#Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

[huntingtonnow]

Symposium to Consider Rectal Cancer Developments

Medical experts will collaborate in March at a symposium focused on rectal cancer and a stunning increase in the disease among younger adults. The symposium, sponsored by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Northwell Health Cancer Institute at Huntington and Huntington Hospital, will bring scientists, doctors and affiliated health care specialists together at the lab on March 1 for the session,…

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One side of the laboratory was bounded by the country seat of the Tiffany family.

"In the Name of Eugenics: Genetics and the Uses of Human Heredity" - Daniel J. Kevles

[magnetictapedatastorage]

extremely boring facts about long island:

long island's soil has a pH equal to vinegar

the island itself is less than 10,000 years old

long islanders get water from an underground aquifer system

most of long island's population lives in Queens and Brooklyn

long island has a very comprehensive railway network

there is a never-used nuclear power plant on long island

the world's first modern oil tanker ran aground on long island

long island's lake ronkonkoma has a legend of a ghost

some long island beaches have virtually no waves

long island is the origin of Entenmens, which has since left

it is also the origin of the first chain supermarket, King Kullen

there is a large fiberglass duck with model T headlights for eyes

the southern pine beetle is threatening the pine barrens

in 1995 the sunrise wildfire burned 4500 acres

the great gatsby takes place on long island

cold spring harbor laboratory is an important biology institution

some overpasses are as short as seven feet tall

there are 20 sand mines on long island, but it's not very important

grumman used to be very important

the 2 brothers scrap metal commercial

[mindblowingscience]

Scientists have successfully induced rhabdomyosarcoma cells to transform into normal, healthy muscle cells. It's a breakthrough that could see the development of new therapies for the cruel disease, and it could lead to similar breakthroughs for other types of human cancers. "The cells literally turn into muscle," says molecular biologist Christopher Vakoc of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. "The tumor loses all cancer attributes. They're switching from a cell that just wants to make more of itself to cells devoted to contraction. Because all its energy and resources are now devoted to contraction, it can't go back to this multiplying state." Cancer isn't a monolithic thing. It arises when cells from different parts of the body mutate. Rhabdomyosarcoma is a type of cancer that's most often seen in children and adolescents. It usually starts in the skeletal muscle when cells therein mutate and start multiplying and taking over the body.

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[bertiebingobiffy]

I haven't watched Severance yet but my first thought when hearing the phrase "Cold Harbor" is the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory where the Eugenics Record Office was based. The ERO advocated for things like forced sterilization and 'intelligent' breeding. But you want to know what Cold Spring Harbor does today? Neuroscience, quantitative biology, and cognitive genomics...mmmhhhhh.

[my-autism-adhd-blog]

Hi everyone,

I found an interesting article talking about the genetics of autism. According to this article:

“Researchers from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have recently revised the commonly held genetic assumptions about autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

For many years, scientists believed that siblings diagnosed with ASD tended to inherit more genetic traits from their mother than their father. However, Associate Professor Ivan Iossifov and Professor Michael Wigler from CSHL have demonstrated that it could often be the father who has a more significant genetic contribution in numerous instances.”

“No one is sure how dad’s genome makes its mark on children with ASD. But Iossifov has a couple of interesting ideas. He thinks some fathers may carry protective mutations that fail to get passed on. Or fathers may pass down mutations that trigger the mother’s immune system to attack the developing embryo. Both theories offer hope for parents of children with ASD and other neurological disorders like schizophrenia.”

I’ll leave the full article/study down below so anyone can read it if they’d like.

