Had lots of fun delivering the @sicb-dcb-dvm.bsky.social Carl Gans award lecture yesterday at @sicb.bsky.social #SICB2026! Grateful to have the support of so many incredible colleagues in comparative biomechanics.

Calling all #SICB2026 attendees, come see my poster (032) at TODAY at 3.30pm-4.30pm! Learn how I managed to image baby sharks weekly to see their “skin-teeth” form!! @sicb-dcb-dvm.bsky.social @sicb.bsky.social #ufresearch

…And if you’re interested in our research, check out poster 032 where Campbell and Lily will be presenting on chimaera head development! @sicb.bsky.social @sicb-dcb-dvm.bsky.social #ufresearch #nsf

Come see Comparative Biomechanics Best Student Presentation Wainwright and Koehl Award in C123 at 1pm TODAY!

Head to C123 TODAY to see the Vertebrate Morphology Best Student Presentation D. Dwight Davis award at 8am!

Come check out back-to-back Law lab talks today in the Shape and Climate session (room B112)! 10:15am - Long fuse evolution of carnivoran skeletal phenomes 13:30am - Endocranial shape variation in relation to climate in primates #SICB2026 @sicb-dcb-dvm.bsky.social

The Garner Lab for Animal Morphology & Mechanics (GLAMM) is in full force at #SICB2026! Check out some of our work studying adhesion and locomotion in geckos, anoles, and sea urchins @sicb.bsky.social @sicb-dcb-dvm.bsky.social

Here’s what you can expect on the last day of #SICB2026 — let’s finish strong 🧠✨ Shoutout to @armanafzadeh.bsky.social who will be delivering the Gans Lecture !! Join us for the SICB Closing Celebration to wrap up an incredible week of science, community, and collaboration 🎉 Don’t forget to tag!

Tuesday at #SICB2026 is packed 🐾🌊 A full day of talks and posters that we close out with the SICB Member Meeting and a DCB/DVM/DEDB social 🎉 📣 Presenting today? Tag us so we can hype your work!

I’ll be kicking off Monday’s Muscle session talking about what happens when the perch doesn’t behave- and how two distal pennate muscles keep guinea fowl upright anyway. Stick around and check out many of our collaborators from @movementscience.bsky.social later in the session as well! #sicb2026

Day 2 at #SICB2026 is bringing the gold 🏅 From Best Student Presentation awards in Vertebrate Morphology and Comparative Biomechanics to posters on flight, walking, and structure–function — Monday is stacked from AM to PM. 📣 DCB & DVM presenters: tag us so we can promote your talks and posters!

Catch me bright and early on day 1 at 8:15 am in Feeding 1! I'm presenting on a salamander project originally proposed by the late Dave Wake. I can promise CT images of salamander bones, teeth, and muscles. There will be some data and lots of hand waving. #SICB2026

I'm so sad I can't go 🥹 Make sure to check out the auction! My plates just made it to Portland according to USPS :)

I'll be presenting in this Sunday's 'Shape and Climate' session at 11am. Come see all about Carboniferous ray-finned fishes!

The countdown begins… ⏰ Sunday at #SICB2026 is already STACKED! 🗂️ Whether you’ve built your itinerary or you’re still deciding, we’ve got you covered with these at-a-glance schedules. 👉 DCB & DVM folks: tag us so we can hype your talks and posters! More at-a-glance posts coming soon 👀

DCB DVM mentor-mentee pairs have been emailed! If you did not sign up initially and would like to be paired please dm this account or email [email protected].

DCB DVM mentor-mentee pairs have been emailed! If you did not sign up initially and would like to be paired please dm this account or email [email protected].

Curator of Education job (tenure-track Assistant Professor) at the Museum of Natural History, University of Colorado Boulder! Salary $90-$100K, 9 month full time position. Apply by Jan 21. jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...

For a second I thought this was a book cover, and got all hyped to read it. Fabulous design for a fascinating topic! (And maybe a future book...?)

didn’t sign up yet? whatcha waiting for?! link below; docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Submit a design to SICB SPDAC's sticker competition by November 3! Win up to $100 in Visa giftcard! Details in thread. Submit your designs here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Results are in for SPDAC's 2026 SICB sticker competition... Follow along to see who won and which stickers you'll find at SPDAC's booth at the annual meeting!

Had so much fun making this with Ryan! Almost all of the species are Oregon natives! :) Penstemon ovatus, Bombus huntii, Melanerpes formicivorus - Acorn woodpecker, Umeces skiltonianus - Western skink, and Megalodacne heros - native oregon The rest are special to us :)

Be sure to catch the symposium: Needle in the haystack: Finding tools to study puncture and injection mechanisms across biology on Wednesday Jan 7! As SICB 2026 is getting closer, tune into DCB/DVM social media (here and @sicb.dcb.dvm on Instagram). @sicbjournals.bsky.social @sicb.bsky.social

Interested in starting your own science-related business? Spinning off an idea from your lab into a product? Apply to chat one-on-one with Dr. Aaron Olsen, founder of 3D Anatomy Studios, at #SICB2026 in Portland, OR: forms.gle/e2p5Lr1fuwJa...! Limited spots available- apply by Dec 14, 2025!

A reminder for anyone interested in chatting about science and entrepreneurship at #SICB2026 - we've extended the deadline to December 29! forms.gle/e2p5Lr1fuwJa...

