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‘International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium: Insights from the Past, Shaping the Future’ Which will be held virtually on Thursday 22 January 2026 from 11:00-18:00 EDT / 17:00 – 00:00 CET This online meeting will focus on three pillars. First, it will briefly present the progress and achievements of the IMPC programme to date (Session I). Second, it will showcase the extent to which the programme has impacted basic and applied biomedical research along with its translational effects on understanding disease mechanisms and advancing human health (Session II). This Session will also include the presentation of the IMPC survey results. Third, it will solicit ideas and opinions from IMPC members and the scientific community at large on the value and justification for continuing and KOMP/IMPC programme as well as suggestions for future directions and priorities (Session III). Registration is free, but mandatory.

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The IMPC Strategic Conference will be held virtually on Thursday 22 January 2026

Registration is free but required: www.mousephenotype.org/news/2025-vi...

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Model organism databases face budget cuts and closures Beyond the crucial data they contain, these digital archives have provided an important space for academic communities to exchange ideas and resources.

Nature has published an article on the crisis facing MODs
Model organism databases face budget cuts and closures www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@zfinmod.bsky.social @xenbase.bsky.social @yeastgenome.bsky.social @mousegenome.bsky.social @ratgenome.bsky.social @geneontology.bsky.social @nature.com

📢 NEW GENOME ALERT

In #G3journal, @squarehare.bsky.social, @judithmank.bsky.social, and team generated a genome assembly of the Amazon guppy, Poecilia bifurca and showed how this species shares sex chromosomes with related species, albeit with substantial Y chromosome degeneration. buff.ly/lM7etkw

In the apple eye of evolution: Camera-type eye regeneration - the Node Behind the paper stories from "A genetically tractable non-vertebrate system to study complete camera-type eye regeneration" We are all stepping into a

#ICYMI
Check out my new article at @the-node.bsky.social where Alice and Alejandro share #behindthepaper stories !

Come for the science, stay for learning about curiosity, philosophy, mentorship & joy of discovery!

#devbio #regeneration #stemcells #scicomm
#pax6 #cellbio #eye #organogenesis

Brown and green morphs of Ptychadena robeensis. A locus near FoxD3 is associated with dorsal coloration in Ptychadena robeensis.

Many frogs can be either green or brown—two colors that can help them stay hidden depending on their environment. A study explores how evolution can maintain multiple color morphs for millions of years through long-term balancing selection. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

📢 The GSA Board of Directors is seeking a graduate student & a postdoc to serve as early career representatives! Serve a 2-year term, share the early career scientist perspective at Board meetings, and help shape GSA’s future. Apply by Oct 17: buff.ly/e7eaq6b

YouTube video by Alliance Of Genome Resources Model organism data and rare diseases

In case you missed it (or want to review or share it), today's Alliance webinar is now up on our YouTube channel youtu.be/mtqlMEEqQKc

If you'd like to get a jump on registering for future webinars, you can do that here tinyurl.com/4f9ycybt

This month's Alliance webinar is TOMORROW (9/25) at noon EDT, on the use of model organism data in rare disease diagnostics and disease-gene association discovery, presented by guest speaker Damian Smedley.
Register by midnight EDT TONIGHT (9/25) to get the Zoom link: tinyurl.com/4f9ycybt

Graphic with screenshot from the Common Laboratory Mouse Strains MiniCourse's instructional video with six black, illustrated mice on the screen above black text that reads, "What is Genetic Drift?"

🧬 With genes constantly evolving, #GeneticDrift is an ongoing challenge that can complicate biomedical research.

Do you know how to prevent genetic drift from affecting your mouse colony? 👇

Have you heard of the Zebrafish Rock! Slack Pro tankspace? Sponsored by ZFIN, it acts as the premier source for questions and queries for the #zebrafish community and beyond! If you are keen to join, please fill out this Google form at our website: linktr.ee/zebrafishrock

The next Alliance webinar is THIS Thursday (9/25) at noon EDT. If you'd like the Zoom invitation please preregister by Wednesday (9/24) before midnight EDT tinyurl.com/4f9ycybt
If you got the Zoom link in an email this morning, you're set, and don't need to do more.

by midnight EDT Weds Sept 24 for the Zoom link. You can also register via the Alliance Event Calendar www.alliancegenome.org/event-calendar.

Links to recordings of the previous Alliance webinars can also be found on the Alliance Event Calendar.

