2011 Annual Meeting
January 3-7, 2011
Salt Lake City, UT

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS AND SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Deadline for Submissions: Friday, September 10, 2010

Submission of Contributed Talks and Posters: Click here

The Annual Meeting will encompass three types of scientific sessions.

Poster sessions will be grouped by subject and presented at times designated by the SICB Program Officer. There will be three different poster sessions, each occuring in the afternoon from 3:00-5:00 PM. Authors will be assigned to one of the three poster sessions and must be present to stand by their posters for questions and answers during this session. For poster presentations, submit an abstract and check the appropriate box.

Oral presentations will be grouped by subject and assigned a session chair by the SICB Program Officer and Divisional Program Officers. Each oral presentation should be a maximum of 15 minutes long, followed by 5 minutes for audience questions and comments. Speakers will be required by session chairs to adhere to time limits. For oral presentations, submit an abstract and check the appropriate box.

Symposia are pre-arranged sessions in which the speakers have been invited by the symposium organizers. A complete list of symposia can be found at the symposia web page.

Symposia speakers, please use symposia talk submittal page to submit your abstract.

There are currently 11 symposia planned for the meeting.

Attendees may present one oral and/or one poster presentation (two presentations total). Symposium speakers also may give one contributed oral and/or one poster presentation, in addition to their symposium presentation. Abstracts for each presentation should be submitted separately.

Questions concerning eligibility to make a presentation should be directed to the SICB Program Officer, Brian Tsukimura, at BrianT@csufresno.edu or Lori Strong at SICB@BurkInc.com.

Abstracts must be submitted via the Web at http://www.sicb.org/meetings/2011/abstracts/.
Symposia speakers must use http://www.sicb.org/meetings/2011/abstracts/symposia.php3 and identify their talk from a list of speakers.

Please carefully follow any special instructions for inserting special characters (e.g., italics, diacritical marks, or other symbols) into abstracts submitted via the Web. SICB cannot be responsible for inserting such special characters and symbols.

The full schedule of presentations, with dates, times, and abstracts, will be posted on the SICB website by the beginning of November.

Enter your name, institution, department, mailing address, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail address in the appropriate boxes on the Abstract/Transmittal Form. SICB will send all correspondence for the 2011 Annual Meeting to the e-mail and mailing addresses provided. If you change your address during the period between submission of your abstract and the meeting, please contact the SICB Business Office to update your records.

If you are a member of SICB, check a divisional affiliation appropriate for your abstract.

If you belong to an affiliated or cosponsoring society, please indicate using the checkboxes.

Select whether your presentation is to be oral only, poster only, or either. Checking the "either" box will give the program officers greater flexibility.

Computer projectors will be present in all presenting and practice rooms. Please indicate if you will need a video projector (VHS and monitor) for your presentation. Note that a computer will be provided for each session; therefore, you can bring your presentation on a CD or memory stick. Everyone is required to visit the Ready Room prior to his/her presentation to upload their presentation and ensure that the presentation will work on the computer and projector that are provided. Should you elect to bring your own computer, you will be responsible for computer set-up in the meeting room.

SICB Contributed Papers and Posters will be arranged by topic. There are eight major topic groups and each topic group contains sub-topics. It is mandatory that you select three sub-topics that best characterize your presentation and rank them in order of preference (e.g. A.1, A.6, D.12) so your contribution can be grouped with similar presentations when scheduling them. If your presentation is more closely related to a symposium, please select I as your first choice and select the symposium in the pop-up box below the topic boxes.

Listing of topics:

