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The mission of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) is to foster research, education, public awareness and understanding of living organisms from molecules and cells to ecology and evolution. SICB encourages interdisciplinary cooperative research that integrates across scales, and new models and methodologies to enhance research and education. SICB is committed to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice (DEIJ) as an organizing and guiding principle at every level of the society.
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The Society has approximately 3,000 members whose research interests range from organismal biology to population biology/ecology to systematics and evolutionary biology. The Society has approximately 3,000 members whose research interests range from organismal biology to population biology/ecology to systematics and evolutionary biology.
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March 3, 2023SICB speaks out on DEIJ in higher education Read More
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January 30, 2023Congratulations SICB 2023 BSP Winners! Read More
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October 6, 2022A toadally awesome defense system: How do Toads make their poison? Read More
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It’s hard to believe SICB+ is almost over! This is the last week to enjoy the talks and posters on SICB+. Access will close at the end of March!
ICB's #Art in #Bio features @KorinRex & @bighippoart
"#Science can be very linear, but most of the time it’s also very creative,” Korin
by @KMurphyau & Jacek Matysiak
https://integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2023/03/28/icbs-art-in-bio-features-2-artists/
#Phd #sciencetwitter #artists #biologists #microbiologist
There’s only a few more days to enjoy SICB+! Posters, talks, and more will be available through the end of March.
Oghenevwogaga “Gaga” Atake won @SICB_DEDB Best Student Poster for “Homologizing vertebrate mineralized tissues: how do cartilaginous fishes make bone-like tissues?”
They are a PhD student at the University of Saskatchewan. Great work, Oghenevwogaga!
.@N_BURNETT and @EMBIRLab1 are organizing an @ICB_journal paper bundle on the #MechanicalProperties of #BiologicalMaterials in Response to #HumanInfluence! We are open to any kingdom of life! If you have a project in the works that fits this topic, DM us! #climate #biomechanics
BIMS feature-A Journey to Greatness; from medical doctor to a marine #scientist
by Frank Mirobo of @BlackinMarSci
(pic here with @curly_scientist )
"Always remember “Black is Magic and it’s meant to be cherished..."
Frank Mirobo
https://integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2023/03/21/bims-feature-a-journey-to-greatness-from-medical-doctor-to-a-marine-scientist/
#sciencetwitter
@SICB_DAB @SICB_DEDE @SICB_DCE @SICB_ @ESAdisease @AnimBehSociety @sacnas @APSPhysiology @SBNTweets I have a 2-year postdoc position on a federally funded grant, to start this summer (preferably, June; July also possible).
The @SICB_DIZ Alan Kohn Best Poster was awarded to Raquel Mejia-Trujillo for “Genomic signatures of mitonuclear sex determination in a bivalve with doubly uniparental inheritance.”
Raquel is an undergraduate at UT Austin studying computational biology. Congrats Raquel!
Emily Harders won the @SICB_DCE Aubrey Gorbman Award for best talk for “Avian embryos concurrently metabolize and respond to yolk corticosterone.”
Emily is a Master’s student at Illinois State University. Great job Emily!
