Biden ’s Agriculture, Energy Secretary Nominees Confirmed
The U.S. Senate has confirmed President Biden’s nominees for Agriculture and Energy Secretary. Related StoriesScience Committees Announce LeadershipAIBS RECOGNIZES EMERGING PUBLIC POLICY LEADERSLatest Public Policy Report (Source: BioScience Press Releases)
Source: BioScience Press Releases - March 1, 2021 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news
House Passes Relief Package with Funds for NSF, NIST
On February 27, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, largely along party lines, with two Democrats voting against the measure. Related StoriesBiden’s Agriculture, Energy Secretary Nominees ConfirmedScience Committees Announce LeadershipAIBS RECOGNIZES EMERGING PUBLIC POLICY LEADERS (Source: BioScience Press Releases)
Source: BioScience Press Releases - March 1, 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 Passes Relief Package with Funds for NSF, NISTBiden’s Agriculture, Energy Secretary Nominees ConfirmedScience Committees Announce Leadership (Source: BioScience Press Releases)
Source: BioScience Press Releases - March 1, 2021 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news
AIBS Recognizes Emerging Public Policy Leaders
AIBS is pleased to announce that Shyla Cooks and Karl Palmquist have been selected as the 2021 AIBS Emerging Public Policy Leadership Award (EPPLA) recipients. The EPPLA recognizes graduate students in the biological sciences who are demonstrating an interest and aptitude for working at the intersection of science and policy. Related StoriesLatest Public Policy ReportWork Begins on Next COVID-19 Relief PackageAIBS Endorses Plan to Double Federal Science Spending (Source: BioScience Press Releases)
Source: BioScience Press Releases - February 26, 2021 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news
Sea Turtles in the News: What ’s the Real Story?
Sea turtle conservation is more complicated than the simplified version the media may portray... Related StoriesIn Their Own Words - Thomas LovejoyFebruary Issue of BioScience Now AvailableIndigenous Systems of Management for Healthier Fisheries (Source: BioScience Press Releases)
Source: BioScience Press Releases - February 24, 2021 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news
February Issue of BioScience Now Available
The February 2021 issue of BioScience is now available on the Oxford University Press website. Related StoriesIn Their Own Words - Thomas LovejoyIndigenous Systems of Management for Healthier FisheriesSlothBot - Engaging the Public with Robot Ecology (Source: BioScience Press Releases)
Source: BioScience Press Releases - February 17, 2021 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news
AIBS Announces Diversity Plan
AIBS has announced a 12-month action plan focused on three of our core activities, as part of our commitment to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion in the biological sciences. Related StoriesAIBS Selects Winners of 2020 Photo Contest (Source: BioScience Press Releases)
Source: BioScience Press Releases - February 16, 2021 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news
AIBS Signs Petition in Support of Field Stations
AIBS has endorsed a petition expressing support for scientific research stations and their educational programming that have been adversely impacted by financial concerns as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Related StoriesScience Groups Endorse Legislation to Track COVID-19 VariantsScience Community Urges Biden to Rescind Proposed Rule on Fetal Tissue ResearchLatest Public Policy Report (Source: BioScience Press Releases)
Source: BioScience Press Releases - February 16, 2021 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news
AIBS Endorses Plan to Double Federal Science Spending
AIBS has endorsed an action plan developed by the Science and Technology Action Committee calling for doubling the federal expenditure for research and development and STEM education relative to GDP over the next five years. Related StoriesAIBS Signs Petition in Support of Field StationsScience Groups Endorse Legislation to Track COVID-19 VariantsScience Community Urges Biden to Rescind Proposed Rule on Fetal Tissue Research (Source: BioScience Press Releases)
Source: BioScience Press Releases - February 16, 2021 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news
Work Begins on Next COVID-19 Relief Package
Lawmakers are now working to craft a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 pandemic relief package—the blueprint for which was adopted by both chambers of Congress on February 5, 2021 in the form of a budget resolution. Related StoriesAIBS Endorses Plan to Double Federal Science SpendingAIBS Signs Petition in Support of Field StationsScience Groups Endorse Legislation to Track COVID-19 Variants (Source: BioScience Press Releases)
Source: BioScience Press Releases - February 16, 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 StoriesWork Begins on Next COVID-19 Relief PackageAIBS Endorses Plan to Double Federal Science SpendingAIBS Signs Petition in Support of Field Stations (Source: BioScience Press Releases)
Source: BioScience Press Releases - February 16, 2021 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news
In Their Own Words - Thomas Lovejoy
This episode is the next in our oral history series, In Their Own Words. These pieces chronicle the stories of scientists who have made great contributions to their fields, particularly within the biological sciences. Each month, we will publish in the pages of BioScience, and on this podcast, the results of these conversations. Dr. Thomas Lovejoy is a professor at George Mason University, in Fairfax, Virginia, in the United States, explorer at large with the National Geographic Society, and senior fellow at the United Nations Foundation. He is also a past president of AIBS. Related StoriesIndigenous...
Source: BioScience Press Releases - February 15, 2021 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news
Science Community Urges Biden to Rescind Proposed Rule on Fetal Tissue Research
A group of more than 90 scientific and medical stakeholder organizations, including AIBS, have called on President Joe Biden to withdraw a January 13, 2021 proposed rule on extramural research involving human fetal tissue (HFT). Related StoriesLatest Public Policy ReportWhite House Orders Review of Federal Scientific Integrity PoliciesBiden Issues Series of Executive Orders on Science, Climate (Source: BioScience Press Releases)
Source: BioScience Press Releases - February 12, 2021 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news
Science Groups Endorse Legislation to Track COVID-19 Variants
The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) joined 45 scientific, academic, and medical stakeholder groups in expressing support for legislation aimed at scaling up efforts to track and respond to coronavirus variants in the United States. Related StoriesScience Community Urges Biden to Rescind Proposed Rule on Fetal Tissue ResearchLatest Public Policy ReportWhite House Orders Review of Federal Scientific Integrity Policies (Source: BioScience Press Releases)
Source: BioScience Press Releases - February 11, 2021 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news
Indigenous Systems of Management for Healthier Fisheries
Before European colonization, populations of Pacific salmon were successfully managed by the Indigenous communities of the Pacific Northwest since time immemorial. Colonization and its associated fisheries management practices have depleted stocks and disrupted the complex social–ecological systems that underlie them. Related StoriesSlothBot - Engaging the Public with Robot EcologyIn Their Own Words- Peter RavenIn Their Own Words- Alan Covich (Source: BioScience Press Releases)
Source: BioScience Press Releases - February 10, 2021 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news
