EMBL’s Advanced Mobile Laboratory (AML) was a key component of the TREC expedition. As part of the pan-European expedition exploring coastal ecosystems along the continent’s coastline, the mobile laboratory brought cutting-edge technology and methodology to the field. Following the completion of TREC’s sampling phase, the AML is currently operating in its full mobile service capacity as part of the EMBL Mobile Laboratories, an interdisciplinary core facility supporting European researchers with advanced technologies, expertise, and training directly at their institutes. The first users of this unique service provided by EMBL are researchers at the University of Malta (UM).