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• 2026 Annual National Meeting

  • Start
    06/25/2026
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  • End
    07/12/2026
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  • Schedule
    2 sessions
  • Location
    Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

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  2026 Annual Meeting

  Michigan State University
  East Lansing, MI
  In Person: July 9-12, 2026
  Virtual Day (Zoom): June 25, 2026

  Register on this page for Virtual Day and In-Person Meetings

  Registration Dates: 

  • Early-bird: April 20- May 22
  • Regular: May 23- June 24
  • Late registration: June 25- July 10*

  Select Virtual Day Only if you plan to access only virtual day programming. All other registration options include access to both in-person and Virtual Day programming. 

  Workshop registration will open soon! Stay tuned! 
  
  

  

  Renew your membership or join at registration!** 

  SABER is piloting a membership add-on during registration. In most cases, adding membership during registration is the lowest-cost option for non-members. Select the non-member rate + membership option for your category to join or renew your membership.

  • Member rate: current members not renewing
  • Non-member rate: participants not joining SABER
  • Non-member rate + membership: join or renew SABER membership during registration (available to both new and current members). This option combines the member conference rate with the cost of membership.

  

  Conference Timing

  Session times will be provided in the schedules for the Virtual Day and In-person conferences. 

  • Virtual Day: Begin at 7:00 a.m. PT/ 10:00 a.m. ET and conclude around 4:30 p.m. PT/ 7:30 p.m. ET. All sessions on Zoom.
    
  • In-person: The conference kick off at 3:30 pm CT on Thursday, July 9 and conclude at 1 pm CT on Sunday, July 12. All sessions in person at Michigan State University.

  

  *late registration not available for Virtual Day. 
  

  **This option is not available for Virtual Day Only or one-day passes. We apologize for the inconvenience. Because of limitations in the WildApricot system, memberships must be processed manually, which may cause a short delay before the membership begins. You will receive a confirmation once your membership is activated. Please note that the membership fee portion of the registration fee is subject to the membership cancellation policy.

  
  

  Please contact conference@saberbio.org with any questions related to registration. 

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• SABER Annual Meeting - Dorm Reservations

  • Start
    07/08/2026
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    3:00 PM
  • End
    07/12/2026
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    1:00 PM
  • Location
    Michigan State University

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  SABER Annual Meeting Dorm Housing Reservations

  Make your dorm reservation through this form. This will be sent to MSU Housing, which will then reach out to coordinate payment and logistics. 

  Please note that a limited number of dorms are available this year. Room blocks are also available at the Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center and The Graduate Hotel. If you are interested in finding a roommate, please post on the Roommate Search Discussion Board on the Travel & Accommodations page. 

  
  

  Dorm Pricing:

  • $57 per night

  At registration, you will choose: 

  • Number of nights
  • Check-in date (afternoon)
  • Check-out date (morning)

  Payment:

  SABER will not process payment. We will send the reservation list to MSU and their housing services will coordinate payment. 

  
  

  Please contact conference@saberbio.org with questions. 

  
  

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• SABER Annual Meeting Place-Based Pre-Conference Workshops

  • When
    07/09/2026
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  • Schedule
    2 sessions
  • Location
    Michigan State University

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  2026 SABER Annual Meeting
     Place-Based
  Pre-Conference Workshops

  Thursday, July 9, 2026

  SABER and the Place-Based Subcommittee are proud to host two place-based workshops at Michigan State University. Participants must also register for the in-person conference. These pre-conference experiences are concurrent with the biology education research pre-conference workshops. 
  
  

  Learning from Place: Nokomis Cultural Heritage Center
  8:30 am - 2:00 pm | Fee: $25-100 (suggested) to cover transportation and appreciation of our partners. 
  Join us for a placed-based experience in partnership with the Nokomis Cultural Heritage Center and the Native American Institute at Michigan State University. Participants will learn directly from the place and people on whose land we visit for our conference convening. The day will include a guided tour of the Nokomis Center, presentations from Indigenous scholars, experiential learning through crafting, a tour of the Three Sisters and Medicine Garden, and a shared meal with community members. Participants will be encouraged to reflect on how their own teaching and research can support Indigenous futurity and interrupt the erasure and devaluation of Indigenous Science Knowledge. Workshop will be limited to approximately 30 participants. The Nokomis Center is about 10min drive from campus, and we are in the process of arranging transportation options—stay tuned for details! If the suggested fee is prohibitive, please put down $0. If you have the means, please consider donating more so that we can thank our generous hosts who are providing their time and a lunch without charge.
  
  

  Bizarre Botany
  9:00 -10:30 am | Free to Attend
  Join Maeve Bassett, Ethnobotanist and Education Director at Beal Botanical Garden, for a hands-on tour and workshop exploring how the dark, funny, weird, gross, and fascinating history of plants can be used in education and to facilitate connections between people and the natural world. Tours consist of walking on unpaved turf grass. Please let us know if there are any accessibility or mobility issues, and we will accommodate as best we can. 

  
  

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• SABER Annual Meeting BER Pre-Conference Workshops

  • When
    07/09/2026
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    9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Michigan State University

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  2026 SABER Annual Meeting
   Biology Education Research
  Pre-Conference Workshops

  Thursday, July 9, 2026
  9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

  Pre-meeting workshops are opportunities for SABER attendees to learn how to leverage biology education research findings either in their research endeavors or in the classroom. All workshops will take place in-person on the Michigan State University campus. Participants must also register for the in-person conference. 

  Workshops will occur on Thursday, July 9 from 9am - 12 pm before the start of the main program at 3:00 pm. 

  Workshop A: Training the Next Generation of Biology Education Researchers: A Workshop on Building Student-Centered, Evidence-Based Research Training Programs and Mentoring Practices

  Workshop B: Structuring Reflections around Failure to Encourage Students’ Scientific Troubleshooting Skills

  Workshop C: From Learning Biology to Becoming Biologists: Purpose-Driven Career Exploration and Skill Building in the Biology Classroom

  Workshop D: How to develop formative assessments that target mechanistic reasoning

  View workshop descriptions here

  
  

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