TREC

Always wanted to play around with a microscope? Check out our pop-up
stand!

Timings & locations:

Garden of Aquarium Boka

Thursday, 20 June, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Friday, 21 June, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Test your research skills as in this game: join the expedition by discovering and
studying the organisms living on Nexus Island… will you be able to save them?

Timings & locations:

Hall of Institute of Marine Biology Kotor

Thursday, 20 June 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Friday, 21 June 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Come and play a giant Game of the Goose – the TREC edition!
Both activities will be located at different places across the city.

Timings & locations:

Plateau in front of Faculty of Maritime Studies

Wednesday, 19 June, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Friday, 21 June, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Saturday, 22 June, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

A travelling exhibition stand that offers hands-on, “wow-science!” experiences on microscopy, and information.

Timings & locations:

• On Monday 9 October 2023 from 9.30 to 13.30 at the UPV/EHU in Leioa.
• On Tuesday 10 October 2023 from 9.30 to 11.30 at the UPV/EHU in San Sebastian and at the Aquarium at 12.30.
• On Wednesday 11 October 2023 from 9.30 to 12.30 at the UPV/EHU in Vitoria Gastéiz.
• On Friday 13 October all day at a location still to be confirmed.
• On Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 October 2023 from 11.00 to 14.00 and from 16.00 to 18.00 at the Maritime museum in Bilbao.

Hands-on, game-based workshop focused on human & planetary health.

Workshop timings & locations:

• On Thursday 5 October 2023 workshops will be organised in Plentzia at the EHU/UPV PiE, for schools in the morning and for the public in the late afternoon.
• On Tuesday 10 October 2023 at 12.30 one workshop will be organised at the Aquarium in San Sebastian.
• On Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 October 2023 workshops will potentially be organised for the public, at the Maritime museum in Bilbao.
• On Monday 16 October 2023 workshops will be organised for schools at the UPV/EHU in Leioa.

Interactive science talks for and with the public in your local bar or café. Come and interact with our scientists!

During European Researcher’s Night in Bilbao TREC Public Engagement will run in the centre of Bilbao!

Exact activity, time and location to be confirmed.

Take a tour on Tara‘s deck at the Port of Galway with some of our crew members and scientists and join our educational science workshops at the Galway City Museum! This event is free and open to all schools, please note registration is required!

Timings of visits & workshops:

• Tuesday, 12 September 2023: 9.30 – 12.00 local time
• Thursday, 14 September 2023: 9.30 – 11.30 local time

Scientific and artistic processes have more in common than one might imagine. What happens when artists take on residencies among scientists? Join our panel of artists and scientists as they share their experiences and vision about art, science and emotion. This event is free and open to all (targeted at 18+), no registration required. 

Interactive guided tour that offers participants the opportunity to directly explore the world of the Schooner’s scientific expeditions. This event is free and open to all (kids all ages welcome), please note registration is required!

Timings of guided tours:

• Sunday, 10 September 2023: 10.00 – 12.00 & 14.00 – 18.00 local time

An exhibition, designed as a journey, illustrated by an artist to carry a key message: the ocean is the central ecosystem of our planet. This event is free and open to all (kids all ages welcome), no registration required.

A workshop to discover a world essential to life on Earth: the marine microbiome. This event is free and open to all (kids all ages welcome), no registration required.

A workshop to go back to the source of plastic pollution, and associated chemical pollutants, and find solutions upstream. This event is free and open to all (kids all ages welcome), no registration required.

Hands-on, game-based workshop focused on human & planetary health. This workshop is for school groups only (young learners ages 14-16), registration is arranged directly with the libraries.

Workshop locations & timings:

• Friday, 8 September 2023: 11.00 – 12.45 local time @ Ballinasloe Library
• Tuesday, 12 September 2023: 10.15 – 12.45 local time @ Leabharlann na Ceathrún Rua

At this travelling exhibition stand members of the public can try out a microscope and observe things that are invisible to the naked eye. They can take photos or videos with marine organism and maybe even go home with a small prize. This event is free and open to all (kids all ages welcome), no registration required.

Exhibition locations & timings:

• Friday, 8 September 2023: 14.15 – 16.00 local time @ Ballinasloe Library
• Saturday, 9 September 2023: 14.15 – 16.00 local time @ Westside Library
• Monday, 11 September 2023: 14.00 – 16.00 local time @ Galway City Library
• Tuesday, 12 September 2023: 14.15 – 16.00 local time @ Leabharlann na Ceathrún Rua
• Wednesday, 13 September 2023: 14.15 – 16.00 local time @ Oranmore Library

Interactive science talks for and with the public in your local bar or café. Come and interact with our scientists! This event is free and open to all (targeted at 18+), no registration required.

