STICKLEBACK 2025

11th International Congress on Stickleback Behaviour and Evolution

Artwork by Olivier Morissette

Welcome!

We are excited to announce that the 11th International Congress on Stickleback Behaviour and Evolution will be held at the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre (Vancouver Island, Canada) from July 28th – August 1st 2025!

Mark your calendars! More details will be posted later, including pricing, logistics, keynote speakers, and registration information.

Registration will begin on February 10th!

Key Information:

Location: Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre*, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada

Dates: July 28 – August 1, 2025

Registration: begins February 2025 (details TBA)

Keynote Speakers: Dan Bolnick, Jun Kitano, Blake Matthews, Swanne Gordon and more TBA

Histories of Stickleback Research – Western North America: Dolph Schluter, Mike Bell, Tom Reimchen, Catherine Peichel, David Kingsley

*Check out this guide to nearby stickleback populations, courtesy of Dan Bolnick

Organizers:

Faculty Organizers: Andrew Hendry, Catherine Peichel, Rana El-Sabaawi, Sean Rogers & Dan Bolnick

Student Committee: Lucas Eckert, Emma Choi, Juliana Rodriguez Fuentes, Angelina Hajji

Any questions? Please contact andrew.hendry@mcgill.ca

Video of Bamfield from Andrew Hendry

Recent Past Meetings (and keynote speakers):

2022 – Hólar, Iceland (Alison Bell, Asano Ishikawa, Isabelle Smallegange; External: Camille LeBlanc)

2018 – Kyoto, Japan (David Kingsley, Dolph Schluter, Andrew Hendry, Mike Bell; External: Ole Seehausen)

2015 – Stony Brook, New York (Bill Cresko, Nadia Aubin-Horth, Theo Bakker, Katie Peichel, John Baker, David Kingsley; External: Kevin Laland)

2012 – Seattle, Washington (Susan Foster, Felicity Jones, Dolph Schluter, Ioanna Katsiadakis, Iain Barber, Tom Reimchen, Jenny Boughman; External: Patrik Nosil)

And check out Andrew Hendry and Catherine Peichel's paper reviewing the special issues from previous stickleback meetings –>

Hendry & Peichel 2016

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