Schedule of Events

Tuesday, April 21
08:00 AM - 07:00 PM
Capitol Hill Day
By invitation.  Please express your interest during conference registration.
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
IMGS Nomenclature Meeting
02:00 PM - 06:00 PM
IMGS Secretariat Meeting
Wednesday, April 22
09:00 AM - 01:00 PM
New Faculty Forum
Advance registration required
09:00 AM - 01:00 PM
GENETICS Peer Review Training Program 
Advance registration required
09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Genetics Department Chair Meeting
Invitation Only
01:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Mammalian Trainee Symposium 
Advance registration required.
01:00 PM - 05:00 PM
FlyBoard Meeting
Invitation only
01:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Speaker Check-in and Upload (required)
Invited, keynote, plenary, platform and lightning only. Workshop speakers should coordinate directly with their workshop organizer.
01:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Grants and Funding
Advance registration required
02:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Scientific Writing Workshop
Advance registration required
03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
CURE Workshop
Advance registration required.
03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Genetics and G3 Editorial Board Meeting
Invitation only
06:45 PM - 09:00 PM
Opening Session and Keynote 1
09:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Concurrent Community Mixers
C. elegans Community Mixer
Drosophila Community Mixer
Mammalian Community Mixer
PEQG Community Mixer
Xenopus Community Mixer
Yeast Community Mixer
Zebrafish Community Mixer
Thursday, April 23
07:30 AM - 03:00 PM
Speaker Check-in and Upload (required)
Invited, keynote, plenary, platform and lightning only. Workshop speakers should coordinate directly with their workshop organizer.
08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Concurrent Community Sessions
Community Session (Xenopus)
Community Session (C. elegans)
Community Session (PEQG)
Community Session (Yeast)
Community Session (Mammal)
Community Session (Drosophila)
Community Session (Zebrafish)
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Parents in Science Meetup
Share your challenges and tips with others regarding parenting and science
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Solo Travelers Meetup
Connect with others who may be attending without their labmates
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Coffee Break
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Concurrent Community Sessions
Community Session (Xenopus)
Community Session (C. elegans)
Biotech Pipeline
Community Session (Yeast)
Community Session (Mammal)
Community Session (Drosophila)
Community Session (Zebrafish)
Community Session (PEQG)
12:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Community Connections
Lunch available for purchase
12:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Break
02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Concurrent Thematic Sessions
04:15 PM - 05:30 PM
Undergrad Platform
04:15 PM - 05:30 PM
Concurrent Thematic Sessions
05:45 PM - 06:30 PM
Gruber Genetics Prize Presentation and Lecture
06:30 PM - 07:30 PM
Break
07:30 PM - 10:15 PM
Poster Session/Opening Mixer
8:00-8:45 pm A Posters
8:45-9:30 pm B Posters
9:30-10:15 pm C Posters
Friday, April 24
07:30 AM - 03:00 PM
Speaker Check-in and Upload (required)
Invited, keynote, plenary, platform and lightning only. Workshop speakers should coordinate directly with their workshop organizer.
08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Genetic Technology for Agriculture
08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Bioethics and Education
Organizers: M. Markstein, G. Davis, C. Lelliott, A. Thomas
08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
BREW: Bridging research and education workshop
Organizers: M. Miller, P. Hanson
08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Metabolic Plasticity – Exploring the flexibility of metabolic networks in the context of development, evolution, environmental stress, and disease
Organizers: J. Tennessen, K. Montooth, M. Walhout
08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Cultivating communities: making sense of host-microbiome interactions through the lens of genetics
Organizers: B. Samuel, N. Broderick, C. Haney
08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Everything you ever wanted to know about sex
Organizers: R. Graze, K. McLunkin, B. Draper
08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Single cell approaches in animal development
Organizers: J. Gagnon, J. Murray
08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Chemoreception, physiology and social behavior: A Genetic Perspective
Organizers: Y. Zhang
08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Cell-cell signaling across the kingdoms
Organizers: M. Mulllins, T. Kornberg
08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
The Geometry of Life, Computational Phenomics, and the Reunification of Biology
Organizers: K. Cheng, S. Girirajan
08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Mitochondrial Genetics
Organizers: H. Fiumera, H. Weidberg, P. O'Farrell
08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Education Research: Collecting Evidence and Publishing Findings
Organizer: J. Knight
08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Genetic Puzzles
Organizers: D. Stainier, C. Murphy
08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Science Communication: Challenges and Impact
Organizers: 
T. Merritt, H. Alhadyian, J. Velez
08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Mitochondrial Genetics
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Doing Science at a PUI Meetup
For those currently teaching at a Primarily Undergraduate University and those who would like to learn more.
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Scientists with Disabilities Meetup
Share your tips and challenges with others navigating science with disabilities
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Coffee Break
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Concurrent Community Sessions
Community Session (Xenopus)
Community Session (C. elegans)
Community Session (Yeast)
Community Session (Mammal)
Community Session (Drosophila)
Community Session (Drosophila)
Community Session (Zebrafish)
Community Session (PEQG)
12:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Publishing Q and A
Advance Registration Required. 
12:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Break
02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Concurrent Thematic Sessions
04:15 PM - 06:30 PM
Posters and Exhibits
4:30-5:30 Odd Poster Numbers
5:30-6:30 Even Poster Numbers
06:30 PM - 08:00 PM
Story Collider
06:30 PM - 08:00 PM
Break
06:30 PM - 07:45 PM
Editors Social
Invitation only
08:00 PM - 10:15 PM
Keynote 2
Saturday, April 25
07:30 AM - 03:00 PM
Speaker Check-in and Upload (required)
Invited, keynote, plenary, platform and lightning only. Workshop speakers should coordinate directly with their workshop organizer.
08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Concurrent Thematic Sessions
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
LGBTQ+ in Science Meetup
Connect with other LGBTQ+ scientists
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Coffee Break
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
SciComm Meetup
Meet others who share your passion for science communication
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Concurrent Thematic Sessions
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Discovering Careers in Industry
12:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Recruitment Event
Lunch available for purchase
02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Concurrent Community Sessions
Community Session (Xenopus)
Community Session (Yeast)
Community Session (Drosophila)
Community Session (Drosophila)
Community Session (Zebrafish)
Community Session (PEQG)
Community Session (Mammal)
Community Session (C. elegans)
04:15 PM - 06:15 PM
Posters and Exhibits
4:15-5:15 Odd Poster Numbers
5:15-6:15 Even Poster Numbers
06:15 PM - 07:45 PM
Break
07:45 PM - 10:00 PM
Keynote #3
 
10:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Tweetup
Sunday, April 26
08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Concurrent Community Sessions
Community Session (Xenopus)
Community Session (C. elegans)
Community Session (Yeast)
Backup in Woodrow Wilson B-D
Community Session (Mammal)
Backup in Baltimore
Community Session (Drosophila)
 
Backup in Prince George's
Community Session (Zebrafish)
Community Session (PEQG)
Community Session (Drosophila)
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Coffee Break
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Keynote #4
Monday, April 20
Tuesday, April 21
08:00 AM - 07:00 PM
Capitol Hill Day
By invitation.  Please express your interest during conference registration.
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
IMGS Nomenclature Meeting
02:00 PM - 06:00 PM
IMGS Secretariat Meeting
Wednesday, April 22
09:00 AM - 01:00 PM
New Faculty Forum
Advance registration required
09:00 AM - 01:00 PM
GENETICS Peer Review Training Program 
Advance registration required
09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Genetics Department Chair Meeting
Invitation Only
01:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Mammalian Trainee Symposium 
Advance registration required.
01:00 PM - 05:00 PM
FlyBoard Meeting
Invitation only
01:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Speaker Check-in and Upload (required)
Invited, keynote, plenary, platform and lightning only. Workshop speakers should coordinate directly with their workshop organizer.
01:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Grants and Funding
Advance registration required
02:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Scientific Writing Workshop
Advance registration required
03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
CURE Workshop
Advance registration required.
03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Genetics and G3 Editorial Board Meeting
Invitation only
06:45 PM - 09:00 PM
Opening Session and Keynote 1
09:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Concurrent Community Mixers
C. elegans Community Mixer
Drosophila Community Mixer
Mammalian Community Mixer
PEQG Community Mixer
Xenopus Community Mixer
Yeast Community Mixer
Zebrafish Community Mixer
Thursday, April 23
07:30 AM - 03:00 PM
Speaker Check-in and Upload (required)
Invited, keynote, plenary, platform and lightning only. Workshop speakers should coordinate directly with their workshop organizer.
08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Concurrent Community Sessions
Community Session (Xenopus)
Community Session (C. elegans)
Community Session (PEQG)
Community Session (Yeast)
Community Session (Mammal)
Community Session (Drosophila)
Community Session (Zebrafish)
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Parents in Science Meetup
Share your challenges and tips with others regarding parenting and science
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Solo Travelers Meetup
Connect with others who may be attending without their labmates
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Coffee Break
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Concurrent Community Sessions
Community Session (Xenopus)
Community Session (C. elegans)
Biotech Pipeline
Community Session (Yeast)
Community Session (Mammal)
Community Session (Drosophila)
Community Session (Zebrafish)
Community Session (PEQG)
12:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Community Connections
Lunch available for purchase
12:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Break
02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Concurrent Thematic Sessions
04:15 PM - 05:30 PM
Undergrad Platform
04:15 PM - 05:30 PM
Concurrent Thematic Sessions
05:45 PM - 06:30 PM
Gruber Genetics Prize Presentation and Lecture
06:30 PM - 07:30 PM
Break
07:30 PM - 10:15 PM
Poster Session/Opening Mixer
8:00-8:45 pm A Posters
8:45-9:30 pm B Posters
9:30-10:15 pm C Posters
Friday, April 24
07:30 AM - 03:00 PM
Speaker Check-in and Upload (required)
Invited, keynote, plenary, platform and lightning only. Workshop speakers should coordinate directly with their workshop organizer.
08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Genetic Technology for Agriculture
08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Bioethics and Education
Organizers: M. Markstein, G. Davis, C. Lelliott, A. Thomas
08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
BREW: Bridging research and education workshop
Organizers: M. Miller, P. Hanson
08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Metabolic Plasticity – Exploring the flexibility of metabolic networks in the context of development, evolution, environmental stress, and disease
