Background to the JEB Symposium

The JEB Symposia were launched in 1979 at the suggestion of the then Editor-in-Chief, John Treherne. Their aim was, and still is, to review knowledge and stimulate further research in an expanding topic of experimental biology and to bring together scientists from different areas to encourage cross-fertilization of techniques and knowledge across specialization boundaries. Since the first symposium on 'Cellular oscillators', the annual JEB symposia have covered a diverse array of topics within experimental biology, highlighting the relevance and power of the comparative approach to mainstream physiology.

In order that the proceedings of each symposium are made available to biologists as soon as possible, speakers are invited to contribute a review article to a special issue of the journal. These special issues are freely available on the JEB website from the time of publication. If you wish to suggest a topic for a JEB Symposium, please contact the michaela{at}biologists.com.

Recent and future JEB Symposia

2012 - Neural Parasitology: How Parasites Manipulate Host Behavior - Massa, Italy
2011 - Integrating Biomechanics and Ecology - Cambridge, UK
2010 - The Biology of Energy Expenditure - Mürren, Switzerland
2009 - Survival in a Changing World - Awaji Island, Japan