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The mission of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) is to foster research, education, public awareness and understanding of living organisms from molecules and cells to ecology and evolution. SICB encourages interdisciplinary cooperative research that integrates across scales, and new models and methodologies to enhance research and education. SICB is committed to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice (DEIJ) as an organizing and guiding principle at every level of the society.
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The Society has approximately 3,000 members whose research interests range from organismal biology to population biology/ecology to systematics and evolutionary biology. The Society has approximately 3,000 members whose research interests range from organismal biology to population biology/ecology to systematics and evolutionary biology.
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SICB 2025
January 3-7, 2025
Atlanta, GA
SICB News
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March 27, 2025Can thermoregulatory behavior buffer bees against heatwaves? Read More
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March 27, 2025Tiny backpacks for tiny birds: tracking hummingbird behaviors without weighing them down Read More
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March 27, 2025How science is changing our view of the mammalian hymen Read More
SICB Social Media Feed
The Public Affairs Committee is hosting a panel tomorrow at 12:15 on “How to get involved with affecting science policy”. If you are interested in #SciComm and or science policy, you won’t want to miss this!
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Funded MS in Biology Opportunity (Fish, Ecology, Fisheries, Invasive Species)! Please Share! Come join my lab @SalisburyU to study impacts of invasive Blue Catfish on native freshwater mussels & anadromous fishes (threatened river herring, striped bass, etc) in the Chesapeake Bay
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Anyone going to @SICB_ 2025 who has interfaced with policy at any organizational/government level and is willing to sit on a panel? The Public Affairs Committee is seeking volunteers! Help your fellow scientists navigate how research and policy can combine. @SICB_SPDAC
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Fine #Art Friday!
This vibrant seahorse skeleton has been donated for use on our @FineArtAmerica student fund account:
by the author of
Terrestrial Capabilities of Invasive #Fishes and Their Management Implications
@NoahwithFish
https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icac023
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/lined-seahorse-noah-bres...
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4-year postdoc job now advertised in my lab to study the 3D neck motions in salamander feeding!#biomechanics #XROMM #vertebrae – see job link and thread below for details
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DJJ517/postdoctoral-research-asso...
Applications close 27 September. Please contact me with any questions!
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I really appreciate @SICB_ & @ICB_journal drawing attention to neurodivergence in academia with Gracey's article.
Side note - isn't Gracey a fantastic writer?? I really think she has a future in writing! She is a former undergrad of @ConorTaff & @MarenVitousek from @CornellBirds
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JOB ALERT 
Come join the Bio Department at Providence College! Great colleagues and fantastic students at a liberal arts college 
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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/episo...
& 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
