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 [email protected] & follow @sicbjournals.bsky.social
The Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology (sicb.org) If you’re a society member, feel free to tag us or email content to share [email protected] & follow @sicbjournals.bsky.social
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 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/...
#SICB2026 s12 presenter Andrew Schultz spoke on
Animals for All – creating accessible bio-inspired tactile #art and fidgets across length scales
"Can #bio-inspired structures provide a more effective fidget for #neurodivergent individuals?"
get to know Andrew
www.schulzscience.com
Animals for All – creating accessible bio-inspired tactile #art and fidgets across length scales
"Can #bio-inspired structures provide a more effective fidget for #neurodivergent individuals?"
get to know Andrew
www.schulzscience.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:51 PM
#SICB2026 s12 presenter Andrew Schultz spoke on
Animals for All – creating accessible bio-inspired tactile #art and fidgets across length scales
"Can #bio-inspired structures provide a more effective fidget for #neurodivergent individuals?"
get to know Andrew
www.schulzscience.com
Animals for All – creating accessible bio-inspired tactile #art and fidgets across length scales
"Can #bio-inspired structures provide a more effective fidget for #neurodivergent individuals?"
get to know Andrew
www.schulzscience.com
S12 #SICB2026 - connect with
@noahwithfish.bsky.social noahbressman.wixsite.com/noah
&
Jess Marquardt
www.jmu.edu/biology/peop...
#biology #science #neurodivergent #academia
@noahwithfish.bsky.social noahbressman.wixsite.com/noah
&
Jess Marquardt
www.jmu.edu/biology/peop...
#biology #science #neurodivergent #academia
January 20, 2026 at 12:11 PM
S12 #SICB2026 - connect with
@noahwithfish.bsky.social noahbressman.wixsite.com/noah
&
Jess Marquardt
www.jmu.edu/biology/peop...
#biology #science #neurodivergent #academia
@noahwithfish.bsky.social noahbressman.wixsite.com/noah
&
Jess Marquardt
www.jmu.edu/biology/peop...
#biology #science #neurodivergent #academia
Just a few more days to sign up for our #SICB January
zoom talk on 1-20-26 with Dr. Stanton Belford
(ICB /Black in Marine #Science author & member)
He will be sharing more about his Marine Nostalgia stories and his #scientific journey
our.tennessee.edu/2025/stanton...
#research #oceanlife
zoom talk on 1-20-26 with Dr. Stanton Belford
(ICB /Black in Marine #Science author & member)
He will be sharing more about his Marine Nostalgia stories and his #scientific journey
our.tennessee.edu/2025/stanton...
#research #oceanlife
January 16, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Just a few more days to sign up for our #SICB January
zoom talk on 1-20-26 with Dr. Stanton Belford
(ICB /Black in Marine #Science author & member)
He will be sharing more about his Marine Nostalgia stories and his #scientific journey
our.tennessee.edu/2025/stanton...
#research #oceanlife
zoom talk on 1-20-26 with Dr. Stanton Belford
(ICB /Black in Marine #Science author & member)
He will be sharing more about his Marine Nostalgia stories and his #scientific journey
our.tennessee.edu/2025/stanton...
#research #oceanlife
#SICB2026 spotlights-
meet
@rchoover.bsky.social
who presented on
Oral and pharyngeal Jaw shape across diets & ontogeny
in prickleback fishes (Stichaeidae)
RC's work uses #CT scans, geometric #morphometrics, and diet to explore the #evolution of #morphology
www.kassandraford.com/people
meet
@rchoover.bsky.social
who presented on
Oral and pharyngeal Jaw shape across diets & ontogeny
in prickleback fishes (Stichaeidae)
RC's work uses #CT scans, geometric #morphometrics, and diet to explore the #evolution of #morphology
www.kassandraford.com/people
January 14, 2026 at 12:32 PM
#SICB2026 spotlights-
meet
@rchoover.bsky.social
who presented on
Oral and pharyngeal Jaw shape across diets & ontogeny
in prickleback fishes (Stichaeidae)
RC's work uses #CT scans, geometric #morphometrics, and diet to explore the #evolution of #morphology
www.kassandraford.com/people
meet
@rchoover.bsky.social
who presented on
Oral and pharyngeal Jaw shape across diets & ontogeny
in prickleback fishes (Stichaeidae)
RC's work uses #CT scans, geometric #morphometrics, and diet to explore the #evolution of #morphology
www.kassandraford.com/people
@kassthefish.bsky.social
presented at #SICB2026
"To bit or not to bite - An investigation into the tongue-bite-aparatus in mormyrid #fishes(Osteoglossiformes)"
by Dr. Kassandra Ford and Dr. Luz Patricia Hernandez (Past president of SICB)
read more
www.dnr.state.mn.us/mcvmagazine/...
