The latest update from the National Animal Health Laboratory Network was released on March 18, 2018 and can be accessed here: https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/lab-info-services/nahln/ct_newsletter. This issue introduces Dr. Kimberly Dodd, Director of the Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory at Plum Island and discusses the efforts to promote laboratory messaging capabilities among the NAHLN labs.