The European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC) has released its Annual Report for 2025, focusing on how today’s scientific advances are bringing discoveries and a better tomorrow closer. The ANERIS project was featured in the report, with last year’s two-day campaign, which organised citizen scientists and encouraged them to collect eDNA samples by using the MINKA observatory. 

EMBRC is the only research infrastructure for marine biology and ecology in Europe. They support researchers in understanding the pressures on marine biodiversity, promoting sustainable resources, and advancing scientific innovation. Each year, they release an annual report, which celebrates their milestones in marine science and environmental progress.

The ANERIS project has been featured in EMBRC’s 2025 annual report, with the citizen science sampling campaign and training (supported by EMBRC), held last summer. The two-day campaign gathered citizen-science volunteers from 8 countries and aimed at collecting eDNA samples from sediments and coastal waters. EMBRC participated in organising a multilingual training session to help train all volunteers during the course. EMBRC Greece (Hellenic Centre for Marine Research - HCMR) and EMBRC Belgium (VLIZ) contributed to the course with their developed sampling kits and analytic tools, used during the campaign. 

The campaign allowed participants to test three ANERIS technologies: MARGENODAT, SLIM 2.0 and NANOMICS. These technologies enabled the participants to study genetic diversity, monitor for indigenous species, and detect fish species and macrobenthic organisms.

Read EMBRC’s full annual report, as well as a Q&A with course participants here.