SER President’s Message  September 2025    I can’t believe that fall is here – I don’t know about you but the summer really flew by.  Students are back in school (or about to return) and pumpkins and holiday decorations fill the store shelves.  I’m not quite ready for the holidays. Feels like the annual meeting was just yesterday.  The 2025 annual meeting was record setting with more than 1,600 registered attendees in 18 in-person workshops and 8 virtual workshops, 23 symposia, 32 oral abstract sessions, and 867 poster presentations!  Yes, you read that number correctly – 1,600!  Even with last minute cancellations, budget constraints, grant terminations and all the many challenges we faced in the first half of the year, we still had record attendance at the meeting.  Based on the feedback we have received, the annual meeting was a huge success.  Many thanks to the society members for supporting the meeting, the SER board and Sue Bevan and her team.    So, what’s next? We have many exciting things going on this year.  The call for interest in serving on SER committees just ended but the call for participation in the SER mentoring program is still open.  And, of course (drum […]