Biological Clocks and Social Organization Symposium Meeting Dates: July 3 through 8, 2022 in San Diego, CA.

本次研讨会的重点是群居昆虫的生物钟和社会行为，并在加利福尼亚州圣地亚哥举行的2022年国际群居昆虫研究联盟(IUSSI)上举行。受邀的演讲者将汇集与生物钟相关的不同技术和见解以及它们如何与社会行为互动的信息。这次研讨会和IUSSI提供了一个独特的机会，让研究人员聚集在一起，促进协同作用、专业发展、未来的研究合作，并更好地了解具有重要经济意义的社会昆虫。演讲者代表了广泛的职业阶段和领域，有来自传统上在STEM领域代表性较低的群体的个人的强烈参与。本科生也将参加IUSSI，提供宝贵的早期职业经历。生物钟在生物组织的不同层面上组织生活的方方面面。这次研讨会的参与者以及围绕这次研讨会的重点会议将有助于形成对社会昆虫、社会行为和生物钟的更深层次的理解，这可能会导致研究和理解的新前沿。此外，这里感兴趣和关注的是行为的季节性时机，以及季节性行为的适应性如何受到气候变化的影响。计划中的出版物将分享研讨会的协同成果。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This symposium focuses on biological clocks and social behavior in social insects and takes place at the 2022 International Union for the Study of Social Insects (IUSSI), in San Diego, California. Invited presenters will bring together information on distinct technologies and insights as related to biological clocks and how they interact with social behavior. This symposium, and IUSSI, presents a unique opportunity to bring researchers together to facilitate synergy, professional development, future research collaborations, and a better understanding of the economically important social insects. Presenters represent a broad range of career stages and fields and there is strong participation of individuals from groups traditionally underrepresented in STEM fields. Undergraduate students will also attend the IUSSI providing a valuable early career experience. Biological clocks organize aspects of life at different levels of biological organization. Participants in this symposium and the focused meetings around this symposium will help form a deeper understanding of social insects, social behavior, and biological clocks potentially leading to new frontiers of research and understanding. Also, of interest and focus here is seasonal timing of behavior and how the adaptive nature of seasonal behaviors could be impacted by climate changes. Planned publications will share the synergistic outcomes of the symposium.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.