Preliminary Program

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

Saturday · October 17

  • Registration
  • Congenital and Developmental Disorders
  • Keynote Lecture: Deirdre Lyons
  • Welcome Reception

Sunday · October 18

  • Regeneration and Reproductive Biology
  • Cancer and Aging
  • Aquatic Genomics and Genetic Approaches to Disease Discovery
  • Poster Session I
  • Panel Discussion: Originality, Integrity, and Artificial Intelligence
  • Keynote Lecture: Tatjana Sauka-Spengler

Monday · October 19

  • Neurological Development, Function, and Disease
  • Metabolic and Endocrine Disease
  • Immunity and Microbiome
  • Poster Session II
  • Keynote Lecture: Daniel Bolnick

Tuesday · October 20

  • Toxicology, Environmental Exposure, and Disease Risk
  • Behavior, Neuroendocrinology, and Physiology
  • Evolutionary and Comparative Disease Models
  • Panel Discussion: Humanized Models, -oids, and Aquatic Models of Human Disease
  • Nutrition and Chronic Diseases
  • Conference Dinner and Awards Ceremony

Wednesday · October 21

  • Departure