TIBBE to Host Symposium at ESEB 2025 in Barcelona! Abstracts due 25 April

[TIBBE]

TIBBE (The Integrative Biology of Brain Evolution) will be hosting a symposium at the upcoming ESEB 2025 Congress, which will take place at the International Convention Centre of Barcelona (CCIB), from August 17–22, 2025.
https://eseb2025.com/list-of-symposia/#S17

Abstracts are due 25 April 2025!

Symposium S17 | Evolution of Behavioural Diversity: From Ecology to Genes and Neural Systems

 Organizers

Dr. Stephen Montgomery, University of Bristol
Dr. Alexandra de Sousa, Auburn University
Dr. Katja Heuer, Institut Pasteur

 Invited Speakers

Isabela Almudi Cabrero, Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics, University of Barcelona
Ornella Bertrand, Catalan Institute of Palaeontology Miquel Crusafont

 Abstract

Behaviour is a major axis of animal diversity that connects core themes of evolutionary biology – including ecology, development and genomics. Increasingly, new technologies and approaches are enabling traditional eco-evolutionary study systems of behaviour to be approached from a neurobiological perspective, giving new insights into where behavioural variation originates, and how behavioural innovations evolve. This symposium aims to bring together experts from different fields with distinct conceptual and technical approaches (e.g. evolutionary biology, paleoneurology, behavioural ecology, neurobiology), and at different career stages to support discussions around areas of focus, and community development, at the start of a new era for evolutionary behavioural sciences. This symposium will be facilitated by organisers of an ESEB Special Topic Network, The Integrative Biology of Brain Evolution (https://tibbe-network.github.io), which will provide a platform to take discussions forward to help grow a collaborative research community. We are convinced that this symposium will attract a broad ESEB audience and facilitate collaborations for future research to understand the evolution of behavioural diversity.