presented at #SICB2026
"To bit or not to bite - An investigation into the tongue-bite-aparatus in mormyrid #fishes(Osteoglossiformes)"
by Dr. Kassandra Ford and Dr. Luz Patricia Hernandez (Past president of SICB)
read more
www.dnr.state.mn.us/mcvmagazine/...
January 13, 2026 at 12:26 PM
@kassthefish.bsky.social
presented at #SICB2026
"To bit or not to bite - An investigation into the tongue-bite-aparatus in mormyrid #fishes(Osteoglossiformes)"
by Dr. Kassandra Ford and Dr. Luz Patricia Hernandez (Past president of SICB)
read more
www.dnr.state.mn.us/mcvmagazine/...
presented at #SICB2026
"To bit or not to bite - An investigation into the tongue-bite-aparatus in mormyrid #fishes(Osteoglossiformes)"
by Dr. Kassandra Ford and Dr. Luz Patricia Hernandez (Past president of SICB)
read more
www.dnr.state.mn.us/mcvmagazine/...
We'll be posting many photos taken at #SICB2026
Meet one of SICB's #Photojournalists
Kyla Polack
At the 2026 SICB conference, Kyla presented a poster showcasing her #research with the Chan Lab at UW!"
www.ocean.washington.edu/home/Karen_C...
Thanks for taking time to take pics for #SICB , Kyla!
Meet one of SICB's #Photojournalists
Kyla Polack
At the 2026 SICB conference, Kyla presented a poster showcasing her #research with the Chan Lab at UW!"
www.ocean.washington.edu/home/Karen_C...
Thanks for taking time to take pics for #SICB , Kyla!
January 12, 2026 at 12:20 PM
We'll be posting many photos taken at #SICB2026
Meet one of SICB's #Photojournalists
Kyla Polack
At the 2026 SICB conference, Kyla presented a poster showcasing her #research with the Chan Lab at UW!"
www.ocean.washington.edu/home/Karen_C...
Thanks for taking time to take pics for #SICB , Kyla!
Meet one of SICB's #Photojournalists
Kyla Polack
At the 2026 SICB conference, Kyla presented a poster showcasing her #research with the Chan Lab at UW!"
www.ocean.washington.edu/home/Karen_C...
Thanks for taking time to take pics for #SICB , Kyla!
Now that #SICB2026 is done, do connect through the year by attending our monthly zooms.
next up
Dr. Stanton Belford to talk about his work in #Trinidad and #reef #research
our.tennessee.edu/2025/stanton...
Email [email protected] to get on our talk attendee mailing list
next up
Dr. Stanton Belford to talk about his work in #Trinidad and #reef #research
our.tennessee.edu/2025/stanton...
Email [email protected] to get on our talk attendee mailing list
January 9, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Now that #SICB2026 is done, do connect through the year by attending our monthly zooms.
next up
Dr. Stanton Belford to talk about his work in #Trinidad and #reef #research
our.tennessee.edu/2025/stanton...
Email [email protected] to get on our talk attendee mailing list
next up
Dr. Stanton Belford to talk about his work in #Trinidad and #reef #research
our.tennessee.edu/2025/stanton...
Email [email protected] to get on our talk attendee mailing list
Last day of
#SICB2026
s10 Needle in the haystack
s11
#Hormones at sea
s12
#Disabled and #Neurodivergent Perception, Community, and Identity in the #Biosciences
Watch
YouTube
youtube.com/shorts/mLSu_...
#biology #mammals #ocean #science #SICB
#SICB2026
s10 Needle in the haystack
s11
#Hormones at sea
s12
#Disabled and #Neurodivergent Perception, Community, and Identity in the #Biosciences
Watch
YouTube
youtube.com/shorts/mLSu_...
#biology #mammals #ocean #science #SICB
January 7, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Last day of
#SICB2026
s10 Needle in the haystack
s11
#Hormones at sea
s12
#Disabled and #Neurodivergent Perception, Community, and Identity in the #Biosciences
Watch
YouTube
youtube.com/shorts/mLSu_...
