The ANERIS consortium gathered in Barcelona for its final in-person meeting, marking an important milestone after four years of collaborative work dedicated to developing and validating innovative technologies for marine ecosystem monitoring.

Representing CNRS and France-BioImaging, Caroline Thiriet, Perrine Paul-Gilloteaux and Fabrice Cordelières contributed to discussions on technology validation, dissemination and community engagement. Through its participation in ANERIS, France-BioImaging has helped bring expertise from the bioimaging community into a new application domain: operational marine biodiversity monitoring.

A highlight of the meeting was the presentation of Case Study 1, which showcased the scientific results and technological advances achieved through the project. As part of this session, Perrine Paul-Gilloteaux presented one of the advanced data products developed within the case study, illustrating how advanced imaging systems, image restoration methods and AI-powered analysis pipelines can be combined to generate continuous biodiversity observations in marine observatories. Together with the deployment of multiple sensing technologies, these developments demonstrate the technological maturity reached within ANERIS and the potential of the framework for operational marine biodiversity monitoring tools supporting environmental sciences.

ANERIS also highlighted the importance of collaboration between European Research Infrastructures. The participation of France-BioImaging alongside Euro-BioImaging has helped strengthen exchanges between imaging experts, marine observatories and environmental research communities, fostering the transfer of technologies, expertise and best practices across disciplines.

As the project enters its final phase, our focus now turns toward dissemination and uptake. Together with ANERIS partners, we are preparing a dedicated workshop later this year to introduce the Operational Marine Biology (OMB) products developed during the project to a broad audience, including researchers, infrastructure staff, environmental stakeholders and potential end users.

A great example of how research infrastructures contribute not only to technology development, but also to training, knowledge transfer and the long-term impact of scientific innovation.