Autism

Genetics

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Imagen: DATOS.gob La diáspora científica impulsada por Trump y la respuesta europea para rescatar el conocimiento en riesgo El éxodo científico: un desafío y una oportunidad La administración de Donald Trump ha desencadenado una crisis sin precedentes en la comunidad científica estadounidense. Con recortes drásticos a organismos como los Institutos Nacionales de Salud (NIH) —el mayor financiador público de investigación biomédica del mundo— y la paralización de proyectos clave en áreas como el clima, la energía y la salud, miles de científicos enfrentan un futuro incierto . Ante este panorama, Europa ha emergido como un refugio para el talento y los datos científicos en riesgo de desaparecer. La respuesta europea: programas de rescate y atracción Financiación reforzada: La Comisión Europea ha duplicado las ayudas para investigadores principales que se trasladen a la UE, elevando los fondos de 1 a 2 millones de euros por científico . Además, programas como las Acciones Marie Skłodowska-Curie y el Consejo Europeo de Investigación (ERC) están ampliando su alcance para facilitar la llegada de talento . Iniciativas nacionales: España, Francia y Alemania lideran esfuerzos locales. Por ejemplo, el programa español Atrae ha destinado 30 millones de euros para repatriar o captar científicos, con casos destacados como la hidróloga Audrey Sawyer, que ahora investiga en la Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña . Infraestructura receptora: Centros de excelencia como el Barcelona Supercomputing Center y el Centro de Regulación Genómica (CRG) están recibiendo decenas de solicitudes de investigadores estadounidenses. Solo en marzo de 2025, el CRG registró una docena de aplicaciones, incluyendo proyectos sobre genómica y cambio climático . Datos en peligro: el caso del clima y la biomedicina Los recortes de Trump no solo afectan a los científicos, sino también a conjuntos de datos críticos. Por ejemplo: Clima: La Oficina Nacional de Administración Oceánica y Atmosférica (NOAA) ha visto paralizadas sus alertas climáticas, poniendo en riesgo décadas de información sobre patrones meteorológicos . Biomedicina: El NIH, que invertía 43.000 millones de dólares anuales en investigación, ha congelado proyectos sobre cáncer y alzhéimer, amenazando con la pérdida de avances en medicina personalizada . Europa está respondiendo con infraestructuras como el superordenador MareNostrum en Barcelona, utilizado para analizar genomas y modelizar el corazón humano, proyectos que ahora podrían integrar datos rescatados de EE. UU. . Europa como “Arca de Noé” del conocimiento La analogía histórica es inevitable: en los años 30, científicos como Einstein huyeron del nazismo hacia EE. UU. Hoy, Europa busca invertir ese flujo. Según Luis Serrano, director del CRG, “con 200 millones de euros, podríamos traer a 30 científicos de primer nivel” . Sin embargo, los desafíos persisten: Brecha salarial: Los sueldos en Europa son significativamente menores que en EE. UU., lo que dificulta la competencia . Burocracia: Casos como el de Gilly Elor, una física estadounidense bloqueada por problemas de visado en España, revelan obstáculos administrativos que deben superarse . Aun así, la UE está priorizando la creación de un “marco de inmigración dedicado” y la simplificación de trámites para investigadores, según una carta firmada por 10 países, incluida España . Consecuencias globales y el futuro de la ciencia La fuga de cerebros y datos desde EE. UU. no solo beneficia a Europa, sino que redefine el mapa global de la innovación. Como advierte Adam Siepel, biólogo computacional en Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory: “El liderazgo científico estadounidense podría evaporarse rápidamente si no se revierten estas políticas” . Mientras tanto, proyectos europeos como FANDANGO (contra desinformación) y SMARTsurg (cirugía asistida por IA) demuestran que la apuesta por integrar este talento ya está dando frutos . Una ventana de oportunidad Europa no solo está sal...

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Lara Ozkan named 2025 Marshall Scholar

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Lara Ozkan named 2025 Marshall Scholar

Lara Ozkan, an MIT senior from Oradell, New Jersey, has been selected as a 2025 Marshall Scholar and will begin graduate studies in the United Kingdom next fall. Funded by the British government, the Marshall Scholarship awards American students of high academic achievement with the opportunity to pursue graduate studies in any field at any university in the U.K. Up to 50 scholarships are granted each year.

“We are so proud that Lara will be representing MIT in the U.K.,” says Kim Benard, associate dean of distinguished fellowships. “Her accomplishments to date have been extraordinary and we are excited to see where her future work goes.” Ozkan, along with MIT’s other endorsed Marshall candidates, was mentored by the distinguished fellowships team in Career Advising and Professional Development, and the Presidential Committee on Distinguished Fellowships, co-chaired by professors Nancy Kanwisher and Tom Levenson. 