#biology #mammals #ocean #science #SICB
#SICB2026
s10 Needle in the haystack
s11
#Hormones at sea
s12
#Disabled and #Neurodivergent Perception, Community, and Identity in the #Biosciences
Watch
YouTube
youtube.com/shorts/mLSu_...
#biology #mammals #ocean #science #SICB
ICB #SICB2026, flagship journal, has blog #writers who do excellent reviews on @princetonupress.bsky.social #books
🙌 read the latest on Sonke Johnsen’s book reviewed by Stanton Belford
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2025/01/14/f...
& be sure to come to Stanton’s January Lunch zoom
🙌 read the latest on Sonke Johnsen’s book reviewed by Stanton Belford
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2025/01/14/f...
& be sure to come to Stanton’s January Lunch zoom
January 6, 2026 at 11:29 PM
ICB #SICB2026, flagship journal, has blog #writers who do excellent reviews on @princetonupress.bsky.social #books
🙌 read the latest on Sonke Johnsen’s book reviewed by Stanton Belford
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2025/01/14/f...
& be sure to come to Stanton’s January Lunch zoom
🙌 read the latest on Sonke Johnsen’s book reviewed by Stanton Belford
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2025/01/14/f...
& be sure to come to Stanton’s January Lunch zoom
Now on insta too (@)sicbmedia
🙌have a great poster session Ella👏👏👏
🙌have a great poster session Ella👏👏👏
January 6, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Now on insta too (@)sicbmedia
🙌have a great poster session Ella👏👏👏
🙌have a great poster session Ella👏👏👏
#SICB2026
Day 3 's line up
s7 Animal collective movement in complex #environments
s8
Integrating integration...
s9
Spotlighting the role of #behavior in a rapidly changing world
youtube.com/shorts/1ICYD...
#science #SICB #conferences
Day 3 's line up
s7 Animal collective movement in complex #environments
s8
Integrating integration...
s9
Spotlighting the role of #behavior in a rapidly changing world
youtube.com/shorts/1ICYD...
#science #SICB #conferences
January 6, 2026 at 12:15 PM
#SICB2026
Day 3 's line up
s7 Animal collective movement in complex #environments
s8
Integrating integration...
s9
Spotlighting the role of #behavior in a rapidly changing world
youtube.com/shorts/1ICYD...
#science #SICB #conferences
Day 3 's line up
s7 Animal collective movement in complex #environments
s8
Integrating integration...
s9
Spotlighting the role of #behavior in a rapidly changing world
youtube.com/shorts/1ICYD...
#science #SICB #conferences
@biologycarly.bsky.social ‘s #books have arrived !!!🙌
At th #SICB2026 SICB journals booth
See why @rchoover.bsky.social gave this one a must read review
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2025/12/02/c...
At th #SICB2026 SICB journals booth
See why @rchoover.bsky.social gave this one a must read review
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2025/12/02/c...
January 5, 2026 at 11:34 PM
@biologycarly.bsky.social ‘s #books have arrived !!!🙌
At th #SICB2026 SICB journals booth
See why @rchoover.bsky.social gave this one a must read review
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2025/12/02/c...
At th #SICB2026 SICB journals booth
See why @rchoover.bsky.social gave this one a must read review
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2025/12/02/c...
A great turnout for #SICB2026’ s PAC
Multi-#Media Science #Communication Workshop
Sonke Johnsen, book author
@bigbiology.bsky.social ‘s
Lynn Martin and Cameron Ghalambor, podcast co-hosts
Virginia Gewin, #science #journalist
@oceanfilly.bsky.social , Youtube and social media creator
Multi-#Media Science #Communication Workshop
Sonke Johnsen, book author
@bigbiology.bsky.social ‘s
Lynn Martin and Cameron Ghalambor, podcast co-hosts
Virginia Gewin, #science #journalist
@oceanfilly.bsky.social , Youtube and social media creator
January 5, 2026 at 10:46 PM
A great turnout for #SICB2026’ s PAC
Multi-#Media Science #Communication Workshop
Sonke Johnsen, book author
@bigbiology.bsky.social ‘s
Lynn Martin and Cameron Ghalambor, podcast co-hosts
Virginia Gewin, #science #journalist
@oceanfilly.bsky.social , Youtube and social media creator
Multi-#Media Science #Communication Workshop
Sonke Johnsen, book author
@bigbiology.bsky.social ‘s
Lynn Martin and Cameron Ghalambor, podcast co-hosts
Virginia Gewin, #science #journalist
@oceanfilly.bsky.social , Youtube and social media creator
January 5, 2026 at 7:02 PM
#SICB2026
So great to see PACT therapy #dogs visit our @sicbjournals.bsky.social booth for a de-stressing, #menatalhealth
break 🙌
Thanks for coming PACT!
