We are very happy to announce that Prof. Karen Lloyd from the University of Tennessee to be the new co-chair of the Science Advisory Committee of IC-DLI succeeding Prof. Mitchell Sogin of Marine Biological Laboratory, the University of Chicago. We sincerely thank Prof. Sogin for guiding the growth of IC-DLI in the past years, and we believe the center will continuously be prosperous under the leadership of Prof. Hinrichs and Prof. Lloyd.