SICB Annual Meeting 2014
January 3-7, 2014
Austin, TX
General
Information
Sessions-Symposia-Social
Events
The
2014 Annual Meeting for the Society for Integrative and Comparative
Biology (SICB) is an educational and research forum for
investigations of biology on a broad comparative scale. The meeting
will include many symposia and special programs in addition to
hundreds of contributed papers in divisional and topical sessions.
Watch the SICB Web site at www.sicb.org for Schedule of Events
updates.
Oral
Presenters:
Please
remember to upload your talk at the Ready Room (619) at least ½
day
(four
hours)
before your presentation.
Poster
Presenters:
Please
put up your poster on Saturday from 7:30-8 AM and Sunday-Monday from
7-8 AM, and remove your poster before the exhibit room closes for the
day (5:30-6 PM). Poster sessions, with authors available for
questions and answers, will take place each day from 3:30-5:30 PM. If
your poster number is even, you are responsible to be by your poster
from 3:30-4:30 PM; if your poster number is odd, you must be present
from 4:30-5:30 PM.
Student
First Timer/Post Docs Welcome and Meeting Orientation
Friday
3 January 2013, 5:30 pm, Governor’s Ballroom. "Instructions
for Student Helpers and How to get the most out of your SICB
meeting." This session is mandatory for students receiving
Charlotte Magnum funding and will include training instructions for
students supporting the meeting. In addition, we will cover:
-
How
to find relevant talks/posters during the meetings -
How
to find everyone at the meetings -
How
to approach a "big whig" -
How
to enter or leave a room/move between rooms -
How
to plan your meeting -
How
to get involved in SICB or attend business meetings and the
importance of attending the meetings (exposure, recognition)
This
will be followed by a lightning round of first timers’ questions.
Opening
Plenary Session
Friday
3 January, 7:30 PM, Governor’s Ballroom. Opening Plenary:
"Story-telling skills: now mandatory for a career in science,"
will be given by Randy Olson, scientist turned film-maker.
Welcome
to Austin Reception
The
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology welcomes you to
Austin with a reception on Friday, January 3 at 8:30 PM in the
Governor’s Foyer. The Welcome Reception will follow the Plenary
lecture. Light snacks and a cash bar will be provided.
Coffee
Breaks
Coffee
break service is available each morning from 9:30-10:30 AM, and each
afternoon from 3:30-4:30 PM. Coffee service will be located in the
Grand Ballroom with the posters except on the last day, when the
service will be outside of the meeting rooms.
SRC
Breakfast
The
SRC Breakfast will take place Monday 6 January at 6:30 am at the
Hilton Austin restaurant. SICB will be reserving a table at the
restaurant and you will pay for your breakfast at the restaurant.
SICB
Business Meeting
The
SICB Business Meeting will take place Monday January 6, at 5:45 pm in
Salon C.
American
Microscopical Society
The
annual AMS luncheon will be held on Monday, January 6, 12:00-1:30 in
room 602; you may purchase a ticket for lunch at the registration
box.
SICB
Society-Wide Social in Honor of Students and Postdocs
Join
your fellow SICB members for a Society-Wide Social and end-of-meeting
party on Monday 7 January, from 5:00-7:00 pm in the Grand Ballroom.
Wine and cheese will be served and a cash bar will be available.
Annual
Meeting Program and Abstracts
All
registered attendees of the 2014 Annual Meeting will receive a copy
of the Annual Meeting Program at the SICB Registration/Information
Desk. The full program will be available prior to the Annual Meeting
on the Web site at www.sicb.org and attendees can plan their
activities from the web, as well as using a meeting app that can be
downloaded from the SICB website. The abstracts will be online and
will also be published as citable documents online in association
with an issue of Integrative and Comparative Biology. For those who
wish to have a hard copy version of the abstracts, it may be ordered
prior to the meeting. See the registration form for this option.
Registration/Information
Area
The
SICB Registration/Information area will be located in the Grand
Ballroom Foyer at the Hilton Austin. The hours of operation
are:
Friday 3 January 3:00-8:00 pm
Saturday 4 January 7:00
am-5:00 pm
Sunday 5 January 7:30 am-4:00 pm
Monday 6 January
7:30 am-3:00 pm
Tuesday 7 January 7:30am-2:00 pm
Staff is
available during these times to assist you with membership
enrollment, on-site registration, conference materials, employment
opportunity information, meeting room locations, and information on
Austin.
Finding
Committee and Business Meetings, Socials and Workshops
Times
and locations for these are listed in the Schedule of events on the
first page of each day’s listing, as well as on the “Meeting
Schedule at a Glance” posted to the meeting webpage.
Employment
Opportunities
The
Employment Opportunity bulletin board will be located in the SICB
Registration/Information area. The Employment Opportunity board will
provide a place for attendees to post "Positions Wanted,"
and learn about "Positions Available." Interested attendees
may schedule interviews in the room set aside for that purpose. See a
registration desk attendant for assistance.
Broadening
Participation Travel Awards
Go
to the SICB web site under meetings for details.
Message
Board
A
message board will be located in the SICB Registration/Information
area. Attendees may also leave messages and announcements for other
attendees on the message board.
Child
Care
Preferred
Sitters will be the childcare service in Austin, Texas. They have
been providing child daycare services for years for corporate and
government events, and were the provider in Charleston. Be assured
that your child will be cared for in a fun, active and caring
environment while you are in your sessions. We have lots of
activities planned for your children, like crafts, Lego building
competitions, story-time, Pictionary, and LOTS more!
Childcare at the Austin Meeting will be heavily subsidized by SICB, leaving the participants with a $7.00 per hour, per child cost. To register please email preferredsitters@msn.com with the following information: Full name, telephone number, email address, children’s name, age and any special instructions/needs. Preferred Sitters will respond within 48 hours with confirmation and will assign a “ticket number”.
Finding
Presentations/Keyword Index
Refer
to the keyword index located at the end of this program to search for
presentations of interest. You can also search the online program by
author, keyword, and words in the title:
.
Special
Undergraduate Poster Display
Undergraduate
researchers are encouraged to highlight their research by putting up
their posters near the registration desk (foyer near Grand Ballroom)
on the day of arrival. Please remove your poster after the opening
plenary session. All attendees are encouraged to stop by and view
these posters!
Business
Center
UPS
has a business center in the Austin Hilton which you can use for
last-minute printing, etc.
Intellectual
Property Policy:
Materials
prepared by the presenters, together with the content of all
presentations and poster sessions presented at the annual meeting,
are the property of the presenters. Video and audio recording of
presentations and poster sessions without the prior written consent
of the presenters is prohibited. Unless explicit permission is
obtained from the presenters, recordings of presentations and posters
may not be modified.
Presentations must not be transferred or
transmitted to any other person or posted online except in limited
excerpts suitable for discussion or dissemination as news.
Errors
and Changes in Program
SICB
does not assume responsibility for any errors in the abstracts or
program. We regret any possible omissions or mistakes. Cancellations
that occur after the printing of the program are listed in “Final
Changes” documents available on the meeting website and at the
SICB registration desk.