An expo participant thanks to Plush, for joining us at #SICB2026 Portland.
Such an incredible group of #tattoo #artists who came to draw henna tatts of species on SICB attendees & they were a big hit🙌 Check out:
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/inked-in-sci...
to show us your ink!
#SICB is making sure we thank our sponsors by spotlighting those who came to #SICB2026 Portland:
Have you see the work of
@3danatomystudios.com ?
They are a #scientist -run business and we appreciated them joining us this year and be sure to see what they're up to :
3danatomystudios.com
#SICB2026 expo
ICB EIC , Ulrike Muller who headed up Leapfrogging for change - doing #science in 2026.
The booth focused on building a network of #Biologists willing to help elevate the public perception of science in 2026.
contact Ulrike to find out more
csm.fresnostate.edu/about/direct...
Spotlight on booth exhibitors at #SICB2026
if you missed @biologycarly.bsky.social in Portland, be sure to see her site and buy her latest #book:
carlyanneyork.wixsite.com/website
Carly is an #animal #behaviorist and #physiologist who studies how #animals interact with their environments.
Watch footage from the site of this year's #SICB2026
Carl Gans awardee
& lecturer, @armanafzadeh.bsky.social
www.manafzadeh.com/research
to learn how joints work & where they come from #evolutionarily as well as where joints come from developmentally.
#biomechanics #science #biology
Big congrats to Bucknell's Rebecca Beneroff for winning Best Student Presentation for a Poster in the Division of Botany at the #SICB2026 conference!! @botanicalbecks.bsky.social
www.chrismartine.com/lab-news/ben...
@armanafzadeh.bsky.social
gave the #SICB2026 Gans lecture and
@flammanglab.bsky.social
introduced her.
Armita lectured on
Joints: form, function, and the future of comparative #biomechanics
read more about her incredible work!
mvlab.yale.edu/armita-manaf...
&
www.manafzadeh.com
This week we are spotlighting #SICB2026 Carl Gans Awardee/Lecturer-
@armanafzadeh.bsky.social & be sure you don't miss her episode of
#Dinosaur Dynamics Unveiled: Dr. Armita Manafzadeh Revolutionizes Ancient Joint Movement
youtu.be/JGWnKjUuowM?...
#biomechanics #dinos #fossils #bioinspired
Gans Lecturer https://sicb.org/awards/the-carl-gans-award/
Congrats to
@armanafzadeh.bsky.social
who was awarded the #SICB2026 Gans Award and spoke on
- Joints: form , function and the future of comparative #biomechanics
read more about her work:
mvlab.yale.edu/armita-manaf...
&
www.manafzadeh.com
#science #biology #Yale #bioinspired #anatomy
is of a #prickleback - a long and eel-like, monkeyface and pricklebacks sport a bluntly rounded snout, large fleshy lips and two black lines that radiate from behind their eyes. They have a dorsal fin that runs along the pricklebacks' backs and a lumpy ridge appears on adult monkeyface pricklebacks' heads.
Watch the last installment of
great footage shared from #SICB2026 's
#CannonBeach Tide pool excursion by the
Convergence lab ( @rchoover.bsky.social , @kassthefish.bsky.social , & more)
www.kassandraford.com
- see this amazing
#prickleback !
youtu.be/Ik8wGZRRNWI
#fish #oceanlife #science
This year at #SICB2026, The Convergence lab
www.kassandraford.com
went to
Cannon Beach with its amazing tide pooling, that centers around the iconic Haystack Rock, where low tides reveal vibrant #sea stars, #anemones, crabs, and #nudibranchs.
Thanks for sharing your trip, Convergence lab!
Notes from the #SICB2026
Cannon Beach trip,
with Emily Olson , Kassi Price, @rchoover.bsky.social ,& Brian Whelan
of the Convergence lab ( @kassthefish.bsky.social )
www.kassandraford.com
A video clip of a #gunnel
youtube.com/shorts/k4XaJ...
#biology #PhD #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.
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 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...
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.
#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
watch her YouTube https://youtu.be/gHQsra1xYu8?si=CKZCmDueJnnR4g41
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
Thanks again to our photojournalists for #SICB2026
Catch some of the spotlights from our Bart Social in Portland:
youtube.com/shorts/fDiv3...
#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!
#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
Earlier this month, the IMSI community gathered in Portland for SICB 2026, where researchers and trainees shared work spanning biomechanics, muscle function, locomotion, and comparative movement science. Congrats to all who presented. #IMSI #SICB2026 #MovementScience #Biomechanics #ResearchCommunity
S12 #SICB2026 - connect with
@noahwithfish.bsky.social noahbressman.wixsite.com/noah
&
Jess Marquardt
www.jmu.edu/biology/peop...
#biology #science #neurodivergent #academia
Min-vlog from #SICB2026! @sicb.bsky.social @sarahmackattack.bsky.social @taorminalepore.bsky.social @noahwithfish.bsky.social
If you missed being at #SICB2026 in #Portland, enjoy free shipping* January 16th - 25th 2026 using the code 1FJ26S2 at BlueBeehiveStudio.Etsy.com (*US only, $40 min. purchase)!
#sciart #biology #science #nature
🦦✨Congratulations to MWU research students for their excellent #SICB2026 presentations, incl. student doctors James Bates & Blake Andrea who presented on how cranial morphology in otters & other mustelids shapes movement, sensing & survival. Exciting new research out of @squeacslab.bsky.social's lab
If you attended PUI events at #SICB2026 in Portland, we'd love to hear your feedback! Please take a few minutes to fill out this survey, which will help us to plan more events in the future. Thanks! forms.gle/AT4qDB7xWARa...
Post #SICB2026 Update: The 2 organizations that each got $150 were: In Portland, New Avenues (which includes SMYRC, the Sexual & Gender Minority Youth Center (newavenues.org/smyrc ). Other was Advancement of Science (www.aaas.org), since now more than ever science is at risk in America. Thank you!
Image of bee earrings and a sea slug tea towel, with announcement of etsy sale on bluebeehivestudio.etsy.com using code 1FJ26S2 for free shipping on purchases over 40 dollars in usa.
Our Etsy store is restocked from #SICB2026! Enjoy free shipping* January 16th - 25th 2026 using the code 1FJ26S2 at BlueBeehiveStudio.Etsy.com (*US only, $40 min. purchase).
Presented my work on peptide-induced spawning & long-term larval culture of the Giant sea cucumber at #SICB2026 🧬🌊
Grateful to share this research and kick off my final year as a postdoc alongside such an inspiring community!
