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Marine eDNA Workshop Dashboard

Defining best practices for oceanic eDNA studies from coastal to deep sea ecosystems, from micro- to macro-organisms, and from past to present times

The recent development of technologies enabling the analysis of environmental DNA (eDNA) opens up innovative perspectives for exploration and monitoring of biodiversity, for understanding its dynamics over different spatial, temporal, and biological scales but also for its conservation. However, the use of eDNA in the marine environment is still limited by a number of methodological barriers and technological challenges. The Tara-Ifremer-EMBL Workshop on Marine Environmental DNA will bring together experts interested in the future application of eDNA-based studies in the marine environment with the objective of identifying priority research questions as well as conceptual, methodological, and technological limitations and generating a roadmap towards overcoming these limitations that we hope will lead to a white paper and joint publication.

TOPICS
Best practices/State-of-the-art
Sampling and analysis methodologies
Distinguishing DNA in living and dead organisms
Sources, diffusion and stability of DNA in the marine environment,
including ancient DNA
Taking eDNA beyond monitoring to research
New perspectives for evolutionary studies

Start networking before the conference!

In order to ease the communication and networking with the other attendees, you will have access to an online chat platform from Wednesday, April 21st. This chat will be divided into several channels with different topics and will keep the discussion history. Just click on the button below to access the chat, no installation is needed but you will have to ask for permission to join before.

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How does it work?

This dashboard has been built with the target of duplicating the same environment as an in-person conference, you will find below the usual conference areas: welcome desk and the main room.
Each participant will be able to join the area she/he is interested in by simply clicking on the corresponding button.

It is very important to keep a maximum of human interactions, that is why a welcome desk room where you can talk with a staff member is available to help you.
If you encounter any technical issue to connect to the welcome desk room then use the chat room, it should appear on the bottom right corner of this page during the conference days.

Click here to see the FAQ