Association of Southeastern Biologists

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Association of Southeastern Biologists
AbbreviationASB
Formation1937
Legal statusnonprofit organization
Purpose"To promote Biology through research and education.". [1]
Region served
Southeastern United States
Membership
~ 1000
Holly Boettger-Tong (2023-2025)
Vice President
Heather Joesting (2023-2024)
Website sebiologists.org

The Association of Southeastern Biologists (ASB) is a scientific professional organization in the southeastern United States focused on promoting research and education across the biological sciences. [2] The ASB hosts an annual meeting featuring paper and poster sessions, workshops, and symposia across a variety of biological disciplines. The ASB also issues the yearly publication Southeastern Biology.

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History

The ASB was established in 1937 at a meeting at the University of Georgia. [3] With the exception of the years during World War II (1943–1945) and the COVID-19 global pandemic (2020), the ASB has held annual meetings since its establishment. [3] Among the founding purposes of the ASB were to promote a greater unity and cooperation among those engaged in biological work in the southeast and to promote the study and preservation of the biological resources of the southeastern United States. [3]

Throughout its history, the ASB has drafted several resolutions to address issues in biological research and education in the southeastern United States and beyond. Issues addressed in ASB resolutions include the support for the establishment of the National Science Foundation, [3] clarifying the teaching load for science educators, [3] and support for the teaching of evolution in the classroom. [4]

The ASB is registered as a nonprofit organization. [5]

Annual meeting

The ASB hosts an annual meeting each spring in different cities across the southeastern United States. Meetings typically consist of a plenary lecture, two days of talks and posters, a social, field trips, and an awards banquet. Educational and research institutions near the host city of an annual meeting may serve as host institutions. Host institutions may provide meeting space, conference resources, and/or welcome addresses to the meeting attendees. The ASB annual meeting therefore provides an important venue for institutions in a southeastern city to communicate their contributions to the biological sciences to a large regional audience.

Recent ASB annual meeting host cities have included: Concord, NC (2016), Montgomery, AL (2017), Myrtle Beach, SC (2018), and Memphis, TN (2019). The 2020 meeting annual meeting was scheduled to take place in Jacksonville, FL, but was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The ASB's 2021 meeting was held virtually.

The ASB annual meeting also serves as venue for national associations to meet. Affiliated associations and groups that often meet in conjunction with the ASB during the annual meeting include the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society, [6] the Botanical Society of America Southeast Section, Beta Beta Beta (Southeastern Districts), the Ecological Society of America Southeastern Chapter, [7] the Partnership for Undergraduate Life Science Education, [8] and the Society of Herbarium Curators. Awards from the ASB and affiliate associations are presented at an awards banquet on the final night of the meeting [9]

Former presidents and vice-presidents

The following persons of note have been president or vice-presidents of the society: [10]

Publications

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References

  1. ↑ "ASB". www.sebiologists.org. Association of Southeastern Biologists.
  2. ↑ "Home". Association of Southeastern Biologists. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Herr, John (April 2012). "A brief summary of the events in the life of the association of southeastern biologists, The history of the association: An overview" (PDF). Southeastern Biologist. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "National Center for Science Education" (PDF).
  5. ↑ "Nonprofit Profile for ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEASTERN BIOLOGISTS". www.guidestar.org. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
  6. ↑ "Membership | Southern Appalachian Botanical Society | Appalachian State University". sabs.appstate.edu. Archived from the original on 2015-02-18. Retrieved 2015-11-03.[ dead link ]
  7. ↑ "SEC/ESA Bylaws". www.auburn.edu. Archived from the original on 2013-09-24. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
  8. ↑ "Association of Southeastern Biologists". www.pulsecommunity.org. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
  9. ↑ "Southeast Section/Association of Southeastern Biologists Student Travel/Presentation Awards". cms.botany.org. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
  10. ↑ Herr, John M. (April 2012). "A brief summary of the events in the life of the Association of Southeastern Biologists" (PDF). Southeastern Biology. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 5, 2016. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
  11. ↑ "ABS Elected Officers". Association of Southeastern Biologists. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
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