A travelling exhibition stand that offers hands-on, “wow-science!” experiences on microscopy, and information.

Interactive science talks for and with the public in your local bar or café. Come and interact with our scientists!

Hands-on, game-based workshop focused on human & planetary health.

Workshop timings: 9.45 – 12.30 & 13.00 – 15.45 local time.

A travelling exhibition stand that offers hands-on, “wow-science!” experiences on microscopy, and information.

Hands-on, game-based workshop focused on human & planetary health.

Workshop timings: 11.45, 13.15 & 15.00 local time

Interactive guided tour that offers participants the opportunity to directly explore the Advanced Mobile Lab!

Timings of tours: 10.00, 11.00, 11.45, 13.00, 14.00 & 15.00 local time.

A travelling exhibition stand that offers hands-on, “wow-science!” experiences on microscopy, and information.

Interactive science talks for and with the public in your local bar or café. Come and interact with our scientists!

Hands-on, game-based workshop focused on human & planetary health.

Workshop timings:

• Tuesday, 11 July 2023: workshops at 9.30 and 11.00
• Thursday, 13 July 2023: workshops at 9.30 and 11.00

A travelling exhibition stand that offers hands-on, “wow-science!” experiences on microscopy, and information.

Exhibition timings:

• 11 & 13 July from 13.30 to 16.30 local time
• 12 July from 10.00 to 15.00 local time

A travelling exhibition stand that offers hands-on, “wow-science!” experiences on microscopy, and information.

Hands-on, game-based workshop focused on human & planetary health.

• 1 & 2 July sessions at 10.30; 12.00 and 13.30 GMT+3 for the PUBLIC @Europa Experience Tallinn
• 3 July sessions at 10.30; 12.00 and 13.30 GMT+3 for SCHOOLS @Europa Experience Tallinn
• 4 July sessions at 10.30 and 12.00 GMT+3 for the PUBLIC @Europa Experience Tallinn

A travelling exhibition stand that offers hands-on, “wow-science!” experiences on microscopy, and information.

• 30 June from 14.00 to 18.00 GMT+3 @Solarise Kesku
• 1 July from from 14.00 to 16.00 GMT+3 @Solarise Kesku
• 2 July from 10.00 to 17.00 GMT+3 @Lennusadam
• 3 July from 14.00 to 16.00 GMT+3 @Solarise Kesku
• 4 July from 12.00 to 17.00 GMT+3 @Solarise Kesku
• 5 July from 12.00 to 17.00 GMT+3 @Solarise Kesku

Interactive science talks for and with the public in your local bar or café. Come and interact with our scientists!

A travelling exhibition stand that offers hands-on, “wow-science!” experiences on microscopy, and information.

Hands-on, game-based workshop focused on human & planetary health.

Hands-on, game-based workshop focused on human & planetary health, everyday at the Sustainability Island at 11.00 CET and 14.00 CET.

A travelling exhibition stand that offers hands-on, “wow-science!” experiences on microscopy, and information.

Hands-on, game-based workshop focused on human & planetary health.

Interactive science talks for and with the public in your local bar or café. Come and interact with our scientists!

A travelling exhibition stand that offers hands-on, “wow-science!” experiences on microscopy, and information.

• 28 & 30 April from 10.00 CET to 15.30 CET @ Ecomare
• 1 May from 14.00 to 18.00 @ De Krim

Public talk about the threat of a changing climate to marine biodiversity and the TREC expedition by Peter Landschützer (VLIZ) and Sara Verstraeten (EMBL).

A workshop to go back to the source of plastic pollution, and associated chemical pollutants, and find solutions upstream.

A workshop to discover a world essential to life on Earth: the marine microbiome.

A workshop about e-DNA: the life that inhabits the oceans leaves traces in the water, in the sediments, everywhere.

A travelling exhibition stand that offers hands-on, “wow-science!” experiences on microscopy, and information.

Hands-on, game-based workshop focused on human & planetary health.

An exhibition, conceived as a journey, composed of 6 panels illustrated by an artist to convey a key message: the ocean is the central ecosystem of our planet.

Interactive science talks for and with the public in your local bar or café. Come and interact with our scientists!