eDNA-OPTIMA

Modeling
eDNA transport
Optimized eDNA methods for accurate biodiversity assessment

eDNA - Optimized eDNA Methods for Accurate Biodiversity Assessment

January 2025 - December 2026

Summary

The eDNA-OPTIMA project addresses current challenges in eDNA based biodiversity monitoring by mitigating the fundamental issues that lead to false positive and false negative species detections. It aims specifically to tackle and better characterize key processes of transport, resuspension and degradation that influences the distribution, detection, and persistence of eDNA in a given sample.

Team members involved

Léo Barbut – Geneviève Lacroix

ECOMOD tasks and responsabilities

Modelling eDNA transport

Partners

  1. VLIZ (Pascal Hablützel)
  2. Ev-ILVO (Sofie Derycke)
  3. KU Leuven (Hugo Gante) Subcontractors:
  • Blue Cluster
  • RBINS

Funding and contract

The eDNA-OPTIMA project is funded by VLAIO/Blue Cluster