Dear SMBE Members,

I am writing to solicit nominations for SMBE President-Elect, Secretary, Treasurer and 2 Councilors whose terms will begin on January 1, 2026. 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.

Please send your nominations to Harmit Malik <hsmalik@fredhutch.org> AND to Emmanuelle Lerat <secretary.smbe@gmail.com> by April 18, 2025.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Sincerely yours,
Emmanuelle Lerat
Secretary of SMBE, on behalf of the Nominations Committee*

*The Nominations Committee is composed as follows:

Harmit S Malik (Chair) Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, USA.

Xuming Zhou, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.

Mary O'Connell, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.

Nicolas Galtier, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France.

Deepa Agashe, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, India.

Emmanuelle Lerat (ex officio), Lab. Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, Univ of Lyon, France.