SICB Annual Meeting 2014 January 3-7, 2014 Austin, TX Symposium: Epigenetics: Molecular Mechanisms through Organismal Influences Incorporation of epigenetic theory and practice into experimental paradigms of organismal biology has been somewhat lacking, even though the field of epigenetics has burgeoned in recent years. In part this is because many organismal biologists are not highly informed […]

SICB Annual Meeting 2014 January 3-7, 2014 Austin, TX Symposium: Adaptation or developmental constraint? Uniting evolutionary theory and empirical studies of phenotypic plasticity An individual’s phenotype is the result of the interaction between its genetic background and the environment in which it developed. Thus, developmental plasticity has potential to generate phenotypes adapted to environmental conditions […]

SICB Annual Meeting 2014January 3-7, 2014 Austin, TX Symposium: A New Organismal Systems Biology: How Animals Walk the Tightrope between Stability and Change. This symposium will highlight recent efforts to develop a research agenda to address the Organismal Grand Challenge of “How metazoans walk the tightrope between stability and change”. We believe that effectively solving […]

SICB Annual Meeting 2014 January 3-7, 2014 Austin TX Hilton Austin WORKSHOP – Parasites and links to host phenotype, Monday Jan. 6, 2014 7-9 PM Organizers: Kelly Weinersmith, Zen Faulkes and The American Society of Parasitologists This workshop is intended for researchers who are interested in quantifying phenotypic changes in their hosts following parasite infection, […]

SICB Annual Meeting 2014January 3-7, 2014 Austin TXHilton Austin Workshop: How to communicate your research to news outlets Saturday, Jan. 4, 7 PM Join video journalist Flora Lichtman, whose work has appeared on NPR, the New York Times and Popular Science, and Grandma got STEM blogger Rachel Levy for a workshop designed to help you […]

SICB Annual Meeting 2014January 3-7, 2014 Austin TXHilton Austin TALX Workshop: Teaching and Learning Evolution (with an emphasis on non-majors and introductory majors) Tuesday, Jan. 7, 12 Noon Organizer: Dr. George Harper, Hendrix College Participants: Dr. Ross H. Nehm, Stony Brook University Dr. Sarah Boyer, Macalester College Spaces available: 50 Description: While evolution is overwhelmingly […]

SICB Annual Meeting 2014 January 3-7, 2014 Austin TX Hilton Austin SPDAC Workshop “Developing a Web Presence for your Research” Organizer: Sean Lema How important is a web presence to student researchers? With continuing changes in the ease of making webpages, the internet has become a viable avenue for promoting one’s research to a larger […]

SICB Annual Meeting 2014January 3-7, 2014 Austin TXHilton Austin “How NEON can be useful for organismal biologists” The National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) is a continental-scale observatory designed to gather and provide 30 years of open-access ecological data on the impacts of climate change, land use change and invasive species on natural resources and biodiversity. […]

SICB Annual Meeting 2014 January 3-7, 2014 Austin TX Hilton Austin Storymaking with the WSP Model with Randy Olson Workshop Participant Application Saturday, January 4, 2014, Noon-1:30pm The SICB Public Affairs Committee is pleased to announce the “Storymaking with the WSP Model” workshop at the 2014 Annual Meeting in Austin, TX, with this year’s keynote […]

SICB Annual Meeting 2014January 3-7, 2014 Austin TXHilton Austin Broadening Participation Committee Workshop: “Writing grants and manuscripts in a timely manner” This workshop is meant to address common deficits in professional preparation and to provide a toolkit for writing productivity, developing effective goal setting and time management skills, and engaging strategies for working effectively with […]