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A VLIZ delegation is visiting Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI) in Mombasa, Kenya to meet director Dr Paul Swage Orina & team. The visit highlights a strong Kenya-Belgium marine science legacy and explores renewed VLIZ-KMFRI collaboration ahead of #OurOceanConference2026. #SDG14
January 21, 2026 at 8:44 AM
A VLIZ delegation is visiting Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI) in Mombasa, Kenya to meet director Dr Paul Swage Orina & team. The visit highlights a strong Kenya-Belgium marine science legacy and explores renewed VLIZ-KMFRI collaboration ahead of #OurOceanConference2026. #SDG14
Leandro Ponsoni (PI, Marine Robotics Centre) and Steven Dauwe (Science Officer, Policy Information Division) joined the “AMOC in Focus” First Author Writing Workshop ✍️ as part of the JPI Climate & JPI Oceans AMOC assessment. 🌊 Proud to contribute! 🤝🌍
#AMOC #OceanScience #ClimateAction
#AMOC #OceanScience #ClimateAction
January 19, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Leandro Ponsoni (PI, Marine Robotics Centre) and Steven Dauwe (Science Officer, Policy Information Division) joined the “AMOC in Focus” First Author Writing Workshop ✍️ as part of the JPI Climate & JPI Oceans AMOC assessment. 🌊 Proud to contribute! 🤝🌍
#AMOC #OceanScience #ClimateAction
#AMOC #OceanScience #ClimateAction
⛵️ New paper by #MPI-M, @uni-hamburg.de, geomarkiel.bsky.social & @vliz.be: data from sailing boats #TeamMalizia fills in blind spots @socatco2.bsky.social, improving estimates marine carbon sink. Calibration & more observations remain crucial. 👉 bit.ly/45f7qHj
#ClimateScience #CitizenScience
#ClimateScience #CitizenScience
January 16, 2026 at 1:20 PM
⛵️ New paper by #MPI-M, @uni-hamburg.de, geomarkiel.bsky.social & @vliz.be: data from sailing boats #TeamMalizia fills in blind spots @socatco2.bsky.social, improving estimates marine carbon sink. Calibration & more observations remain crucial. 👉 bit.ly/45f7qHj
#ClimateScience #CitizenScience
#ClimateScience #CitizenScience
🌊 VLIZ underwater robots reveal how bottom currents continue to reshape seafloor of the Belgica Mound Drift off Ireland — from past formation to present-day dynamics. PhD research by Alice Matossian (UGent) using VLIZ #ROVzonnebloem, #AUVbarabas and #gliderYoko,
🔗 Read more: bit.ly/45FE1pH
🔗 Read more: bit.ly/45FE1pH
January 12, 2026 at 3:45 PM
🌊 VLIZ underwater robots reveal how bottom currents continue to reshape seafloor of the Belgica Mound Drift off Ireland — from past formation to present-day dynamics. PhD research by Alice Matossian (UGent) using VLIZ #ROVzonnebloem, #AUVbarabas and #gliderYoko,
🔗 Read more: bit.ly/45FE1pH
🔗 Read more: bit.ly/45FE1pH
✨A warm start to the new year at #VLIZ ✨
Team moments, an inspiring New Year’s address by Director Jan Mees, and a potluck with local specialties – connecting colleagues, sharing ideas, and looking ahead together. 🤝✨ 🌊
Team moments, an inspiring New Year’s address by Director Jan Mees, and a potluck with local specialties – connecting colleagues, sharing ideas, and looking ahead together. 🤝✨ 🌊
January 9, 2026 at 3:42 PM
✨A warm start to the new year at #VLIZ ✨
Team moments, an inspiring New Year’s address by Director Jan Mees, and a potluck with local specialties – connecting colleagues, sharing ideas, and looking ahead together. 🤝✨ 🌊
Team moments, an inspiring New Year’s address by Director Jan Mees, and a potluck with local specialties – connecting colleagues, sharing ideas, and looking ahead together. 🤝✨ 🌊
VLIZ is hiring: a Fish Behavioral Ecology Researcher 🐟
Ready to make an impact on healthy fish populations and marine biodiversity? Join our vibrant research team and work on cutting-edge European projects.
