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Meet @helenkopnina.bsky.social from @northumbriauni.bsky.social, one of our keynote speakers at ECCB 2026! 🌿
🗞️ Read the full interview on our website
Interview: eccb26leiden.eu/interview-wi...
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Interview: eccb26leiden.eu/interview-wi...
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February 10, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Meet @helenkopnina.bsky.social from @northumbriauni.bsky.social, one of our keynote speakers at ECCB 2026! 🌿
🗞️ Read the full interview on our website
Interview: eccb26leiden.eu/interview-wi...
Want to find out more?
⏰ Early bird registration is open NOW: eccb26leiden.eu/registration/
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Interview: eccb26leiden.eu/interview-wi...
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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
#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
February 10, 2026 at 12:41 PM
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
#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
#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...
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
#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...
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...
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
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
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
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
#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
"#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
February 5, 2026 at 11:47 AM
#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
"#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
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
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
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...
New conservation story: gardenandgun.com/feature/in-p...
In Pursuit of 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
How understanding Alligator Gars can help Mississippi River floodplain restoration! @nfwfnews.bsky.social
New conservation story: gardenandgun.com/feature/in-p...
New conservation story: gardenandgun.com/feature/in-p...
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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 🌱
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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Now's the time 🌱
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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February 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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 🌱
About half of Skype a Scientist's funding comes from merch runs like this. Help us continue our work while lookin hot as hell.
SquidFacts.net
Now's the time 🌱
About half of Skype a Scientist's funding comes from merch runs like this. Help us continue our work while lookin hot as hell.
SquidFacts.net
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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
Intermediate Horseback Riding
Advanced Literature- Harry Potter
Political Ecology
The Science in Science Fiction
Biology of Fishes
February 3, 2026 at 12:19 AM
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
Intermediate Horseback Riding
Advanced Literature- Harry Potter
Political Ecology
The Science in Science Fiction
Biology of Fishes
A bit of #SICB history about
the origins of the Moore lecture
sicb.org/featured-lec...
Professor John A. Moore (1915–2002) was a distinguished American #zoologist, developmental #biologist, and #educator
(see image description)
the origins of the Moore lecture
sicb.org/featured-lec...
Professor John A. Moore (1915–2002) was a distinguished American #zoologist, developmental #biologist, and #educator
(see image description)
February 3, 2026 at 12:50 PM
A bit of #SICB history about
the origins of the Moore lecture
sicb.org/featured-lec...
Professor John A. Moore (1915–2002) was a distinguished American #zoologist, developmental #biologist, and #educator
(see image description)
the origins of the Moore lecture
sicb.org/featured-lec...
Professor John A. Moore (1915–2002) was a distinguished American #zoologist, developmental #biologist, and #educator
(see image description)
Check out @clintonrwarren.bsky.social & co authors latest 🙌
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
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
February 2, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Check out @clintonrwarren.bsky.social & co authors latest 🙌
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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
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!
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!
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
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!
Welcome DEE's
Camille Boucaud of
www.heathheckmanlab.org
mgi.natsci.msu.edu/people/micro...
Thanks for coming aboard Camille!
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
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
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
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
Thanks for sharing this #invertebrate art! 🙌
Be sure to catch @kmkocot.bsky.social 's
Icy Invertes
youtu.be/fFoCB5MFRU4?...
#science #marinelife #oceanlife #biology
Be sure to catch @kmkocot.bsky.social 's
Icy Invertes
youtu.be/fFoCB5MFRU4?...
#science #marinelife #oceanlife #biology
January 29, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Thanks for sharing this #invertebrate art! 🙌
Be sure to catch @kmkocot.bsky.social 's
Icy Invertes
youtu.be/fFoCB5MFRU4?...
#science #marinelife #oceanlife #biology
Be sure to catch @kmkocot.bsky.social 's
Icy Invertes
youtu.be/fFoCB5MFRU4?...
#science #marinelife #oceanlife #biology
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The African golden cat is one of central Africa’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
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
The African golden cat is one of central Africa’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
In our newest episode, Mwezi Mugerwa talks conservation, elusive carnivores, and field research.
Photo credit: Indianapolis Conservation Prize and Sebastian Kennerknecht
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🚨Big news🚨
A Pocket Guide to Scientific Writing and Publishing is out🎉
This is the book I wish I’d had 20 years ago — short, practical, and designed to help researchers write & get their papers published
I hope it helps many
Please share with anyone who might benefit!