Going to #SICB? attend s4 www.xcdsystem.com/sicb/program... Sex across origins: Questioning animal-centric assumptions & developing integrative frameworks Organized by M. Aramati Casper, aramaticasper.weebly.com Jay J. Falk jayjinsing.github.io Karen M. Warkentin, sites.bu.edu/warkentinlab/

Looking for a faculty job at one of the world's great research stations? We're looking for a marine invertebrate biologist at UW's Friday Harbor Labs. apply.interfolio.com/178804

JOB ALERT! Collection Manager job going in Palaeontology at the Australian Museum in Sydney, Australia iworkfor.nsw.gov.au/job/collecti...

If you're going to #SICB Portland 2026, be sure to stop by and purchase see the fantastic #art of @noahwithfish.bsky.social Long time SICBer and @sicbjournals.bsky.social co author) Noah is our featured SICB Journals booth #artist !🙌 See Noah's site noahbressman.wixsite.com/noah and stop by.

Get to know our President Elect , Rick Blob youtube.com/shorts/WIrtr... & be sure to read the SICB newsletter with his message to #SICB ers. sicb.burkclients.com/wp/?page_id=... @sicb-dcb-dvm.bsky.social @sicb-dab.bsky.social @sicb-dedb.bsky.social @sicb-dce.bsky.social @sicb-diz.bsky.social

If you signed up to participate in SICB's mentor/mentee programs for the meeting in January. Check your email from [email protected]. Please fill out the form link in the email before this Sunday, December 21!!

Our 3rd place winners are... Rebecca Beneroff (@botanicalbecks.bsky.social) and Ryan Fisk with this beautiful design! Please come see our booth in Portland to get this sticker! SPDAC representatives will be there during morning and afternoon breaks and during poster sessions. @sicb.bsky.social

Our 2nd place winner is... Hanna Chow with this awesome design! Please come see our booth in Portland to get this sticker! SPDAC representatives will be there during morning and afternoon breaks and during poster sessions. @sicb.bsky.social

And finally, our 1st place winner is... Eliyah Stern with this amazing design! Please come see our booth in Portland to get this sticker! SPDAC representatives will be there during morning and afternoon breaks and during poster sessions. @sicb.bsky.social

Applications are currently being accepted for UBC's ✨️ Biodiversity Postdoctoral Fellowship ✨️ (two positions!!), due Jan. 15 Please share far and wide 🚀 (See thread)

😃 In a new article published in J Biomech, Roy et al. demonstrate that the Harmonic Shear Wave Elastography framework provides accurate measurements of group and phase velocities, comparable to those obtained using the PSWE method. 👀 buff.ly/llY3ZPI

Deadline this week! Charlotte Mangum #Student Support Program This #SICB award offers financial support to help defray the cost of either housing or registration at the annual meetings. email [email protected] sicb.org/charlotte-ma... @sicb-spdac.bsky.social , @sicb-dcb-dvm.bsky.social

I'm excited to announce that my lab is moving to the Department of Biological Sciences at Florida Atlantic University in January next year! Can't wait to join amazing new colleagues and be able to run outside year round to work with lizards on campus and sea urchins at the FAU Marine Lab!

I'll also be looking to recruit an MS student to study the functional morphology and biomechanics of adhesion, friction, and/or locomotion in sea urchins, geckos, or anoles! Please share! @sicb-dcb-dvm.bsky.social @sicb.bsky.social

I am excited to share that I will be joining Morehouse College as an Assistant Professor in the Biology Department. I am incredibly honored to join the esteemed faculty and researchers at Morehouse! I'm excited to build an invertebrate biomechanics lab with the phenomenal undergrads at the AUC!

#whaleontology At some point I'll finish this, but: a few years ago I wrote a reasonably exhaustive guide for amateurs and professionals for the identification of dolphin/toothed whale inner ear bones (periotics) in the fossil record. Check it out here: coastalpaleo.blogspot.com/2023/01/bobb...

@invertebabe.bsky.social 's first ever SICB summer Zoom talk is happening in one week! www.megmindlin.com June 26th 7 pm EST Email [email protected] to reserve a spot #science #biology #cephalopods #biologists #oceanlife #WorldOceanMonth

If you're a new PI within 5 years of your first faculty position, here are two fantastic grants to help develop your research: the Kickstart Travel Grant and ECR Visiting Fellowships Find out more at biologists.com/grants/#jeb The next application deadline is 6 June

😃 A new article published in J Biomech by Williams et al. found that dancers use a landing strategy with more knee flexion, less knee abduction, lower ground reaction force, reduced in-phase motion, and increased exclusive thigh movement compared to controls. 👀 buff.ly/FJVVygy #BiomechSky

A huge and awesome Dinogorgon skull for #FossilFriday

For #FossilFriday, we're sharing a favourite fossil of our editor-in-chief, Mark Young. Below is a photograph of a Dodo skeleton (Raphus cucullatus), specimen number: NHMUK S/1988.50.1 (PV A 3302). A famous extinct flightless bird from Mauritius, this is a mounted composite skeleton.

Going for a spin with our juvenile Lake Sturgeon @garlab.bsky.social! Now with Fun Facts about sturgeon!

Congratulations to Madison Thompson, who advanced to MS Candidacy today! Her project is "Everything GUD happens after dark: The effects of moonlight and artificial light on risk management in kangaroo rats." Shoutout to the Integrative Movement Science Institute (IMSI) @birdbiomech.bsky.social