEREP research revealed 5000 years of change - blending science, art & heritage to bring the past to life.
👉 vliz.be/en/news/anci...
👉 vliz.be/en/news/anci...
Alaska’s great 1964 earthquake did not simply “repeat” past behavior. Over the last ~2,000 years, lake sediments reveal mostly smaller earthquakes confined to fewer fault sections. This shows a study by Belgian (VLIZ, Ugent), American & Austrian scientists. Read more 🔗 tinyurl.com/yfe7943h
November 4, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Alaska’s great 1964 earthquake did not simply “repeat” past behavior. Over the last ~2,000 years, lake sediments reveal mostly smaller earthquakes confined to fewer fault sections. This shows a study by Belgian (VLIZ, Ugent), American & Austrian scientists. Read more 🔗 tinyurl.com/yfe7943h
VLIZ and @unesco-iocafrica.bsky.social organized a special session at #WIOMSA2025 on “The UN Decade of Ocean Science: Bridging Science, Policy & Society in Africa.” Juana Jimenez joined the #OceanDecade panel to share Belgium’s experience in building & sustaining its National Decade Committee.
October 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
VLIZ and @unesco-iocafrica.bsky.social organized a special session at #WIOMSA2025 on “The UN Decade of Ocean Science: Bridging Science, Policy & Society in Africa.” Juana Jimenez joined the #OceanDecade panel to share Belgium’s experience in building & sustaining its National Decade Committee.
🌊 Are you a young researcher with a brilliant, creative idea about our ocean? Apply before 19.01.26 for a #BMRI grant and turn your vision into impact.
🔗 vliz.be/en/support-u...
💙Companies can sponsor a grant to support future ocean innovators 📩 [email protected]
🔗 vliz.be/en/support-u...
💙Companies can sponsor a grant to support future ocean innovators 📩 [email protected]
October 27, 2025 at 12:32 PM
🌊 Are you a young researcher with a brilliant, creative idea about our ocean? Apply before 19.01.26 for a #BMRI grant and turn your vision into impact.
🔗 vliz.be/en/support-u...
💙Companies can sponsor a grant to support future ocean innovators 📩 [email protected]
🔗 vliz.be/en/support-u...
💙Companies can sponsor a grant to support future ocean innovators 📩 [email protected]
🌊 Call open: Dr. Edouard Delcroix Awards!
Hydro vzw & VLIZ philanthropy honour research ocean and human health research:
🏅 Incentive Award (€2500) for early-career scientists
🎓 Research Grant (€10000) to support scientific research
🗓️ Apply by 19 January 2026
🔗 vliz.be/en/news/ocea...
Hydro vzw & VLIZ philanthropy honour research ocean and human health research:
🏅 Incentive Award (€2500) for early-career scientists
🎓 Research Grant (€10000) to support scientific research
🗓️ Apply by 19 January 2026
🔗 vliz.be/en/news/ocea...
October 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
🌊 Call open: Dr. Edouard Delcroix Awards!
Hydro vzw & VLIZ philanthropy honour research ocean and human health research:
🏅 Incentive Award (€2500) for early-career scientists
🎓 Research Grant (€10000) to support scientific research
🗓️ Apply by 19 January 2026
🔗 vliz.be/en/news/ocea...
Hydro vzw & VLIZ philanthropy honour research ocean and human health research:
🏅 Incentive Award (€2500) for early-career scientists
🎓 Research Grant (€10000) to support scientific research
🗓️ Apply by 19 January 2026
🔗 vliz.be/en/news/ocea...
Last week we hosted #OceansAndLakes students from @vubrussel.bsky.social, #UGent & #UAntwerp 🌊As part of the @unoceandecade.bsky.social, we’re proud to support early career ocean professionals, helping them get insights from alumni @ VLIZ, #ILVO, @iodeoostende.bsky.social, @emarineboard.bsky.social.
October 20, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Last week we hosted #OceansAndLakes students from @vubrussel.bsky.social, #UGent & #UAntwerp 🌊As part of the @unoceandecade.bsky.social, we’re proud to support early career ocean professionals, helping them get insights from alumni @ VLIZ, #ILVO, @iodeoostende.bsky.social, @emarineboard.bsky.social.