We love tying in great local organizations who help the community when we visit a city. See what PACT is all about
www.dovelewis.org/contact
So great to see PACT therapy #dogs visit our @sicbjournals.bsky.social booth for a de-stressing, #menatalhealth
break 🙌
Thanks for coming PACT!
We love tying in great local organizations who help the community when we visit a city. See what PACT is all about
www.dovelewis.org/contact
January 5, 2026 at 6:59 PM
#SICB2026
So great to see PACT therapy #dogs visit our @sicbjournals.bsky.social booth for a de-stressing, #menatalhealth
break 🙌
Thanks for coming PACT!
We love tying in great local organizations who help the community when we visit a city. See what PACT is all about
www.dovelewis.org/contact
So great to see PACT therapy #dogs visit our @sicbjournals.bsky.social booth for a de-stressing, #menatalhealth
break 🙌
Thanks for coming PACT!
We love tying in great local organizations who help the community when we visit a city. See what PACT is all about
www.dovelewis.org/contact
Brian Whelan presenting on tooth replacement and damage in pricklebacks
Brian is part of @kassthefish.bsky.social 's lab
www.kassandraford.com/people
#SICB2026
Brian is part of @kassthefish.bsky.social 's lab
www.kassandraford.com/people
#SICB2026
January 5, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Brian Whelan presenting on tooth replacement and damage in pricklebacks
Brian is part of @kassthefish.bsky.social 's lab
www.kassandraford.com/people
#SICB2026
Brian is part of @kassthefish.bsky.social 's lab
www.kassandraford.com/people
#SICB2026
#SICB2026 DAY2 MONDAY
s4
Sex across origins... @jjinsing.bsky.social & more
s5
Animals at the interface... @mlbyron.bsky.social & Chris Roh
s6
Behavioral and environmental monitoring... @yashsondhi.bsky.social & more
www.xcdsystem.com/sicb/program...
Overview
youtube.com/shorts/FaW5m...
s4
Sex across origins... @jjinsing.bsky.social & more
s5
Animals at the interface... @mlbyron.bsky.social & Chris Roh
s6
Behavioral and environmental monitoring... @yashsondhi.bsky.social & more
www.xcdsystem.com/sicb/program...
Overview
youtube.com/shorts/FaW5m...
January 5, 2026 at 12:19 PM
#SICB2026 DAY2 MONDAY
s4
Sex across origins... @jjinsing.bsky.social & more
s5
Animals at the interface... @mlbyron.bsky.social & Chris Roh
s6
Behavioral and environmental monitoring... @yashsondhi.bsky.social & more
www.xcdsystem.com/sicb/program...
Overview
youtube.com/shorts/FaW5m...
s4
Sex across origins... @jjinsing.bsky.social & more
s5
Animals at the interface... @mlbyron.bsky.social & Chris Roh
s6
Behavioral and environmental monitoring... @yashsondhi.bsky.social & more
www.xcdsystem.com/sicb/program...
Overview
youtube.com/shorts/FaW5m...
#SICB2026 ers be sure to wish @doctora-nature.bsky.social a happy birthday 🙌
So glad she’s spending it with us in Portland ! 👏👏👏
So glad she’s spending it with us in Portland ! 👏👏👏
January 4, 2026 at 9:21 PM
#SICB2026 ers be sure to wish @doctora-nature.bsky.social a happy birthday 🙌
So glad she’s spending it with us in Portland ! 👏👏👏
So glad she’s spending it with us in Portland ! 👏👏👏
@rchoover.bsky.social & Brian Whelan
are more than stoked to be at #SICB2026! Always great to have you two with us!
are more than stoked to be at #SICB2026! Always great to have you two with us!
January 4, 2026 at 7:17 PM
@rchoover.bsky.social & Brian Whelan
are more than stoked to be at #SICB2026! Always great to have you two with us!
are more than stoked to be at #SICB2026! Always great to have you two with us!