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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Dear AQMHD community,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><b><span style="font-family:"Apple Color Emoji";color:black">📣</span><span style="color:black"> Abstract submission is now open for AQMHD 2026!<br>
</span></b><span style="color:black">Join us October 17–21, 2026 at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts for the 12th Aquatic Models of Human Disease Conference.<br>
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Students, postdocs, staff scientists, junior faculty, established investigators — we want to hear from you! </span><span style="font-family:"Apple Color Emoji";color:black">🙌</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Submit your abstract by August 10, 2026:<br>
</span><u><span style="color:#000068"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSePyzkljuFG60eLs6d5OWMiZlHqKocTxcaF5vBgCus8H9vOqQ/viewform" target="_blank" title="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSePyzkljuFG60eLs6d5OWMiZlHqKocTxcaF5vBgCus8H9vOqQ/viewform"><span style="color:#000064">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSePyzkljuFG60eLs6d5OWMiZlHqKocTxcaF5vBgCus8H9vOqQ/viewform</span></a></span></u><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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We welcome abstracts using aquatic models to understand human biology and disease. Abstracts may be considered for a 15-minute talk, poster, or poster plus lightning talk. Abstract text is limited to 250 words. <span style="background:white">Scientific themes
include development, regeneration, cancer, genomics, functional genetics, metabolism, immunology/microbiome, toxicology, behavior/physiology, evolution, and nutrition.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Apple Color Emoji";color:black">🧫🧠🧬</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black;background:white"> </span></span><span style="color:black;background:white">We
welcome work across established and emerging aquatic systems, including zebrafish, gar, killifish, medaka, stickleback, Xiphophorus, lamprey, Xenopus, cephalopods, squid, Aplysia, hydra, Nematostella, tunicates, sea urchins, planarians, ctenophores, Ciona,
echinoderms, Aiptasia, coral, and more!<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Apple Color Emoji";color:black">🐟🐸🦑🪸</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Meeting info, scientific sessions, keynotes, and updates are available here:<br>
</span><u><span style="color:#000068"><a href="https://aqmhd.org/" target="_blank" title="https://aqmhd.org/"><span style="color:#000064">https://aqmhd.org/</span></a></span></u><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">See you in Woods Hole!,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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AQMHD 2026 Organizing Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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