Section members are invited to contribute a paper to a Special Issue of Evolutionary Applications that will highlight “Advances in Salmonid Genetics” presented at the Coastwide Salmonid Genetics Meeting (June 26-29, 2023). See the Special Issue [Announcement and Invitation] for further details and contact information! Please also check out the Coastwide page for periodic updates... Read More
The AFS Genetics Section Early Career Award committee is soliciting nominations for our 2022 award. Details may be found in the PDF announcement or on the Early Career Award webpage. Nominations are due 15 July 2022 to the award committee. Please contact Craig Stockwell Craig Stockwell, Emily Lescak, Kerry Reid, or Trevor Krabbenhoft with any... Read More
The Genetics Section Ex Comm would like to again make travel funding available for postdocs looking to attend the 2022 AFS meeting in Spokane 21-25 August 2022. Several awards will be made, with $500 given for in person attendance and $300 for virtual attendance (cost of virtual attendance for early career professionals). Please indicate if... Read More
We are now accepting applications for the James Wright Award, a graduate student travel award that provides funds to participate in the annual AFS meeting. This year’s annual meeting will be in Spokane from 21-25 August 2022. There will be a virtual attendance option, so students, please indicate in your application whether you will be... Read More
Dear AFS Genetics Section members, Just a friendly reminder that our section will have its annual business meeting this upcoming Tuesday. We will meet via Zoom (see link below). The meeting is open to guests (non-members) as it would be for a regular an in-person meeting during the annual conference. We will provide updates on... Read More
Just a reminder that AFS Genetics Section postdoc travel award applications for the national AFS meeting are due by 5 pm PST tomorrow, August 18. Please see the AFS GS Postdoc Travel Award 2021 announcement. Submit your materials to Andrea Schreier (amdrauch@ucdavis.edu) by tomorrow! Awardees will be notified before the AFS Genetics Section Business Meeting... Read More
Worried you or your student missed the deadline to submit for the AFS Best Student Presentation/Poster Award at the Baltimore meeting? There’s still time! High school, undergraduate, or graduate students who have recently completed research can still be considered for AFS Best Student Presentation or Poster Awards for 2021, but applications are only open for... Read More
Dear AFS Genetics Section members, The AFS Genetics Section will hold the annual business meeting on 24-August-2021 @ 6:00-7:00 pm CDT. For those of you that are time-zone challenged like me: Eastern Time Zone: 7:00-8:00 pm EDT Central Time Zone: 6:00-7:00 pm CDT Mountain Time Zone: 5:00-6:00 pm MDT Pacific Time Zone: 4:00-5:00 pm PDT... Read More
AFS Genetics Section members Registration is now open for the AFS Annual Meeting in Baltimore! The AFS Leadership and the local committee are positive about the potential safe and productive in-person conference, but there are also options to participate remotely and virtual presentations. The abstract submission has been extended to 16 August 2021 (Submit Abstract... Read More
Please submit nominations by 16 July 2021 to Craig Stockwell, Committee Chair, and CC Committee Members Emily Lescak and Kerry Reid. Instructions for nomination can be downloaded here: Genetics Section Early Career Award Announcement 2021 and on our Early Career Award page. Read More