Ozkan, a senior majoring in computer science and molecular biology, plans to pursue through her Marshall Scholarship an MPhil in biological science at Cambridge University’s Sanger Institute, followed by a master’s by research degree in artificial intelligence and machine learning at Imperial College London. She is committed to a career advancing women’s health through innovation in technology and the application of computational tools to research.

Prior to beginning her studies at MIT, Ozkan conducted computational biology research at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. At MIT, she has been an undergraduate researcher with the MIT Media Lab’s Conformable Decoders group, where she has worked on breast cancer wearable ultrasound technologies. She also contributes to Professor Manolis Kellis’ computational biology research group in the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Ozkan’s achievements in computational biology research earned her the MIT Susan Hockfield Prize in Life Sciences.

At the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, Ozkan has examined the ethical implications of genomics projects and developed AI ethics curricula for MIT computer science courses. Through internships with Accenture Gen AI Risk and pharmaceutical firms, she gained practical insights into responsible AI use in health care.

Ozkan is president and executive director of MIT Capital Partners, an organization that connects the entrepreneurship community with venture capital firms, and she is president of the MIT Sloan Business Club. Additionally, she serves as an undergraduate research peer ambassador and is a member of the MIT EECS Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. As part of the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing Undergraduate Advisory Group, she advises on policies and programming to improve the student experience in interdisciplinary computing.

Beyond Ozkan’s research roles, she volunteers with MIT CodeIt, teaching middle-school girls computer science. As a counselor with Camp Kesem, she mentors children whose parents are impacted by cancer.

[huntingtonnow]

Gardiner Foundation Awards a Total of $8 Million to Groups

The Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation said recently that it had donated a total of $8,098,574 in grants to historic organizations across Long Island and beyond in 2024,including the Caumsett Foundation and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Grant recipients were recognized during two rounds of awards luncheons hosted by the Smithtown Historical Society in June 2024 and Old Westbury Gardens in…

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Untangling the Evolutionary Dynamics of the Phenome in Megadiverse Hymenoptera | bioRxiv

See on Scoop.it - EntomoNews

bioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research and educational institution

  Untangling the Evolutionary Dynamics of the Phenome in Megadiverse Hymenoptera | bioRxiv

  28.02.2025

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via Sergei Tarasov 🇺🇦 sur X, 03.03.2025 : "Thrilled to share our latest preprint on #Hymenoptera and #Phenomics! Led by @PortoSasso; together with Istvan Miko and Lars Vilhelmsen. @LifeSciHelsinki @luomus https://t.co/sK0Tnh8sXZ https://t.co/bEQOnjWj8M" / X https://x.com/tarasov_sergio/status/1896622113563484432

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  Les hyménoptères sont un ordre d'insectes très diversifié, mais les facteurs de leur expansion massive restent mal compris. Ici, nous utilisons de nouvelles méthodes phylogénétiques avec des reconstructions de l'état ancestral de 346 caractères morphologiques distincts pour étudier le rythme et le mode d'évolution du phénome chez les hyménoptères, à la fois chez les adultes et les larves.

  Nous examinons les lignées sur une longue période. Nos analyses révèlent que les phénomes des larves et des adultes ont connu un scénario d'explosion précoce à la fin du Permien et au cours du Trias. Cependant, leur évolution semble s'être découplée, ce qui a renforcé l'évolutivité globale des hyménoptères.

  En outre, les transitions phénotypiques majeures dans l'ordre sont des processus complexes, à multiples facettes, dirigés par une sélection directionnelle. L'un de ces événements - l'émergence de la taille de la guêpe - a impliqué une réorganisation fondamentale du phénome adulte. Cette transformation spectaculaire au cours du Trias a permis la survie et la diversification explosive de la lignée des apocrites.

  Traduit d'après DeepL.com (version gratuite)

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  Phénotype — Wikipédia, version du 4 décembre 2024 à 10:45. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ph%C3%A9notype

  "En génétique, le phénotype est l'ensemble des traits observables d'un organisme. Très souvent, l'usage de ce terme est plus restrictif : le phénotype est alors considéré au niveau d'un seul caractère, à l'échelle cellulaire ou encore moléculaire. L'ensemble des phénotypes observables chez les individus d'une espèce donnée est parfois appelé le phénome."

