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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 youโ€™re a society member, feel free to tag us or email content to share SICBmedia@sicb.org & follow @sicbjournals.bsky.social
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Meet @helenkopnina.bsky.social from @northumbriauni.bsky.social, one of our keynote speakers at ECCB 2026! ๐ŸŒฟ

๐Ÿ—ž๏ธ Read the full interview on our website
Interview: eccb26leiden.eu/interview-wi...

Want to find out more?
โฐ Early bird registration is open NOW: eccb26leiden.eu/registration/
February 10, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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Notes from Cannon #Beach trip,
#SICB2026 #Portland!

Get to know @kassthefish.bsky.social 's
Convergence lab
www.kassandraford.com
& member Brian Whelan
& did you know that the Fluffy #sculpin (bottom right) is a predator, the diet consisting mainly of #amphipods and polychaete worms?

#science
Brian is a masters student in the Conservation Science program in FWCB. He worked in the lab as a undergraduate researcher focused on dentition wear in prickleback fishes and is now changing gears to work on morphology of fishes in the Esocidae family.
February 10, 2026 at 12:41 PM
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#SICB2026 spotlight on the
Cannon Beach tide pool trip of the Convergence lab
( @rchoover.bsky.social , Emily Olson, Kassi Price, Brian Whelan)
@kassthefish.bsky.social
www.kassandraford.com/people
& read more about the tide pool
www.cannonbeach.org/things-to-do...
February 9, 2026 at 12:31 PM
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Join us for our Feb #SICB lunch zoom with some of the authors from our flagship journal's

MISS - Minorities in #Shark #Science issue

organized by Jasmin Graham & Sara Asadi

do email sicbmedia@sicb.org to join us for this discussion and

read the papers:
academic.oup.com/icb/issue/65/5
February 6, 2026 at 12:11 PM
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Congrats David!
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February 5, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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#SICB2026 's Moore lecturer says this about what has guided her in her profession:

"#Teach better. This profoundly simple idea has permeated my career in #biology, driving my #research, guiding my collaborations,& shaping my classroom. (read more in the image description)

momsenlab.wordpress.com
My research focuses on how students learn in #undergraduate biology and includes projects exploring (1) how alternative grading practices contribute to #inclusive and #equitable learning environments, and (2) how we can foster #students' development of systems thinking skills.
February 5, 2026 at 11:47 AM
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This year's Moore lecturer at #SICB2026 was
Dr. Jennifer Momsen
Jenni is a #biology #educator. Her #teaching includes the impact of alternative grading practices on #student learning and persistence in #STEM and how students develop systems thinking skills.
momsenlab.wordpress.com
watch her YouTube https://youtu.be/gHQsra1xYu8?si=CKZCmDueJnnR4g41
February 4, 2026 at 12:07 PM
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How understanding Alligator Gars can help Mississippi River floodplain restoration! @nfwfnews.bsky.social

New conservation story: gardenandgun.com/feature/in-p...
In Pursuitย ofย Alligator Gar, the Ancient Giant of the Shallows
The prehistoric fish with a toothy grin is fueling floodplain restoration efforts on the Mississippi River
gardenandgun.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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Today's the last day for the pre-order phase of these shirts! Want to be sure you get one in your size?

Now's the time ๐ŸŒฑ

About half of Skype a Scientist's funding comes from merch runs like this. Help us continue our work while lookin hot as hell.

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a black and white design (black background white design) of a woman's face and hands with echinacea and other flowers i can't immediately identify within a stained glass window frame. Gothy text underneath says plant native plants
February 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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laurenfuess.bsky.social
Tell me five classes you took in college:

Intermediate Horseback Riding
Advanced Literature- Harry Potter
Political Ecology
The Science in Science Fiction
Biology of Fishes
February 3, 2026 at 12:19 AM
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A bit of #SICB history about
the origins of the Moore lecture
sicb.org/featured-lec...

Professor John A. Moore (1915โ€“2002) was a distinguished American #zoologist, developmental #biologist, and #educator
(see image description)
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February 3, 2026 at 12:50 PM
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Check out @clintonrwarren.bsky.social & co authors latest ๐Ÿ™Œ
sicbjournals.bsky.social SICB journals @sicbjournals.bsky.social ยท 8d
IOB - now in issue!
Early Developmental Decline in HSP Expression Affects Subsequent Response to Transient Heat Exposure
@clintonrwarren.bsky.social

clintonrwarren.owlstown.net
et al

doi.org/10.1093/iob/...

