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Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
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Be sure to check out the journal updates via the #SICB newsletter
sicb.burkclients.com/wp/?page_id=...

and meet our O.A. journal's EIC- Ignacio Moore:
www.biol.vt.edu/faculty/moor...

& think about submitting to IOB:
academic.oup.com/iob

#academic #science #PhD #biologists
November 26, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Are you coming to #SICB Portland?

sicb.org/events/upcom...

You'll be able to see

S09: Spotlighting the role of #behavior in a rapidly changing world

Organizers:

Kimberly Sheldon

www.biogeographyresearch.org

Martha Muñoz

www.marthamunoz.com

Elizabeth Derryberry

& 11 other #symposium
November 25, 2025 at 12:43 PM
We're continuing to spotlight some of our #SICB officers featured in the fall newsletter :
Meet Treasurer Elect- Nicole Danos
www.sandiego.edu/cas/faculty/...
Nicole is a broadly trained #Vertebrate Comparative #Anatomist & read more
sicb.burkclients.com/wp/?page_id=...
November 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Mark your calendars for #SICB zooms
and email
[email protected]
to get on our email list to receive the link for upcoming SICB lunch zooms
December 9th at 12 noon est
with Tara Lepore,
taorminalepore.com

& @oceanfilly.bsky.social
who will talk about #Neurodiversity in the #Biosciences
November 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
A T-Shirt quilt for the Portland SICB auction?!!🙌
James Murray plans to make a blanket out of old SICB shirts, and he has 5 from previous meetings. He's looking for 4 more to make a 3x3 blanket. Then he will donate the blanket to the auction.
[email protected]
to donate your shirt.
November 20, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Readying to come to #SICB 2026?

check out this #biomechanics focused s10

Needle in a haystack :
Finding tools to study puncture and injection #mechanisms across #biology

with organizers: Abby Weber, Patrick Wilson, Philip Anderson

www.xcdsystem.com/sicb/program...

#engineering #science
November 19, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Now on YouTube- ICB M.I.S.S. author: Sara Asadi!
Sara is a marine #ecologist, #shark #researcher and diving
instructor. She details more about her recent work with NICMA & her ICB publication

youtu.be/2gMKEHPNUUk?...

Join us for the next Dec 9th Zoom with Tara Lepore &
@oceanfilly.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Be sure to read our latest #SICB newsletter and meet the
Public Affairs Committee chair
Phoebe Edwards

sicb.burkclients.com/wp/?page_id=...

The PAC wants to highlight two upcoming #science #communication opportunities at the 2026 annual meeting.
November 17, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Friday meet and connect with #SICB 's Nia Walker

Nia is a molecular #ecologist interested in better understanding how #organisms function under normal and high stress conditions.
www.nia-walker.com
she's in these SICB divisions
@sicb-dedb.bsky.social
DEE
@sicb-diz.bsky.social
& DPCB
November 14, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Have you joined us on #LinkedIn yet?
We have had so many wonderful connections. We'd love to include you!
Read articles only published there and meet more of our #SICB members.
linkedin.com/in/sicb-and-sicb-journals-b5904b324
November 13, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Our flagship journal's co author from the #NSF Life invited papers, @prosanta.bsky.social wrote this tremendously helpful piece for us all to consider in how we share our lives at work.

Consider Sharing #Health Challenges With Colleagues (opinion) www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
November 12, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Be sure to check out #SICB 's latest newsletter

including new appointees

info on IOB and ICB (SICB journals)

division's latest

sicb.burkclients.com/wp/?page_id=...

what's coming up in Portland at SICB's annual meeting

sicb.org/events/upcom...

#biology #science #PhD #scientists
November 11, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Have you joined us for a #SICB zoom?
our next is with Sara Asadi Gharabaghi who is a marine #ecologist, #shark #researcher and #diving
instructor.
She'll be detailing more about her recent work & her ICB publication
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
email [email protected] to reserve a spot by 11-11-25
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Be sure to join us Wednes Nov 12th for the 12 noon est lunch break #SICB zoom with ICB's
Sara Asadi Gharabahi.
Sara will talk about
her work including the Minorities in #Shark #Science work:
academic.oup.com/icb/advance-...
& read
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2025/07/21/c...
November 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Get to know the Hsieh lab
sites.temple.edu/hsiehlab/peo...
read
whyy.org/segments/one...
#SICB er Tonia Hsieh is an Associate #Professor of #Biology at Temple University & a co author on
ICB's
#Computational and Physical Modeling to Understand Form–Function Relationships
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
November 6, 2025 at 12:28 PM
@sicb-diz.bsky.social is putting on their annual auction at #SICB 2026!
This #auction will support #students and #postdocs through funds to directly support their #research and also to attend the SICB #conferences.
Donate gift cards, art, excursions and more!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Do you know @draverbee.bsky.social ?
His lab studies bumble #bees, as they are easy to work with in the lab and field.
Read more:
therusselllab.net/research/
& he co authored ICB's
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
& part of @sicb-dab.bsky.social , @sicb-dcb-dvm.bsky.social & @sicb-diz.bsky.social & more
November 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
#SICB _ MONDAY JOB ALERT!!

The Garner Lab for #Animal #Morphology & #Mechanics is looking to recruit an MS student for Fall 2026 to study the functional #morphology and #biomechanics of #adhesion, friction & more.
Interested? Reach out to @agarner.bsky.social

[email protected]
November 3, 2025 at 12:53 PM
#SICB Nov 12 Lunch time zoom with
Sara Asadi Gharabaghi
email [email protected] to reserve
Sara is the author of
A Non-Invasive #Video-Based Method for Tracking Marine #Megafauna Movement: A Pilot Study Using a 24-Second #Whale #Shark Video from the #PersianGulf

doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
October 31, 2025 at 11:20 AM
#SICB @sicb-diz.bsky.social #auction!
This auction will support #students and #postdocs through funds to directly support their #research & also to attend the SICB #conferences.
We are asking for donations of any kind (gift cards, art, cool clothing/shirts/etc.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
October 29, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Our flagship journal ICB's blog
#Firefly #Pheromones: How Lightless Lightning #Bugs Find Love
by Zach Lightfoot ( @colgate.edu )
on @gregpask.bsky.social 's work with electroantennography & being 1st to identify a #pheromone in #fireflies using it.
& watch his #SICB YouTube
youtu.be/DuIrx3-t3tw?...
October 28, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Aide Macias-Muñoz is recruiting graduate #students for Fall 2026.

macias.sites.ucsc.edu

Our lab uses #cnidarians (#jellyfish and relatives) as a model organism to study the #genetics that might be conserved or independently evolved for similar traits to arise.

email
[email protected]
with ?s
October 27, 2025 at 11:07 AM
A special Friday post on Kevin Kocot ' ICYInverts out now

SICB YouTube

youtu.be/fFoCB5MFRU4?...

Thanks for taking time out to tell us about your expedition , Kevin.

www.icyinverts.com

and don't miss Sara Asadi up next to talk about her ICB /M.I.S.S.
work:
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
October 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
October 24, 2025 at 11:45 AM
#NationalBookMonth spotlight on

Drew Harvell Professor Emerita of #Ecology and #Evolutionary #Biology

Check out her site and #books via

drewharvell.com (Penguin Random House)

& read

lithub.com/author/drewh...

& then be sure to watch Drew's #SICB YouTube

youtu.be/9KPpORkdqd8?...
October 22, 2025 at 11:48 AM