By Joe Lopez for the GIGA VI Organizing Committee In spite of war time fuel price hikes affecting the much of the world, long travel distances and imminent monsoon season, close to 70 researchers from at least 14 different countries converged on the small scenic island of Boracay to discuss the latest advances in genomic […]
Category: AGA Special Event Award
Special Event Award: 5th Annual KU Center for Genomics Research Symposium, University of Kansas, 8 May 2026
By Allie M. Graham and the KU Center for Genomics Organizing Committee The University of Kansas Center for Genomics (KUCG) held its 5th Annual Research Symposium on May 8, 2026, at the Jayhawk Welcome Center, in Lawrence, Kansas. Supported in part by a Special Event Award from the American Genetics Association, the symposium brought together 281 students, […]
Special Event Award: Conservation Genomics Workshop, University of Antananarivo, Madagascar, 26 May 2026
About the Authors Fred Allendorf is a Regents Professor Emeritus at the University of Montana. He has devoted his career to apply genetics to conservation of biodiversity. More information can be found on his website. Rindra Rakotoarivony is a Lecturer and Researcher in Biological Anthropology and Biodiversity Conservation in the Department of Anthropobiology and Sustainable […]
Special Events Award Results 2026
The American Genetic Association grants awards each year to its members for support of special events that advance the mission of AGA, particularly to support students to attend the event. Eligible events include specialized workshops and short courses in topical areas of organismal genetics and genomics, but any event relevant to AGA’s purpose will be […]
AGA Special Event Award Supporting ConGen 2025 in South Africa
Population Genomics Data Analysis Course & Workshop Themes: Population Genomics, Molecular Ecology, Conservation Genetics. Understanding Population Structure and Environmental Influences on Genomic Variation – using Next Gen Sequencing Data & key computational approaches. Instructors include experts: Eric Anderson, Ellie Armstrong, Jessica Da Silva,Paul Hohenlohe, Marty Kardos, Brenna Forester, Paul Grobler, Will Hemstrom, Gordon Luikart, Monica […]
Special Event Award: Ontario Ecology, Ethology, and Evolution Colloquium (OE3C 2025)
About the Blog Authors Marrissa Miller, Megan Raposo, and Katherine Di Iorio are PhD candidates in the Sherratt lab at Carleton University. Marrissa studies dragonfly migration, Megan studies katydid mimicry, and Katherine studies mathematical biology. More information about them and their work can be found on the Sherratt lab website. Special Event Award: Ontario Ecology, […]
Special Event Award: Fourth Marine Mammal Genomics Workshop (G4)
Fourth Marine Mammal Genomics Workshop (G4) On November 9-10, 2024, researchers, students, and practitioners from around the globe gathered in Perth, Australia, for the Fourth Marine Mammal Genomics Workshop (G4) as part of the 25th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. This dynamic two-day event brought together participants with a wide range of expertise and […]
A conference abroad: Global Invertebrates Genomics Alliance (GIGA) V meeting in Cartegena, Colombia
About the author Dylan Comb is a fisheries research associate at Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute (GMGI) where he currently works on a population genetics study on Jonah crab as well as on a project using environmental DNA to assess biodiversity in tandem with traditional state fisheries surveys. His background is in ecology and field biology, […]
Conference catch-up: Memories of Mexico – Agavoideae Conference and Genotyping By Sequencing Workshop
About the blog author: Dr Christopher (Chris) Irwin Smith is an evolutionary ecologist, a Professor of Biology at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, and current AGA council member. His research focuses on the pollination biology of yuccas and combines traditional field ecology with molecular genetics and genomics. Chris was a 2022 Fulbright Garcia Robles US […]
AGA Special Event Award: XV ReGeneC workshop in Patagonia Subantarctic, the southernmost workshop sponsored by the AGA
About the Blog Author ReGeneC, La Red Latinoamericana de Genética para la Conservación (or in English, The Latin American Conservation Genetics Network), was born in 2004 with a main goal: to advance the science and practice of conservation genetics in a region facing enormous conservation challenges and yet insufficient capacity in any one country to […]