Dear SMBE Members,

I am writing to solicit nominations for SMBE President-Elect, and 2 Councilors whose terms will begin on January 1, 2027. Each of these positions is for a duration of three years.

Council members play important roles in guiding the development of the society, soliciting and implementing programs that support our members, while enriching opportunities for young scientists from around the world. They also have a role in overseeing our two excellent journals (MBE and GBE) as well as our annual meeting, regional meetings, and satellite meetings.

Nominations will be reviewed by the nominations committee who will then put forward a slate of two candidates for each position for vote by the SMBE membership. Past and current council members are listed HERE.

Nominations (self-nominations are welcome) should consist of a brief statement in support of your suggestion (why this nomination, what the nominee can bring to SMBE, work subject, other biographical information). For Presidential nominees please include previous involvement with SMBE.

We ask the nominators to confirm explicitly that the person they are nominating has already confirmed their willingness to run for office.

To make your nominations:

• Please send your nominations to Anne Yoder anne.yoder@duke.edu or Rebekah Rogers secretary.smbe@gmail.com by March 15, 2026.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Sincerely yours,

Rebekah L. Rogers
Secretary of SMBE, on behalf of the Nominations Committee*

*The Nominations Committee is composed as follows:

• Rishi De-Kayne, Scientist, Arcadia Science, computational evolutionary biology
• Janna Fierst, Associate Professor, computational genomics
• Stephie Ravelson, Graduate student, biological anthropology and bioinformatics
• Antonis Rokas, Full Professor, comparative functional genomics
• Anne Yoder, Full Professor, integrative and conservation genetics (Committee Chair)
• Tianqi Zhu, Associate Professor, Bayesian analysis
• Rebekah Rogers, Associate Professor, Bioinformatics, ex officio as Secretary of SMBE