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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 -
New insights into treating aggressive childhood tumors published in GENETICS
In a new GENETICS study, Sam Krabbenhoft and the labs of Peter Lewis and Melissa Harrison developed a Drosophila model to explore the genetic drivers of pediatric diffuse midline glioma—a rare, aggressive tumor with almost no effective treatments.December 11, 2025 -
New members of the GSA Board of Directors: 2026-2028
We are pleased to announce the election of five new leaders to the GSA Board of Directors: Vice President, Treasurer, and three Directors.December 11, 2025 -
December 2025 issue of GENETICS published
Read the latest science published in GENETICS.December 10, 2025 -
December 2025 issue of G3 published
Read the latest science published in G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics.December 10, 2025
Events
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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 -
PEQG26 early registration deadline
Save hundreds on your Population, Evolutionary, and Quantitative Genetics Conference attendance by registering early.April 1, 2026 -
Population, Evolutionary, and Quantitative Genetics Conference
Join us for #PEQG26 at Asilomar in Pacific Grove, CA!June 9, 2026