The Society of Systematic Biologists advances the science of systematic biology in all its aspects of theory, principles, methodology, and practice, for both living and fossil organisms, with emphasis on areas of common interest to all systematic biologists regardless of individual specialization.
Recent news:
Leaders from some 70 professional societies convened in Washington, D.C., on October 1 to discuss the issue of harassment in the science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medical (STEMM) fields. Rayna C. Bell, SSB’s Council Member, attended the meeting. The meeting was hosted by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the American Geophysical Union (AGU), and EducationCounsel (EC). We came together to share concerns and needs, discuss policies and frameworks, and make plans to continue the discussion by developing a consortium of societies for professional conduct to prevent and address sexual harassment in STEMM. In coming months, the consortium will work collectively to develop customizable model frameworks for systems, policies, and practices to combat sexual harassment and a toolkit of practical resource materials for use by societies and institutions. We can – and will – collectively respond to address sexual harassment, as recommended in the National Academies’ June 2018 consensus report.
Submit symposia proposals for Evolution 2019!
http://www.systbio.org/symposium-proposal-submission.html
SSB 2018 Election Results
President-Elect: Erika Edwards
[Erika will start serving as President-Elect in Jan. 2019, and will start as President in Jan. 2020]
Council: (Jan 2019 - Dec 2021)
Incoming Executive Council members
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The Society of Systematic Biologists invites you to attend our meeting on June 1-4, 2018, in Columbus, Ohio. Join us for a series of workshops, discussions, and presentations encompassing the latest research in systematic biology.
We are accepting submissions for lightning talks and poster presentations, and have a series of workshops planned on topics ranging from species trees to communicating your science with photography.
Students and postdocs who wish to enroll in one of two pre-meeting workshops should contact Bryan Carstens for more information prior to registration. Workshop topics include Posterior Predictive Simulation (hosted by Noah Reid, Anthony Barley, and Bryan Carstens) and Predictive Phylogeography (hosted by Anahi Espindola, Tara Pelletier, Jack Sullivan, and Dave Tank). SSB members who are interested in hosting a software workshop can also contact Bryan Carstens with proposed ideas. In addition to lightning talks and posters, we will hold several discussion forums about topics of interest.
Talk and poster submission for our summer joint meeting with the European Society for Evolutionary Biology, the Society for the Study of Evolution, the American Society of Naturalists, Evolution 2018 in Montpelier is now closed, but registration for the meeting itself will open soon.
Joint society letter to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt about climate change.
The Evolution 2017 meeting, our annual joint meeting with the Society for the Study of Evolution and the American Society of Naturalists, was in Portland, Oregon. Thank you to all the organizers, sponsors, and attendees. See here for videos from recorded presentations, here for posters, here for tweets about the conference, and here for information about the meeting.
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We have a code of conduct at all our meetings; we encourage reporting of issues to members of the joint meeting council or members of our executive committee. All three societies are dedicated to making the meeting a welcoming place to all with no discrimination or harassment. To this end, we have created a form to aggregate the useful suggestions that have come in so far. To provide a suggestion, go here. To see the suggestions so far, please go here (SSB does not vet or approve of these suggestions -- we're merely aggregating them now for future discussion). Note that the form has been populated with public suggestions proposed on Twitter and Facebook so far (though the comments were made associated with names, it's not clear that people want their name associated, so only the first initial is included -- if you want your name included, please contact Brian O'Meara). We'll be doing more moving forward -- this is just a rapid response to capture ideas while they're fresh.
We have published a letter with other evolutionary societies on the recent decision to eliminate NSF DDIGs, offering to help find solutions to keep grants like this possible.
In the past year, we have released statements about issues relating to science, its importance, and restrictions on it. Please see them here.
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We have membership options: 1, 2, or 3 years, or even lifetime membership (lifetime membership starts at just $864).