[hayadan]

Scientists Are Rising Up to Oppose Trump Policies: A Wave of Protests

March 7 Protests Across the U.S. and Europe to Oppose Cuts in Research, Staffing, and Funding, While Advocating for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Thousands of scientists from dozens of countries are uniting in solidarity against what they perceive as the Trump administration’s anti-science measures that threaten public health and environmental sustainability, reports Inside Climate News.

The first global resistance demonstration, Stand Up For Science, is set for March 7. Rallies are planned in Washington, D.C., and at least 32 other U.S. cities, as well as several international locations.

“There has never been a more important time to stand with science,” stated Michael Mann, climate scientist and director of the Center for Science, Sustainability, and Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. Mann will speak at a Washington rally on March 7.

On Tuesday, Trump threatened to cut off federal funding for universities permitting what he labeled as "illegal protests" and vowed to arrest “instigators.”

“This is a classic fascist tactic—labeling anything you don’t like as ‘illegal,’” Mann commented via email. “Anti-science and authoritarianism are two sides of the same coin. History remembers Hitler’s abolition of ‘Jewish science’ and Stalin’s Soviet ‘Lysenkoism.’ Trump and his ally Musk will be viewed in the same way.”

The Scientific Community Fights Back

Recognizing the growing threat, international scientists recently held an online workshop to develop strategies for protecting research from rising authoritarianism. These include secure communication networks and safe data repositories.

The Trump administration has not responded to questions regarding its science policies or the planned protests. However, officials claim that layoffs, budget cuts, and restructuring efforts are aligned with broader administrative goals.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has been singled out for dismantling under Project 2025, a policy agenda from the conservative Heritage Foundation. Although Trump distanced himself from the document during his campaign, his administration is already enacting many of its recommendations.

“The coming weeks could be the greatest test the American scientific community has ever faced,” wrote Holden Thorpe, Science journal’s editor-in-chief, in a February 24 editorial. “The chaos, conflicting information, dismissals, and offensive rhetoric from the Trump administration’s approach to science are causing deep concern.”

Thorpe urged scientists to use their First Amendment rights to speak out. His message resonated with Emma Courtney and J.P. Flores, organizers of the March 7 protests.

Flores, a doctoral student in bioinformatics at the University of North Carolina, was devastated by the Trump administration’s attack on federal science programs. Despite some court interventions blocking the most extreme cuts, the overall impact has been destabilizing.

“I specialize in rare diseases, genetics, and diversity, equity, and inclusion,” Flores said. “This attack on science is deeply personal.”

Inspired by the mass turnout at the 2017 March for Science, Flores began organizing. He connected with Colette Delvalle, a master’s student in clinical psychology at Emory University, and Emma Courtney, a doctoral student at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Their movement, Stand Up For Science, rapidly gained traction, amassing over 48,000 followers on Bluesky.

The Global Impact of Scientific Suppression

Austrian environmental historian Verena Winiwerter, dean of interdisciplinary studies at Alpen-Adria University, warns that the U.S. attack on science could have worldwide repercussions.

“Science is a global mission,” Winiwerter said. “Take Antarctica—research there is international, benefiting the global community rather than any single nation.”

She emphasized that scientific integrity depends on collaboration. “If one country withdraws, it weakens everyone.”

Winiwerter also linked these attacks on science to a broader rise in misinformation, driven by corporate interests seeking to maximize profits—similar to past tactics by the tobacco and chemical industries.

“Right-wing populists want to control the narrative,” she explained. “Facts are inconvenient for them. Scientists, as mediators of facts, are seen as enemies.”

She suggested that restoring public trust in science requires addressing inequality. “The benefits of scientific progress—healthcare, clean environments—must be accessible to all.”

Policy Goals of the March 7 Protests

According to organizers, the demonstrations demand:

An end to political interference and censorship in science

Securing and expanding funding for scientific research

Defending diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the sciences

The fight for science is far from over. To read more such articles, visit Hayadan - Science and Reason.

