We love that this little guy went home with you!

#SICB2026 is done and #DPCB was so well represented! Thanks to all our members for making it a great meeting. Keep an eye out for upcoming information from your chair (Leigha Lynch) over the year!

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The #SICB2026 Ask an Expert Booth was a huge success! Thank you to all our experts who helped nearly 40 people with their science and provided high fives and stickers to even more! Can't wait for next year.

our final #SICB2026 experts are
🕟 4:30–5:30
• Danielle Adams — Material properties, biomechanics, PCMs
• Jennifer Hodge — Ecomorphology, PCMs, biogeography

It's the final poster day #SICB2026 and that means we have 1 more set of experts to answer all your questions.
🕞 3:30–4:30
• Alexus Roberts Hugghis — Functional morphology, PCMs, integration
• Ryan Felice — GMM, PCMs

🕟 4:30–5:30
• Christopher Zobek — DiceCT, digital muscle anatomy, static biomechanics
• Molly Womack — PCMs, 3D & 2D morphology

First day of #SICB2026 was a huge success! Tomorrow we have another amazing lineup of Experts at the Ask an Expert Booth!

🕞 3:30–4:30
• Jessica Tingle — PCMs, statistics for biomechanists
• Katherine Corn — PCMs, evolutionary modeling, geometric morphometrics

📅 Sunday, Jan. 4 — DPCB Ask an Expert Booth

🕟 4:30–5:30
• Leigha Lynch — Phylogenetics, morphometrics, CT, statistics, R
• Jack Phillips — PCMs, discrete character evolution

#SICB2026

Expert Booth starts tomorrow!
📅 Sunday, Jan. 4 — DPCB Ask an Expert Booth

🕞 3:30–4:30
• Amanda Katzer — Genome annotation, transcriptomics, PCMs, QTL mapping
• Philip Bergmann — PCMs, trait evolution, R, biomechanics

🧠🧬 DPCB Ask an Expert Booth 🧬🧠
Got questions during poster sessions? We’ve got answers!

✨ 2 experts every hour
✨ Help with R code, stats, phylogenetic comparative methods, careers, plus high fives & cool swag

👇 Full expert schedule posted daily 👇

#DPCB #SICB2026 #AskAnExpert #EvoBio #Rstats

Another excellent Expert to see at the Booth!
🌟 **Expert: Jack Phillips**
Discrete character evolution + PCM.
#SICB2026 #AskAnExpert

Come meet our Experts at the booth!
🌟 **Expert: Leigha Lynch**
Phylogenetics, morphometrics, CT, stats.
#SICB2026 #AskAnExpert

🎉 **Happy New Year from DPCB!**
Here’s to great science and a fantastic SICB meeting ahead!
#HappyNewYear #DPCB #SICB2026

🧬 **DPCB BSP Posters** — David & Marvalee Wake Award
📆 Sun Jan 4 • ⏰ 3:30–5:30 PM • 📍 Exhibit Hall A/A1
#SICB2026 #PosterSession #DPCB

Come meet our experts!
🌟 **Expert: Philip Bergmann**
PCM, evolutionary modeling, biomechanics, R.
#SICB2026 #AskAnExpert

Come meet our experts!
🌟 **Expert: Amanda Katzer**
Genome annotation, transcriptomics, PCM, QTL mapping.
#SICB2026 #AskAnExpert

David and Marvalee Wake Award
🌟 **BSP Spotlight: Rowan French**
Developmental bias & exaggerated beetle antennae.
#SICB2026 #DPCB

David and Marvalee Wake Award
🌟 **BSP Spotlight: Nicholas Ruffolo**
Bayesian color evolution in Thraupidae.
#SICB2026 #ColorEvolution

🎄✨ **Happy Holidays from DPCB!**
Wishing everyone warmth, rest, and trees before SICB!
#HappyHolidays #DPCB
P.S. extra points to anyone who can ID some of these aliens haha

Another awesome SICB event to check out!
🦜 **Chair’s Special Session**
*What Birds Have Taught Us Through Organism‑Focused Evolution*
📆 Sun Jan 4 • ⏰ 1:30–3:30 PM • 📍 B117
#SICB2026 #Evolution #DPCB

David and Marvalee Wake Awards
🌟 **BSP Spotlight: Summer Duba**
Comparative + functional evolution of elongation in fishes.
#SICB2026 #BSP #FishEvolution

David and Marvalee Wake Awards
🌟 **BSP Spotlight: Megan Lea Miller**
Ray‑finned fish body elongation.
#SICB2026 #BSP #EvoDevo

🎤 **DPCB Best Student Presentation Talks**
📆 Sun Jan 4 • ⏰ 8–10 AM • 📍 Room B117
Come support incredible early‑career comparative biologists!
#SICB2026 #BSP #DPCB

🌟 It’s that time of year!
All month we’ll be rolling out **BSP spotlights**, **Expert Booth features**, and updates for the upcoming SICB meeting.
Get ready for an incredible lineup — DPCB is bringing the science!
#SICB2026 #DPCB #TreeThinking

🌳 Don’t confuse us with DCPB — we’re DPCB!
Just remember: P’s before C’s if you’re thinking in trees.
#DPCB #Phylogenetics #TreeThinking

🌟 Whether you build trees, test models, or work with traits, DPCB is your home for comparative and phylogenetic science.
Follow, connect, and say hi — we’re glad you’re here!
#DPCB #PhylogeneticsCommunity #TreeThinking

📅 DPCB hosts Best Student Presentations, a Chair’s Special Session, socials, and outreach like the Ask-An-Expert Booth.
If you want great science + great community, follow along!
#SICB2026 #DPCBEvents #Phylogenetics

👩‍🔬 Students, postdocs, faculty, and anyone curious about evolutionary questions are welcome!
DPCB is a collaborative home for methods, datasets, ideas, and community.
#SciCommunity #EvoBio #DPCB

🔬 DPCB brings together researchers who use phylogenies, morphology, genomics, and comparative methods to understand evolution.
If you use a tree, you belong here.
#ComparativeBiology #TreeThinking #DPCB

📣 Welcome to DPCB!
We’re SICB’s Division of Phylogenetics & Comparative Biology — the home for tree-thinking, evolutionary relationships, and comparative approaches across organisms.
#DPCB #SICB2026 #Phylogenetics