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Biology by the Bay

A record number of biologists gathered in San Francisco January 3-7 2018 for the annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB). Despite the allure of the city’s cable cars and culinary delights, a packed program of nearly 1,950 presentations and evening lectures kept the conference venue buzzing. Session topics ranged from the evolution of early animals to sensory feedback and biorobotics, and also included a handful of primate-focused presentations. In addition to research sessions, more practical symposia and workshops also found their way into the schedule, covering topics as varied as visual note-taking, using NGS-based datasets to identify convergent evolution in polar organisms, and the relative importance of publication versus outreach and advocacy.