Friday 25 October 2024, 10:00 am to 11:30 am COT (UTC -5) GEO Pavilion at CBD COP 16 (Blue Zone) Observing biology and ecosystems in the ocean for effective biodiversity conservation This side event will share the latest developments, including capacity development opportunities and challenges, concerning existing, new and emerging technologies and methods for observing […]

OBON will be represented by Jodie van de Kamp (CSIRO) at the Australian Marine Sciences Association & New Zealand Marine Sciences Society Joint Annual Meeting 2024 (AMSA-NZMSS 2024), which will take place in Hobart, Tasmania, from 15th – 20th September 2024. The presentation will be entitled “The Ocean Biomolecular Observation Network – Towards Globally Coordinated

🌊 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

Two OBON projects (DNA-based approaches for fisheries monitoring and GOTeDNA) will be presented as part of a session at the 9th International Barcode of Life Conference in Belém, Brazil, from 3 -6 Sept 2024. The session, entitled ‘Contribution of marine (e)DNA (meta)barcoding to the goals of the UN Ocean Decade’ will take place at 11

Professor Willie Wilson (MBA) will deliver a presentation entitled “Ocean Biomolecular Observing Network (OBON) – A Hub for Biomolecular Measurement of Marine Life” at the 2024 Conference of the Challenger Society, taking place in Oban, UK from 2 – 6 September 2024. It is part of the session “Small and alive! The ocean’s biology at

The OBON Annual Meeting took place from 6-8 Nov 2024 at Plymouth Marine Laboratory in the UK. The agenda included break-out or plenary sessions dedicated to the following topics: There was an opportunity for endorsed projects to introduce themselves and/or provide brief updates, as well as invited presentations from other relevant projects/programmes across the Ocean

OBON will be represented by Sophie von der Heyden (University of Stellenbosch) at the 7th International Marine Conservation Congress (IMCC7), which will take place in Cape Town, South Africa, from 13th – 18th October 2024. The poster will be entitled “OBON: towards a global biomolecular observation network to help support ocean management and governance”  The poster

Several OBON project and/or SAC members took part in the Third National Workshop on Marine eDNA, which took place at Johns Hopkins in June 2024. Read a summary report in the OBON Newsletter: https://us5.admin.mailchimp.com/campaigns/preview-content-html?id=10132313#US_eDNA And official reports here: https://www.jhuapl.edu/sites/default/files/2024-09/2024_National_eDNA_Workshop_Report_FINAL.pdf And here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/382137917_Summary_Overview_and_Insights_from_the_3rd_US_National_Marine_Environmental_DNA_Workshop_2024