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News & Events
Items of interest curated by GSA for the genetics community.
News
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Join or renew GSA membership for 2026
2025 GSA memberships expire on December 31. GSA members enjoy year-round benefits, including discounted registration for the Dros26, Fungal26, PEQG26, and Yeast26 conferences.December 31, 2025
Events
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Call for Nominations: The Gruber Genetics Prize
This prestigious award is presented to a leading scientist, or up to three, in recognition of groundbreaking contributions to any realm of genetics research.December 15, 2025 -
Larry Sandler Award nomination deadline
This award is presented each year to outstanding recent graduates who have completed a PhD in an area of Drosophila research. The recipient will present the Larry Sandler Memorial Lecture at the opening session of #Dros26.December 15, 2025 -
FASEB’s Advocacy Town Hall Meetings
Join FASEB’s Advocacy Town Hall Meetings—a recurring, virtual space where researchers and advocates come together twice a month (first and third Tuesday from noon to 1 pm ET).November 4, 2025 -
Dros26 early registration deadline
Register early to attend the 67th Annual Drosophila Research Conference to take advantage of discounted pricing.January 15, 2026 -
PEQG26 Abstract Submission deadline
Submission topics for the Population, Evolutionary, and Quantitative Genetics Conference include computational and statistical genetics, genome biology, conservation and ecological genetics, microbial genomics, and more. Submit an abstract to present a talk or poster.February 5, 2026 -
67th Annual Drosophila Research Conference
Join us March 4–8, 2026 for #Dros26 in Chicago!March 4, 2026 -
33rd Fungal Genetics Conference
Join us for #Fungal26 at Asilomar in Pacific Grove, CA!March 17, 2026 -
The Fitness Landscape: A Call for Papers submission deadline
The GENETICS journal solicits substantive empirical and theoretical contributions to the study of fitness landscapes, 13 which we understand broadly as the relationship between the genotype and fitness-related 14 phenotypes.March 18, 2026 -
Population, Evolutionary, and Quantitative Genetics Conference
Join us for #PEQG26 at Asilomar in Pacific Grove, CA!June 9, 2026