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
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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
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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
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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
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24 April 2024, 1pm – 5pm Location: Mayfair B, 11F Decade Action W12 Ocean Biomolecular Observing Network (OBON) Ocean life – from viruses to whales – is built from biomolecules. Biomolecules such as DNA infuse each drop of ocean water, grain of sediment, and breath of ocean air. The Biomolecular Ocean Observing Network (OBON) will
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10 April 2024, 1:15pm to 2:45pm CEST Meeting room: 124-125 – Caribbean Ocean – P1 floor How will Ocean Decade biological observation programmes address the Vision 2030 recommendations for Challenge 2 “Protect and restore ecosystems and biodiversity”? This workshop will bring together the communities contributing to UN Ocean Decade Challenge 2 “Protect and restore marine
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During Ocean Sciences Meeting 2024, which took place in New Orleans, USA, in February, the Ocean Biomolecular Observing Network (OBON) led oral and poster sessions entitled ‘Expanding the Ocean Biomolecular Observing Network to New Locations, Technology, and Data Platforms’. The sessions were co-chaired by Margaret Leinen (Scripps) and Zachary Gold (NOAA), and included seven oral presentations and ten posters.
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