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Call for abstracts

Abstract submission will open in early 2025, with a choice of a full talk, lightning talk or poster focused on these themes:

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GENETICS AND HUMAN HEALTH 

  • Identifying functional target genes at GWAS loci 

  • Legal and social issues in genomic medicine

  • Disease gene identification and functional genomics using animal models

  • Pharmacogenomics and genomics in drug discovery and development 

  • Genetics of complex disease and quantitative traits

  • Rare disease genetics and biology

  • Genomic therapies and precision medicine

  • Counselling, communication and consent in human genetics contexts across the lifetime


GENOMICS AND GENOMIC TECHNOLOGIES

  • Genomics-driven healthcare

  • Genetics and genomics of pandemic, endemic and emerging infectious organisms

  • Emerging applications in ‘omics technologies - filling the gaps

  • Bioinformatics and computational biology 

  • Accelerating genomics 

  • Equity and diversity in the application of human genomics

  • Cell-free DNA technologies: challenges and opportunities

  • Tandem-repeat genomics informing polygenic human disorders and traits 

  • Indigenous genomics in the precision medicine era 


MOLECULAR, CELLULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS 

  • Advanced imaging in cellular and developmental genetics

  • Cell signalling and regeneration

  • Gene regulation and RNA biology

  • Epigenetic mechanisms and chromatin biology

  • Atlases for cell and developmental biology

  • Cell and organoid models for human disease mechanisms

  • New experimental model organisms for genetics research

  • Neurogenetics of behaviour

  • Genetics and biology of ageing 


AGRICULTURAL AND PLANT GENETICS 

  • Agricultural and horticultural genetics

  • Plant ecological and conservation genetics 

  • Plant cell and developmental biology 

  • Plant response to environmental change

  • Genetics and genomics of plant evolution

  • Plant biotechnology and genome editing

  • Interactions with other organisms 

  • Plant breeding and food security

  • From genebanks to fields: leveraging genomics innovations for characterising genetic diversity


GENETICS AND THE ENVIRONMENT 

  • Environmental genomics 

  • Population genetics and genomics

  • Conservation genetics

  • The genetics of local adaptation

  • Invasion genetics

  • Microbes and microbiomes 

  • Ecological epigenetics

  • Climate change genetics

  • Genetics of wildlife disease and responses to infection


EVOLUTIONARY GENETICS 

  • Evolutionary genetics theory  

  • Genomes and biodiversity

  • Molecular evolution

  • Paleogenomics

  • Evolution and development

  • Systematics and phylogeography

  • Host/pathogen interactions

  • Genetic strategies to control pests and disease vectors 

  • Genetics and epigenetics of sex 

Theme

​​​Oral presentation

Full talk or lightning talk given during conference sessions.​

  • Each FULL presentation will take 15 minutes (12 minutes presentation + 3 minutes Q & A)

  • Each lightning talk will take 5 minutes without Q & A

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Poster Presentation

Standard posters will be displayed throughout the duration of the conference. Presenters should be prepared to give a short presentation at the poster session.​

Abstract submission

Format:

  • Title of your study to be presented

  • Full author list with affiliations (presenter must be the first author)

  • Indication of type of presentation (full, lightening or poster)

  • Indication of theme (see themes above)

  • Main body (must be less than 250 words) sumarising the background, materials and methods, results and conclusions of your study without any tables and graphs.

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Please                  the template (link available once abstract submission is open).

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Submission Platform:

Abstracts should be submitted through the designated online submission platform. Email or paper submissions will not be accepted.​​

​​​All submissions will undergo a selection process. Acceptance is based on the quality, relevance, and originality of the abstract. â€‹Not all abstracts submitted will necessarily be accepted for presentation. If abstract is accepted, you will present at the conference in the format assigned (oral or poster)*. 

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*Depends on the number of applications, you may not be assigned to the format you selected.

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Abstract submission deadline: To be confirmed

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