August Issue of BioScience Now Available
The July 2021 issue of BioScience is now available on the Oxford University Press website. Some articles you will see in this month’s issue: Exorcising Race and Empire from American Nature Conservation The Internet of Things Comes to the Farm The AIBS Diversity Plan Population Viability of Sea Turtles in the Context of Global Warming Trading Animal Lives: Ten Tricky Issues on the Road to Protecting Commodified Wild Animals Regional Networks of Biological Field Stations to Study Climate Change     Related StoriesEnvironmental DNA and RNA May Be Key in Monitoring Pathogens such as SARS...
Source: BioScience Press Releases - August 2, 2021 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news

AIBS Receives NSF LEAPS Award to Support Diversity Conference
AIBS has received an award from NSF under its LEAPS program to support the development of a diversity conference that will engage and create a collaborative network of majority- and minority-serving biological scientific societies to foster cultural change.    Related StoriesInternational Workshop Series: How does sharing genetic sequence data impact biodiversity science and conservation?AIBS Receives NSF Award to Support International Workshop Series on Nagoya ProtocolEnter the Faces of Biology Photo Contest  (Source: BioScience Press Releases)
Source: BioScience Press Releases - July 30, 2021 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news

AIBS Provides Comments on Improving Federal Scientific Integrity Policies
AIBS has provided input to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy on improving federal scientific integrity policies.    Related StoriesSocieties Urge Congress to Base COVID-19 Investigations on Evidence-Based ResearchLatest Public Policy ReportAIBS Receives NSF Award to Support International Workshop Series on Nagoya Protocol  (Source: BioScience Press Releases)
Source: BioScience Press Releases - July 28, 2021 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news

Science Groups Congratulate, Offer Support to OSTP Director
A coalition of scientific organizations have sent a letter to Dr. Eric Lander congratulating him on his confirmation to the position of OSTP Director and offering their assistance.    Related StoriesScience Groups Congratulate, Offer Support to OSTP DirectorAIBS Provides Comments on Improving Federal Scientific Integrity PoliciesLatest Public Policy Report  (Source: BioScience Press Releases)
Source: BioScience Press Releases - July 20, 2021 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news

International Workshop Series: How does sharing genetic sequence data impact biodiversity science and conservation?
AIBS and the USA Nagoya Protocol Action Group are organizing an international workshop series in the fall of 2021 to explore how the international scientific community can study biodiversity in the changing landscape of international policy.    Related StoriesEnter the Faces of Biology Photo ContestAIBS Announces Diversity Plan  (Source: BioScience Press Releases)
Source: BioScience Press Releases - July 19, 2021 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news

Science Agencies Slated for Significant Increases in Spending Bills
The House Appropriations Committee has now advanced all twelve spending bills for fiscal year (FY) 2022, approving significant increases for most federal science agencies and programs.    Related StoriesSocieties Urge Congress to Base COVID-19 Investigations on Evidence-Based ResearchLatest Public Policy ReportHouse Begins Work on FY 2022 Spending Bills  (Source: BioScience Press Releases)
Source: BioScience Press Releases - July 19, 2021 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news

AIBS Receives NSF Award to Support International Workshop Series on Nagoya Protocol
AIBS has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation to support the development of an international workshop series on the access and benefit sharing of digital sequence information.    Related StoriesScience Agencies Slated for Significant Increases in Spending BillsSocieties Urge Congress to Base COVID-19 Investigations on Evidence-Based ResearchLatest Public Policy Report  (Source: BioScience Press Releases)
Source: BioScience Press Releases - July 19, 2021 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news

Latest Public Policy Report
The Public Policy Report has been released. The report provides analysis and communication on important issues in the scientific community.    Related StoriesAIBS Receives NSF Award to Support International Workshop Series on Nagoya ProtocolScience Agencies Slated for Significant Increases in Spending BillsSocieties Urge Congress to Base COVID-19 Investigations on Evidence-Based Research  (Source: BioScience Press Releases)
Source: BioScience Press Releases - July 19, 2021 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news

Societies Urge Congress to Base COVID-19 Investigations on Evidence-Based Research
A coalition of 36 scientific societies, including AIBS, have urged leaders of the House Appropriations Committee to base any investigations into the origin and transmission of the COVID-19 pandemic on evidence-based research.    Related StoriesScientific Societies Urge Congress to Act Immediately on Climate ChangeAIBS Endorses Statement in Support of Research Using Human Fetal TissueLatest Public Policy Report  (Source: BioScience Press Releases)
Source: BioScience Press Releases - July 15, 2021 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news

Blackologists and the Promise of Inclusive Sustainability
Drs. Senay Yitbarek (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Karen Bailey (University of Colorado Boulder), Nyeema Harris (Yale University) join us to discuss inclusive sustainability and the ways in which it can be brought to bear in service of ecosystems and the humans who inhabit them.    Related StoriesEnvironmental DNA and RNA May Be Key in Monitoring Pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2The COVID-19 Pandemic, Viral Evolution, Vaccines, and VariantsJuly Issue of BioScience Now Available  (Source: BioScience Press Releases)
Source: BioScience Press Releases - July 12, 2021 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news

July Issue of BioScience Now Available
The July 2021 issue of BioScience is now available on the Oxford University Press website.    Related StoriesEnvironmental DNA and RNA May Be Key in Monitoring Pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2The COVID-19 Pandemic, Viral Evolution, Vaccines, and VariantsBlackologists and the Promise of Inclusive Sustainability  (Source: BioScience Press Releases)
Source: BioScience Press Releases - July 8, 2021 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news

New AIBS Report on Biological Sciences in the President ’s 2022 Budget Request
A new report by the AIBS Public Policy Office analyzes the President’s fiscal year 2022 budget request for biological sciences research and education.    Related StoriesScientific Societies Urge Congress to Act Immediately on Climate ChangeAIBS Endorses Statement in Support of Research Using Human Fetal TissueNIH Slated for 21 Percent Budget Increase  (Source: BioScience Press Releases)
Source: BioScience Press Releases - July 6, 2021 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news

House Begins Work on FY 2022 Spending Bills
The House Appropriations Committee has approved topline fiscal year (FY) 2022 allocations to divide $1.5 trillion in discretionary spending between the twelve annual spending bills. The allocations are largely in alignment with the budget proposed by President Biden.    Related StoriesNew AIBS Report on Biological Sciences in the President’s 2022 Budget RequestScientific Societies Urge Congress to Act Immediately on Climate ChangeAIBS Endorses Statement in Support of Research Using Human Fetal Tissue  (Source: BioScience Press Releases)
Source: BioScience Press Releases - July 6, 2021 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news

Latest Public Policy Report
The Public Policy Report has been released. The report provides analysis and communication on important issues in the scientific community.    Related StoriesHouse Begins Work on FY 2022 Spending BillsNew AIBS Report on Biological Sciences in the President’s 2022 Budget RequestScientific Societies Urge Congress to Act Immediately on Climate Change  (Source: BioScience Press Releases)
Source: BioScience Press Releases - July 6, 2021 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news

Scientific Societies Urge Congress to Act Immediately on Climate Change
AIBS has joined nearly 50 scientific societies and organizations in calling on Congress to lead with science to understand and address the effects of climate change.    Related StoriesAIBS Endorses Statement in Support of Research Using Human Fetal TissueNIH Slated for 21 Percent Budget IncreaseLatest Public Policy Report  (Source: BioScience Press Releases)
Source: BioScience Press Releases - July 2, 2021 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news