OBON Network Spotlight: Updates & New Beginnings
🌊 The OBON Network Spotlight: Updates & New Beginnings webinar series, hosted by the Ocean Biomolecular Observing Network (OBON), features presentations from projects endorsed as Ocean Decade initiatives under the OBON Programme.
All recordings now available on YouTube
Throughout September and October, you will have the opportunity to learn about the progress of existing projects and be introduced to newly endorsed ones. The webinars will cover a range of themes:
1. Reference Libraries
📅 24th September – Recording now available on YouTube
- ATLASea: Atlas of Marine Genomes – Hugues Roest Crollius, France
- EMOBON – eDNA Aquaplan – Nicolas Pade, EMBRC
- Marine Biodiversity Library and MPA eDNA Monitoring – Kristen Westfall, Canada
2. Methodologies
📅 26th September – Recording now available on YouTube
- Guidance on Optimal Timing for eDNA – Anaïs Lacoursière, Canada
- Making eDNA FAIR -Miwa Takahashi, Australia
- BeBOP – Kathleen Pitz, USA
3. Observatories
📅 30th September – Recording now available on YouTube
- Pacific eDNA Coastal Observatory (PECO) – Jennifer Sunday, USA
- West Coast OBON – Nastassia Patin (NOAA), USA
4. Societal Applications, Citizen Science and Outreach
📅 16th October at 16:00 UK time – Recording now available on YouTube
- DNA-based approaches for fisheries monitoring РFilipe Jos̩ Oliveira Costa РUniversidade do Minho, Departamento de Biologia.
- Hakai Institute Biomolecular Observing Network (HI-BON) – Colleen Kellogg.
- Observing and Promoting Atlantic Microbiomes – Alice Ortmann – Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
- Pacific Islands Marine Bioinvasion Alert Network (PacMAN) and eDNA expeditions in Marine World Heritage sites – Saara Suominen – Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO (IODE, OBIS)
5. Other Observing Programmes
📅 23rd October at 14:00 UK time – Recording now available on YouTube
- AMT-omics: Atlantic Meridional Transect ‘omics network – Karen Tait – Plymouth Marine Laboratory
- OceanOmics: Monitoring & Protecting Ocean Life – Eric Raes – Minderoo Foundation
All webinars will be recorded and uploaded to OBON’s YouTube channel, allowing you to revisit the content or catch up if you cannot attend live.
Don’t miss this unique opportunity to stay updated on the cutting-edge developments in ocean biomolecular observation and to engage with leading experts in the field, all via Zoom. You can register using the links above.
Stay tuned for more details and mark your calendars!