#science #biology #ectothermic #invertebrates
https://clintonrwarren.owlstown.net/
February 2, 2026 at 1:12 PM
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jsmartin.bsky.social
I am looking for a PhD student to join my new Socio-Eco-Evo group, hosted in Katie Peichel's Evolutionary Ecology Division @ University of Bern. We're offering a fully funded 4-year position, studying social plasticity and behavioral adaptation among stickleback in Greenland. Please share around!
February 2, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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Each division of #SICB is working on having a named role of media rep to build community and support for members throughout the year. 9/12 divisions have a rep now!

Welcome DEE's
Camille Boucaud of
www.heathheckmanlab.org

mgi.natsci.msu.edu/people/micro...

Thanks for coming aboard Camille!
February 2, 2026 at 11:45 AM
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Join us for SICB's February zoom 2-24-26 at 12 noon est

with co authors of two of our M.I.S.S. papers

academic.oup.com/icb/issue/65/5

Buddhi Maheshika Pathirana and Toby Daly -Engel will be discussing
Between Fins: a conversation with M.I.S.S. authors- #Science, Stories, & solutions
#sharks
January 30, 2026 at 12:37 PM
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Thanks for sharing this #invertebrate art! ๐Ÿ™Œ
Be sure to catch @kmkocot.bsky.social 's
Icy Invertes
youtu.be/fFoCB5MFRU4?...

#science #marinelife #oceanlife #biology
January 29, 2026 at 12:44 PM
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bigbiology.bsky.social
The African golden cat is one of central Africaโ€™s most elusive predators, so rare that most sightings come from trail cameras!

In our newest episode, Mwezi Mugerwa talks conservation, elusive carnivores, and field research.

Photo credit: Indianapolis Conservation Prize and Sebastian Kennerknecht
January 28, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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๐ŸšจBig news๐Ÿšจ

A Pocket Guide to Scientific Writing and Publishing is out๐ŸŽ‰

This is the book I wish Iโ€™d had 20 years ago โ€” short, practical, and designed to help researchers write & get their papers published

I hope it helps many
Please share with anyone who might benefit!
๐Ÿ‘‰ mybook.to/ScienceGuide
cover of a "pocket guide to scientific writing and publishing"
August 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Thanks again to our photojournalists for #SICB2026
Catch some of the spotlights from our Bart Social in Portland:
youtube.com/shorts/fDiv3...
January 28, 2026 at 12:47 PM
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Do you know the origins of #SICB 's Bart award?
It was made in honor of
George A. Bartholomew (known as Bart by his colleagues and students)
www.eeb.ucla.edu/dr-george-ba...
read more
sicb.org/awards/georg...
2026's candidate to be announced soon

#science #physiology #biology
January 27, 2026 at 12:13 PM
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Be sure to see @hippieherper.bsky.social โ€˜s award winning paper on SICBโ€™s OA journal - IOB home page ๐Ÿ™Œ congrats Tucker !
sicbjournals.bsky.social SICB journals @sicbjournals.bsky.social ยท 15d
@hippieherper.bsky.social - congrats again on your award and see the special section in our home page dedicated to your work๐Ÿ™Œ

academic.oup.com/iob

#snakes #ecology #science #scientists
January 26, 2026 at 12:40 PM
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#SICB2026
Each year
student volunteer to take pictures of
the annual SICB meeting
Thanks to just a few of them-
Kyla Pollack
Olivia Burleigh
Chelsi Marolf
for giving us a glimpse of #SICB
out and about in #Portland!
January 26, 2026 at 12:23 PM
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sarahmackattack.bsky.social
It's Valentine Packing time at Skype a Scientist HQ.

Get your pack at SquidFacts.net

(These support science education nonprofit @skypeascientist.bsky.social !)
A pile of valentines, including a gulper eel saying "you make my jaw drop", a grimalditeuthis saying "I find you a-LURE-ing" a whale skeleton at the bottom of the ocean with snailfish and two octopuses making heart arms under the words "I've whale-fallen for you", and an anglerfish saying "You're my light in the darkness", and then two packs of cards that are all nice and tied up
January 19, 2026 at 6:53 PM
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Sunday #book review by IOB author @arielkahrl.bsky.social

The Book of Frogs, second editionโ€ by Oโ€™Shea & Halliday is a perfect resource for someone who wants an up-to-date, detailed, & engaging introduction to the natural history, #taxonomy, & diversity of #frogs..."

iobopen.com/2026/01/25/t...
January 25, 2026 at 12:33 PM
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Be sure to watch #SICB 's January zoom with Stanton Belford of the University of Tennessee Southern.
Stanton is a B.I.M.S. member & ICB author.
He shares with us the inspiration for his Marine Nostalgia- science through #storytelling, his #science turned activism & more!
youtu.be/vfEKDCbJKz8?...
January 23, 2026 at 12:43 PM