SICB Annual Meeting 2017 January 4-8, 2017 New Orleans, LA

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- Meeting Code of Conduct

2017 SICB Annual Meeting Highlights

• New Orleans was the largest SICB meeting ever with 2341 registered attendees and 1971 abstracts submitted
• Dorothy Skinner Award - presented to Dr. Martina Müller, Nagoya University
• Carl Gans Award - presented to Dr. Brooke Flammang, New Jersey Institute of Technology
• George A. Bartholomew Award - presented to Dr. Michael Sheriff, Pennsylvania State University
• Howard A. Bern lecture - presented by Dr. David Crews, University of Texas Austin
• M. Patricia Morse Award for Excellence and Innovation in Science Education - presented to Dr. Chris Gillen, Kenyon College.
• John A. Moore Lecturer - Rosalind Reid, Council for the Advancement of Science Writing, who also was presented with an Honorary SICB Membership.
• The Broadening Participation Committee presented 21 travel awards
• The Student Support Committee announced funding of 26 Grants in aid of Research (GIAR) and 8 Fellowships of Graduate Student Travel (FGST) awards, which were granted to students from all 11 SICB divisions.
• Best Student Presentation Winners receive awards sponsored by Wiley/Blackwell. Congratulations to all winners!

Meeting Links

• Notes from the Underground: Travel and City Information


Hotel and Travel


• Hotel and Travel Page (Hotel Reservations, Ground Transportation, Child Care etc.)


Exhibitors and Advertisement


• Exhibitor Prospectus and Sponsorship Opportunities (PDF)
• Exhibitor and Sponsor Listings, Contact Form


Registration


• Online meeting registration on SICB's secure server
• Meeting Brochure (PDF) including Printable registration form (for registration via FAX or postal mail)
• Registration Fee Schedule


Program

Opening Plenary Session, Wednesday 4 January, 7:30-8:30 PM, Hilton Riverside Hotel


• Interactive Online Schedule
  
• Schedule Grid incl. Events (.pdf)
• Final Program (.pdf, ~14 MB in size)
• Abstract Book (.pdf, ~2 MB in size)



• Symposia


• Workshops & Programs



Information for Presenters


• Guidelines for Oral Presentations and for Chairing Oral Sessions
• Poster Guidelines
• SICB Youtube Webinar on Better Presentations



Awards & Contests


• American Microscopical Society (AMS) - Call for Microscopical Photos - Annual Buchsbaum Photo Contest
  Do you have a favorite photomicrograph you'd like others to see? It could be the winner! The 2017 Buchsbaum Photo Contest, sponsored by the American Microscopical Society, will be held during the SICB meeting in New Orleans, LA. The contest is a memorial to Ralph Buchsbaum, pioneer in cell and tissue culture of animals and champion of photomicrography, and its aim is to encourage microscopical-biological photography. Details can be found on the American Microscopical Society 's website: http://amicros.org/?page_id=9

Students

Training Session and First-Timer's Orientation Wednesday, 4 January 2017, 5:30 pm

Roommate Matching Service

Child Care

If you are interested in child care during the meeting, fill in our survey at sicb.org/meetings/childcareform/index.php.