#SICB2017

2017 SICB Annual Meeting Highlights

French Quarter in New Orleans, site of the 2017 annual meeting.

• New Orleans was the largest SICB meeting ever with 2341 registered attendees and 1971 abstracts submitted
• Dorothy Skinner Award – presented to Dr. Martina Müller, Nagoya University
• Carl Gans Award – presented to Dr. Brooke Flammang, New Jersey Institute of Technology
• George A. Bartholomew Award – presented to Dr. Michael Sheriff, Pennsylvania State University
• Howard A. Bern lecture – presented by Dr. David Crews, University of Texas Austin
• M. Patricia Morse Award for Excellence and Innovation in Science Education – presented to Dr. Chris Gillen, Kenyon College.
• John A. Moore Lecturer – Rosalind Reid, Council for the Advancement of Science Writing, who also was presented with an Honorary SICB Membership.
• The Broadening Participation Committee presented 21 travel awards
  
• The Student Support Committee announced funding of 26 Grants in aid of Research (GIAR) and 8 Fellowships of Graduate Student Travel (FGST) awards, which were granted to students from all 11 SICB divisions.
• Best Student Presentation Winners receive awards sponsored by Wiley/Blackwell. Congratulations to all winners!

Opening Plenary Session, Wednesday 4 January, 7:30-8:30 PM, Hilton Riverside Hotel

• Sessions
• Session Schedule
• Schedule Grid incl. Events (.pdf)
• Final Program (.pdf, ~14 MB in size)
• Abstract Book (.pdf, ~2 MB in size)
  
• Workshops & Programs