23rd International Conference on Subterranean Biology

NEWS

Find the latest news and updates for the 23rd ICSB Meeting in Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA here!

3 June 2016: 2016 ICSB program and abstracts available

A PDF of the program is available for download here. A PDF of abstracts is available for download here.

4 May 2016: 2016 ICSB preliminary schedule

The preliminary schedule of presentations at ICSB 2016 is now posted on the Program page under the Conference Info menu.

12 Apr 2016: Best student Oral Presentation and Best Student Poster Presentation Awards Competition

One award for the best student oral presentation and one award for the best student poster presentation will be given at the 2016 ICSB. Members of the scientific committee will serve as the jury during the conference. The winner of each award will be announced at the conference banquet. Each award consists of $200 USD in cash and a one-year membership in ISSB (membership will be extended for one year if the winner is already a member).

Any student enrolled in an academic institution and has not obtained a Ph.D. degree by June 13, 2016, is eligible. You must send an email before June 1, 2016, to Dan Fong at dfong@american.edu to inform the scientific committee that you wish to compete for the awards, along with the name and email address of a faculty member who may verify your eligibility.

6 Apr 2016: Oral Presentation Time Limit Change

Due to the large number of conference participants, the length of each oral presentation has been reduced to 15 minutes, including time for discussion. The 15-minute time limit will be strictly enforced to remain on schedule. Please prepare a 12-minute presentation followed by 3 minutes allotted for questions and discussion.

18 Mar 2016: Recipients of Travel Fellowships announced

Recipients of the 2016 ISSB, Den & Sheilah Roenfeldt, and The Crustacean Society Travel Fellowships have been announced. A list of the award recipients can be found here.

11 Mar 2016: Abstract Submission Deadline extended to 20 Mar 2016

The deadline for abstract submission is 12:00 (noon) GMT on Sunday, March 20, 2016. Click here for instructions on how to prepare and submit your abstract.

11 Feb 2016: The Crustacean Society Travel Fellowships

The Crustacean Society announces that it will fund the registration fees of three graduate or undergraduate students who will be presenting results of their research on subterranean crustaceans at the 2016 International Conference on Subterranean Biology (ICSB) in Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA. Conference details are available at the conference website: http://www.speleobiology.com/icsb2016/.

Eligibility: Graduate or undergraduate students at an institution inside or outside the United States working on any aspect of the biology of any subterranean crustacean species are eligible.

Application: The application deadline is midnight, GMT, 29 February 2016. Submit via email to icsb2016@gmail.com with “Travel Fellowship Application” on the subject line, the following material:

A letter of application, addressed to the “Scientific Committee, ICSB 2016,” including an explanation of the significance of the presentation to the field of subterranean biology and the name of the research supervisor.
An updated CV.
Title and abstract of the presentation (follow instructions on abstract preparation on the conference website).

Application Review: All applications will be reviewed by the Scientific Committee of the 2016 ICSB. Selection criteria will include scientific quality, funding situation at home institution, and balanced geographic representation. Successful applicants will be notified individually and announced on the 2016 ICSB website by 15 March 2016.

29 Jan 2016: Den & Sheilah Roenfeldt Travel Fellowships

Travel fellowships are now available through the Den & Sheilah Roenfeldt Fellowship Program. The program will fund nine travel fellowships at US $550 each to support students and young researchers from the United States in order to attend and present their research results at the 2016 International Conference on Subterranean Biology (ICSB) in Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA. Conference details are available at the conference website: http://www.speleobiology.com/icsb2016/.

Eligibility: Undergraduate students, graduate students, and young scientists who recently earned their Ph.D. degrees in 2012 or later, and are working at an institution within the United States, are eligible.

Application: The application deadline is midnight, GMT, 29 February 2016. Submit via email to mlporter@hawaii.edu, with “US Travel Fellowship Application” on the subject line, the following material:

A letter of application, addressed to the “U.S. Scientific Committee, ICSB 2016,” including an explanation of the significance of the presentation to the field of subterranean biology.
An updated CV.
Title and abstract of the presentation (follow instructions on abstract preparation on the conference website).

