The CBIOMES Workshop on Diel Processes was held on October 17-20, 2022, at the Bostonian Hotel, Boston.
by Helen Hill for CBIOMES
Last month, twenty-two participants gathered in Boston to think about diel processes in biogeochemical systems with the goal of advancing techniques for incorporating them in plankton models.
The four-day meeting, organized by Bror Jönsson (PML), Joe Vallino (MBL), Ioannis Tsakalakis (MBL), and Francois Ribalet (UW), combined longer introductory lectures about physical processes, biogeochemical models, GCMs, single-cell observations, remote sensing, statistics, and bulk observation of biological production (links to recordings below) intended to provide background and context for discussion, with time for attendees to break into smaller groups for hands-on activity and idea fomentation across a range of complementary clinics geared towards advancing the implementation of diel processes into biogeochemical models.
Over the course of the meeting, all participants also had the opportunity to share a 5-10 min lightning talk about their research or ideas they had about diel cycles and how to include them in models.
This was CBIOMES’ first meeting since the beginning of the pandemic and as such it felt amazing to be back in a room together, free to share our work and bounce ideas off one another unconstrained by our Zoom windows.
Special thanks to our guest lecturer Amala Mahadevan (WHOI); our other plenary speakers (Ioannis Tsakalakis and Joe Vallino (MBL), Chris Edwards (UCSC), Francois Ribalet (UW), Bror Jönsson (PML), Sangwon Hyun (UCSC), and Gemme Kulk (PML); workshop organizers Bror Jönsson, Joe Vallino, Ioannis Tsakalakis, and Francois Ribalet; and, of course, to the generosity of the Simons Foundation for underwriting this activity.
Story Image: Attendees of the CBIOMES Workshop on Diel Processes, Faneuil Hall, Boston, October 2022 – image credit: M. Hill
October 2022 CBIOMES Workshop on Diel Processes: Agenda, Attendee List, and Presentation Materials (restricted)