👉 Apply no later than 25 January. More info viahttps://vliz.pulse.ly/dfkavmwxh1
Ready to make an impact on healthy fish populations and marine biodiversity? Join our vibrant research team and work on cutting-edge European projects.
👉 Apply no later than 25 January. More info viahttps://vliz.pulse.ly/dfkavmwxh1
January 6, 2026 at 9:00 AM
VLIZ is hiring: a Fish Behavioral Ecology Researcher 🐟
Ready to make an impact on healthy fish populations and marine biodiversity? Join our vibrant research team and work on cutting-edge European projects.
👉 Apply no later than 25 January. More info viahttps://vliz.pulse.ly/dfkavmwxh1
Ready to make an impact on healthy fish populations and marine biodiversity? Join our vibrant research team and work on cutting-edge European projects.
👉 Apply no later than 25 January. More info viahttps://vliz.pulse.ly/dfkavmwxh1
🌱 Hopeful and active into 2026!
A small action with a big impact: colleagues planting marram grass to strengthen our coast. 🌊
💙 Happy 2026 from the entire VLIZ team. #HappyNewYear
A small action with a big impact: colleagues planting marram grass to strengthen our coast. 🌊
💙 Happy 2026 from the entire VLIZ team. #HappyNewYear
January 1, 2026 at 1:00 PM
🌱 Hopeful and active into 2026!
A small action with a big impact: colleagues planting marram grass to strengthen our coast. 🌊
💙 Happy 2026 from the entire VLIZ team. #HappyNewYear
A small action with a big impact: colleagues planting marram grass to strengthen our coast. 🌊
💙 Happy 2026 from the entire VLIZ team. #HappyNewYear
Today, H.E. Ambassador Bitange Ndemo & a delegation of the Kenya Embassy 🇰🇪 in Brussels visited VLIZ in the presence of Carl Decaluwé, Jan Mees, Colin Janssen and Ann-Katrien Lescrauwaut. They discussed the marine science cooperation between Kenya and Flanders/Belgium.
December 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Today, H.E. Ambassador Bitange Ndemo & a delegation of the Kenya Embassy 🇰🇪 in Brussels visited VLIZ in the presence of Carl Decaluwé, Jan Mees, Colin Janssen and Ann-Katrien Lescrauwaut. They discussed the marine science cooperation between Kenya and Flanders/Belgium.
✨ Happy Holidays! ✨
Our office is closed from Dec 25–Jan 1.
Back from Jan 2. 🌊
#HappyHolidays #SeasonsGreetings
Our office is closed from Dec 25–Jan 1.
Back from Jan 2. 🌊
#HappyHolidays #SeasonsGreetings
December 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
✨ Happy Holidays! ✨
Our office is closed from Dec 25–Jan 1.
Back from Jan 2. 🌊
#HappyHolidays #SeasonsGreetings
Our office is closed from Dec 25–Jan 1.
Back from Jan 2. 🌊
#HappyHolidays #SeasonsGreetings
Research of @naturalsciences-be.bsky.social & @vliz.be shows that NASA’s new PACE/OCI hyperspectral sensor can detect blooms of Phaeocystis in the Southern North Sea. This research wouldn't have been possible without the PANTHYR system developed by VLIZ & deployed on the Blue Accelerator of POM WVl.
December 19, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Research of @naturalsciences-be.bsky.social & @vliz.be shows that NASA’s new PACE/OCI hyperspectral sensor can detect blooms of Phaeocystis in the Southern North Sea. This research wouldn't have been possible without the PANTHYR system developed by VLIZ & deployed on the Blue Accelerator of POM WVl.
🌊 Dive into marine biodiversity at WCMB 2026 in Bruges 🇧🇪
📅 17–20 Nov 2026
🔬 Global #MarineBiodiversity experts meet to explore biodiversity trends, innovation & science-to-policy.
📣 Abstracts open → 17 Mar 2026
🎟️ Registration now open
👉 www.wcmb2026.org
#WCMB2026 #UNOceandecade #VLIZ
📅 17–20 Nov 2026
🔬 Global #MarineBiodiversity experts meet to explore biodiversity trends, innovation & science-to-policy.
