Welcome from the SICB President, Dr. Patricia Hernandez
Hello all. It is my great pleasure to welcome everyone to join us in Seattle, WA from Jan 2-6 for our annual SICB meeting. We have a full roster of symposia, excellent plenaries, and outstanding educational workshops planned. This meeting promises to be one of our greatest, as it will also be our first, but hopefully not last, time hosting Minorities in Shark Science (MISS). This outstanding group of scientists was recently featured on CNN.
Welcome from the SICB Program Officer, Dr. Thomas Sanger
With over 2000 presentations, 15 workshops, and a battery of world class symposia, SICB 2024 will be largest SICB meeting on record! We are excited to see everyone in January.
In 2000, SICB became the first professional organization for the integrative study of evolutionary and developmental biology, or Evo-devo. This year, Evo-devo will be a special area of focus for the meeting. This is, in part, highlighted by the symposium Chordate Origins, Evolution and Development organized by Billie Swalla. We will also host an exciting evening plenary by Dr. Matthew Harris. Utilizing diverse vertebrate systems, Dr. Harris' research has spanned areas ranging from the vertebrate transition onto land, adaptation into extreme habitats, the regulation of aging and lifespan, and the regulation of size and body proportion among many others. Look for upcoming announcements about more Evo-devo programming in comign months.
See you all in Seattle! Don't forget to register for the End of Meeting Celebration where we can all unwind after a busy meeting.
Abstract and presentation information:
Concurrent sessions are comprised of talks that are 12 minutes long with three additional minutes for questions and transition.
Symposium presentations are 30 minutes long.
Posters should be no larger than 42”x42”.
See the link in the left menu for presentation and session chair guidelines for further details.
2024 Symposia
- Chordate Origins, Evolution and Development
Organizer: Billie J. Swalla - Computational and Physical Models in Research and Teaching to Explore form-function Relationships
Organizers: M. Janneke Schwaner, S. Tonia Hsieh - Feel the Flow: How Water Movement Shapes Organisms and Ecosystems
Organizers: Molly Womack, Bryan Juarez - Convergent Evolution Across Levels of Biological Organization, Organisms, and Time
Organizers: Emily Lau, Jessica Goodheart, Rebecca Varney - Immunity in the ‘Omics Age: What Can ‘Omics Approaches Tell Us About Immunity in Natural Systems?
Organizers: Lauren Fuess, Nikki Traylor-Knowles - What Do Trade-offs Mean to Reproducing Females?: An Integrative Look at Whole-Organism Trade-offs
Organizers: Chloe C. Josefson, Teri J. Orr - The Scale of Resilience: Mechanisms of Recovery Across Biological Systems
Organizers: Emily Le Sage, Corinne Richards-Zawacki - Moving in an Uncertain World: Adaptive Locomotion from Organisms to Machine Intelligence
Organizers: Jean-Michel Mongeau, Kaushik Jayaram - Modeling Organismal Responses to Changing Environments
Organizers: Kendra Greenlee, Dianna Padilla - Recent Advances in the Mechanistic Understanding of Avian Responses to Environmental Challenges
Organizers: Alexander R. Gerson, Maria Stager, Cory Elowe - Evolution, Physiology, and Biomechanics of Insect Flight
Organizers: Lisa Triedel, Jon Harrison, Caroline Williams