OBON Network Spotlight: Projects Wave 2025
🌊 The OBON Network Spotlight: Projects Wave 2025 webinar series, hosted by the Ocean Biomolecular Observing Network (OBON), features presentations from projects endorsed as Ocean Decade initiatives under the OBON Programme.
Held during October, it provided viewers with the opportunity to learn about the progress of existing projects and be introduced to newly endorsed ones. The webinars covered a range of themes and, to increase accessibility for both presenters and attendees, the three sessions were spread across different time zones.
Two recent additions to the OBON Network – ANEMONE and PASTIME – were introduced in the June Webinar, watchable here.
The recordings are all publicly available on YouTube
1. OBON Projects – European Time
📅 14th October 2025 from 13:00 – 14:30 BST (UTC +1)
- NEW PROJECT: Marma-detox – Whales and polar bear in a petri dish: decoding marine mammal toxicology through in vitro and in silico approaches – Anders Goksøyr, Norway
- NEW PROJECT: Blowomics – Courtney Waugh & Louise Fargette, Norway [NB unable to present – a separate recording will be made available at a later date]
2. OBON Projects – Americas Time
📅 15th October 2025 from 21:00 – 22:30 BST (UTC +1) – Register here
- Marine Biodiversity Library & MPA eDNA monitoring – Kristen Westfall, Canada
- Pacific eDNA Coastal Observatory – Jennifer Sunday, Canada
- West Coast OBON – Nastassia Patin, USA
- BeBOP – Katie Pitz, USA
3. OBON Projects – Asia-Pacific Time
📅23rd October 2025 from 06:00 – 07:30 BST (UTC +1) – Register here
- OceanOmics: Monitoring & Protecting Ocean Life – Eric Raes & Philipp Bayer, Australia
- Making eDNA FAIR – Miwa Takahashi, Australia
- EMO BON – Ioulia Santi, France
- NEREA – Lucia Campese, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
- HI-BON – Matt Lemay & Colleen Kellogg, Hakai Institute [NB unable to present – a separate recording will be made available at a later date]
All webinars were recorded and uploaded to OBON’s YouTube channel, allowing you to revisit the content or catch up if you cannot attend live.