Application Review: All applications will be reviewed by the U.S. Scientific Committee of the 2016 ICSB. Selection criteria will include scientific quality, funding situation at home institution, and balanced geographic representation. Successful applicants will be notified individually and announced on the 2016 ICSB website by 15 March 2016.

10 Dec 2015: 2016 ISSB Travel Fellowships

The International Society for Subterranean Biology (ISSB-SIBIOS) announces that it will fund five travel fellowships at 500 Euros each to support students and young scientists from outside the U.S. in order to attend and present their research results at the 2016 International Conference on Subterranean Biology (ICSB) in Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA. Conference details are available at the conference website: http://www.speleobiology.com/icsb2016/.

Eligibility: Graduate and undergraduate students and young scientists who earned their Ph.D. degrees in 2012 or later, and are working at an institution outside the United States.

Application: The application deadline is midnight, GMT, 29 February 2016. Submit via email to icsb2016@gmail.com, with “Travel Fellowship Application” on the subject line, the following material:

A letter of application, addressed to the “Scientific Committee, ICSB 2016”, including an explanation of the significance of the presentation to the field of subterranean biology.
An updated CV.
Title and abstract of the presentation (follow instructions on abstract preparation on the conference website).

Application Review: All applications will be reviewed by the Scientific Committee of the 2016 ICSB. Selection criteria will include scientific quality, funding situation at home institution, and balanced geographic representation. Successful applicants will be notified individually and announced on the 2016 ICSB website by 15 March 2016.

27 Oct 2015: We anticipate a large turnout for the 2016 meeting of the International Conference on Subterranean Biology (ICSB) for several reasons. First, it is the first ever to take place in the United States. Second, we expect to see participation by many U.S. based speleobiologists who are not members of the International Society of Subterranean Biology, and are not usual attendees of ICSB. Third, the venue at Fayetteville, Arkansas, is located near the center of the U.S., and is an excellent springboard to visit other areas of the continental U.S. after the conference. We would also like to maintain the ICSB tradition of avoiding multiple concurrent sessions of oral presentations in order to maximize audience participation and thus promote exchange of ideas among scientists using different approaches or model systems or model organisms. Therefore, available time slots for oral presentations as well as available space to display posters may be limited. Although the deadline for abstracts is not until March 13, 2016, we wish to emphasize that you may submit a tentative title of your oral presentation or poster between now and March 13, 2016, in order to reserve a time slot for an oral presentation or space for a poster. Final assignment of oral presentation time and poster space is of course contingent upon receipt of the abstract by the deadline, approval by the scientific committee, and confirmation of registration by the presenting author.

Email tentative titles to icsb2016@gmail.com and place either “Oral Title” or “Poster Title” on the subject line as appropriate. In the text of the email or in an attached document, give the full title (without abbreviations and acronyms), names of authors (entire names fully spelled out) with the presenting author indicated by an asterisk, and mailing addresses as well as email addresses for all authors.

23 June 2015: We are now accepting abstracts for oral presentations to contributed sessions as well as poster presentations. Instructions and deadlines for abstract submission can be found on the Presentations page under the Conference Info menu.

20 June 2015: Registration is now open. Register before 1 May 2016 to save on registration costs. You can register here.

DORM CHECK-IN

Dormitory check in starts at 12:00 on Sunday and continues through the evening. If you are expecting to check-in after 22:00, please let us know. The building (Northwest Quad B) is on the north side of the campus close to the intersection of Garland Ave and Cleveland St. Parking for the dorms is in Parking Lot 37. The parking section of the website has a description of the parking area and the process to get a parking permit. Parking in this lot is free on weekends, but you will need a parking permit for the weekdays. You will need it to keep your vehicle there Monday morning. The parking section of the website describes how you can purchase and print a parking pass. If you wish to pay and pick up a parking permit in person, there is time before we start on Monday morning to visit the Parking and Transit office. Information is available by navigating from the links in the parking information on the website. If you open the parking map, you will see Parking Lot 37 and the Northwest Quad highlighted in red polygons. Northwest Quad B is labelled (NWQB). Enter the building and check-in on the southwest side.