Ocean Biomolecular Observing Network (OBON)

Great OBON oral session this morning at #OSM26 - thanks to everyone who joined us!

Find out about even more #eDNA observing projects at the Poster session this afternoon: OT44F

Date: Thursday, 26 February 2026
Time: 16:00 – 18:00
Location: Hall 4 (Poster Hall) (Scottish Event Campus)

Are you at #OSM26 in Glasgow this week?

OBON will be hosting two sessions on THURSDAY 26th:
- oral session 08:30 - 10:00 (Carron, SEC)
- poster session 16:00 - 18:00 (main poster hall - boards 1208-1236)

Drop by to find out more about this UN Ocean Decade programme and our associated activities!

If you are joining the Ocean Science community at #OSM26 in Glasgow, the OBON and POGO teams will be there! OBON has both an oral session and a poster session on Thursday 26th Feb - so please drop by to find out more about this @unoceandecade.bsky.social programme and our associated activities ⤵️🌊

Cover image for OBON (Ocean Biomolecular Observing Network) newsletter Issue 12 (Feb 2026), including logo, multiple small images from the issue, and bit.ly link: https://bit.ly/OBON_NL12

OBON's February newsletter has just gone live - with lots of updates on programme and project activities - including our sessions at #OSM26 in Glasgow next week

Read at: bit.ly/OBON_NL12 (link in bio).

#eDNA #biomolecular #oceanobservations

🧬 Working with eDNA data?

The eDNAqua-Plan community survey gathers feedback on proposed technical actions to build a more harmonised and FAIR eDNA digital ecosystem.

⏱️ 10–30 min
📅 Open until 12/02/2026

👉 Survey: tinyurl.com/5n7phwdd

#eDNA #FAIRdata
🧪

Our working group on 'Biomolecular approaches to the observation and management of marine life' is working towards a doc that highlights science & policy
gaps & needs to advance the uptake of molecular tools in marine science and environmental management. More: www.marineboard.eu/biomolecular...

🌊 The ATLASea program (www.atlasea.fr) aims to unlock the potential of marine biodiversity genomes for fundamental research and applications.

@ifremer.bsky.social @obon-ocean.bsky.social @agencerecherche.bsky.social @cnrs.fr @cea.fr
@univ-amu.fr @sorbonne-universite.fr @psl-univ.bsky.social

YouTube video by ERGA - European Reference Genome Atlas ATLASea - progress on sequencing marine biodiversity (Hugues Roest Crollius)

💬 Missed the #ERGAPlenary earlier this week? No problem - catch up with this month's talk: @atlasea.bsky.social: progress on sequencing marine biodiversity 🪸🌊
▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Jc9...

🧬Do you work with eDNA—sampling, analysis, publishing, or storage?
Help shape the eDNAqua-Plan Technical Blueprint & Roadmap!

⏱️ 10–30 min
📅 Open until 12/02/2026

👉 Survey: tinyurl.com/5n7phwdd

#eDNA #FAIRdata #Biodiversity #DataStandards #Science

🎯 Marine sites wanted!
Join eDNA Expeditions, an OBIS-led project mobilizing environmental DNA to support local marine biodiversity monitoring and increase global ocean knowledge.

☑️ Kits, training & support provided
✅ Don't miss the opportunity!
➡️ ednaexpeditions.org

🧬Help shape the future of #eDNA in Europe

At EMBRC, harmonised and FAIR data is essential across our services and projects

@ednaquaplan.bsky.social is inviting the community to share its views via a short survey 👇
https://swll.to/edna-survey

🗓 Open until 12 Feb 2025

If you missed the live session back in September, a recording of this @imarest.bsky.social webinar on Marine Mammal Monitoring through eDNA is now available at youtu.be/snYJxYoc6Z0?...

Funding Call Text: - Scaling Autonomous Integrated Global eDNA Observations (SAIGe) - Microgrants to accelerate #eDNA monitoring through 1-year projects on topics such as autonomous sampling, standardising protocols, building data infrastructure, expanding reference libraries, and citizen science initiatives using eDNA kits. - Expressions of Intent (EoI) by 10 December. - Full proposal by 14 Jan 2026. To maximise impact and advance OBON’s objectives, this call will prioritise: 1. Projects based in the West Pacific region. 2. UN Ocean Decade endorsed projects associated with OBON 3. Members of OBON Working Groups.

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 🧬 ⤵️

Funding Call Text: - Scaling Autonomous Integrated Global eDNA Observations (SAIGe) - Microgrants to accelerate #eDNA monitoring through 1-year projects on topics such as autonomous sampling, standardising protocols, building data infrastructure, expanding reference libraries, and citizen science initiatives using eDNA kits. - Expressions of Intent (EoI) by 10 December. - Full proposal by 14 Jan 2026. To maximise impact and advance OBON’s objectives, this call will prioritise: 1. Projects based in the West Pacific region. 2. UN Ocean Decade endorsed projects associated with OBON 3. Members of OBON Working Groups.

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...

OBON Newsletter Issue 11 - November 2025 The latest news and updates from the OBON community

*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...

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: OBON Projects Wave: Session 1 (European Time). After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. 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 un...

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

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: APPLY BY: 20 August 2025 | 20:59 EDT (03:59 UTC)

📢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