1 week left to get your image in for Evolution 2026 logo contest! www.evolutionmeetings.org/2026-logo-co...

Under a month left to nominate someone you admire for this award! For details, see the link.

Reminder that this meeting is filling rapidly! If you need travel funding to come, make sure you fill out the travel award application by Sept. 30! www.systbio.org/early-career...

Miss a newsletter? Find all recent ones here. We’ll be expanding the archive beyond the recent past in the near future www.systbio.org/newsletter-a...

Do you know someone who has contributed to strengthening the evolutionary biology community by promoting inclusion and diversity? Nominate them for the IDEA award! More info: www.systbio.org/idea-award.h... You may self-nominate!!!

Evolution Meeting 2026 logo contest! The winner will receive meeting registration and an Evolution 2026 t-shirt. www.evolutionmeetings.org/2026-logo-co...

We're thrilled to see such an enthusiastic response for SSB 2026! 111 spots are already claimed, with a cap of 200. Be sure to register soon, if you're planning to join us! ssb2026.github.io #SSB2026 @systbiol.bsky.social

SSB newsletter highlighting #SSB2026 (January 9-11; Baton Rouge) is out! Miss it? ✅✅ Your member email on our website: www.systbio.org/my-account.h... You can still access the content of the newsletter below:

Today 14 scientific societies in #ecology #evolution and #marineScience are publishing the results of a survey that finds negative impacts of federal policies on food security, flood mitigation, infectious disease preparedness, and wildlife conservation: 🧪👩‍🔬 www.firsthandaccounts.org/impacts/2025...

48 confirmed attendees already for #SSB2026, within a week of registration opening. Remember that the meeting attendance cap is 200. Register today to join us in January! ssb2026.github.io @systbiol.bsky.social

Calling all natural history/museum collections folxs The theme of the @systbiol.bsky.social breakout meeting in Baton Rouge is 'The Importance of Natural History Collections' The LSU Museum of Natural Science will host some events. Hope to see you there, Jan 9-11, 2026. ssb2026.github.io

Early career researcher in systematics? Make sure to apply for early career travel funds to attend #ssb2026 👇 www.systbio.org/early-career...

Are you ready for #SSB2026? See below to register for SSB’s break out meeting in January. This is a smaller meeting than the annual evolution meetings, capped at 200 registrants!

Another exciting #SSB2026 workshop to highlight: A Primer for Phylogenetic Causal Inference with @oschwery.bsky.social & @pseudacris.bsky.social Also, lots of new info on the website and more soon: ssb2026.github.io Follow for the latest updates! @jembrown.bsky.social @systbiol.bsky.social

Today's featured #SSB2026 workshop: the Open Tree of Life with @snacktavish.bsky.social and @mtholder.bsky.social! opentreeoflife.github.io Registration opening soon. Keep an eye here for updates: ssb2026.github.io Hope to see you in Baton Rouge in January! @systbiol.bsky.social

Now accepting nominations for the Lifetime Achievement Award! This prize recognizes contributions to the field through research, mentorship, outreach, DEI work, and/or other service to the evolutionary biology community. Nominations due September 30! www.evolutionsociety.org/society-awar...

Registration for the SSB breakout meeting in Baton Rouge, LA in Jan. 2026 will be opening soon! Registrants need to be SSB members, so make sure to check on your membership today and join/renew if needed: www.systbio.org Check here regularly for updates: ssb2026.github.io @systbiol.bsky.social

In case you missed it, our #evol2025 wrap up + introduction of new editor, president-elect and council, as well as student award winners!

Our Celebration newsletter went out Friday! If you missed it, no worries, here’s a copy: conta.cc/4nHWFok If you think you should have gotten it and didn’t, make sure your membership and email are current in our members database: www.systbio.org/my-account.h...

Did you attend #evol2025 in Athens? Fill out the survey! Were you unable to come? Fill it out anyway! The organizers of @evolmtg.bsky.social are soliciting feedback on challenges to attendance to inform decisions in future years.

Want to watch my Presidential Address from #Evol2025 where I share who I have learned from, how I hope to pay it forward, what I have learned from studying ants, and how it is all of our responsibility to create equitable and just futures for everyone? Watch here: www.youtube.com/live/vkBD3fg...

It’s the last day of Evolution 2025! We hope you’ve enjoyed it as much as we have. The Super Social is tonight at the State Botanical Gardens! See you there? 🎉 #Evol2025 @sse-evolution.bsky.social @systbiol.bsky.social @asn-amnat.bsky.social

Happening tonight! This is an informal event intended to give members a little more space to make connections and new friends #evol2025

If you're at #Evol2025, swing by the @systbiol.bsky.social DEIC's sponsored photo booth TODAY (June 23) and get your free professional headshots by Jason Thrasher! ✌️📷✌️ Where: Atrium (lower level) When: 10:30AM-6:30PM

Excellent @systbiol.bsky.social sponsored symposium for advances in AI, ML, and modeling at #Evol2025. Very promising approaches to solve our hard problems

#Evol2025 SSB Members we have an informal mixer tomorrow! @systbiol.bsky.social SSB informal mixer: Time: Monday, June 23, 7:30 - 10 pm Place: back garden of Little Kings Shuffle Club (223 W Hancock St) Purpose: Come coalesce with other SSB members to talk trees under the trees!

