💼 Three postdoc positions: Genomics and life paths (Uppsala, Amsterdam and Oslo)

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✏️ Registration for BGA 2026 has officially opened! You can register using the following link:
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If you submitted an abstract, you should have received an e-mail on this last week. If this is not the case, please let us know.

Please send nominee’s name and a letter of reference by March 25th (11:59pm GMT) to behaviorgeneticsassociation@gmail.com

[...] have served as an ambassador to the field and our organization, especially through service to BGA. In addition to being a "BGA citizen", additional considerations include years from terminal degree (at least 30 years) and not currently serving on the BGA Executive Committee

2. 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐛𝐳𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐤𝐲 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 We invite the membership to submit nominations for the 2026 BGA’s Dobzhansky award. Please nominate individuals who have conducted scientifically groundbreaking work in the field of BG [...]

❗ Two important announcements ❗

1. Due to a large number of abstract submissions, the notifications of acceptance and travel funding, the 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 30.

💼Many new job listings on our website for PhD positions and post-docs:
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Check out the BGA 2026 Amsterdam conference page with all practical information: bga.org/content.aspx....

Registration expected to open soon!

The full advertisement on our website:
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Workshop for Early-Career Researchers on Family-Based Genomic Analyses Join us for a two-day workshop for Early-Career Researchers on Family-Based Genomic Analyses. The workshop is hosted by the PsychGen Center for Genetic Epidemiology and Mental Health, Oslo – 09.04.202...

📝 The PsychGen Center for Genetic Epidemiology and Mental Health is hosting a two-day, in-person workshop for early-career researchers on family-based genomic analyses. The workshop takes place in Oslo, Norway, on 9-10 April 2026 and registration is now open:
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Abstract submission for the #BGA2026 in Amsterdam (NL), is now open!
Oral and Poster Abstract submission: app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/80641....
Symposia abstract submission (symposium chairs only): app.oxfordabstracts.com/events/76614....

The BGA public outreach committee, Psychiatric Genomics Consortium outreach committee and IBANGS have joined forces for the webinar "scientifically accurate & ethically responsible science communication" with J9 Austin, Nicholas Clifton, Ziada Ayorech and Robbee Wedow; scan the QR code to sign up 📷

If you are a researcher/educator and know about any additional programs, please reach out to him by submitting to the form linked on that page!

🎓 Our information officer Daniel Gustavson has created a revised Graduate Programs page: bit.ly/48biJAS on the BGA website.

If you are a student interested in behavior genetics, this page provides a list of current graduate programs in Behavior Genetics.

❗Job opening: Assistant/Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology at the University of Pittsburg

𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆: November 14, 2025

More info on the website ➡️
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3) Assistant professor in Neurogenetics, Neurodegeneration, & Stem Cell Biology at the Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado Boulder (deadline November 1, 2025) jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...

2) Multiple tenure track Assistant/Associate Professor in Integrated Health Across Lifecycle and Systems at Purdue University (Review of applications starts November 10, 2025 and continues until positions are filled) careers.purdue.edu/job/Assistan...

Postdoctoral Position in Social Science Genomics | Max Planck Research Group Biosocial

1) A postdoctoral position in social science genomics at the Max Planck Research Group Biosocial at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin (deadline November 30, 2025) www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2196134/2025...

We currently have multiple job openings (post-doc/assistant prof/associate prof) listed on our website, see thread below if you don't want to miss out!
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🐥 Early-bird announcement

The abstract deadline for BGA 2026 will be February 15, 2026. BGA will take place June 23-26, in beautiful Amsterdam. Time to start thinking about the cool findings you want to share with your international colleagues at our annual meeting!

🍬 Rhiannon Armitage and colleagues examine variation in sweet-liking in a twin population in Finland

📕Diana Bicona and colleagues construct polygenic scores for dyslexia and examine interactions with socioeconomic status to predict reading ability

🧠 Yu-Cheng Hsu and colleagues investigate potentially modifying effects of education on the association of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4 allele and polygenic scores for different cognitive outcomes

⚖️ Parisa Riahi, Farshad Teymoori et al examining familial resemblance patterns of different body adiposity indicators among 16,983 Tehranian adults

🧬 A proteome wide asssociation study examining causal effects of the mother’s and fetal blood proteome on pregnancy related outcomes by Emily Daubney and colleagues

🔍 A systematic review of twin literature by Will Conabere and colleagues that addresses genetic and environmental influences to gender diversity

⏰ New issue alert: Volume 55, issue 5: link.springer.com/journal/1051...

Behavior Genetics Behavior Genetics is a leading journal concerned with the genetic analysis of behavioral traits. The journal offers the most current original research on ...

🔜 Submit your abstract to the BG special issue "The role of sex in neurodevelopment" before October 31!

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Using structural equation models to estimate direct and indirect genetic effects and assortative mating in trio data - PROMENTA Guest lecture by Matt Keller

Two birds of a gene - catch Matt Keller's webinar at @uio.no on October 15th. Please share
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🧬 Xuanyu Lyu and colleagues on using extended pedigrees to quantify the influence of mitochondrial DNA on human behavior