Call for EoIs to apply for the OBON-SAIGe Microgrants, supported by @minderoo.bsky.social - aim to accelerate #eDNA monitoring - 1-year projects - Priority for (i) West Pacific region, (ii) @unoceandecade.bsky.social OBON projects, (iii) OBON WG members Full details at: mailchi.mp/e6c4f46926c9...

The latest POGO newsletter includes a report from the LACOBON (Latin American and Caribbean Ocean Biomolecular Observation Network) #eDNA Capacity building workshop, which took place in Colombia last month, hosted by INVEMAR 🧬 ⤵️

Call for EoIs to apply for the OBON-SAIGe Microgrants, supported by @minderoo.bsky.social - aim to accelerate #eDNA monitoring - 1-year projects - Priority for (i) West Pacific region, (ii) @unoceandecade.bsky.social OBON projects, (iii) OBON WG members Full details at: mailchi.mp/e6c4f46926c9...

*New* OBON Nov 2025 Newsletter now online: Meeting reports, new project intros, news from the community, and more. Read it here ⤵️ mailchi.mp/1e2b9ce5ff90...

If you missed our recent webinars with introductions and updates from OBON projects - they are all available on our youtube channel at www.youtube.com/@OBONOcean ⤵️Enjoy! #eDNA #oceanobserving

Join us for the next OBON webinar series featuring projects endorsed as @unoceandecade.bsky.social #biomolecular observing initiatives: 📆14 Oct: 13:00 – 14:30 📆15 Oct: 21:00 – 22:30 📆23 Oct: 06:00 – 07:30 [All times in BST (UTC + 1)] ⏩Full details & sign-up links at obon-ocean.org/2025/10/07/o...

Join the first session today at 1pm UK time (UTC +1): us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Join us for the next OBON webinar series featuring projects endorsed as @unoceandecade.bsky.social #biomolecular observing initiatives: 📆14 Oct: 13:00 – 14:30 📆15 Oct: 21:00 – 22:30 📆23 Oct: 06:00 – 07:30 [All times in BST (UTC + 1)] ⏩Full details & sign-up links at obon-ocean.org/2025/10/07/o...

Join us at the @imarest.bsky.social webinar on: "Unlocking Ocean Secrets: Marine Mammal Monitoring Through eDNA" 22 Sept 2025 - 4pm UK time Matt Lemay, from the OBON project "HI-BON" (led by @hakai.org) will be one of the speakers. More info and sign up at: www.imarest.org/events/event...

New Paper: We linked DNA in sediment cores with historical accounts from Indigenous community members to reconstruct ecosystem changes that occurred following a landslide event in the 1940s. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

🧬 The data #EMOBON collects now will power future insights into ocean health 🌊 At #UNOC25, EMBRC unveiled 1st results from its long-term genomic observatory 🇪🇺, showing: 🔹 How marine communities differ across seas 🔹 Whether sediment communities follow the same pattern 🔗 Poster: tinyurl.com/mrxnner2

Just a reminder to get your abstracts in for #OSM26 and join our sessions on #biomolecular #observing in Glasgow. Submission deadline is tomorrow - 20 Aug ⤵️ #eDNA #oceanobs

Another quarter - and another jam-packed OBON newsletter!! The August 2025 issue is now online - with updates on programme activities, OBON projects, relevant upcoming events, and more. Read it here: mailchi.mp/6eca6e8f6ca4...

🌊 #EMBRCAnnualReport | 👉 2024 highlights include: ➡️ #EMOBON’s first data release 🔗 More in our 2024 annual report: www.embrc.eu/documents-an... @obon-ocean.bsky.social @cpavloud.bsky.social @iouliasanti.bsky.social @tvarminne.bsky.social @vliz.be @obs-banyuls.fr @imev-mer.fr @szndohrn.bsky.social

📢Call for abstracts - #OSM26 Join us in Glasgow, 22-27 Feb 2026, to discuss advances in ocean biomolecular observing.🧬🌊 Find out more at obon-ocean.org/2025/07/16/o... Submission deadline: 20 Aug 2025 #eDNA #oceanobs @pogo-ocean.bsky.social @aslo.org @agu.org @tosoceanography.bsky.social

If you missed the latest OBON Network Spotlight webinar - introducing our new projects ANEMONE and PASTIME - it is now available on our YouTube Channel at youtu.be/AEeJFXHtghw (see link in bio for full list). More on OBON projects here: obon-ocean.org/endorsed-pro...

