Several DEEPEND members traveled to Glasgow, Scotland, to share DEEPEND’s latest research findings at the 2026 Ocean Sciences Meeting, 22-27 February. The meeting held at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) was a huge success boasting an attendance of over 6,000 scientists, researchers, and policymakers from 60 countries. DEEPEND’s Rosanna Milligan and Tracey Sutton chaired a session entitled “The Deep-Pelagic Ocean as a Nexus of Connectivity” which included DEEPEND presentations by Ian Areford, April Cook, Tamara Frank, Haley Glasmann, Rosanna Milligan, and Tracey Sutton. We noted that DEEPEND work was cited during several presentations of outside researchers. New connections were made with other groups around the world to help build upon and disseminate the work of DEEPEND.

Ten members of the DEEPEND team just returned from the 17th Deep-Sea Biology Symposium in Hong Kong, SAR China. The symposium is put on by the Deep-Sea Biology Society (DSBS). Tammy Frank (NSU) presented an invited talk on vision and bioluminescence in the Sensory Biology session. Tracey Sutton (NSU) presented results from the northern Gulf of

Recently, members of the DEEPEND|RESTORE Consortium traveled to the Gulf of Mexico Conference, GoMCON, in Tampa, Florida and had a great experience. GoMCON is a bi-annual conference that brings together scientists, students, stakeholders, industry leaders, and so much more to network and present on research being conducted in the Gulf of Mexico.

Some of the DEEPEND team members attended the Ocean Twilight Zone symposium at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution this week.