25th International Worm Meeting
25th International Worm Meeting
The International Worm Meeting is the premier meeting for Worm researchers, featuring hundreds of presentations covering the full diversity of Worm investigations, including genetics, molecular biology, cell biology, development, immunology, physiology, neuroscience, evolution, and more. In addition to the invited speakers in the Plenary Sessions and abstract-driven Concurrent Platform Sessions, the 2025 meeting will feature an Equity and Inclusion Plenary Session, attendee-organized workshops, posters, exhibits, and a wide range of professional development and networking events.
#Worm25 will be held at the University of California, Davis. Davis is the quintessential college town with a community that is inclusive and fun. As you walk or bike around the campus you’ll see a vineyard, a lush arboretum, a beautiful creek, and lots of intriguing sculptures. The city itself has plenty to offer with art galleries, bookstores, boutiques, live music, and plenty of farm-to-table dining options.
UC Davis was selected to provide the unique university atmosphere that makes the Worm meeting so special, allowing attendees to have meals together and access affordable housing. The eco-friendly and relaxed atmosphere is ideal for catching up with colleagues, discussing your research, building collaborations, and sparking new ideas. We look forward to hosting the Worm community at UC Davis!
We’re thrilled to bring the community back together for the 25th International Worm Meeting! The relaxed feel of this charming college town coupled with the scenic beauty of places like the UC Davis Arboretum, provides the perfect setting to spark new ideas, encourage intellectual discussions, reconnect with old friends, and establish new partnerships. Five outstanding speakers accepted our invitation to present in the plenary sessions and we look forward to creating an enriching scientific program from the submitted abstracts that will inspire and reinvigorate everyone to continue advancing the field. Join us and your peers from all career stages and around the world to discuss all things Worm at UC Davis in June 2025!
Anne Villeneuve
Stanford University
Anne Villeneuve’s laboratory investigates the molecular and cellular mechanisms that ensure the faithful inheritance of chromosomes during meiosis, the specialized cell division program by which diploid organisms generate haploid gametes. Research from her lab and those of her former trainees has played a pivotal role in establishing C. elegans as one of the premier experimental systems for investigating meiotic chromosome dynamics and genetic recombination during meiosis. Recently, her lab has extended their love of worms, chromosomes, sexual reproduction and microscopy to other nematode species and interspecies hybrids.
Sydney Brenner Dissertation Thesis Award
The Sydney Brenner Dissertation Thesis Award will be presented in 2024 to a graduate student who has completed an outstanding PhD research project in the area of genetics and genomics of C. elegans.
GSA Undergraduate Travel Awards
To promote excellence in undergraduate research and education, the Genetics Society of America established the Undergraduate Travel Awards, which support registration costs for undergraduate members who are presenting at a GSA conference.
Showcase your products or services through hands-on demonstrations and in-depth discussions on how you can support attendee research.
Expand your network through workshops, discussions, and social events that make it easy to interact meaningfully with attendees and representatives of key scientific organizations.
Influence researchers at different career stages and on different trajectories, including students, postdocs, faculty, and jobseekers.
The Genetics Society of America (GSA) is an international community of biologists from all career stages and more than 50 countries.