Alliance Of Genome Resources Event Registration Webinar recordings are posted at https://www.youtube.com/@AllianceOfGenomeResources A schedule of future events is on the Alliance Events Calendar https://www.alliancegenome.org/event-calendar

The next Alliance webinar is Thurs. Sept. 25, noon EDT, on the use of model organism data in rare disease diagnostics and disease-gene association discovery, presented by guest speaker Damian Smedley, Professor of Computational Genomics, Queen Mary Univ of London. Register here tinyurl.com/4f9ycybt

Rich Losick’s Farewell Publication Reexamines a Molecular Biology Milestone - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology Richard Losick, Maria Moors Cabot Professor of Biology, Emeritus in Harvard’s Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, is about to publish what he describes as his “last paper”—though […]

Rich Losick’s Farewell Publication Reexamines a Molecular Biology Milestone 🧪 🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd
www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @cryptogenomicon.bsky.social @craigphunter.bsky.social @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @harvardmagazine.bsky.social @naoshigeuchida.bsky.social

Alliance release 8.2.0 is live! www.alliancegenome.org

Exciting news! Reactome is hosting an interactive workshop at #ASHG25 on Tuesday, October 14th. Advanced ticket purchase is required, so don't forget to sign up for our session "Pathway Analysis for All" when you register for the conference.

[Announcement]
ZFIN Updates Data to GRCz12tu Reference Genome

ZFIN is excited to announce that we have updated our site to use NCBI annotation data for the GRCz12tu reference genome. Please see our announcement here:

📢 NEW GENOME ALERT

In #G3journal, Ludwig et al. present high-quality nuclear, chloroplast, and mitochondrial genomes of figleaf goosefoot to facilitate gene-trait association studies. buff.ly/SzLKNr6

The amazing Matt Guille opens the meeting

Wow, International Xenopus Meeting (IXC25) -- Matt Guille and EXRC opens the meeting with old friends new science @xenbase.bsky.social xenopusresource.org/20th-interna...
#science #devbio #xenopus #frogs

Exclusive: Harvard University lays off fly database team The layoffs jeopardize this resource, which has served more than 4,000 labs for about three decades.

Utterly devastating: FlyBase zapped.

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#modelOrganism

⏰ Don’t forget! Applications for the DeLill Nasser Award are due September 18. Grad students & postdocs can apply for support to present research at national or international meetings.🔗 buff.ly/3byFIES

Use these funds to attend #Dros26, #Fungal26, #PEQG26 or #Yeast26—there's something for everyone!

We are excited to announce the release of the MaveDB Experiment Heatmaps and Alignment track for hg38. Each heatmap shows the results of many small substitutions that were tested within a gene to examine their functional consequences.

Learn more at:
http://bit.ly/4lCIlLq

YouTube video by Alliance Of Genome Resources Ontologies and the Alliance

If you missed today's webinar, 'Ontologies and the Alliance', or if you'd like to share it or review the content, a recording is now posted to our YouTube channel youtu.be/dCg1K9CuSBI

The Alliance Event Calendar www.alliancegenome.org/event-calendar links to recordings of all our webinars.

Alliance Of Genome Resources Event Registration Webinar recordings are posted at https://www.youtube.com/@AllianceOfGenomeResources A schedule of future events is on the Alliance Events Calendar https://www.alliancegenome.org/event-calendar

This month's Alliance webinar is TOMORROW (August 22). If you want the Zoom link, please preregister by midnight EDT TONIGHT (August 21) forms.gle/GzMnmwK23SzP...

Invitations will go out just after midnight.

Invitations to those of you already preregistered were emailed a few minutes ago; if you got that email, you don't need to register again.

The Alliance webinar for August is this Thursday (Aug 21, noon EDT), on Ontologies and the Alliance, presented by Chris Mungall. You can preregister for the zoom link here forms.gle/GzMnmwK23SzP...; please preregister by midnight EDT Wednesday Aug 20.

Worms love flies! Please consider donating to FlyBase. Model organisms unite! #celegans

Pathway to Independence – an interview with Joaquín Navajas Acedo.

In this interview, @mads100tist.bsky.social talks about about his research vision, zebrafish and the importance of community:

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Don’t miss out - 1 week left to submit photos! We need your most intriguing or adorable rat photos for RGD's 2026 Rat Calendar! The deadline for submission is Friday, August 22, 2025. For more info, go to rgd.mcw.edu/wg/rgd-2026-...