May 16, 2025 – Dr. Jelena Mlinarec Novosel, Head of Oikon’s Laboratory for Biodiversity and Population Genetics, took part in the UKDNA 2025 Conference, hosted by the Royal Society in London on 13–14 May 2025. The event brought together policymakers, researchers, service providers, and end-users to explore the use of DNA-based methods in environmental monitoring … Continued
May 13, 2025 – We are very proud to announce that our team achieved the highest score in the first machine learning GeoHab 2025 MLWG Competition. This global competition aimed to promote machine learning in benthic habitat mapping, build consensus on best practices, and provide benchmark datasets for future research. The task was to develop … Continued
May 12, 2025 – we are proud to have co-organised the successful hybrid workshop “Data-Driven Framework for Sustainable Offshore Wind Development,” held under the sponsorship of the Australian Centre for Offshore Wind Energy (ACOWE). Oikon partnered with the University of Melbourne and Deakin University to deliver this high-impact event, which brought together key Australian stakeholders … Continued
April 7, 2025, Patras, Greece – We participated in the 9th European Congress of Mammalogy (ECM9), held from March 31 to April 4, 2025, in Patras, Greece. The congress gathered around 260 experts from 41 countries and featured 150 oral and 98 poster presentations. The presented research covered various topics in ecology, genetics, conservation biology, … Continued
March 13, 2025 – Oikon’s team of experts has recently published an important study in the esteemed journal Environmental DNA. Led by Dr. Jelena Mlinarec, head of Oikon’s Laboratory for Biodiversity and Population Genetics, the research was conducted in collaboration with Dr. Ida Svetličić, Matija Kresonja, Matea Rubinić, Tonko Megyery, Ivana Kaliger, and Dominik Mihaljević. … Continued
Rome, February 14, 2025 – Oikon was honoured to participate in the BioSpace25 – Biodiversity Insight from Space Conference, organized by the European Space Agency (ESA) at their ESRIN facility near Rome. As a conference exclusively dedicated to the application of Satellite Remote Sensing (SRS) across various dimensions of biodiversity, BioSpace25 aligns closely with Oikon’s … Continued
February 11, 2025 – Oikon has expanded its partnership with European Space Imaging (EUSI) and Maxar Intelligence through the WorldView Global Alliance Reseller Agreement. This agreement establishes Oikon as an authorized reseller of Maxar’s Very High Resolution (VHR) satellite imagery directly tasked by EUSI through their ground station in Munich – deepening an already successful collaboration … Continued
February 11, 2025 – Today, we celebrate the incredible women in science! Every year on February 11, the world marks the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, recognizing the important role women play in scientific progress and innovation. The United Nations established this day in 2015 to raise awareness of the gender gap … Continued
Madrid, February 10, 2025 – The European project EARTHONE: Environmental Analysis and Resilience for Transformative Human-Optimised Natural Environments has officially launched, set to address the pressing challenge of preserving and enhancing Earth’s natural terrestrial greenhouse gas (GHG) sinks, while fostering sustainable and resilient land-use practices. This scientific initiative brings together experts and stakeholders from across … Continued