Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology

Are you coming to #SICB Portland?

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If so, don't miss out on

S02: #Dinosaurs to #drones: Comparative approaches to understanding flight

This symposium will explore the #biomechanics of #animal #flight...

Congrats @meganbarkdull.bsky.social ! We are honored to be even a small part of your scientific journey 🙌

Don't miss out on our President's note in the #SICB newsletter

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& watch
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then read more about how Nish got into science:
nishsymbiosislab.com/nish-bio/

Want to learn more? Myself, @taorminalepore.bsky.social, and Kevin Neumann are hosting a symposium "Disabled and neurodivergent perception, community, and identity in the biosciences" at SICB 2026 (Jan 7th)! Additionally, you can catch our Zoom on Dec 9th. bsky.app/profile/sicb...

Join us Tuesday Dec 9th for the #SICB lunch zoom
12 noon est where the organizers of s12 will lead a discussion on how those with #disabilities & #neurodivergence have been under represented in #bioscience spaces & how this can change.
email sicbmedia@sicb.org to receive the link to join us

We host art on the site from our IOB and ICB authors as well as SICB artists/scientists such as this image from Adams et al's IOB publication A Brief Introductory Guide to Nanoindentation for Comparative and Evolutionary Biologists, with a Case Study of Bone Material Property Diversity across Artiodactyl Skulls Open Access D S Adams, B L Boyce, D E Hooks, K W Garber, B Klitsner, S A Price, R Blob Integrative Organismal Biology, Volume 7, Issue 1, 2025, obaf010, https://doi.org/10.1093/iob/obaf010

Have you see our #Student #scholarship Fine #Art America account?
go to
fineartamerica.com/featured/dee...

& buy a holiday gift.
All profits go towards our #SICB student scholarships.

#PhD #biologists #science #fossils #undergrad #academia
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Scientists if you’re like “man I wish more people knew about X” then I humbly suggest hiring an artist to make a thing that communicates X and then put it into the world because it’s so fun, extremely “hell yeah” inducing, you gotta try it.

ICB's blog has highlighted measures that campuses around the country have been taking to help their students bolster mental health.

integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2025/05/20/a...

In keeping with this,PACT therapy dogs will be at #SICB Portland!

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We are elated that you will be there!👍👏👏👏👏

Excited to present on the growing role of Apicomplexans on marine host health in this symposium! 🪸🐟🐚

Thanks Ryan and Shayle for organizing!

Host-microbe interactions are a fundamental aspect of organismal biology, shaping processes from cellular function to ecosystem dynamics. This symposium will explore the full spectrum of these relationships—from mutualistic to pathogenic—across diverse taxa and biological scales. By uniting researchers who use integrative approaches and varied experimental systems, we aim to illuminate how microbes influence homeostasis and how these interactions respond to environmental change. The symposium will also address the role of host-microbe dynamics in a changing climate, promoting cross-disciplinary dialogue in line with SICB’s core values.

Are you coming to SICB Portland?

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if so, don't miss S01: Host- #microbial interactions across #biological scales in a changing world

Organized by:
@ryanehulett.bsky.social , Carnegie Institution for #Science
Shalye Matsuda, Shedd #Aquarium

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It’ll be great to have you hanging with us in Portland🙌

Be sure to catch up on #SICB news & election results

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Meet Vanessa Hilliard Young Secretary Elect

who has a locomotion lab at Saint Mary's College!

vanessakhilliard.weebly.com
&
www.saintmarys.edu/academics/fa...

email sicbmedia@sicb.org to join us for the Dec 9th 12 noon est lunch zoom pre talk

If you're coming to #SICB Portland, be sure to attend
s12
#Disabled and #neurodivergent perception, community, and identity in the #biosciences
organized by
@oceanfilly.bsky.social
&
Tara Lepore
taorminalepore.com

Also join us for pre conversation virtually(see image description)
#science

Be sure to check out the journal updates via the #SICB newsletter
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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

Are you coming to #SICB Portland?

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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

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
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Thank you for alerting us @leafwarbler.bsky.social
to post about Michaela’s passing.
There are some beautiful things said about her here and she will be sorely missed by everyone who knew her.
She was truly incredible.

www.bi.mpg.de/hau

We are so sorry to hear about Michaela’s passing.
Thank you for making us aware. Her death is such a huge loss to all who knew her. There are some beautiful things noted here about her.

www.bi.mpg.de/hau

Mark your calendars for #SICB zooms
and email
sicbmedia@sicb.org
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

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.
james.murray@csueastbay.edu
to donate your shirt.

TL;DR We're looking for biology/evolution instructors in the US and Canada to test the impacts of inclusive evolutionary biology educational materials on undergraduate learning (you will be compensated). Pasting the official recruitment info in thread below. sunybuffalo.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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

Great!!! thanks for sharing!

In preparation for this upcoming panel at @sicb.bsky.social, I filmed an Editing 101 for scientists looking to make longer form science outreach videos using Premiere Pro. You can check it out here! youtu.be/pBLuY9ScjEI

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

Be sure to read our latest #SICB newsletter and meet the
Public Affairs Committee chair
Phoebe Edwards

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The PAC wants to highlight two upcoming #science #communication opportunities at the 2026 annual meeting.

Get one at SquidFacts.net

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

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