Did you miss this talk? It’s now archived to the @evolmtg.bsky.social YouTube channel www.youtube.com/live/vkBD3fg... #evol2025

If you missed the Past-Presidential address, we have two new Mayr winners! Spenser Babb-Biernacki, Louisiana State University and Zach Heiple, Scripps Institution of Oceanography. For info on where to catch their talks at #evol2025, see the cheat sheet www.systbio.org/evol2025-che...

Today’s the day! Arrive at 8 to hear the outcome of our Mayr competition and other important society business. Past-Presidential plenary to follow.

The recording of my IDEA talk is up on the #Evol2025 YouTube channel, and I've thrown that together with a PDF copy of the slide deck and a bibliography: lab.jbyoder.org/2025/06/21/a...

Come on over! We’ve got snacks and a small amount of coffee. Let’s show our student members a warm SSB welcome! #evol2025

Now this is why you come to the Member’s Meeting! See y’all at Little Kings Shuffle Club, Monday 7:30-10.

If this is your first meeting, members forums are a great easy to get a feel for what your professional society is up to, and to give your opinion on what your society ought to be doing. SSB is YOUR society. Tell us how we should work for you! #evol2025

#evol2025 First day of talks! When you aren’t in talks, come hang out with SSB! We’ve got our members forum at 1:30 and our coffee mixer at 3:30! www.systbio.org/evol2025-che...

Excited to hear from @jbyoder.org, winner of @systbiol.bsky.social @sse-evolution.bsky.social @asn-amnat.bsky.social idea award! #Evol2025

Lo logramos. Gracias a los participantes que hicieron todo posible y a NSF y al SSB por el apoyo ! #evol2025

Are you here at #evol2025? Our DEIC committee works hard all year long on student travel awards and a variety of projects to support diverse systematists. If you care about this too, consider applying to SSB’s DEI committee! Got questions? Find any SSB councillor and ask about this role.

We're looking forward to seeing you in Athens! Only two more sleeps. A reminder that the conference app is a great resource for building an itinerary, communicating with other attendees, and will be helpful for checking. You can download it here: www.xcdsystem.com/mobile/index...

We hope you had a great time learning about some our early career members. We’ve collated all the society-sponsored events in one handy cheat sheet on the website: www.systbio.org/evol2025-che... Consider it your one-stop shop for the big events, as well as links to archived virtual #evol2025 ones

We hope you had a great time learning about some our early career members. We’ve collated all the society-sponsored events in one handy cheat sheet on the website: www.systbio.org/evol2025-che... Consider it your one-stop shop for the big events, as well as links to archived virtual #evol2025 ones

Excited to head to #Evol2025 next week! It will be my last year in a presidential role for The Society of Systematic Biologists @systbiol.bsky.social and as such I will be giving the SSB Presidential Address. www.evolutionmeetings.org/plenaries.html

Make your tenure and promotion letters more impactful by signing up for this SSE-sponsored workshop at in-person #Evol2025. Sign in to add it to your registration. The $10 fee includes lunch! www.evolutionmeetings.org/registration... @evolmtg.bsky.social

Late-breaking workshop news! The NSF will be offering an information session to discuss new and ongoing programs and the merit review process. Registration is free. More information here: www.xcdsystem.com/evolution/pr... #Evol2025

In preparation for #evol2025, we’ll highlight one of our five Early Career Travel Awardees each day this week! In each highlight, you can find out more information about our awesome students and postdocs, as well as talk information so you can catch their presentations at in-person #evol2025 🧵

In preparation for #evol2025, we’ll highlight one of our five Early Career Travel Awardees each day this week! In each highlight, you can find out more information about our awesome students and postdocs, as well as talk information so you can catch their presentations at in-person #evol2025 🧵

In case you missed it: SSB is hosting a breakout meeting Jan 9-11. Thinking about hosting a workshop or tutorial? Email @jembrown.bsky.social for more information - or find him at the in-person #evol2025 in two weeks! ssb2026.github.io

Thanks to everyone for a fantastic virtual meeting! Shout out to the speakers, attendees, moderators and volunteers for helping make this a successful event. #Evol2025 @sse-evolution.bsky.social @systbiol.bsky.social @asn-amnat.bsky.social

Congratulations to all our speakers in the Mayr Session today! And congrats to everyone who contributed to this year’s virtual meeting. See you in Athens next month, #evol2025!

So enjoying the #SSB #Mayr #Symposium talks at this year's Virtual Evolution! Thanks to Becky Chong for organizing and congratulations to all those who participated! @systbiol.bsky.social