Organizers: J. Tennessen, K. Montooth, M. Walhout
08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Cultivating communities: making sense of host-microbiome interactions through the lens of genetics
Organizers: B. Samuel, N. Broderick, C. Haney
08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Everything you ever wanted to know about sex
Organizers: R. Graze, K. McLunkin, B. Draper
08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Single cell approaches in animal development
Organizers: J. Gagnon, J. Murray
08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Chemoreception, physiology and social behavior: A Genetic Perspective
Organizers: Y. Zhang
08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Cell-cell signaling across the kingdoms
Organizers: M. Mulllins, T. Kornberg
08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
The Geometry of Life, Computational Phenomics, and the Reunification of Biology
Organizers: K. Cheng, S. Girirajan
08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Mitochondrial Genetics
Organizers: H. Fiumera, H. Weidberg, P. O'Farrell
08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Education Research: Collecting Evidence and Publishing Findings
Organizer: J. Knight
08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Genetic Puzzles
Organizers: D. Stainier, C. Murphy
08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Science Communication: Challenges and Impact
Organizers: 
T. Merritt, H. Alhadyian, J. Velez
08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Mitochondrial Genetics
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Doing Science at a PUI Meetup
For those currently teaching at a Primarily Undergraduate University and those who would like to learn more.
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Scientists with Disabilities Meetup
Share your tips and challenges with others navigating science with disabilities
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Coffee Break
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Concurrent Community Sessions
Community Session (Xenopus)
Community Session (C. elegans)
Community Session (Yeast)
Community Session (Mammal)
Community Session (Drosophila)
Community Session (Drosophila)
Community Session (Zebrafish)
Community Session (PEQG)
12:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Publishing Q and A
Advance Registration Required. 
12:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Break
02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Concurrent Thematic Sessions
04:15 PM - 06:30 PM
Posters and Exhibits
4:30-5:30 Odd Poster Numbers
5:30-6:30 Even Poster Numbers
06:30 PM - 08:00 PM
Story Collider
06:30 PM - 08:00 PM
Break
06:30 PM - 07:45 PM
Editors Social
Invitation only
08:00 PM - 10:15 PM
Keynote 2
Saturday, April 25
07:30 AM - 03:00 PM
Speaker Check-in and Upload (required)
Invited, keynote, plenary, platform and lightning only. Workshop speakers should coordinate directly with their workshop organizer.
08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Concurrent Thematic Sessions
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
LGBTQ+ in Science Meetup
Connect with other LGBTQ+ scientists
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Coffee Break
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
SciComm Meetup
Meet others who share your passion for science communication
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Concurrent Thematic Sessions
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Discovering Careers in Industry
12:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Recruitment Event
Lunch available for purchase
02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Concurrent Community Sessions
Community Session (Xenopus)
Community Session (Yeast)
Community Session (Drosophila)
Community Session (Drosophila)
Community Session (Zebrafish)
Community Session (PEQG)
Community Session (Mammal)
Community Session (C. elegans)
04:15 PM - 06:15 PM
Posters and Exhibits
4:15-5:15 Odd Poster Numbers
5:15-6:15 Even Poster Numbers
06:15 PM - 07:45 PM
Break
07:45 PM - 10:00 PM
Keynote #3
 
10:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Tweetup
Sunday, April 26
08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Concurrent Community Sessions
Community Session (Xenopus)
Community Session (C. elegans)
Community Session (Yeast)
Backup in Woodrow Wilson B-D
Community Session (Mammal)
Backup in Baltimore
Community Session (Drosophila)
 
Backup in Prince George's
Community Session (Zebrafish)
Community Session (PEQG)
Community Session (Drosophila)
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Coffee Break
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Keynote #4