Join our special webinar on Monday 16 June at 11:30 AM (UK time), where we will officially launch three exciting new OBON projects under the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development: ANEMONE, BLOW, and PASTIME. 📅 Register here to join: 🔗 mailchi.mp/939690b90cb8...

#eDNA can revolutionize biodiversity science by enabling global species census in near real time. Yet, technical challenges & data interpretation issues must be resolved for its broad adoption in conservation. Read more: bit.ly/3WeM5ts #Biodiversity #Conservation #Science

Autonomous water sampling tech like MBARI's ESP can revolutionize long-term river monitoring by automating #eDNA collection offering cost-effective, high-frequency detection of pathogens & invasive species. Read more: bit.ly/45YBE0o #Innovation #Tech #Monitoring #Science

#newepisode just dropped! Environmental #DNA or #eDNA is the study of genetic material in the #environment. How can we apply it to the #deepsea? Revealing the hidden majority, changes through time and community structure, the possibilities seem endless. open.spotify.com/episode/2XQv...

Every marine organism leaves traces of itself in the water; tiny fragments of skin, mucus, or waste that contain its DNA. But how can we harness these invisible clues to better understand & protect #ocean life? 🌊 🔗 www.mba.ac.uk/what-is-edna... #eDNA #WorldOceanDay #Conservation

🌊 It’s #WorldOceanDay! 🌊 As part of the European #ANERIS project, citizens in 8 countries – including Belgium – are testing how #eDNA can trace marine life in water and sand. 🧬Training sessions for citizens are held in the context of World Ocean Day. 💧

Meet OBON's new projects - ANEMONE, BLOW and PASTIME - in this upcoming webinar. 📅 16 June | 🕦 11:30–13:00 (UK Time) 📍 Read more and register: obon-ocean.org/2025/06/03/o...

The May 2025 OBON newsletter is now available to read - with updates on programme activities, OBON projects, relevant upcoming events, and more. We also introduce three new members of the OBON community. Why not grab a drink or snack and have a read?! ⤵️ mailchi.mp/9011b123227b...

eDNA is the genetic material of animals, bacteria, or plants found in air, soil, or water samples. A key challenge interpreting eDNA is understanding its shedding, dispersion & degradation rates. Brasseale et al., attempt to model 🐬 eDNA dynamics 🌊 agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

#OceanObservation I 👉 EMO BON’s latest #SamplingCampaign is now live Scientists from EMBRC sites across Europe will sample ➡️ Water column ➡️ Soft sediment (microorganisms, meiobenthos, macrobenthos) ➡️ Hard Substrate 🔗 More info: www.embrc.eu/services/emo...

Awesome to see our colleagues’ work rearing at the Sunflower lab highlighted! We’re working with them and others echinodermologists across the West Coast to design an #eDNA assay to help find the last CA sunflower stars and enhance future monitoring efforts!

Nice write up of our latest DNA Barcoding Guide from West Coast OBON The guide is being used by CA Ocean Protection Council to inform their California Intertidal Biodiversity DNA Barcode Library project (more to come on this project!) opc.ca.gov/wp-content/u... scripps.ucsd.edu/news/new-gui...

Thanks @scrippsocean.bsky.social Comms Team for their nice writeup of our reference barcoding how-to guide! Very proud of our West Coast @obon-ocean.bsky.social team (+ a few friends). We hope this work will help others interested in improving our #eDNA databases. scripps.ucsd.edu/news/new-gui...

My mentor, Dr. Kelly Goodwin, just retired today. Over her years 25 years at NOAA she helped pioneer biotechnology into our agency’s scientific missions. Now we use it routinely because of her science and incredible leadership for the NOAA ‘Omics program. Honored to be a part of her legacy 🧬🌊🐟🧪🧫⚗️🔬👩‍🔬

🚧🖥️🧑‍🔧 ATLASea website will be down for server maintenance starting this afternoon and will be back up by the afternoon of April 9th. Thanks for your patience and understanding! www.atlasea.fr/en/

Large-scale, operational #biological observations - including #biomolecular and #biodiversity - is one of the priority topics for the 2025 POGO-SCOR Fellowship Programme ⤵️ Check the Flyer and background documents at pogo-ocean.org/capacity-dev... for more information.

The 59th POGO newsletter is a little later than advertised - early March instead of last week of Feb. Lots to share this quarter: reports from POGO-26 (Malaysia), member news, updates on POGO capacity development, projects, working groups & more ⤵️🌊. Enjoy! mailchi.mp/f4d81d47f65c...

