The Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE) is a scientific and academic organization founded in 1982 to support academic research in the field of molecular evolution.
The society hosts an annual meeting, typically in June or July.
[2] In 1983, the society began publishing the journal Molecular Biology and Evolution with Oxford University Press.
[3] The society began publishing a second journal, Genome Biology and Evolution, in 2009.
[4] 2024: Stephen Wright 2023: Kateryna Makova 2022: James McInerney 2021: Harmit Malik 2020: Marta Wayne 2019: Aoife McLysaght 2018: William F. Martin 2017: Laura Landweber 2016: Jianzhi (George) Zhang 2015: Joe Felsenstein 2014: Brandon Gaut 2013: Sudhir Kumar 2012: Charles Aquadro 2011: Ken Wolfe 2010: Jody Hey 2009: Michael Lynch 2008: Paul Sharp 2007: Deborah Charlesworth 2006: Montserrat Aguadé 2005: Jeffrey R. Powell 2004: John C. Avise 2003: Naoyuki Takahata 2002: Michael T. Clegg 2001: Daniel L. Hartl 2000: Wen-Hsiung Li 1999: Andrew G. Clark 1998: Richard C. Lewontin 1997: David Penny 1996: Margaret G. Kidwell 1995: Wesley M. Brown 1994: Masatoshi Nei 1993: Walter M. Fitch