A. Behavior and Neurobiology    A.1 animal communication    A.2 behavioral ecology    A.3 behavioral genetics    A.4 evolution of behavior    A.5 mechanisms of behavior: hormonal    A.6 mechanisms of behavior: neurobiological    A.7 mechanisms of behavior: developmental    A.8 nervous system structure and function    A.9 neurobiology    A.10 parental behavior    A.11 reproductive behavior    A.12 social behavior B. Development    B.1 cell differentiation    B.2 development of behavior and nervous system    B.3 fertilization    B.4 metamorphosis    B.5 morphogenesis C. Ecology and Environmental Biology    C.1 biodiversity    C.2 biogeography    C.3 bioindicators and pollution    C.4 conservation biology    C.5 chemical ecology    C.6 community ecology    C.7 coral reef biology    C.8 environmental endocrinology    C.9 larval ecology    C.10 biophysical ecology    C.11 population ecology    C.12 symbiosis D. Evolution    D.1 adaptation    D.2 character development and evolution    D.3 cladistics/phylogenetic analysis    D.4 co-evolution    D.5 evolutionary morphology    D.6 comparative genomics and proteomics    D.7 evolutionary developmental biology    D.8 evolutionary ecology    D.9 evolutionary paleobiology    D.10 evolutionary physiology    D.11 historical biogeography    D.12 life history evolution    D.13 macroevolution    D.14 molecular evolution    D.15 population genetics    D.16 sexual selection    D.17 species and speciation E. Morphology    E.1 biomechanics    E.2 ecomorphology and performance    E.3 evolution of form and function    E.4 feeding and digestion    E.5 functional morphology    E.6 growth and scaling    E.7 locomotion and adhesion    E.8 movement through and of fluids    E.9 sensorimotor structure and integration    E.10 structure and mechanical design    E.11 ventilation and circulation F. Outreach, Education, and Policy    F.1 undergraduate biology education, teaching and research    F.2 history and public policy G. Physiology and Biochemistry    G.1 cardiovascular physiology    G.2 cell and molecular physiology    G.3 comparative biochemistry    G.4 digestion and excretion    G.5 energetics    G.6 immunology    G.7 metabolism    G.8 muscle physiology and biochemistry    G.9 osmotic and ionic regulation    G.10 reproductive physiology    G.11 respiration and acid-base balance    G.12 thermobiology H. Regulatory Biology    H.1 comparative endocrinology    H.2 hormones    H.3 neuroendocrinology    H.4 osmoregulatory hormones    H.5 regulation of growth    H.6 regulation of development    H.7 regulation of reproduction    H.8 regulation of behavior    H.9 stress I. Symposium Related    I.1 Session related to Symposium Fill in name of symposium if requesting a complementing session. Check appropropriate checkbox if you would like to be a Session Chair. Best Student Paper Program Best Student Paper Awards are given by most SICB divisions and affiliated societies. Visit the SICB website ( www.sicb.org/awards.php3#bsp) for information. If you wish to compete, check the Best Student Paper box. If a letter is required from your advisor, forward it to the SICB Business Office indicating that it is for the award, and give your name, e-mail address, and title of your abstract. Each submission must select a division in which to compete. Author Box Type each author(s) name all in upper case, last name followed by initials, in the appropriate box i.e., TSUKIMURA, B. (Author Box 1), BURK, B. (Author Box 2) and PEARSE, J. (Author Box 3). Select the presenting author from the pop up list. Institution Box Type the institution(s), and location(s) in upper and lower case in the box. DO NOT include your department, or repeat the city or state when they are already part of the institution(s) name, or the zip code when listing the address(es) of the author(s). Capitalization and punctuation must be as shown in the sample (University of California, San Diego and Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC). Title Box Enter the title of your abstract in the box in upper and lower case. Abstract Keywords Keywords are used to develop the index in the Final Program. You must use at least one, but no more than three, keywords to submit your abstract. Enter them in the Keyword 1, Keyword 2, and Keyword 3 boxes. NOTE: you are allowed to add 1 keyword of your choosing (if you wish). The complete keyword list will appear when you click the button. Abstract Box The abstract will be published in the journal Integrative and Comparative Biology. There should be no margin at the top; keep all text flush left. Enter only the single-paragraph body of the text in the abstract box. DO NOT re-enter your name (s) or institution (s). Final Notes The total number of characters including authors, institutions, email address, title, spaces, and abstract body is 2000. The abstract text-body will not be accepted if the total exceeds that number. To be considered for inclusion in the Program, all poster, oral, and symposium submissions must be received by the SICB Business Office by September 10, 2010. Submissions for posters, oral presentations, and symposia MUST be made using the SICB website, www.sicb.org/meetings/2011/abstracts/. The full schedule of presentations, with dates and times, will be posted on the SICB website by the beginning of November. No Abstract Submission Fee For the 2011 Annual Meeting, no abstract fee will be charged. However, those submitting abstracts for contributed papers and/or posters must register for the meeting by the deadline of November 12, 2010. YOU WILL RECEIVE AN E-MAIL FROM SICB ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT OF YOUR ABSTRACT; HOWEVER, IT IS NOT ACCEPTED UNTIL YOU REGISTER. If an email confirmation is not received, your abstract has not been received. Check with the business office (SICB@burkinc.com) if you need assistance. QUESTIONS?? SICB Program Officer: Brian Tsukimura, Email: BrianT@csufresno.edu SICB Business Office: Toll free: 800-955-1236, FAX: 703-790-2672, Email: SICB@BurkInc.com