Lab Updates: 
May 2026: The last 8 months have been a whirlwind. The GOMECC-5 cruise was cancelled following an engine fire aboard the Ronald H. Brown on the cruise before ours. We are grateful that no one was injured and are still awaiting news on when the cruise will be rescheduled. Tessa Rock moved onto a new position with Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission, and the lab wrapped up a one-year project studying HABs in the mid-Barataria Bay estuary. There was also bad news: LDWF cancelled the LO-SPAT project "for convenience" in its final 11 months, meaning we won't get answers to the research questions we've been pursuing over the past 5 years and resulting in loss of funding for staff and students on the project. I am still reeling from this one, but it's unfortunately not a unique event in today's scientific ecosystem with so much direct interference from politics. I'll be taking some time this summer to recover, continue to support my people in the lab, and think about what's next...

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