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society of systematic biologists home follow us society of systematic biologists home about ssb executive committee council legacy committee aic committee grasp committee ethics review committee code of ethics past and present trustees past councilors and executives document repository on github contact journals editors overview sysbio access bssb awards overview ernst mayr award graduate student research awards mini arts awards presidents award publisher s award early career travel funds reviewing award applications meetings symposium proposal submission past meetings past symposia workshops safe evolution join members call for eic newsletter archive mentorship program letters and public correspondence my account 2026 student election 2026 ssb nominee information word cloud from 2024 members meeting when participants were asked what attribute do you believe distinguishes systematic biologists from other evolutionary biologists donate now you can now donate to the society of systematic biologists support our mission today by submitting your gift through our secure online portal you will need to sign in to donate 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 2025 publisher s award for excellence in systematic research testing relationships between multiple regional features and biogeographic processes of speciation extinction and dispersal sarah k swiston and michael j landis systematic biology volume 74 issue 2 march 2025 pages 282 300 https doi org 10 1093 sysbio syae062 sarah swiston and collaborators develop a new biogeographic method multi feature informed geosse multifig which extends the geosse framework to study the effect of spatial and environmental features on the rates of speciation extinction and dispersal within a clade the method allows researchers to test hypotheses about persistent clade wide relationships between regional features and evolutionary processes multifig should be a valuable addition to the phylogenetic biogeographer s toolbox the fossilized birth death model is identifiable kate truman et al systematic biology volume 74 issue 1 january 2025 pages 112 123 https doi org 10 1093 sysbio syae058 kate truman and collaborators explore statistical identifiability in the time dependent birth death models with lineage sampling they demonstrate that the time dependent fossilized birth death model in which sampled lineages stay in the process rather than being immediately removed upon sampling is mathematically identifiable whereas the time dependent birth death model in which lineages are removed after sampling used in epidemiology and macroevolution is non identifiable because different combinations of the time dependent birth death and sampling rates induce identical likelihood distributions read more about the award on our publisher s award website systematic biology 75th anniversary collection open access articles from the 75th anniversary special collection are now coming online they can be read for free on the oxford university press website this special collection is the work of ssb s legacy committee to learn more about the legacy committee s mission and members see the legacy committee page more articles will be added to the collection during the year 2026 ssb breakout meeting takes place in baton rouge 2024 publisher s award for excellence in systematic research xiao xu pang beijing normal university xiao xu pang da yong zhang detection of ghost introgression requires exploiting topological and branch length information systematic biology volume 73 issue 1 january 2024 pages 207 222 https doi org 10 1093 sysbio syad077 ghost introgression introgression from an extinct or unsampled lineage into an extant species poses a significant problem for introgression inference methods xiao xu and collaborators evaluate the efficacy of full likelihood and heuristic approaches to detect outgroup ghost introgression and distinguishing it from other type of introgression scenarios using theory and simulations they find that gene tree topologies or site pattern counts alone do not provide enough information to distinguish among these models and that full likelihood models that make use of branch length information are required to avoid running into unidentifiability issues rong zhang auckland university current affiliation fudan university rong zhang alexei j drummond fábio k mendes fast bayesian inference of phylogenies from multiple continuous characters systematic biology volume 73 issue 1 january 2024 pages 102 124 https doi org 10 1093 sysbio syad067 rong and collaborators present a novel total evidence dating ted approach in which the phylogenetic tree and divergence times for both extant and fossil taxa are jointly estimated integrating the evolution of continuous and discrete morphological characters for fossil placement in the phylogeny as well as molecular characters for estimating branch lengths they validate the accuracy and precision of their method using both simulations and an empirical dataset for the order carnivora a particularly exciting contribution to the field of macroevolution is the inclusion of continuous morphological characters with intra species variation this introduces challenges such as modeling covariance among characters and addressing non identifiability while also enabling the possibility of estimating a morphological clock alongside the molecular clock 2024 idea award winner dr jeremy yoder congratulations to the recipient of the 2024 idea award dr jeremy yoder the inclusiveness diversity equity and access idea award is presented by the american society of naturalists the society for the study of evolution and the society of systematic biologists dr yoder was selected for his foundational work recognizing celebrating and promoting the inclusion of lgbtq professionals in stem fields in 2013 he spearheaded a large scale study with the nonprofit out to innovate to survey more than 1 400 lgbtqa researchers around the world about their experiences in stem fields this work produced three papers which together have been cited almost 300 times have inspired new projects and research and are used as educational resources yoder has presented seminars on inclusion on lgbtq inclusion and experiences in stem and served on panels to review policies for the advancement of lgbtq people in stem careers in 2024 he spoke about his career studying joshua trees in the story collider event at the annual evolution meeting where he previously helped organize lgbtq meetups and mixers for several years learn more about his work on his lab website dr yoder will present his work during the idea award plenary at the in person portion of the evolution 2025 meeting in athens ga in june membership renewal it s that time of the year when we ask you to continue your membership in the society for systematic