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Registration

Registration is open. The Early (Discounted) Registration deadline is May 2, 2025.

To receive the member rate you must be a GSA member for 2025. 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, 2025. 

If you were a GSA member or attended a GSA conference in the past, please use your established GSA account to register for the conference. Click “Forgot your password?” if you do not remember your login information to receive a password reset email.

Important: If you are submitting an abstract, please use the same email address for your abstract submission and your registration. 

Registration Category GSA Member Rate Non-member Rate
Regular
Early Registration

(through May 2, 2025)

$549 $849
Advance Registration

(through June 5, 2025)

$755 $1,189
Postdoc
Early Registration

(through May 2, 2025)

$395 $545
Advance Registration

(through June 5, 2025)

$559 $759
Graduate Student
Early Registration

(through May 2, 2025)

$325 $449
Advance Registration

(through June 5, 2025)

$475 $595
Undergraduate Student
Early Registration

(through May 2, 2025)

$298 $379
Advance Registration

(through June 5, 2025)

$425 $505
Industry
Early Registration

(through May 2, 2025)

$550 $850
Advance Registration

(Through June 5, 2025)

$756 $1,190

Registration Fee includes: 

  • All keynote, plenary, and platform sessions
  • All in-person workshops
  • All professional development workshops
  • Networking mixers
  • Poster sessions
  • Complimentary participation in virtual pre- and post-conference workshops, based on availability 
  • Opening Mixer
  • Exhibits
  • Conference App for desktop, laptop, and mobile devices
  • Unique login information to register for online workshops and participate in virtual meeting activities through the Conference App
  • Access to posters (and audio commentary, where available) through the Conference App for 30 days
  • Access to all Plenary oral presentation recordings through the Conference App for 30 days
  • Worm Art Show
  • Worm Variety Show
  • PDF of Abstract Book
  • PDF of Program Book
  • Access to Mentor/Mentee matching

Meals

Meals are not included in the registration fee. Attendees staying on campus have meals included in their reservation fee. A meal plan for lunch Sunday through Tuesday will be available on the UC Davis reservation site. The meal plan cannot be purchased onsite and must be ordered on the University of CA, Davis reservation site by March 28, 2025. Meal tickets will not be refundable. 

If you do not purchase the meal plan, there are many dining options in the surrounding area that can accommodate all dining preferences and budgets.

Meeting Shirts

Meeting shirts will be available for advance purchase. The website to purchase meeting and GSA products will be available February 3, 2025.  

Worm Board Contribution

There is an opportunity to donate $5 or $10 to support activities offered to the Worm Community including travel grants to various Worm meetings and the Art Show.  

Manage Your Registration

Payment Options

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

GSA does not accept purchase orders for registration payments.

Registration Resource Center

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

Cancellation

If you wish to request cancellation of your registration, contact gsaconferences@genetics-gsa.org.

Cancellation requests received by May 2, 2025 are fully refundable and will not incur a cancellation fee. All cancellations received between May 3, 2025 and May 13, 2025, will incur a $50 cancellation fee. Cancellations received on May 14, 2025 or later will not be eligible for a refund.

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