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Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
@sicb.bsky.social
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The Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology (sicb.org) If you’re a society member, feel free to tag us or email content to share SICBmedia@sicb.org & follow @sicbjournals.bsky.social
Be sure to check out #SICB 's latest newsletter

including new appointees

info on IOB and ICB (SICB journals)

division's latest

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what's coming up in Portland at SICB's annual meeting

sicb.org/events/upcom...

#biology #science #PhD #scientists
November 11, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Have you joined us for a #SICB zoom?
our next is with Sara Asadi Gharabaghi who is a marine #ecologist, #shark #researcher and #diving
instructor.
She'll be detailing more about her recent work & her ICB publication
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
email sicbmedia@sicb.org to reserve a spot by 11-11-25
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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SWOB2025 was such a great meeting - blown away by the student talks in particular! Thanks @sicb.bsky.social and @funecology.bsky.social for the support.

Proud of my student @amberlsingh.bsky.social who gave a nice presentation of her first PhD chapter ! 🦎 🌆
November 9, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Be sure to join us Wednes Nov 12th for the 12 noon est lunch break #SICB zoom with ICB's
Sara Asadi Gharabahi.
Sara will talk about
her work including the Minorities in #Shark #Science work:
academic.oup.com/icb/advance-...
& read
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2025/07/21/c...
November 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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November 6, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Get to know the Hsieh lab
sites.temple.edu/hsiehlab/peo...
read
whyy.org/segments/one...
#SICB er Tonia Hsieh is an Associate #Professor of #Biology at Temple University & a co author on
ICB's
#Computational and Physical Modeling to Understand Form–Function Relationships
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
November 6, 2025 at 12:28 PM
@sicb-diz.bsky.social is putting on their annual auction at #SICB 2026!
This #auction will support #students and #postdocs through funds to directly support their #research and also to attend the SICB #conferences.
Donate gift cards, art, excursions and more!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Do you know @draverbee.bsky.social ?
His lab studies bumble #bees, as they are easy to work with in the lab and field.
Read more:
therusselllab.net/research/
& he co authored ICB's
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
& part of @sicb-dab.bsky.social , @sicb-dcb-dvm.bsky.social & @sicb-diz.bsky.social & more
November 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
#SICB _ MONDAY JOB ALERT!!

The Garner Lab for #Animal #Morphology & #Mechanics is looking to recruit an MS student for Fall 2026 to study the functional #morphology and #biomechanics of #adhesion, friction & more.
Interested? Reach out to @agarner.bsky.social

garnera@fau.edu
November 3, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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I'll also be looking to recruit an MS student to study the functional morphology and biomechanics of adhesion, friction, and/or locomotion in sea urchins, geckos, or anoles! Please share! @sicb-dcb-dvm.bsky.social @sicb.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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Thanks for writing up this blog post Zach!
Our flagship journal ICB's blog
#Firefly #Pheromones: How Lightless Lightning #Bugs Find Love
by Zach Lightfoot ( @colgate.edu )
on @gregpask.bsky.social 's work with electroantennography & being 1st to identify a #pheromone in #fireflies using it.
& watch his #SICB YouTube
youtu.be/DuIrx3-t3tw?...
October 28, 2025 at 12:12 PM
#SICB Nov 12 Lunch time zoom with
Sara Asadi Gharabaghi
email sicbmedia@sicb.org to reserve
Sara is the author of
A Non-Invasive #Video-Based Method for Tracking Marine #Megafauna Movement: A Pilot Study Using a 24-Second #Whale #Shark Video from the #PersianGulf

doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
October 31, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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ICB's #BatWeek spotlight -

more on @aigverte.bsky.social
(co author on #Bat Dentitions: A Model System for Studies at the Interface of Development, #Biomechanics, and #Evolution
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...

Watch Bat Vision Evolution
youtu.be/rnbhtN6Iui0?...
&
www.ted.com/talks/alexa_...
October 30, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Share widely and help us reach more people! 🐝#ABCmentorshipprogram 🐝
@animalbehaviour.live @asab.org @sicb.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Please donate! If you are not coming to the meeting we will have a mailing address available to ship donations (after December 1). Let's make this the biggest DIZ auction to date! (a social will follow the auction too!). 🧪🌎🦑 Questions? DM me!
#SICB @sicb-diz.bsky.social #auction!
This auction will support #students and #postdocs through funds to directly support their #research & also to attend the SICB #conferences.
We are asking for donations of any kind (gift cards, art, cool clothing/shirts/etc.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
October 29, 2025 at 11:48 AM
#SICB @sicb-diz.bsky.social #auction!
This auction will support #students and #postdocs through funds to directly support their #research & also to attend the SICB #conferences.
We are asking for donations of any kind (gift cards, art, cool clothing/shirts/etc.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
October 29, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Our flagship journal ICB's blog
#Firefly #Pheromones: How Lightless Lightning #Bugs Find Love
by Zach Lightfoot ( @colgate.edu )
on @gregpask.bsky.social 's work with electroantennography & being 1st to identify a #pheromone in #fireflies using it.
& watch his #SICB YouTube
youtu.be/DuIrx3-t3tw?...
October 28, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Aide Macias-Muñoz is recruiting graduate #students for Fall 2026.

macias.sites.ucsc.edu

Our lab uses #cnidarians (#jellyfish and relatives) as a model organism to study the #genetics that might be conserved or independently evolved for similar traits to arise.

email
amacia16@ucsc.edu
with ?s
October 27, 2025 at 11:07 AM
A special Friday post on Kevin Kocot ' ICYInverts out now

SICB YouTube

youtu.be/fFoCB5MFRU4?...

Thanks for taking time out to tell us about your expedition , Kevin.

www.icyinverts.com

and don't miss Sara Asadi up next to talk about her ICB /M.I.S.S.
work:
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
October 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
October 24, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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It's that time of year again... time for #DisabledInSTEM 2026 Mentorship applications! I'm so excited to be running this program for the sixth year and seeing the growth over the years!

Mentee form: forms.gle/um5DvYnBi3tn...
Mentor form: forms.gle/BvaxnQm8uhUR...

Applications due December 5th!
October 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
#entomology share🙌
Be sure to watch
our SICB YouTube guest
@gregpask.bsky.social

youtu.be/DuIrx3-t3tw

& read IOB(our OA journal)’s
#Ants go belly up:

iobopen.com/2020/03/09/a...
October 23, 2025 at 11:17 AM
#NationalBookMonth spotlight on

Drew Harvell Professor Emerita of #Ecology and #Evolutionary #Biology

Check out her site and #books via

drewharvell.com (Penguin Random House)

& read

lithub.com/author/drewh...

& then be sure to watch Drew's #SICB YouTube

youtu.be/9KPpORkdqd8?...
October 22, 2025 at 11:48 AM
So great to have @kmkocot.bsky.social on our #invertober zoom🙌 tonight.
Link to follow via our YouTube channel

m.youtube.com/channel/UCMn...

if you missed it.
Thanks so much Kevin for sharing with us us about your expedition! 👏👏👏
October 21, 2025 at 11:28 PM
#NationalBookMonth #SICB spotlight on SICBer

Sönke Johnsen(a past kindergarten teacher & dance instructor)

see his Lab
opticsoflife.org
read
Freedom to Fail

trinity.duke.edu/news/freedom...

& be sure to order his #books from

#Princeton University #Press

press.princeton.edu/our-authors/...
October 21, 2025 at 11:08 AM