Division Information
About DOB:
The Division of Botany is the newest SICB division, and was formed to encourage the inclusion of plants in the study of comparative patterns and integration in biology. Our members include longtime members of SICB who are interested in plants as well as plant biologists who have recently joined the society. The Division sponsors Best Student Presentation awards, and encourages the integration of plant biology into areas studied in other divisions. We have a young, diverse membership and all are welcome to join our division.
DOB Officers:
| Chair | Ulrike Muller | 2023-2025 |
| Chair-Elect | Cody Howard | 2025-2027 |
| Program Officer | Morgan Furze | 2022-2026 |
| Secretary | 2024-2026 | |
| Secretary-Elect | None in 2024 | |
| Student/Postdoc Representative | Bryan MacNeill | 2022-2025 |
DOB Bylaws
View DOB Bylaws here.
Proposed bylaws amendments for Spring 2024
Divisional Members Meeting Minutes
Minutes of past divisional Members Meetings are available here. Members Meetings occur each year in association with the annual society-wide conference in January.
Awards
Congratulations go out to Haley Branch, who received the 2021 Best Student Oral Presentation award, and Jenna Miladin, who received the 2021 award for Best Student Poster Presentation in the division.
Rising Star in Organismal Botany Award
2020, Ya Min (Harvard University) & Grey Monroe (Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology)
2019, Morgan Furze (Harvard University)
Rising Star in Organismal Botany Participants
| 2020 | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Colin Morrison (The University of Texas at Austin) | Liming Cai (Harvard University) |
| Meghan Blumstein (Harvard University) | Maia Jones (California Academy of Sciences) |
| Grey Monroe (Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology) | Cody Howard (University of Florida) |
| Courtney Gorman (University of Konstanz) | Morgan Furze (Harvard University) |
| Courtney Babin (University of New Orleans) | Anna Westermeier (University of Freiburg) |
| Cecilia Zumajo-Cardona (The New York Botanical Garden) | Justin Jorge (Duke University) |
| Ya Min (Harvard University) | Morgan Moeglein (Yale University) |
| Amanda Katzer (University of Kansas) | Andrew Swafford (UC Santa Barbara) |
Career and Resources
SICB’s job board can be found here.
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We're still looking for nominees for the following two positions in the SICB Division of Botany! Let me know if you have questions, self nominations are a-okay! 🌵🌴🌲🌸🍁🌷🌱🪴
Oh hey! Cool opp to join nice folks like @kheyduk @BryTheBotanist @rooting4trees as we continue to raise up @SICB_DOB. It's fun. We're fun. #iamabotanist #SICB2022
COME JOIN THE 🌱 SQUAD!! This is an excellent group of people!
Calling all #botanists -
#Suction Feeding by Small #Organisms: Performance Limits in Larval #Vertebrates and #Carnivorous #Plants
By
Our EIC -Muller & Deban &Holzman
https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icaa105
Ready to help us to keep building the new(ish) @SICB_ Division of Botany?? We are looking for folks to run for Chair-elect and Secretary-elect. Let us know (DM) if you are interested in joining the #SICBplants squad! Or nominate a friend!
Division of Botany - SICB
sicb.org
Thanks @SICB_DOB for the recognition! Check out my poster to learn more about awesome morphological variation in Penstemon!
🙌Amazing job @TrinityDepatie !!🙌
Congrats to UofSC graduate student @TrinityDepatie on winning the Best Student Poster Award at the recent @SICB_DOB conference!
Kendra's awesome talk on plant mt mutation processes was awarded best student talk @SICB_DOB! Fantastic work @KendraMaclaine!!
