Building on the success of last year’s OBON Network Spotlight webinar series, we are pleased to bring the OBON project community together once again through the 2026 OBON Project Community Webinar Series. As in previous years, these webinars will provide an opportunity for OBON-endorsed projects to share recent progress, discuss challenges and explore opportunities for […]
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The 2026 OBON Annual Meeting will be hosted by Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University in Dhaka, Bangladesh, from 30 November to 4 December 2026. To help us with planning, we ask OBON project representatives to please complete the registration form as soon as possible: https://forms.gle/YViXwnK3KNSnQ6Fn6 We expect to share the draft agenda in early October, but in the meantime, we
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SS32 The Ocean Biomolecular Observing Network (OBON): Biomolecular Observations for Aquatic Ecosystems Under Pressure (ORAL, POST, LIGHT) The Ocean Biomolecular Observing Network (OBON) is building a global network of researchers, observing systems, and infrastructure to generate interoperable biomolecular data across the inland-to-ocean continuum. Concurrently, the network is working to expand reference libraries, integrate biomolecular data into
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OBON will host two sessions at the 2026 Ocean Sciences Meeting, which will be held in Glasgow, UK, from 22-27 February 2026.
Both sessions are part of the Ocean Technology and Observatories topic, and are accepting abstract submissions:
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OBON is pleased to announce the opening of a Call for Expressions of Intent to apply for the OBON-SAIGe microgrants aiming to accelerate eDNA monitoring by supporting 1-year projects involving topics such as autonomous sampling, standardising protocols, building data infrastructure, expanding reference libraries, and citizen science initiatives using eDNA kits. This funding is part of
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🌊 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.
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A webinar by the Marine Mammals SIG 4pm – 5pm BST 22 September 2025 About the event: Environmental DNA (eDNA) is revolutionising how we detect and monitor marine mammals, offering a non-invasive, highly sensitive tool for assessing species presence in vast and remote ocean environments. Following strong interest during our recent IMarEST Defra mNCEA Marine Mammal
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