Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior @IUBloomington. Hosting the 33rd IU Animal BehaviorConference #ABC2025 #IUBehav2025https://bsky.app/profile/iu-cisab.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/iu-cisab.bsky.social/post/3mjwtlen73c2cReminder that #IUDAY is almost here! To celebrate 10 years of IU Day, gifts from first time donors are being matched! This would make your support for the new CISAB Founders Fellowship go twice as far. Click the link to donate before 4/22! https://give.myiu.org/crowdfunding/I320020439-CF.html20 Apr 2026 15:59 +0000at://did:plc:e4vxj6th6ysaach5r6476jet/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwtlen73c2chttps://bsky.app/profile/iu-cisab.bsky.social/post/3mjmje26vr22r#IUDAY is fast approaching, and any donations made to the CISAB Founders Fellowship will be matched today! This means that your support will go twice as far in helping us reach our goals. Any contributions are greatly appreciated, click the link to donate: https://give.myiu.org/crowdfunding/I320020439-CF.html16 Apr 2026 13:29 +0000at://did:plc:e4vxj6th6ysaach5r6476jet/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmje26vr22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/iu-cisab.bsky.social/post/3mj3wqo5dsc2bPaws your scrolling! 🐾 Support CISAB at 2026 IU Day! We are crowdfunding for the new CISAB Founds Fellowship, established to commemorate the recent retirement of Dr. Ellen Ketterson and to support CISAB grad students. Click the link to contribute: https://give.myiu.org/crowdfunding/I320020439-CF.html09 Apr 2026 23:14 +0000at://did:plc:e4vxj6th6ysaach5r6476jet/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj3wqo5dsc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/iu-cisab.bsky.social/post/3mi5wbuo3yk2pWe ended off the 33rd annual Animal Behavior Conference on a high note with a fascinating talk on behavioral development from our keynote speaker, Dr. Jeff Alberts! Thank you to everyone who attended and to those involved in planning and making this wonderful event possible!29 Mar 2026 00:46 +0000at://did:plc:e4vxj6th6ysaach5r6476jet/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi5wbuo3yk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/iu-cisab.bsky.social/post/3mi5w4g6ddc2pAnd another congratulations to Ellie Shell for receiving the Rowland Mentoring Award for her excellent commitment to undergraduate mentorship and pedagogical training!29 Mar 2026 00:43 +0000at://did:plc:e4vxj6th6ysaach5r6476jet/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi5w4g6ddc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/iu-cisab.bsky.social/post/3mi5vydcjks2pMorgan Familo was awarded the Hanna Kolodziejski Award for her contributions to the community through excellent mentorship and outreach efforts! Congratulations!29 Mar 2026 00:40 +0000at://did:plc:e4vxj6th6ysaach5r6476jet/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi5vydcjks2phttps://bsky.app/profile/iu-cisab.bsky.social/post/3mi5vtbrei22pCongratulations to the three undergraduate poster competition winners! All of the presentations were truly wonderful, and we are so lucky to have such talented undergraduate researchers present their work each year!29 Mar 2026 00:38 +0000at://did:plc:e4vxj6th6ysaach5r6476jet/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi5vtbrei22phttps://bsky.app/profile/iu-cisab.bsky.social/post/3mi3f6q2pac2kA fascinating talk from the plenary speaker, Dr. Andrés Bendesky of Columbia University, on the evolutionary, physiological, and behavioral mechanisms underlying variation in social behavior! He is being honored for his vast contribution to the field of animal behavior with the CISAB Exemplar Award28 Mar 2026 00:34 +0000at://did:plc:e4vxj6th6ysaach5r6476jet/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi3f6q2pac2khttps://bsky.app/profile/iu-cisab.bsky.social/post/3mi3eaem4q22kSwallows, hamsters, and flies, oh my! A great group of presenters from the first session of talks all about Social Behavior, all from IU grad students!28 Mar 2026 00:17 +0000at://did:plc:e4vxj6th6ysaach5r6476jet/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi3eaem4q22khttps://bsky.app/profile/iu-cisab.bsky.social/post/3mi2a6avxyk26Welcome, everyone, to the 33rd annual Animal Behavior Conference! We are kicking it off with opening remarks from Dr. Cara Wellman. Thank you to everyone attending, and we have a wonderful line up of talks that you won’t want to miss!27 Mar 2026 13:32 +0000at://did:plc:e4vxj6th6ysaach5r6476jet/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi2a6avxyk26https://bsky.app/profile/iu-cisab.bsky.social/post/3llkfmtg3p22rIU's Dr. André Franco closed out our conference with his engaging discussion of how soil invertebrates can change our ecosystem and how "It's a zoo beneath our feet!"29 Mar 2025 22:42 +0000at://did:plc:e4vxj6th6ysaach5r6476jet/app.bsky.feed.post/3llkfmtg3p22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/iu-cisab.bsky.social/post/3llkdzj473k2rCongratulations to both Erica Nadolski​ and Cassandra Sheridan for receiving the William J. Rowland Mentoring Award this year! Both of these researchers set excellent examples for how to engage in meaningful mentorship.29 Mar 2025 22:13 +0000at://did:plc:e4vxj6th6ysaach5r6476jet/app.bsky.feed.post/3llkdzj473k2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/iu-cisab.bsky.social/post/3llkdkoslik2rToday, Dante Nesta of IU's Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior program was awarded with the Hanna Kolodziejski Award for his outstanding contributions to the community via mentorship and outreach. Congratulations, Dante, and thank you for all that you do!29 Mar 2025 22:05 +0000at://did:plc:e4vxj6th6ysaach5r6476jet/app.bsky.feed.post/3llkdkoslik2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/iu-cisab.bsky.social/post/3llkd3k56pk2rOur poster session last night had so many amazing presentations of undergraduate research - y'all really made our poster judging committee make some difficult decisions! Sending a huge congratulations to the recipients of the #ABC2025 Undergraduate Poster Awards!29 Mar 2025 21:56 +0000at://did:plc:e4vxj6th6ysaach5r6476jet/app.bsky.feed.post/3llkd3k56pk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/iu-cisab.bsky.social/post/3llkcbdio5s2rWe are honoring Dr. Alison Bell of The University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign with the CISAB Exemplar Award for her excellent contributions to the field of Animal Behavior. Thank you for your excellent presentation on evolutionary divergence in paternal care in sticklebacks!29 Mar 2025 21:42 +0000at://did:plc:e4vxj6th6ysaach5r6476jet/app.bsky.feed.post/3llkcbdio5s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/iu-cisab.bsky.social/post/3lljvagtr2k2jDay two of #ABC2025 is underway! In our Anthropogenic Effects on Behavior session, Shae Johnston is sharing with us how iron oxide nanoparticles affect the avian auditory system!29 Mar 2025 17:48 +0000at://did:plc:e4vxj6th6ysaach5r6476jet/app.bsky.feed.post/3lljvagtr2k2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/iu-cisab.bsky.social/post/3llhjzitzjk2tEmmy James is wowing our group with her incredibly visually dynamic presentation explaining how tree swallow nestlings vary in their thermoregulatory behavior!28 Mar 2025 19:22 +0000at://did:plc:e4vxj6th6ysaach5r6476jet/app.bsky.feed.post/3llhjzitzjk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/iu-cisab.bsky.social/post/3llhhdbcm3k2tLet’s talk about ants! Calliope Saban is presenting neat data about how the periodical emergence of cicadas influences ant foraging.28 Mar 2025 18:34 +0000at://did:plc:e4vxj6th6ysaach5r6476jet/app.bsky.feed.post/3llhhdbcm3k2thttps://bsky.app/profile/iu-cisab.bsky.social/post/3llhfegpgl22rThank you, Morgan Clark, for your discussion on how behavioral syndromes contribute to anti-predator behaviors in freshwater turtles! We loved seeing your raccoon mock predator!28 Mar 2025 17:59 +0000at://did:plc:e4vxj6th6ysaach5r6476jet/app.bsky.feed.post/3llhfegpgl22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/iu-cisab.bsky.social/post/3llh66eihgs2tSydney Ku is highlighting an incredibly important and yet not often discussed issue across biological research - discrepancies in how often females are studied compared to males. Thanks for your awesome talk on maternal care!28 Mar 2025 15:50 +0000at://did:plc:e4vxj6th6ysaach5r6476jet/app.bsky.feed.post/3llh66eihgs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/iu-cisab.bsky.social/post/3llh5ejvkq22tElizabeth Coggeshall is bringing the species diversity with her talk all about how maternal behavior can affect social buffering in langurs!28 Mar 2025 15:36 +0000at://did:plc:e4vxj6th6ysaach5r6476jet/app.bsky.feed.post/3llh5ejvkq22thttps://bsky.app/profile/iu-cisab.bsky.social/post/3llgztoxpys2tIU’s very own Isaac Miller-Crews is now telling us all about sex-differences in the brain and behavioral evolution in songbirds!28 Mar 2025 14:33 +0000at://did:plc:e4vxj6th6ysaach5r6476jet/app.bsky.feed.post/3llgztoxpys2thttps://bsky.app/profile/iu-cisab.bsky.social/post/3llgxi6542s2tWho doesn’t love talking about psychedelics first thing in the morning? David Dadosky is presenting all about how psychedelic mushrooms can affect behavior and glucocorticoid signaling!28 Mar 2025 13:50 +0000at://did:plc:e4vxj6th6ysaach5r6476jet/app.bsky.feed.post/3llgxi6542s2thttps://bsky.app/profile/iu-cisab.bsky.social/post/3llgwnnbjos2tWe have kicked off the start of our 32nd Animal Behavior Conference with Dr. Cara Wellman’s opening statements! We have a great group of presenters this year representing a ton of different exciting topics!28 Mar 2025 13:36 +0000at://did:plc:e4vxj6th6ysaach5r6476jet/app.bsky.feed.post/3llgwnnbjos2t