Registration

Registration is open. The early registration deadline is December 5, 2025.

To receive the member rate you must be a GSA member for 2026. Consider joining GSA and save hundreds on your registration fees. Your membership will become active within 20 minutes, and will remain valid through December 31, 2026. During the registration process, you will be asked to create a new account or sign in to an existing account. If you were a GSA member or attended a GSA conference in the last seven years, you already have a GSA account and should use the “forgot your password” option.

Any questions please contact: gsaconferences@genetics-gsa.org

Letter of invitation – If you submitted an abstract you can access your letter of invitation for your visa application, through your author portal in the abstract submission program. If you did not submit an abstract, please send a request, with your full mailing address to gsaconferences@genetics-gsa.org and a letter will be emailed back to you.

Shirt Design Competition – Original designs are being solicited for the Fungal 2026 shirt. Designs should feature the variety of fungi that the community studies. Submit your original (black and white or color) artwork (pdf) by November 13. The Fungal Policy Committee and Scientific Organizers will review the artwork and determine the winning design. The design will be used for the conference shirt. Shirts will be ordered via the registration site.

Registration Fees

Registration fees are in US Dollars. To receive the member rate you must be a 2026 GSA member. If you join today, your membership will become active within 20 minutes and be valid through December 31, 2026. The meeting will be held all in-person. There is no virtual participation registration. Pre-meeting workshops are being offered which require advance registration. View the current list of workshops.

Registration Category	GSA Member Rate	Nonmember Rate
Regular
Early Registration (by December 5)	$531	$831
Advance Registration (December 6–January 22)	$731	$1,181
Postdoc
Early Registration (by December 5)	$380	$530
Advance Registration (December 6–January 22)	$555	$755
Graduate Student
Early Registration (by December 5)	$320	$445
Advance Registration (December 6–January 22)	$470	$595
Undergraduate Student
Early Registration (by December 5)	$306	$381
Advance Registration (December 6–January 22)	$431	$506
Industry
Early Registration (by December 5)	$532	$832
Advance Registration (December 6–January 22)	$732	$1,182

Registration includes hundreds of presentations and the opportunity to engage with your colleagues

4 Plenary Sessions (20 invited and Award presentations)
28 Concurrent Sessions (224 invited and abstract driven presentations)
3 Poster Sessions (over 650 abstract driven presentations)
Perkins/Metzenberg Lecture
Exhibits
Ad hoc lunch time workshops (attendee organized)
Conference App for desktop, laptop, and mobile devices
Professional Development events
PDF of Abstract Book
PDF of Program Book
Opportunity to register for pre-conference workshops (additional fee applies)
Opportunity for GSA student members to invite up to three attendees to visit their poster via the abstract submission program
Opening Mixer

Manage Your Registration

Payment Options

Payment must be made by credit card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express, or Discover) through the online registration process. Credit card payments will not be accepted by telephone or fax.

GSA does not accept purchase orders for registration payments.

Registration Resource Center

Visit the Registration Resource Center to add an event, update your contact information or print a receipt. You will need your badge number to access your record, which is listed in your registration confirmation email.

Cancellation

Do not click the “Cancel Registration” button on the registration form at any time. If you wish to request cancellation of your registration, contact gsaconferences@genetics-gsa.org. Cancellation requests received by January 22, 2026 are fully refundable and will not incur a cancellation fee. All cancellations received between January 23 and March 21, 2026 will not be eligible for a refund.

Do not cancel your registration if all you want to do is edit your registration form before you submit it. You can do that by navigating between pages using the “Back” and “Next” buttons.

Journals Publishing Discount

Get a $250 discount on APC/page charges at GENETICS and G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics

First or corresponding authors who register to attend a 2026 GSA Conference can use the code GSA2026 for a $250 discount on page charges or APC for papers accepted in the GSA Journals. One code may be used per paper and must be entered at the time of paper submission to the journals. Staff will verify conference registration when files are uploaded post-acceptance. Submit papers December 1, 2025–May 31, 2026.

Papers presented at the 2026 conferences and published in the GSA Journals will be part of a special virtual collection!