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
Member Feedback on the 2021 Virtual Evolution Meeting
Evolution 2021 will be VIRTUAL! The councils of SSB, ASN, and SSE have made the decision to cancel the in-person 2021 Evolution meeting that had been scheduled to be held in Albuquerque, NM. Our highest priorities are the health and well-being of our communities, as well as those of the workers who would help run our meeting and the communities we would be visiting. While we are hopeful that the current pandemic will abate by next summer, our decision had to be made now.
The societies are discussing what form the virtual 2021 meeting will take (the exact dates of the meeting have not yet been determined). The Joint Meeting Council has created a survey to gauge interest and insight. We encourage you to give us your opinion on the format of the virtual meeting, so that we can prepare the best meeting possible for our members. We especially hope those who face challenges attending in-person Evolution meetings will participate. We invite you to complete the survey before Wednesday, December 16th.
The societies are discussing what form the virtual 2021 meeting will take (the exact dates of the meeting have not yet been determined). The Joint Meeting Council has created a survey to gauge interest and insight. We encourage you to give us your opinion on the format of the virtual meeting, so that we can prepare the best meeting possible for our members. We especially hope those who face challenges attending in-person Evolution meetings will participate. We invite you to complete the survey before Wednesday, December 16th.
Call for Nominations: The Inclusiveness, Diversity, Equity, & Access (IDEA) Award
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The American Society of Naturalists, the Society for the Study of Evolution, and the Society of Systematic Biologists announce the call for nominations for the 2nd annual ASN/SSE/SSB Inclusiveness, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) Award. The IDEA Award will be given to a person at any career stage who has strengthened the ecology and evolutionary biology community by promoting inclusiveness and diversity in our fields. The award can also be presented to a group. The recipient(s) will each receive a plaque at the annual meeting of ASN/SSB/SSE and a $1000 honorarium (shared among recipients if more than one).
Nominate yourself or someone you know by February 1, 2021! |
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Code of Conduct
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