International society supporting education and research on complex relationships between genes, environments, and behavior.
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📕 Exciting new research findings in the latest issue of Behavior Genetics (Volume 56, Issue 3) link.springer.com/journal/10…
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👶 An evaluation of Fisher's principle that the population sex ratio remains approximately equal through a process of negative frequency-dependent selection by Kaitlyn Harper and colleagues: link.springer.com/article/10…
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🧠 A study investigating the molecular mechanisms through which early-life psychological stress (ELPS) affects the learning and memory capabilities of the hippocampus in rats by Lin Han and colleagues: link.springer.com/article/10…
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💼 Job opening: T32 Postdoc in Genetic and Neurobehavioral Mechanisms of Addiction at the University of Minnesota: bga.org/content.aspx?page_id…
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💼Job opening: A position as a research assistant is available at the Personality Psychology, Psychological Assessment, and Behavioural Genetics (3PAG) Lab at Bielefeld University (Germany). bga.org/content.aspx?page_id…
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📕 Volume 56, Issue 2 of Behavior Genetics is out. Check it out now: link.springer.com/journal/10…
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BGA ECN Mentorship Program Call
Calling all current and future ECN mentors and mentees 📣
If you joined the mentorship program in 2025-2026, please fill out our short survey to share feedback and let us know if you’d like to continue.
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Interested in joining for the first time? New mentors and mentees are very welcome too.
✨Gain insights into professional development
✨Strengthen mentoring skills
✨Spark new research ideas and collaborations
⏳ Complete before June 1, 2026
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🛌 Registered for the BGA but haven't booked your hotel yet?
You can stay at the conference hotel (hotel CASA) with a special conference fee through this link:
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We are holding rooms for conference guests at the moment, but will slowly release them once we get closer to the conference, so book now!
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Whether you’re new to BGA or a returning pro, join the Early Career Network (ECN) Buddy Program and get matched with someone to connect with throughout the conference [1/2]
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📅First meet-up during the ‘New Attendees and Early Career Researchers Reception’ ⏳Sign up before June 1, 2026 👉docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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⚠️ This BGA has turned out to be exceptionally popular with unprecedented numbers of submissions and people wanting to attend. We are now holding a waiting list for non-speakers (this includes symposia Chairs and Discussants) who have not yet registered.
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If you have an accepted abstract as a speaker and are unable to attend, or only plan to attend for one or two days, please email Margot on m.p.vandeweijer@amsterdamumc.nl to let us know.
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Two months until BGA 2026! Have you already taken a look at the program that has been posted on the conference website?:
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The program is packed with exciting presentations - we can't wait!
To get you in the mood, we will be posting some highlights of the program in the coming week. We kick-off with the conference opening: a keynote by local researcher Wouter Peyrot.
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Wouter is a psychiatrist and researcher at the Amsterdam UMC & one of the founders of the Genetics Network Amsterdam. His research capitalises on progress in genetic research to benefit individual patients, by developing novel genetic methods inspired by his work as psychiatrist.
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💼 Three postdoc positions: Genomics and life paths (Uppsala, Amsterdam and Oslo)
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