📣 Abstracts open → 17 Mar 2026
🎟️ Registration now open
👉 www.wcmb2026.org
#WCMB2026 #UNOceandecade #VLIZ
December 15, 2025 at 11:03 AM
🌊 Dive into marine biodiversity at WCMB 2026 in Bruges 🇧🇪
📅 17–20 Nov 2026
🔬 Global #MarineBiodiversity experts meet to explore biodiversity trends, innovation & science-to-policy.
📣 Abstracts open → 17 Mar 2026
🎟️ Registration now open
👉 www.wcmb2026.org
#WCMB2026 #UNOceandecade #VLIZ
📅 17–20 Nov 2026
🔬 Global #MarineBiodiversity experts meet to explore biodiversity trends, innovation & science-to-policy.
📣 Abstracts open → 17 Mar 2026
🎟️ Registration now open
👉 www.wcmb2026.org
#WCMB2026 #UNOceandecade #VLIZ
The VLIZ scientific diving team took a training dive in the Put van Ekeren. On the programme: lift-bag tests, navigation practice & sending up a surface marker buoy (SMB) on a reel. At the same time they tried out new kit. More about the VLIZ diving team 🔗 www.vliz.be/en/scientifi...
December 12, 2025 at 9:22 AM
The VLIZ scientific diving team took a training dive in the Put van Ekeren. On the programme: lift-bag tests, navigation practice & sending up a surface marker buoy (SMB) on a reel. At the same time they tried out new kit. More about the VLIZ diving team 🔗 www.vliz.be/en/scientifi...
Every year, @vliz.be surveys the marine research landscape in Flanders and Belgium 🇧🇪📊. The 2024 inventory (2008 - 2024) demonstrates that Belgian marine research is truly multidisciplinary and internationally collaborative 🫱🏿🫲🏽
Read the full report 🔗 www.vliz.be/en/news/mult...
Read the full report 🔗 www.vliz.be/en/news/mult...
December 4, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Every year, @vliz.be surveys the marine research landscape in Flanders and Belgium 🇧🇪📊. The 2024 inventory (2008 - 2024) demonstrates that Belgian marine research is truly multidisciplinary and internationally collaborative 🫱🏿🫲🏽
Read the full report 🔗 www.vliz.be/en/news/mult...
Read the full report 🔗 www.vliz.be/en/news/mult...
VLIZ recruits: a Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT) Data Engineer. Are you passionate about leveraging data to advance marine sciences and contribute to EU & global initiatives such as @icos-ri.eu & @socatco2.bsky.social? Join us! Apply no later than 4 January 2026. 🔗 www.vliz.be/en/jobs/vliz...
December 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
VLIZ recruits: a Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT) Data Engineer. Are you passionate about leveraging data to advance marine sciences and contribute to EU & global initiatives such as @icos-ri.eu & @socatco2.bsky.social? Join us! Apply no later than 4 January 2026. 🔗 www.vliz.be/en/jobs/vliz...
How effective are plastic clean-up technologies and what risks do they pose? Giulia Leone’s PhD dives into remediation technologies, citizen perceptions & issue of bycatch. A multidisciplinary look at tackling plastics. Congratulations, Giulia! #VLIZ #UGent #INBO 🔗https://vliz.be/en/node/140321
December 3, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Vlaams Viceminister-president & minister van Wonen, Energie & klimaat, Toerisme & Jeugd Melissa Depraetere bezocht het #VLIZ. Ze maakte kennis met ons klimaatonderzoek, de ingezette technologieën en onze beleidsinformerende instrumenten. Ook blauw toerisme en de energietransitie kwamen aan bod.
December 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Vlaams Viceminister-president & minister van Wonen, Energie & klimaat, Toerisme & Jeugd Melissa Depraetere bezocht het #VLIZ. Ze maakte kennis met ons klimaatonderzoek, de ingezette technologieën en onze beleidsinformerende instrumenten. Ook blauw toerisme en de energietransitie kwamen aan bod.
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
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