Hello salmonid geneticists and friends! We are pleased to open registration and abstract submission for the 2018 meeting to be held in Mukilteo, Washington, 19-21 June. Please see our updated web[page] for information and links for registration and abstract submission (both due by 10 April) through our partners at the American Fisheries Society Genetics Section.... Read More
AFS Genetic Section Members, We are in the midst of planning a Conservation Genetics and Genomics symposium for the Atlantic City AFS meeting this August. It will be general, something like “Advances in Applications of Conservation Genetics and Genomics to Fisheries”, and meant to include a wide array of topics. We are tying to gauge... Read More
Symposium Title: Novel and Emerging Technologies in Species Identification and Conservation Symposium Abstract: Conservation and management of aquatic organisms and ecosystems rely on a thorough understanding of species’ distribution and/or community composition. However, distributional and compositional data can be difficult to obtain across relevant scales due to limited resources and potential logistical issues associated with... Read More
The Genetics Section website can now be found at https://virtuallearn.wpengine.com/genetics/. In order to take advantage of our parent organization’s website capabilities and security, we decided to nestle under their wing. Our former address at http://genetics.fisheries.org/ will redirect you for a short time to the new site, but please be sure to update your records accordingly.... Read More
Happy New Year Section members: Please see the reminder [below] from Douglas Austen about the extended submission deadline for the 2018 AFS meeting in Atlantic City. The Section usually sponsors 2-3 sessions that are usually well attended. So, if you have an interest in or any ideas about a topic for a session at the... Read More
Greetings salmonid geneticists and friends! The next Coastwide Salmonid Genetics meeting will be held 18-21 June 2018 in Mukilteo, Washington, right on the Puget Sound, just north of Seattle. The formal science talks will begin Tuesday morning (19 June) and go through Thursday noon (21 June), with an informal gathering planned for Monday evening as... Read More
We hope everyone had a great AFS conference this year! In conjunction with the annual meeting, the Genetics Section Business Meeting was held on August 21, 2017; we hope you were able to attend. Please click this link if you are interested in reading a PDF of the Section Business Meeting minutes. Read More
The Genetics Section Business Meeting time has been changed to 5:30 on 21 August 2017 but the place remains the same: Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel & Marina, Meeting Room 2. Please see our previous post for more details and a map. The Genetics Section Social will be held after the Section Business Meeting at The... Read More
AFSGS members attending the meeting in Tampa, please note that there has been a room change for the Genetics Section Business Meeting on the evening of Monday the 21st. The meeting is at 5pm at the Marriott (700 South Florida Avenue) across the road from the convention center. The meeting will now be held in... Read More
The AFS Genetics Section would like to congratulate Dr. Jean-Sébastien Moore as the recipient of the 2017 Early Career Award. The goal of the Early Career Award is to promote innovative genetics research, increase interest in fisheries genetics careers, and enhance professional connections among fisheries geneticists. Jean-Sébastien is an Assistant Professor at Laval University in... Read More