biologists by renewing your dues you can choose the length of your membership from one two or three years if your membership is expiring in 2025 you would have received on december 2 a renewal notice please use the my account tab above to log in and renew your membership you ll also see in your account several new tabs recently added to help us collect data on the interests of our members take a moment to add as much information as you can renew now november journal now available the ssb journal team is pleased to announce that the november 2024 issue of systematic biology has been published with this edition we are now poised to remain on schedule into the 2025 schedule the issue s spotlight article is phylogenomics and pervasive genome wide phylogenetic discordance among fin whales balaenoptera physalus fabricio furni and others systematic biology volume 73 issue 6 november 2024 pages 873 885 https doi org 10 1093 sysbio syae049 to view the entire edition click the view now button below then click the get access button next to an article this will take you to your account log in page that will provide access to the journal to dues paying members view now evolution 2025 updates evolution 2025 is the joint meeting of the american society of naturalists the society of systematic biologists and the society for the study of evolution the meeting is one of the premiere international opportunities for sharing research on evolutionary biology the conference was held in 2 parts a 2 day virtual conference with live online workshops talks symposia and networking events may 29 30 followed a few weeks later by a 5 day in person conference in athens ga usa at the classic center june 20 24 2025 the in person conference will include plenary addresses from the three societies concurrent sessions posters workshops mixers and special events announcing the winning logo for evolution 2025 designed by e tuschoff my design is inspired by the windows on the front of the classic center in athens ga where the in person conference will be held as well as the lush green of the georgia landscape i included a large variety of study systems from dna to cells to organisms from across the tree of life to reflect the incredible diversity represented at evolution thanks to all who participated in the logo design contest you made the work of the judges difficult announcing the winning logo for evolution 2025 designed by e tuschoff open letter to leadership of the california academy of sciences ssb president corrie moreau recently wrote an open letter on behalf of ssb to leadership at the california academy of sciences expressing concern about recent layoffs of curatorial staff and reiterating ssb s support for systematic biologists and scientific collections worldwide the society of systematic biologists ssb stands firmly in support of systematic biologists and scientific collections as an international scientific society in addition to advocating for diverse systematic research communities we support collections globally and advocate for equitable access to collections resources we are deeply concerned about the layoffs of curatorial staff at the california academy of sciences such reductions in personnel disrupt important biodiversity research reduce the accessibility of collections for researchers and increase the gap between the public good and our biodiversity heritage you can read the full letter here welcome newly elected officers council members trustees and editors the ssb council comprises the executive officers 15 elected councilors and two graduate student representatives we are excited to welcome the following newly elected officers and council members who will start their terms in january 2025 thank you so much for your service to the society president elect tracy heath awards director rebecca chong treasurer lacey knowles communications director april wright council members kaycee bell daniel caetano megan smith rebecca tarvin thais vasconcelos trustee laura kubatko systematic biology editor in chief bob thomson ssb presidential address at evolution 2024 if you missed the ssb presidential address at evolution 2024 or you simply want to hear the presentation again we ve got the link for you listen to current ssb president corrie moreau as she addresses the audience on all things related to the society of systematic biologists including information on the new global assistance membership program and announcements of the 2024 award winners followed by the ssb presidential address exploring some uncomfortable truths about species featuring ssb past president david baum award winners announced at evolution 2024 call for reviewers ssb student awards ssb is always looking for reviewers for student awards competitions these awards include graduate student research awards mini arts awards and the ernst mayr award serving as a reviewer for these award competitions is a critical role in our society and directly supports early career researchers in systematics please indicate your interest by completing the form on this page reviewing award applications ssb legacy committee the new ssb legacy committee is working to create accessible content about our society s history the founding members are chris simon michael landis jim rohlf gary schnell and rosana zenil ferguson go here for more information and expect more soon announcing the bulletin of the society of systematic biologists we are pleased to announce that the society of systematic biologists launched a new journal on may 1st 2021 the bulletin of the society of systematic biologists bssb will be published in collaboration with the library publishing coalition at the ohio state university libraries this innovative partnership will enable us to publish open access articles at a minimal cost to members of the society of systematic biologists articles will be published without article processing charges apcs for ssb members stay tuned for the first issue of the bulletin the bulletin of the society of systematic biologists will publish manuscripts that advance our understanding of the earth s biodiversity with a special focus on investigations that describe how species are related i e phylogeny identified e g species delimitation morphometrics taxonomic practice or have evolved e g phylogeography biogeography phylogenetic comparative methods bssb will also publish manuscripts that advance the theory or methods used in data analysis manuscripts will be evaluated on two criteria the quality of the science and their contribution to our collective understanding of the focal species or clade bssb aims to publish investigations that utilize state of the art data analyses and high quality data sets to achieve these goals learn more about bssb society for systematic biologists 4300 duraform lane ste a windsor wi 53598 1 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