@sicbjournals.bsky.social
This account spotlights manuscripts & authors from from The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology's(sicb.bsky.social) journals- ICB & IOB (OA) -header art done by Noah Bressman
ICB blog-
Tara Robertsโ Written in the Waters: A #memoir of #history, home, and belonging
a #book review by Andrea Jivanny Hernandez Ramirez, Hamilton College
read in full
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2026/02/27/t...
#biologists #archeologists #BlackHistoryMonth
IOB's last AE intro of the week:
Meet Patricia C. Lopes (Chapman University)
Her lab studies the social and #environmental determinants of health in #animals.
www.patriciaclopes.com
& check out if you feel IOB could be a fit for your work:
academic.oup.com/iob/issue
#immunology
ICB's Minorities in #Shark Sciences author video is out !
Watch Buddhi Maheshika Pathirana , Toby S. Daly-Engel , and Sara Asadi discuss their work in
Between Fins- a discussion on #Science, stories and solutions
youtu.be/B6dJC3jFhnQ?...
& read
academic.oup.com/icb/issue/65/5
IOB has been privileged to partner with SABER and with @hsubox.bsky.social this year as an Associate ed for
IOB/SABER papers.
Read more about this work
www.chapman.edu/our-faculty/...
& think about if IOB could be a fit for your work:
academic.oup.com/iob
#science #biology #education
Another of ICB's latest invasive species grouping:
Distinct #behavioral patterns across a non-native population of Gambusia affinis
by
@isaacyligocki.bsky.social
et al
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
"Collectively, our results indicate that while subpopulations do differ in one behavioral measure..."
We have two more IOB
AES whose lab sites you'll want to check out ๐
@sternarchella.bsky.social
koryevans.weebly.com
&
Karen Chan
karenchanlab.org
& be sure to see if IOB is a fit for your work:
academic.oup.com/iob
#biomechanics #oceanography #science #teleost #fish #ecology #phenotype
ICB blog
From #dinosaurs to #drones: How #Science is rewriting the story of flight (an overview)
By Ama Karunarathne, #PhD student in #Biology, University of Cincinnatiโs Gross Lab.
read in full:
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2026/02/24/f...
#insects #science #birds #dinos
IOB's EIC is Dr. Ignacio Moore.
read more about his work with tropical #birds, & #reptiles
www.biol.vt.edu/faculty/moor...
& look over IOB to see if we are a fit for your work:
academic.oup.com/iob
ICB
#Endosymbiotic #apicomplexans of marine #holobionts: microbial #parasites in a warming #ocean
@ambonacolta.bsky.social , & Keeling et al
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
" novel apicomplexans with important #ecological roles are still being discovered..."
& see
www3.botany.ubc.ca/keeling/peop...
Week 2 of getting to know our IOB AEs.
Have you met #botanist
@jcsplants.bsky.social
cnu.edu/faculty/jane...
or Jim Newcomb who studies #nudibranchs ?
sites.google.com/view/newcomb...
& be sure to check out IOB to see if we're
a fit for your paper. ๐
academic.oup.com/iob
#science #biology
If you're looking for some fun weekend reading, check out our recent review on marine apicomplexans, out now in ICB (@sicbjournals.bsky.social)! #ProtistsOnSky
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Be sure to join our SICB/ICB
Feb 24, 12 noon zoom with ICB/ MISS authors
academic.oup.com/icb/issue/65/5
Toby
news.fit.edu/experts-spot...
Sara
www.instagram.com/suluk.nomad/...
Buddhi
www.oceanrosy.org/features
email sicbmedia@sicb.org to get the link
Meet IOB AE Yui Suzuki๐
Yui loves #insects and is fascinated by the #phenotypic diversity of insects.
sites.google.com/wellesley.ed...
& if you missed this wonderful blog via iobopen.com be sure to read how inspiring his work can be to young #scientists:
iobopen.com/2025/05/27/k...
A fantastic share๐
And be sure to read ICBโs blog
about #hummingbird #researcher
Anusha Shankar
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2022/01/18/t...