Leaders from some 70 professional societies convened in Washington, D.C., on October 1 to discuss the issue of harassment in the science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medical (STEMM) fields. Rayna C. Bell, SSB’s Council Member, attended the meeting. The meeting was hosted by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the American Geophysical Union (AGU), and EducationCounsel (EC). We came together to share concerns and needs, discuss policies and frameworks, and make plans to continue the discussion by developing a consortium of societies for professional conduct to prevent and address sexual harassment in STEMM. In coming months, the consortium will work collectively to develop customizable model frameworks for systems, policies, and practices to combat sexual harassment and a toolkit of practical resource materials for use by societies and institutions. We can – and will – collectively respond to address sexual harassment, as recommended in the National Academies’ June 2018 consensus report.
Submit symposia proposals for Evolution 2019!
http://www.systbio.org/symposium-proposal-submission.html
SSB 2018 Election Results
President-Elect: Erika Edwards
[Erika will start serving as President-Elect in Jan. 2019, and will start as President in Jan. 2020]
Council: (Jan 2019 - Dec 2021)
- Jeremy M. Brown
- Elena Conti
- Susan Perkins
- Emily Sessa
- Josef Uyeda
Incoming Executive Council members
- Treasurer: Noah Reid
- Awards Director: Felipe Zapata
- Communications Director: Tracy Heath
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The Society of Systematic Biologists invites you to attend our meeting on June 1-4, 2018, in Columbus, Ohio. Join us for a series of workshops, discussions, and presentations encompassing the latest research in systematic biology.
We are accepting submissions for lightning talks and poster presentations, and have a series of workshops planned on topics ranging from species trees to communicating your science with photography.
Students and postdocs who wish to enroll in one of two pre-meeting workshops should contact Bryan Carstens for more information prior to registration. Workshop topics include Posterior Predictive Simulation (hosted by Noah Reid, Anthony Barley, and Bryan Carstens) and Predictive Phylogeography (hosted by Anahi Espindola, Tara Pelletier, Jack Sullivan, and Dave Tank). SSB members who are interested in hosting a software workshop can also contact Bryan Carstens with proposed ideas. In addition to lightning talks and posters, we will hold several discussion forums about topics of interest.
- Model-based inference vs. data mining/machine learning techniques (Laura Kubatko, Cécile Ané, Joe Rusinko)
- Panel discussion on publishing your work in Systematic Biology (former Editors in Chief including Andy Anderson and Jack Sullivan)
- Additional topics include facilitating undergraduate research, funding systematic biology, and the future of taxonomy.
Talk and poster submission for our summer joint meeting with the European Society for Evolutionary Biology, the Society for the Study of Evolution, the American Society of Naturalists, Evolution 2018 in Montpelier is now closed, but registration for the meeting itself will open soon.
Joint society letter to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt about climate change.
The Evolution 2017 meeting, our annual joint meeting with the Society for the Study of Evolution and the American Society of Naturalists, was in Portland, Oregon. Thank you to all the organizers, sponsors, and attendees. See here for videos from recorded presentations, here for posters, here for tweets about the conference, and here for information about the meeting.
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We have a code of conduct at all our meetings; we encourage reporting of issues to members of the joint meeting council or members of our executive committee. All three societies are dedicated to making the meeting a welcoming place to all with no discrimination or harassment. To this end, we have created a form to aggregate the useful suggestions that have come in so far. To provide a suggestion, go here. To see the suggestions so far, please go here (SSB does not vet or approve of these suggestions -- we're merely aggregating them now for future discussion). Note that the form has been populated with public suggestions proposed on Twitter and Facebook so far (though the comments were made associated with names, it's not clear that people want their name associated, so only the first initial is included -- if you want your name included, please contact Brian O'Meara). We'll be doing more moving forward -- this is just a rapid response to capture ideas while they're fresh.
We have published a letter with other evolutionary societies on the recent decision to eliminate NSF DDIGs, offering to help find solutions to keep grants like this possible.
In the past year, we have released statements about issues relating to science, its importance, and restrictions on it. Please see them here.
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We have membership options: 1, 2, or 3 years, or even lifetime membership (lifetime membership starts at just $864).