# A New View of Plankton in the Global Ocean: Celebrating 10 Years of Tara Oceans

- Dates: 1 September 2026 to 4 September 2026
- Location: EMBL Advance Training Centre, Heidelberg, Germany
- Address: EMBL, Meyerhofstraße 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
- Organiser: EMBL Heidelberg

## About

This conference focuses on new fields of plankton science enabled by 10 years of Tara Oceans research. It aims to increase the impact of knowledge from these datasets and foster collaborations among aquatic microbial ecologists, evolutionary biologists, oceanographers, cell and molecular biologists, and geneticists.

## Official links

- [Official website](https://www.embl.org/about/info/course-and-conference-office/events/pgo26-01/)
- [Registration](https://www.embl.org/internal-information/eicat/course-and-conference-office/embl-staff-registration/)

## Topics

- Science & Research
- IT & Technology

## Speakers

- A. Murat Eren, University of Oldenburg Germany
- Éric Karsenti, EMBL Heidelberg Germany
- Erin Bertrand, Dalhousie University Canada
- María del Carmen Muñoz-Marín, University of Córdoba Spain
- Nicole Dubilier, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Germany
- Angela Falciatore, Sorbonne University France
- Matthias Fischer, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research Germany
- Jed Fuhrman, University of Southern California USA
- Stephen Giovannoni, Oregon State University USA
- Mahwash Jamy, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Sweden
- Eugene Koonin, National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) USA
- Naomi Levine, University of Southern California USA
- Marina Levy, Locean-IPSL Sorbonne University France
- Xin Lin, Xiamen University China
- Katja Metfies, Alfred Wegener Institute Germany
- Victoria Orphan, California Institute of Technology France
- Manu Prakash, Stanford University USA
- Michael Rappé, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa USA

## Sponsors and partners

- Yokogawa Fluid Imaging Technologies (FlowCam)
- Advanced Biology
- BioEssays
- ChemBioChem
- EMBO Reports
- FEBS Press
- Medinformatics
- Open Biology

## Where to stay

- **Hilton Heidelberg**: 150 m from the venue, 4 stars, 1 Kurfürsten-Anlage, Heidelberg, 69115
  - [Hotel website](https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/hdbbwhi-hilton-heidelberg)
  - Phone: +49 162 5746381
- **Bayrischer Hof**: 160 m from the venue, 3 stars, 2 Rohrbacher Straße, Heidelberg, 69115
  - [Hotel website](https://www.bayrischer-hof-heidelberg.com/)
  - Phone: +49 6221 872880
- **Bergheim 41**: 160 m from the venue, 41 Bergheimer Straße, Heidelberg, 69115
  - [Hotel website](https://www.bergheim41.de/)
- **Denner Hotel**: 200 m from the venue, 3 stars, 8 Bergheimer Straße, Heidelberg, 69115
  - [Hotel website](http://www.denner-hotel.de)
  - Phone: +49 6221 604510
- **Hotel Tannhäuser**: 210 m from the venue, 3 stars, 6 Bergheimer Straße, Heidelberg, 69115
  - Phone: +49 6221 218005
- **Regina**: 210 m from the venue, 3 stars
  - [Hotel website](https://www.hotel-regina.de/)
  - Phone: +49 6221 53640
- **PLAZA Premium Heidelberg**: 230 m from the venue, 6-8 Sofienstraße, Heidelberg, 69115
- **Hotel Mille Stelle**: 250 m from the venue, 2 Goethestraße, Heidelberg, 69115
  - [Hotel website](https://www.millestelle.de/)
  - Phone: +49 6221 6735820

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Source: https://www.luminik.io/events/a-new-view-of-plankton-in-the-global-ocean-celebrating-10-years-of-tara-oceans/