- SICB
2019 Annual Meeting, Jan 3-7, Tampa FL Visit Meeting Page with
- Symposia
- Special Focus Meeting: Organismal Botany
- Hotel and Travel, Child Care
- Charlotte Mangum Student Support Program ApplicationsApplication Form is open through October 17, 2018!
NOTE: Valid abstract number necessary (as issued in the abstract confirmation email)
- Grants-in-Aid of Research (GIAR) & Fellowship of Graduate Student Travel (FGST) Awards Application Forms for this year are open now through October 17, 2018! Access is via the information and guidelines pages:
- GIAR Information & Guidelines
- FGST Information & Guidelines
- Dorothy M. Skinner Award
Application Form for 2018 is open now through October 17, 2018! Click here for guidelines and form.
- Broadening Participation Travel Award
Application Form open through October 17, 2018! Click here for guidelines and form.
- SICB 2018 Election Results
- Newsletter Spring 2018
- SICB
2018 Annual Meeting HighlightsJan 3-7, 2018, San Francisco, CA
Major Lectures
- Plenary Lecture: Carl Zimmer, science-writer, author, and
columnist for The New York Times - Science and Scandal: Reporting on Biology
In An Age of Controversy (View/Download Presentation Slides here)
- Bartholomew Award Lecture: Caroline Williams, University
of California, Berkeley - Cold Truths: Evolutionary Impacts of Winter on
Terrestrial Ectotherms
- Bern Lecture: David Norris, University of Colorado at
Boulder - Five Decades of Environmental Comparative Endocrinology
- John A. Moore Lecture: Katayoun Chamany, Eugene Lang
College for Liberal Arts, The New School - From STEM to STREAMD:
Responsibility, Arts, and Design for Inclusive Learning
- From Small and Squishy to Big and Armored: Genomic, Ecological and
Paleontological Insights into the Early Evolution of Animals
- Science Through Narrative: Engaging Broad Audiences
- Behavioral and Physiological Adaptation to Urban Environments
- A Challenge to Define Stress
- Science Through Story
- Visual Note-taking
- Beyond Traditional Mentors
- Biology on a Budget
- George A. Bartholomew Award – Caroline Williams, University
of California, Berkeley
- M. Patricia Morse Award – William Hoese, California State
University, Fullerton
- Dorothy M. Skinner Award – Kirstin Brink, University of
British Columbia
- The Student Support Committee announced funding of 28 Grants in aid of
Research (GIAR) and 7 Fellowships of Graduate Student Travel (FGST) awards,
which were granted to students from all 11 SICB divisions. The newly establishedSteven Vogel Award was presented to Sarah Amonett, University of Mississippi.
- Best Student Presentation Winners receive awards sponsored by Wiley/Blackwell. Congratulations to all winners!
- SICB Science News: Stories by Student Journalists - 2018 Annual Meeting (San Francisco)
Augmenting Reality to Make Science More Inclusive
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By Alyssa Frederick, University of California, Irvine
Urban Jungle.
By Chloé Schmidt, University of Manitoba
"Got crop milk?" and "Meet the scientist!". By Itzue Caviedes Solis, University of Washington
How do you preserve a chameleon brain? You'll need
Tupperware and tenacity. By Tracy Burkhard, University of Texas at Austin
Leading the way: Finches provide new insights into the effects of lead exposure. By Maggie Jones, Iowa State University
- Results of the 2016 SICB Member Survey
Oxford University Press offers a 25% discount to SICB members
SICB-Wide Symposia
Workshop Highlights
Awards Presented
Storybooth Videos – videos of short stories about science experiences
