Last month, Javi and Judit visited the school IE Rec Comtal (Barcelona) to run a hands‑on activity for high school students as part of the Ciència al Barri (Science in the neighbourhood) initiative. Ciència al Barri  is a CSIC outreach programme that brings scientists into schools across Barcelona, Seville and Madrid, offering students the chance to explore the scientific method through engaging, researcher-led activities in multiple formats. Through a real-case study from t

This November CREAF celebrated an event called Vermut Temporal , co-organised by TEB Lab member Javier de la Casa. This events aim to gather different researchers from CREAF to present their work, fostering community building. In other words, knowing what is being done is your neighbour office. This time, what connected all talks was time itself. How time shapes ecological processes, and the importance of time scale and resolution Estefanía Muñoz, Javier de la Casa and Jordi

This July, a CEAB team, including TEB Lab PhD student Elena Baños, embarked on a remarkable field expedition along the diverse South African coastline, as part of the ICOOP24 Project. Our mission: to collect sediment cores and water samples that will allow us to uncover the hidden genetic record of marine life, past and present, along one of the most environmentally diverse coastlines in the world. Our journey began in Velddrif, on the cold, nutrient-rich shores of the South

From April to July 2025, Franka Gaiser, a PhD candidate from the University of Bayreuth in Germany, stayed with the TEB Lab in...