Recipient Organization
GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCES, INC
512 LIBERTY LN
WEST KINGSTON,RI 02892-1502
Performing Department
(N/A)
Non Technical Summary
This application seeks partial support for the Gordon Research Conference (GRC) and Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) on Quantitative Genetics and Genomics to be held in Renaissance Tuscani II Ciocco, Luca, Italy on February 16-21, 2025.The GRC and GRS aims to (1) Promote communication between scientists in the field of quantitative genetics and genomics, (2) Foster new collaborations among scientists with different backgrounds, and (3) Build a community for early career researchers (ECR). We will achieve these objectives by offering an outstanding and diverse outline of speakers and through a conference format that is design to promote interactions among scientists. The main theme for the 2025 GRC will be the interplay between genetics and the environment.
Animal Health Component
40%
Research Effort Categories
Basic
50%
Applied
40%
Developmental
10%
Goals / Objectives
Aim 1: Promote communication between scientists in the field of quantitative genetics and genomics. Our program is composed of speakers and discussion leaders with diverse research focus-animal, plant, human, and microbial research-which will attract attendees from the different disciplines to participate in our conference. For all sessions, at least 50% of the time set aside for speaker presentations is for discussion. Daily poster sessions will allow attendees to present and discuss their work with other attendees.Aim 2: Establish new collaborations among scientists with different backgrounds. We prioritized inviting speakers from a diverse set of countries and research environments, who work on different aspects of the same topics, and who are able to provide different perspectives, methods and outlook. Our sessions cover a range of topics of interest, but are unified in addressing our conference theme. To encourage attendance from around the world, we prioritized inviting those from underrepresented populations and plan to advertise widely through mailing lists, societies, social media and our own research networks.Aim 3: Build a community for early career researchers (ECR). Our one-day seminar (GRS) that takes place before the main conference (GRC) begin. The GRS is programmed to give PhD students and postdocs an opportunity to interact with each other and build their own research networks before they meet with more senior attendees at the main conference (GRC). We also have a dedicated mentoring session aimed at addressing questions and issues important to the career development. Our GRS format has been exceptionally helpful at previous meetings in building a cross-disciplinary community of ECRs, many of whom have now become regular attendees of our conference and have taken on mentoring roles for other ECRs.
Project Methods
The 2025 GRC on Quantitative Genetics and Genomics is being organized by the co-chairs, Drs. Josephine Pemberton and Na Cai, and vice-chairs, Drs. Gustavo de los Campos and Cassandra Spracklen, with assistance from past chair Dr. Guilherme Rosa. Current chairs were co-chairs during the previous 2023 GRC on Quantitative Genetics and Genomics. The Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) that will precede the conference is organised by co-chairs Dr Husain Agha and Ms Lianyun Huang.