Talking Science Together

Conference of The American Society of Naturalists

Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, California, 3-6 January 2025

We are all excited to gather with friends and colleagues to discuss science and renew friendships in person. To facilitate our scientific and social exchanges, The American Society of Naturalists invites undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs, faculty and other professionals from ecology, evolution, behavior, genetics, physiology, phylogenetics, and associated fields to join us at the ASN Asilomar 2025 Conference to be held on 3-6 January 2025 at the Asilomar Conference Grounds in Pacific Grove, California, USA.

On January 7 breakfast will be available at the conference grounds for attendees lodging there. Following this there will be opportunities to self organize local naturalist activities. Possibilities include visiting the elephant seal rookery at Ano Nuevo State Park, beach walking, birding, kayaking in Elkhorn Slough/Moss Landing, etc.

This meeting will celebrate the influence of The American Naturalist and demonstrate the ASN's unique ability to unify broad conceptual themes across biology by integrating theory with data and by using new technological tools to address long-standing questions. In short, this conference will showcase what it means to be a naturalist and researcher in the 21^st century.

A diverse array of biologists who might not normally encounter one another at various discipline-specific meetings will gather to create a public forum where graduate students, postdocs, faculty and other professionals can define new research directions that work towards unifying the biological sciences. The meeting is not restricted to ASN members, but newcomers are encouraged to join the society. The conference will be kept small to encourage interaction and conversation in the naturally beautiful setting of the Monterey Peninsula at the Asilomar Conference Grounds.

Because of logistic constraints, this meeting will be fully in-person, with no remote options.

The American Society of Naturalists emphasizes the value of interdisciplinary research and collaborations between diverse biologists to achieve conceptual unification across the biological sciences.

We hope you will attend and enlighten us about some the mysteries of nature that you have solved.