Final Program

October 17–21, 2026 · Marine Biological Laboratory · Woods Hole, Massachusetts

2:00–4:30 PM Registration Swope
4:45–5:00 Opening remarks Lillie
5:00–6:30 Session 1. Congenital and Developmental Disorders
Invited Speakers (chair-TBD):
• Sarah McMenamin (Boston College)
• Rosa Uribe (Rice University)
• 3 talks selected from abstract
6:30–7:30 Dinner Swope
7:30–8:30 Keynote Lecture 1: Veronica Hinman (University of Florida) Lillie

7:00–8:30 AM Registration and Breakfast Swope
8:30–10:00 Session 2. Regeneration and Reproductive Biology
Invited Speakers (chair-TBD):
• Amro Hamdoun (Scripps Institution of Oceanography)
• Molecular Instruments
• 3 talks selected from abstract Lillie
10:00–10:30 Coffee Break Lillie
10:30–12:00 Session 3. Cancer and Aging
Invited Speakers (chair-TBD):
• Kristin Gribble (MBL)
• Enoch Ng'oma (University of Missouri)
• 3 talks selected from abstract Lillie
12:00–1:30 PM Lunch Swope
1:30–3:00 Session 4. Aquatic Genomics and Genetic Approaches to Disease Discovery.
Invited Speakers (chair-TBD):
• Daniel Wagner (UCSF)
• Carrie Albertin (Harvard University)
• 3 talks selected from abstract Lillie
3:00–3:30 Coffee Break Lillie
3:30–5:00 Poster Session I Swope
5:00–5:30 Break Lillie
5:30–6:30 Panel Discussion I: Originality, Integrity, and Artificial Intelligence
Facilitator:
• Dan Gorelick (Baylor College of Medicine)
• Rosa Uribe (Rice University) Lillie
6:30–7:30 Dinner Swope
7:30–8:30 Keynote Lecture 2: Tatjana Sauka-Spengler (Stowers Institute) Lillie
8:30–10:00 Evening Social

7:00–8:30 AM Breakfast Swope
8:30–10:00 Session 5: Functional Genetic Screens in Disease
Invited Speakers (chair-TBD):
• Ellen Hoffman (Yale University)
• Nicole Edwards (University of Michigan)
• 3 talks selected from abstract Lillie
10:00–10:30 Coffee Break Lillie
10:30–12:00 Session 6. Metabolic and Endocrine Disease
Invited Speakers (chair-TBD):
• Jane Khudyakov (University of the Pacific)
• Ramji Bhandari (University of Missouri)
• 3 talks selected from abstract Lillie
12:00–1:00 PM Lunch Swope
1:00–1:30 LSU Tech Show: Interdisciplinary Technologies for Accessible and Reproducible New Approach Methodologies Lillie
1:30–3:00 Session 7. Immunology & Microbiome
Invited speakers (chair-TBD):
• Elizabeth Heath-Heckman (Michigan State University)
• Jeff Yoder (North Carolina State University)
• 3 talks selected from abstract Lillie
3:00–3:30 Coffee Break Lillie
3:30–5:00 Poster Session II Lillie
5:00–5:30 Break Lillie
5:30–6:30 Panel Discussion II: New Approach Methodologies: Humanized models, organoids, and aquatic models of disease
Facilitator: Richard Novak (Unravel Biosciences) Lillie
6:30–7:30 Dinner Swope
7:30–10:00 Evening Social

7:00–8:30 AM Breakfast Swope
8:30–10:00 Session 8. Toxicology, Environmental Exposure, and Disease Risk
Invited Speakers (chair-TBD):
• Frauke Seemann (Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)
• Andrew Whitehead (UC Davis)
• 3 talks selected from abstract Lillie
10:00–10:30 Coffee Break Lillie
10:30–12:00 Session 9. Behavior, Neuroendocrinology, and Physiology
Invited Speakers (chair-TBD):
• Yunlu Zhu (University of Michigan)
• Luis Hernandez-Nunez (Stanford University)
• 3 talks selected from abstract Lillie
12:00–1:00 PM Lunch Swope
1:00–1:30 Optional: Tour of aquatic facilities at MBL/Break Lillie
1:30–3:00 Session 10. Evolutionary and Comparative Disease Models
Invited Speakers (chair-TBD):
• Matthew Harris (Harvard Medical School)
• Kory Evans (Rice University)
• 3 talks selected from abstract Lillie
3:00–3:30 Coffee Break Lillie
3:30–5:00 Session 11. Nutrition and Chronic Diseases
Invited Speakers (chair-TBD):
• Peggy Biga (Texas State University)
• Wolfram Goessling (Yale School of Medicine)
• 3 talks selected from abstract
5:00–5:30 Break Lillie
5:30–6:30 Keynote Lecture 3: Bill Jeffery (University of Maryland) Lillie
6:30–9:00 Dinner & Awards Ceremony Swope