Meet IOB AE, Stephanie Smith, a #research #scientist in #Mammalogy at the Field Museum of Natural History. Stephanie is particularly interested in the form, function, and #evolution of hard tissues in small #mammals.
www.stephaniemariesmith.com
What makes humans stand out to #mosquitoes?
by Jacob Goldman
"...why do mosquitoes lock onto certain people so easily? Are they responding to how we look, how we smell, or something more complicated than either one alone?"
read in full
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2026/02/18/w...
IOB AE highlight week continues!
Welcome AE Maria Thaker whose lab takes an integrative and comparative approach to understand #phenotypic form and function.
mariathaker.weebly.com
& read more
connect.iisc.ac.in/2017/07/a-te...
#biologist #morphology #physiology #science
ICB -In #Ecological Explosions: The History of #Biological Invasions & Invasion Science
#book review by Joseph Love, Statewide Operations Manager, Co-Chair Invasive Species Matrix Team, #Freshwater #Fisheries & #Hatcheries Division
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2026/02/17/i...
IOB welcomes DELBERT ANDRร GREEN II, as Associate Editor in 2026!
Green is an Assistant Professor of #Ecology and #Evolutionary #Biology, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
greendeilab.com
#biology #academia #PhD #science #entomology #butterflies
& donโt miss Brianโs past ICB work
How do we Measure the #Environment? Linking Intertidal Thermal #Physiology and #Ecology Through #Biophysics
Brian Helmuth
, doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
ICB's first of the #Invasive #species from non-traditional viewpoints and/or new angles grouping
Organized by @noahwithfish.bsky.social
Harvest of Northern #Snakehead with #Bowfishing in Maryland
by Love , Newhard , Amato , Walker , Hanlon
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
#fisheries #science
Get to know some of IOB's Associate Eds this week:
Meet Susan Williams
www.ohio.edu/medicine/omn...
Susan is driven by her desire to understand #anatomy and #morphology and their impact on function.
academic.oup.com/iob/pages/Ed...
#science #biology #PhD #academia #publishing #editor
#WhaleDay
Reads!
www.linkedin.com/pulse/whale-...
A woman (me) in a red shirt standing in front of a scientific poster.
Five women (Emily, Holland, Rachel, Liv, Alexa) standing in front of the SICB 2026 Annual Meeting banner.
My PI Britt and I standing in front of my scientific poster on the effects of heated nests boxes on house sparrow parental behavior.
From left to right: Me, Liv, Alexa, and Emily standing around a shopping cart with our SICB snacks and breakfast food. Observing a conference tradition.
I had a wonderful time at #SICB2026 this past week! I loved getting to reconnect with other scientists and mentors, hear about some cool research, presenting my own work, & introducing some new people to the SICB community!
#science #scicom #birds
ICB's spotlight on author Joseph Graves, part of Arizona State's Fail Safe #Science , a project designed to help graduate students navigate the difficulties of earning their advanced degrees (PhD).ย
risecenter.asu.edu/fail-safe
& read integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2026/02/13/s...
"No More Sidelines: Bringing Students to the Forefront of Lab Exploration"
an op/ed piece by @jadatdaniels.bsky.social ,
#PhD candidate in #Ecology ( @lsuscience.bsky.social @lsu.bsky.social )
& IOB co author of Introducing a Novel Course-Based #Undergraduate
iobopen.com/2026/02/13/n...
#science
๐ @jadatdaniels.bsky.social will be so glad to read this comment
12.02.2026 17:56 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Hey! I'm TAing a CURE class this semester! It is cool seeing the students get excited about research and designing their own experiments.
12.02.2026 17:55 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0So proud of @lsu.bsky.social 's CURE program - allows our undergrads to get a real taste of research. Plus our grad students get practice leading a research team. @lsuscience.bsky.social
12.02.2026 13:33 โ ๐ 10 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Be sure to join our M.I.S.S. authors of
ICB this month on the 24th at 12 noon
A conversation - Between Fins
& read the M.I.S.S. issue
academic.oup.com/icb/issue/65/5
then mark your calendars for the March and April talks.
#sharks #science #WomenInStem #biologists
