Newsletter Fall 2013

Read Newsletter Featured Highlight Experiences in Integrative and Comparative Biology by Martin E. Feder Dancing Lessons from God "We have much to learn from (and teach) one another. The exact lesson, however, is highly unpredictable, often unintended, and sometimes not obvious for years."

SICB Annual Meeting 2014, Austin TX

Online Program now live Registration OPEN Presenter Deadline is 8 November 2013 - Early Fee Deadline is 6 December 2013 Broadening Participation Committee Travel Awards The Broadening Participation Committee is accepting about 14 more applications for travel awards ($500 each) for postdocs and asst. professors for Austin 2014. Contact Michele Nishiguchi directly for an application form via nish@nmsu.edu. New this year: Exhibitor sponsored workshops - Anatomy In Clay® Learning System Workshop Visit our meeting page for instructions and forms.

Meeting Highlights

Elections Report 2013

SICB Science News

Stories by Student Journalists from the 2013 Meeting in San Francisco

Bacteria allow woodrats to eat poison. By Anne Madden, Department of Biology, Tufts University

Earliest legs weren't made for walking. By Katrina Jones, The Center for Functional Anatomy and Evolution, Johns Hopkins University

Birdseed, cowbirds, and disease: The unintended consequences of bird feeding. By Shane Hanlon, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Memphis

A tale of two corals: genetic relationships of coral reefs in Micronesia. By Medhavi Ambardar, Department of Zoology, Oklahoma State University

Soccer players tackle animal performance. By Hugo Dutel, Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, France

Skimming the surface: a larval window on the biodiversity of nemertean worms. By Christopher Laumer, Department of Organismic & Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University

SICB 2013 Annual Meeting Headlines

• Annual meeting attendance records were smashed with over 1600 abstracts and more than 2100 attendees in San Francisco. Watch for details in the spring newsletter.
• Executive Committee Actions:
  • The "M. Patricia Morse Award for Excellence and Innovation in Science Education" was approved. This award will be given annually to recognize a SICB member for significant achievement in science education.
  • A mission statement for SICB was approved (click here to view the mission statement).
  • New Orleans will once again be considered as an annual meeting site given the recent actions of the New Orleans City Council and the Orleans Parish School Board in taking a strong stand against the teaching of creationism in science classes.
  • Portland, Oregon was selected as the 2016 annual meeting site
• The auction by the Division of Invertebrate Zoology to raise funds for the Libbie H. Hyman Memorial Scholarship was a smashing success. The spring newsletter will report details and final figures for the funds raised.
• The SICB approved at its business meeting a resolution supporting the science and education programs at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago (click here to view the resolution).

Meeting   Highlights

SICB 2013 Meeting: Best Student Presentation Award Winners

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