Metabarcoding and Metagenomics recognises student talent at the AquaEcOmics meeting in Evian
The 2025 AquaEcOmics meeting was held in Evian, France from 17 to 20 March 2025.
Described as "a meeting to explore aquatic ecosystems biodiversity, functioning and monitoring with eDNA and multi-Omics methods," the event provided more than 300 attendees the opportunity to connect with fellow scientists and managers and discuss the use and development of these methods.
As supporters of the meeting, MBMG and Pensoft sponsored two Best Student Presentation awards, granting the winners a free publication in MBMG. Congratulations to Thomas Reinhart, a PhD Student at the University of Strasbourg, and Teun Everts, a PhD Student at KU Leuven for winning the awards.
Teun Everts receiving his award.
Thomas Reinhart receiving his award.
The meeting hosted the following scientific sessions:
- Omics in aquatic ecosystems through participatory science
- Leveraging omics data to go beyond detections and towards eco-evolutionary insights
- Understanding aquatic ecosystems in an era of environmental change: from omics monitoring to forecasting
- Knowledge and technological gaps in omics: what are they and how can they be filled?
- Biodiversity monitoring and reporting: a stakeholder's perspective
- Understanding biotic interactions through the prism of omics techniques
- Integrating omics in macroecology to elucidate ecosystam patterns and processes