Amazing news!! Huge thank you to @andyantarctica.bsky.social for organizing!

Really excited about this news! We had a lot fun and I'm wearing my newly-won FHL sweatshirt for today's last #sicb2026 talks

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Time to celebrate! The @sicb-diz.bsky.social auction at the #SICB2026 meeting raised $4790 for student and postdoctoral support!!!! This will be the basis for the John and Vickey Pearse Fund being established by DIZ! Thanks to @kmkocot.bsky.social for being our exuberant auctioneer and all donors!!!

Don't miss our mentoring villages, happening at #SICB2026 today! If you are a student or postdoc interested in a career at a PUI, stop by from 10-11 to chat with current faculty about what it's like to work at a PUI and how to write a competitive application.

#IcyInverts presenters from this morning's #SICB2026 Antarctic Invertebrates session. @sicb-diz.bsky.social

#SICB2026 DAY2 MONDAY
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Sex across origins... @jjinsing.bsky.social & more
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Animals at the interface... @mlbyron.bsky.social & Chris Roh
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Behavioral and environmental monitoring... @yashsondhi.bsky.social & more

www.xcdsystem.com/sicb/program...
Overview
youtube.com/shorts/FaW5m...

NSF PDs will be @sicb.bsky.social.

Stop by booth 308 if you would like to sign up to chat with us or catch us in the conference center.

Informal workshop and Q and A session, Sunday Jan 4th from 12:15 to 1:15 in B110/111. #SICB2026.

And these knitted objects for #sicb2026, tagged and ready for the @sicb-diz.bsky.social auction. Come bid on things Monday night!

3 framed drawings: A for Arthropoda, B for Bryozoa, C for Cnidaria. Each drawing has two life stages from the phylum.

Headed to #sicb2026? Come to @sicb-diz.bsky.social's Libbie Hyman auction to support student research and bid on these A-B-C phyla!

Last call for the DIZ auction at the SICB meeting in Portland, OR! @sicb.bsky.social @sicb-diz.bsky.social If you need to ship an item to make it to the auction, DM me or email me (see form!). PLEASE DONATE! Art items, books, crafts, nerdy stuff, stickers, .....Funds help STUDENTS!!! Please RT!

#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...

@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...

Hey #TeamInvert #SICB2026 folks! Have some items that you may want to donate for the @sicb-diz.bsky.social auction? Please reach out to @andyantarctica.bsky.social or fill out the form below!

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Coming to @sicb.bsky.social meeting, want to donate but don't want to bring item(s)? We will have a shipping address available in December!
Please share this thread far and wide! you don't have to be a SICB-DIZ member to donate....all donations are appreciated! (invert themed get bonus points!)

All funds raised will go directly to benefit students through a number of DIZ avenues (fellowships, travel grants, etc.). Items of any kind (books, art, gift cards, etc.) are welcomed and will be included in the live and/or silent auction we will hold in January in Portland. Questions? ask me!

I'm soliciting donations for the @sicb-diz.bsky.social auction at our annual meeting in Portland in January. This is a major fundraiser for the Division's ability to support students! If you would be so kind and want to donate, please use this link: forms.gle/nz8WWSmsdagp...

@sicb.bsky.social

a blue jellyfish from spongebob squarepants is standing on a grassy hill Alt: GIF: Blue jellyfish from spongebob squarepants is standing on a grassy hill, with tentacle arms in a “bring it on” motion.

End of Sept = @sicb.bsky.social Fall Newsletters!

Need a specimen for your phylogeny? Have a field course to advertise? We’d love to feature your research, teaching, outreach and photos. Let us know!

Send a short blurb + image to secretary.diz@sicb.org!

#TeamInvert

Join us for #SICB 's Oct zoom
Icy #Invertebrates : #Biodiversity & #Systematics of #Polar #Marine Invertebrates
with
@kmkocot.bsky.social

www.kocotlab.com

& see Kevin's great #photos donated for use for our student #scholarship fund art account:

fineartamerica.com/featured/cap...

#science

Please consider donating items! Handmade items are especially popular. If you are interested in donating (whether or not you will attend), please contact me (Andy Mahon; here or via email; mahon2a@cmich.edu) to let me know and for more information, answers to questions, shipping details, etc. (2/n)

For the 2026 SICB meeting @sicb.bsky.social in Portland, the Division of Invertebrate Zoology will host its auction to benefit student programs. Past auction items have included beautiful artwork, handmade crafts, rare and signed books, vacation lodging, invertebrate curiosities, and more! (1/n)

Connecting this to @sicb.bsky.social for more bandwidth! 🧪🌎🦑 Announcements for the upcoming DIZ auction in Portland, OR at the Jan 2026 meeting coming soon!!!

Hey everyone! @sicb-diz.bsky.social is now here! Follow them for all your invertebrate science needs! 🧪🦑🌎