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

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

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