SICB-DAB.bsky.social

A light-hearted illustration showing two female European fiddler crabs, in the foreground, on a beach with a male fiddler crab next to his burrow in the background. The female crab on the left is saying, 'Oooooh, I love watching them wave!'. The female on the right is saying, 'Me too, but it's even better when they start thumping the sand...'. The illustration is by www.neilsmithillustrations.co.uk

Male fiddler crabs wave their outsized claw to attract female mates and now Beth Mortimer & co have discovered that the crabs also beat the sand with their claws and carapaces, producing the loudest sand vibrations when using both strategies

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Apply for the #ABS2025 Warder Clyde Allee Competition! The 2025 Warder Clyde Allee Competition for Best Student Paper is a great way to make you and your research known within ABS.

Check here for more information: www.animalbehaviorsociety.org/web/awards-a...

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Screenshot of the ABS letter of support (bottom half). A white background with the black main text of the letter over a turquoise footer.

The Animal Behavior Society supports science and our members. Please share this message with our community and beyond. Read the full letter here: myemail.constantcontact.com/ABS-Supports...

A card announcing the call for papers stating 'Special Issue: The Integrative Biology of Exercise Guest Editors: Erika Eliason, Christopher Guglielmo, Natalie Holt and Monica Daley Submission deadline: 27 June 2025' with the Journal of Experimental Biology logo and the logo for the Special Issue containing a fish on the bottom left, a flying goose on the top and a dumbbell on the bottom right.

We are inviting submissions to our upcoming Special Issue: The Integrative Biology of Exercise.
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an email from the society for integrative and comparative biology that reads "Attn SICB Members: The past few weeks have been a stressful time in our scientific community, and we want to make our position clear: The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology unequivocally condemns recent attacks on scientific integrity, funding for scientific research, and the importance of broadening participation in science."

This is how you do it.

Thank you @sicbjournals.bsky.social

Read their whole email to membership here
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Congratulations to our Marlene Zuk Award winner, Janice Yan, for the best student presentation at #SICB2025!!!

A round of applause for our #SICB2025 Marlene Zuk Award Finalists! 👏

(Left to right): Brett Hodinka, Janice Yan, Emmy James, Paige Caine, Rikki Laser, and Lin Yan

Not pictured: Aiden Schneider and Hannah Rees

Be sure to stop by the Marlene Zuk Best Student Presentation session today, starting at 10:00am in A706! #SICB2025

I am on my way to #SICB2025 in Atlanta! If you're interested in hearing about how androgens regulate social subordination and seeing some fascinating single-nucleus RNA seq data from CRISPR/Cas9 mutant fish (!!), come to my talk tomorrow morning! 🐟🧠🧬 @alwardlab-ucla.bsky.social @sicb-dab.bsky.social

SICB STARTS TODAY FOLKS!!!! What are you most excited to do today at #sicb2025?

I made it to Atlanta for this year's #SICB2025 conference. I'll be presenting my work on avian mass regulation tomorrow in the @sicb-dab.bsky.social Marlene Zuk BSP session!

Last but certainly not least, we have Rikki Laser from Cornell University talking about their research on the abiotic and social factors that influence parental behavior in prairie voles! 🐭🧪

11:45–12:00pm, room A706

Next, we have Emmy James from University of Tennessee sharing their work on the effects of thermal plasticity on salamander competition! 🦎🧪

11:30–11:45am, room A706

Hannah Rees from University of Tulsa will talk to us about the evolution of an animal signal (cliff swallows’ white forehead patch) in relation to colony size! 🐦🧪

11:15–11:30am, room A706

Paige Caine from Georgia Institute of Technology will then will share their research on fire ant rescue behavior! 🐜🧪

11:00–11:15am, room A706

Next, we have Brett Hodinka from Simon Fraser University sharing their research on the mechanisms involved in avian mass regulation! 🐦‍⬛🧪

10:45–11:00am, room A706

Janice Yan from McMaster University will then discuss their research on sexual conflict, social networks, and fitness consequences of female multiple mating in bed bugs! 🪲🧪

10:30–10:45am, room A706

Next is Lin Yan from McMaster University who will be talking about the links between ovarian development and mating strategies in jumping spiders! 🕷️🧪

10:15–10:30am, room A706

Starting off the session, we have Aidan Schneider from Washington University in St. Louis who will be telling us about how complex environments drive hunting strategies in mice! 🐁🧪

10:00–10:15am, room A706

Are you curious what our Marlene Zuk Award finalists will be presenting on during this year’s #SICB2025 DAB Best Student Presentstion session?

Check out this 🧵 to see!

A reminder that the @sicb-dab.bsky.social Best Student Presentation session will take place on January 4th from 10:00am–12:00pm in room A706.

Come see all of the great student presentations from the SICB Division of Animal Behavior! #SICB2025

It's finally here!! #SICB2025 begins tomorrow with the registration desk opening from 2:00–6:30.

We've extended the deadline to sign up as a mentor or mentee for our upcoming 2025 meeting in Atlanta!

Details in the form below, but please reach out if you have any questions!

Have you signed up for a workshop yet? The SICB annual meeting in Atlanta from January 3-7, 2025 offers a variety of engaging workshop options! You can explore the available workshops and complete your registration using the link below:

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

The objective of this program is to help early-career (undergrad through postdoc) biologists discuss their research interests and career goals with their peers and a faculty mentor, and for members to connect with mentors outside of the network immediately available to them.

SICB DAB Mentoring Application SICB DAB members interested in meeting in-person for mentoring discussions in small groups during the 2025 SICB meeting should fill out and submit this form by December 9, 2024. Please note that the ...

Are you interested in being a mentor or mentee at our upcoming 2025 meeting!? Fill out the attached form by December 9th.

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A friendly reminder that the registration deadline for the upcoming 2025 SICB conference in Atlanta, GA is December 1st.

Be sure to register ASAP!

Think your research might not be suitable for SICB? @SICB_ has 12 divisions spanning nearly every biological discipline you can imagine (sicb.org/divisions).

Also a reminder to get those abstracts submitted so we can hear about your amazing research in Atlanta in January!

Opportunity alert!

Showcase your work at the 2024 Warder Clyde Allee Session for Best Student Paper during this year's Animal Behavior Society conference in London, Ontario (June 26–29)!

All eligible should submit entries by March 8!
More award info here: tinyurl.com/c6bsatm7

Hello world! We are the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Division of Animal Behavior (DAB) and we have made the move to BlueSky!