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NeuroAI Research Intern Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory See the full job description on jobRxiv: https://jobrxiv.org/job/cold-spring-harbor-laboratory-27778-neuroai-research-intern-3/?feed_id=91715 #ScienceJobs #hiring #research

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Lara Ozkan named 2025 Marshall Scholar

New Post has been published on https://sunalei.org/news/lara-ozkan-named-2025-marshall-scholar/

Lara Ozkan named 2025 Marshall Scholar

Lara Ozkan, an MIT senior from Oradell, New Jersey, has been selected as a 2025 Marshall Scholar and will begin graduate studies in the United Kingdom next fall. Funded by the British government, the Marshall Scholarship awards American students of high academic achievement with the opportunity to pursue graduate studies in any field at any university in the U.K. Up to 50 scholarships are granted each year.

“We are so proud that Lara will be representing MIT in the U.K.,” says Kim Benard, associate dean of distinguished fellowships. “Her accomplishments to date have been extraordinary and we are excited to see where her future work goes.” Ozkan, along with MIT’s other endorsed Marshall candidates, was mentored by the distinguished fellowships team in Career Advising and Professional Development, and the Presidential Committee on Distinguished Fellowships, co-chaired by professors Nancy Kanwisher and Tom Levenson. 

Ozkan, a senior majoring in computer science and molecular biology, plans to pursue through her Marshall Scholarship an MPhil in biological science at Cambridge University’s Sanger Institute, followed by a master’s by research degree in artificial intelligence and machine learning at Imperial College London. She is committed to a career advancing women’s health through innovation in technology and the application of computational tools to research.

Prior to beginning her studies at MIT, Ozkan conducted computational biology research at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. At MIT, she has been an undergraduate researcher with the MIT Media Lab’s Conformable Decoders group, where she has worked on breast cancer wearable ultrasound technologies. She also contributes to Professor Manolis Kellis’ computational biology research group in the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Ozkan’s achievements in computational biology research earned her the MIT Susan Hockfield Prize in Life Sciences.

At the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, Ozkan has examined the ethical implications of genomics projects and developed AI ethics curricula for MIT computer science courses. Through internships with Accenture Gen AI Risk and pharmaceutical firms, she gained practical insights into responsible AI use in health care.

Ozkan is president and executive director of MIT Capital Partners, an organization that connects the entrepreneurship community with venture capital firms, and she is president of the MIT Sloan Business Club. Additionally, she serves as an undergraduate research peer ambassador and is a member of the MIT EECS Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. As part of the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing Undergraduate Advisory Group, she advises on policies and programming to improve the student experience in interdisciplinary computing.

Beyond Ozkan’s research roles, she volunteers with MIT CodeIt, teaching middle-school girls computer science. As a counselor with Camp Kesem, she mentors children whose parents are impacted by cancer.

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AI met fruit fly, and a better brain model emerged

Jon HamiltonSeptember 17, 20247:13 AM ET

Light enters the compound eye of the fly, causing the photoreceptors to send electrical signals through a complex neural network, enabling the fly to detect motion

Light enters the compound eye of the fly, causing hexagonally arranged photoreceptors to send electrical signals through a complex neural network, enabling the fly to detect motion.

Siwanowicz, I. & Loesche, F./HHMI Janelia Research Campus, Lappalainen, J.K. / University of Tübingen

Scientists have created a virtual brain network that can predict the behavior of individual neurons in a living brain.

The model is based on a fruit fly’s visual system, and it offers scientists a way to quickly test ideas on a computer before investing weeks or months in experiments involving actual flies or other lab animals.

“Now we can start with a guess for how the fly brain might work before anyone has to make an experimental measurement,” says Srini Turaga, a group leader at the Janelia Research Campus, a part of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI).

The approach, described in the journal Nature, also suggests that power-hungry artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT might consume much less energy if they used some of the computational strategies found in a living brain.

A fruit fly brain is “small and energy efficient,” says Jakob Macke, a professor at the University of Tübingen and an author of the study. “It’s able to do so many computations. It’s able to fly, it’s able to walk, it’s able to detect predators, it’s able to mate, it’s able to survive—using just 100,000 neurons.”

