Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution

Its mission and purpose is to be an international organization whose goals are to provide facilities for association and communication among molecular evolutionists and to further the goals of molecular evolution, as well as its practitioners and teachers. In order to accomplish these goals, the society publishes two peer-reviewed journals, "molecular biology and evolution" and "genome biology and evolution." the society sponsors an annual meeting, as well as smaller satellite meetings or workshop on important, focused, and timely topics. It also confers honors and awards to students and researchers.