👉 mybook.to/ScienceGuide
A Pocket Guide to Scientific Writing and Publishing is out🎉
This is the book I wish I’d had 20 years ago — short, practical, and designed to help researchers write & get their papers published
I hope it helps many
Please share with anyone who might benefit!
👉 mybook.to/ScienceGuide
August 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
🚨Big news🚨
A Pocket Guide to Scientific Writing and Publishing is out🎉
This is the book I wish I’d had 20 years ago — short, practical, and designed to help researchers write & get their papers published
I hope it helps many
Please share with anyone who might benefit!
👉 mybook.to/ScienceGuide
A Pocket Guide to Scientific Writing and Publishing is out🎉
This is the book I wish I’d had 20 years ago — short, practical, and designed to help researchers write & get their papers published
I hope it helps many
Please share with anyone who might benefit!
👉 mybook.to/ScienceGuide
Thanks again to our photojournalists for #SICB2026
Catch some of the spotlights from our Bart Social in Portland:
youtube.com/shorts/fDiv3...
Catch some of the spotlights from our Bart Social in Portland:
youtube.com/shorts/fDiv3...
January 28, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Thanks again to our photojournalists for #SICB2026
Catch some of the spotlights from our Bart Social in Portland:
youtube.com/shorts/fDiv3...
Catch some of the spotlights from our Bart Social in Portland:
youtube.com/shorts/fDiv3...
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
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
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
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
Be sure to see @hippieherper.bsky.social ‘s award winning paper on SICB’s OA journal - IOB home page 🙌 congrats Tucker !
@hippieherper.bsky.social - congrats again on your award and see the special section in our home page dedicated to your work🙌
academic.oup.com/iob
#snakes #ecology #science #scientists
academic.oup.com/iob
#snakes #ecology #science #scientists
January 26, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Be sure to see @hippieherper.bsky.social ‘s award winning paper on SICB’s OA journal - IOB home page 🙌 congrats Tucker !
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It's Valentine Packing time at Skype a Scientist HQ.
Get your pack at SquidFacts.net
(These support science education nonprofit @skypeascientist.bsky.social !)
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(These support science education nonprofit @skypeascientist.bsky.social !)
January 19, 2026 at 6:53 PM
It's Valentine Packing time at Skype a Scientist HQ.
Get your pack at SquidFacts.net
(These support science education nonprofit @skypeascientist.bsky.social !)
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(These support science education nonprofit @skypeascientist.bsky.social !)
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Sunday #book review by IOB author @arielkahrl.bsky.social
The Book of Frogs, second edition” by O’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...
The Book of Frogs, second edition” by O’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
Sunday #book review by IOB author @arielkahrl.bsky.social
The Book of Frogs, second edition” by O’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...
The Book of Frogs, second edition” by O’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...
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?...
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
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?...
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?...
We are sorry we missed this post the 1st time
Be sure to read
@chijing-leow.bsky.social
Life History-Dependent Brain #Transcriptomic Signatures in Nothobranchids: Insights into Aging, #Neurogenesis, and Life History #Evolution
in IOB (SICB’s OA journal)
Leow , et al , doi.org/10.1093/iob/...
Be sure to read
@chijing-leow.bsky.social
Life History-Dependent Brain #Transcriptomic Signatures in Nothobranchids: Insights into Aging, #Neurogenesis, and Life History #Evolution
in IOB (SICB’s OA journal)
Leow , et al , doi.org/10.1093/iob/...
January 22, 2026 at 5:40 PM
We are sorry we missed this post the 1st time
Be sure to read
@chijing-leow.bsky.social
Life History-Dependent Brain #Transcriptomic Signatures in Nothobranchids: Insights into Aging, #Neurogenesis, and Life History #Evolution
in IOB (SICB’s OA journal)
Leow , et al , doi.org/10.1093/iob/...
Be sure to read
@chijing-leow.bsky.social
Life History-Dependent Brain #Transcriptomic Signatures in Nothobranchids: Insights into Aging, #Neurogenesis, and Life History #Evolution
in IOB (SICB’s OA journal)
Leow , et al , doi.org/10.1093/iob/...