Public Affairs Committee
The Committee shall promote the programs and interests of the Society, consistent with the Society mission, to the public. The Committee shall also conduct programs and workshops for Society members in order to develop skills and provide information regarding public affairs. The Committee shall work with the Program Officer to broadly advertise the program of the Annual Meeting of the Society. The Program Officer and the Communications Editor shall be ex officio members of the Committee.
-SICB Bylaws, Article XV, Section 10
SICB Student Journalist Articles
Members
Click here to view committee members.
Current Student Journalists
Frances Hunter – Utah State University – kate.hunter@usu.edu
Lisa Mesrop – University of California, Santa Barbara – lmesrop@ucsb.edu
Rachel Prokopius – Florida International University – rprok002@fiu.edu
Mateo Rull – University of Massachusetts, Lowell – Mateo_Rull@student.uml.edu
Social Media Ambassadors
Etti Cooper – Bates College
Brent Foster – Whitney Laboratory, University of Florida
Ryan Koch – Oklahoma State University
Lauren Kunselman – University of Florida
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SICB Member Update: July 2024
Abstract submissions are now being accepted for the 2025 @SICB_ conference in Atlanta, Georgia from 3–7 January! The abstract deadline is 28 August.
Abstract portal: https://tinyurl.com/bdf8nbd3
Don't miss @OceanExplauren #SharkWeek episode:
https://www.dgepress.com/natgeo/shows/shark-attack-360/episodes/blood-in-the-water/photos/
& co authored
Getting Nosy: #olfactory rosette #morphology & lamellar #microstructure of two #chondrichthyan species
Simonitis, Clark, Barskaya, Castillo, @MarianneEPorter , Meredith
https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icae103
A bit about ICB author @jhancsalazar
“Even in the darkest nights, there’s always something we can teach and learn. I enjoy teaching in a classroom, but teaching in the field, surrounded by nature, is something I love.” -Salazar
#science #phd #PhD #biology #academia #scientist
Now in advanced !
Burrowing Constrains the #Phenotypic Diversity of #Fossorial #Crayfish

Emmy M Delekta, & @KolmannMA
https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icae067
& be sure to follow m. e. e. n. fishes_lab on Insta
#science #phd #academia #biologists
🎉New paper in @SICB_ from a collaboration with @EvoBiomech and @Fred_Windsor! 🎉
Understanding trophic interactions in a warming world by bridging foraging ecology and biomechanics with network science
Check out the paper and the thread below! 🧵📜
https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icae070
Today’s BSP 2024 recognitions- @SICB_DCB_DVM and @SICB_DOB ! Congratulations to David Cuban (DCB best talk), Citali Ramirez (DCB best poster), and Madison Hales (DOB best talk)
Please help RT 🐠🐡🐟 Data request + collaboration: I'm looking for data collaborators on a global reef fish study! This is a long shot, but I'm trying to better include data collectors outside of the usual orgs/locations. Please DM for more details. #TeamFish
The #FinsAndLimbs Lab @GWtweets is recruiting a Postdoc thru an @NSF CAREER grant on the evolutionary biomechanics of salamander locomotion! Candidates with bkgds in kinematics, kinetics, EMGs, and/or mechanical testing are encouraged to apply.
Job ad: https://www.gwu.jobs/postings/112066.
Hey, @SICB_ folks! We (@SICB_SPDAC) will host a monthly academic job application preparation workshop! They will be led by Twitterless Kat Munley and me! Be on the lookout for an email from SICB to sign up! If you have questions, let me know!
Publications
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Who’s dam busy? -
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Cooperative cuttlefish share their secrets of depth perception. -
By Ben Burford -
Sending the bat signal – through pee. -
By Victoria Farrar