In contrast, AI systems typically require computers with tens of billions of transistors. Worldwide, these systems consume as much power as a small country.

“When we think about AI right now, the leading charge is to make these systems more power efficient,” says Ben Crowley, a computational neuroscientist at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory who was not involved in the study.

Borrowing strategies from the fruit fly brain might be one way to make that happen, he says.

A model based on biology

The virtual brain network was made possible by more than a decade of intense research on the composition and structure of the fruit fly brain.

Much of this work was done, or funded, by HHMI, which now has maps that show every neuron and every connection in the insect’s brain.

Turaga, Macke and PhD candidate Janne Lappalainen were part of a team that thought they could use these maps to create a computer model that would behave much like the fruit fly’s visual system. This system accounts for most of the animal’s brain.

The team started with the fly’s connectome, a detailed map of the connections between neurons.

“That tells you how information could flow from A to B,” Macke says. “But it doesn’t tell you which [route] is actually taken by the system.”

Scientists have been able to catch glimpses of the process in the brains of living fruit flies but they have no way to capture the activity of thousands of neurons responding to signals in real time.

“Brains are so complex that I think the only way we will ever be able to understand them is by building accurate models,” Macke says.

In other words, by simulating a brain, or part of a brain, on a computer.

So the team decided to create a model of the brain circuits that allow a fruit fly to detect motion, like the approach of a fast moving hand or fly swatter.

“Our goal was not to build the world’s best motion detector, but to find the one that does it the way the fly does.”

The team started with virtual versions of 64 types of neurons, all connected the same way they would be in a fly’s visual system. Then the network “watched” video clips depicting various types of motion.

Finally, an artificial intelligence system was asked to study the activity of neurons as the video clips played.

Ultimately, the approach yielded a model that could predict how every neuron in the artificial network would respond to a particular video. Remarkably, the model also predicted the response of neurons in actual fruit flies that had seen the same videos in earlier studies.

A tool for brain science and AI

Although the paper describing the model has just come out, the model itself has been available for more than a year. Brain scientists have taken note.

“I’m using this model in my own work,” says Cowley, whose lab studies how the brain responds to external stimuli. He says the model has helped him gauge whether ideas are worth testing in an animal.

Future versions of the model are expected to extend beyond the visual system and to include tasks beyond detecting motion.

“We now have a plan for how to build whole-brain models of brains that do interesting computations,” Macke says.

[evoldir]

Fwd: Conference: Ventura_California.Speciation.Mar2-7

Begin forwarded message: > From: evoldir@evol.biology.mcmaster.ca > Subject: Conference: Ventura_California.Speciation.Mar2-7 > Date: 23 July 2024 at 05:45:32 BST > To: rdmpage@gmail.com > > > Dear Evoldir community, > > If you are interested in speciation or topics adjacent to speciation, > please mark your calendars and consider coming to the next Gordon > Research Conference on Speciation, March 2-7 2025 in Ventura, > CA. This will be preceded by a Gordon Research Symposium (March > 1-2) for graduate students and postdocs. Information can be found here: > https://ift.tt/GqR7aUb. > For the upcoming meeting, we wish to encourage speciation-adjacent > researchers to attend to broaden the community. To achieve this we have > designed the conference to emphasize the proximate mechanistic basis of > speciation. This can include the roles of developmental biology, mating > systems, neurobiology of mate choice, physiology, ecology, and more in > generating species barriers. A list of speakers is now available on the > conference website. There will be opportunities for attendees to present > posters, and a subset of poster submissions will be invited to give > talks as well. The GRS attendees will be able to select several postdoc > or graduate student talks to also be presented in the full conference. > > Also, if you are interested in this topic, you may wish to check out the > new edited book on Speciation, from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press: > https://ift.tt/BaxWewy > edited by the past chairs and co-chairs of the Speciation GRCs. > > We hope to see you in Ventura next year! > > Dan Bolnick (chair) > Jonna Kulmuni &Rike Stelkens (co-chairs) > Anna Feller & Hilde Schneemann (GRS chairs) > > > > "Bolnick, Daniel"