🌊 ATLASea Winter School 2025: From Sampling to Reference Genome Acquisition Are you interested in marine biodiversity and genome sequencing? Our Winter School is your opportunity to gain hands-on experience with experts in the field! More details: ➡️ www.atlasea.fr/en/atlasea-w... Deadline: May 31

Great session on #Ocean Biomolecular Observations and #eDNA led by @msleinen.bsky.social at the #POGO26 meeting in Penang yesterday. ➡️speakers from @scrippsocean.bsky.social @mbarinews.bsky.social, University of Nottingham Malaysia, @ifremer.bsky.social & IOCAS. @pogo-ocean.bsky.social

Stay up to date with the latest development in biomolecular observations at the global level with the OBON newsletter!

Excited to share West Coast OBON’s Introduction to Developing #DNA Reference Barcode Sequences! This collaborative work provides a step-by-step approach to collecting and processing specimens, as well as generating and reporting the resulting nucleotide sequence data. 🧪🌊🧬🦀 doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

Check out the Feb 2025 OBON Newsletter - with project updates, news from the Programme team, upcoming events and more. Read it at: mailchi.mp/0ca4a2c5ac71... #eDNA #MolecularBiology #marinebiology #oceanobs #UNOceanDecade

Join the ATLASea Species Ambassadors Initiative! ATLASea is calling researchers to become Species Ambassadors and help shape the future of marine genomics while advancing our understanding of biodiversity. 👉Learn more and get started here: www.atlasea.fr/en/species-a... #MarineGenomics #Biodiversity

***DEADLINE EXTENDED*** Help Us Enhance Training in #Marine #Biomolecular and #eDNA Research! Help the OBON Capacity Development Working Group to better understand the training needs of our community: Take the survey by 31 Jan 2025 ⤵️ www.surveymonkey.com/r/OBON_CDWG

On Tues 28 Jan: Lucia Campese (Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples) from the UN Ocean Decade-endorsed 'NEREA Initiative' will be talking about "Integrating Multi-Omics Approaches for Marine Observations in Naples" ⤵️

📢 EMBRC’s #EMOBON observatory has published its first data 📢 Analysis of these #BiodiversityData can help to: ➡️ Understand ocean ecosystems ➡️ Inform science-based policy ➡️ Tackle pressing environmental issues ➡️ Position the EU as a global sustainability leader 🔗 tinyurl.com/2s3uhctv 🧪 #addOcean

#EMBRCBlog | 👉 How an underwater hotel is helping to identify #MarineBiodiversity hotspots Thanks to EMBRC’s #EMOBON, researchers may have discovered where ocean biodiversity richness comes from 🔗 For more, read our Q&A with co-author Matthias Obst, @naturvetenskap.bsky.social tinyurl.com/yw83hcdm

Did you miss any of the OBON Network Spotlight sessions that took place during September & October, giving updates from #UNOceanDecade marine #eDNA projects and introducing new ones? All five recordings are now available on OBON's YouTube channel - see youtube.com/playlist?lis...

We are looking for OBON Projects, People and Collaborators on BlueSky. Please shout if you're here but haven't been added to the starter pack yet ⤵️ go.bsky.app/FUwh6Su

***DEADLINE EXTENDED*** Help Us Enhance Training in #Marine #Biomolecular and #eDNA Research! Help the OBON Capacity Development Working Group to better understand the training needs of our community: Take the survey by 6 Jan 2025 ⤵️ www.surveymonkey.com/r/OBON_CDWG

Such a great Marine #eDNA project! If you want to know more about it - as well as reading the article shared below - why not check out the recent presentation the team gave as part of the OBON Network Spotlight Series? More here: obon-ocean.org/project/e-dn...

🌊 More than 1400 abstracts have been submitted for the One Ocean Science Congress. To manage this substantial volume, it will commence half a day earlier than initially planned. It will begin on 3rd June at 14:00 and conclude on 6th June as originally scheduled. #OneOceanScience #OOSC

***DEADLINE EXTENDED*** Help Us Enhance Training in #Marine #Biomolecular and #eDNA Research! Help the OBON Capacity Development Working Group to better understand the training needs of our community: Take the survey by 6 Jan 2025 ⤵️ www.surveymonkey.com/r/OBON_CDWG

We are looking for OBON Projects, People and Collaborators on BlueSky. Please shout if you're here but haven't been added to the starter pack yet ⤵️ go.bsky.app/FUwh6Su