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<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I am writing on behalf of the organizing committee for
</span><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">AQMHD 2026</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, the
</span><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">12th Aquatic Models of Human Disease Conference</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, to ask whether you would be willing to share the announcement below with your members through
your mailing list, newsletter, website, or social media channels.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">AQMHD brings together researchers using aquatic organisms and other non-mammalian systems to understand human biology and disease. The meeting highlights both established and emerging models, with broad relevance
to developmental biology, evolution, genetics, physiology, regeneration, toxicology, disease modeling, comparative biology, and related fields.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The 2026 meeting will be held </span>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">October 17–21, 2026</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> at the
</span><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">. Abstract submission is now open, with a deadline of
</span><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">August 10, 2026</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We would be very grateful if you could share this opportunity with your community, especially trainees, postdocs, early-career researchers, and investigators working with aquatic or comparative models.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thank you very much for helping us spread the word!<br>
<br>
On behalf of the AQMHD 2026 Organizing Committee<br>
<a href="https://aqmhd.org/?utm_source=chatgpt.com" target="_new">https://aqmhd.org/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Abstract submission is open for AQMHD 2026!</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The </span><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">12th Aquatic Models of Human Disease Conference</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> will take place
</span><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">October 17–21, 2026</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> at the
</span><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">AQMHD brings together researchers using aquatic organisms and emerging non-mammalian systems to understand human biology and disease. The meeting provides a forum for work spanning development, regeneration, cancer,
genomics, functional genetics, metabolism, immunology and microbiome biology, toxicology, behavior, physiology, evolution, nutrition, and comparative disease models.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We welcome abstracts from researchers working across established and emerging systems, including zebrafish, gar, killifish, medaka, stickleback, Xiphophorus, lamprey, Xenopus, cephalopods, squid, hydra, Nematostella,
tunicates, sea urchins, planarians, ctenophores, Ciona, echinoderms, Aiptasia, coral, Aplysia, and more!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Abstracts may be considered for a
</span><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">15-minute talk</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">,
</span><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">poster</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, or
</span><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">poster plus lightning talk</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">. Abstract text is limited to
</span><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">250 words</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Abstract deadline:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> August 10, 2026<br>
</span><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Submit an abstract:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
<a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSePyzkljuFG60eLs6d5OWMiZlHqKocTxcaF5vBgCus8H9vOqQ/viewform" target="_new">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSePyzkljuFG60eLs6d5OWMiZlHqKocTxcaF5vBgCus8H9vOqQ/viewform</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Meeting information:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
<a href="https://aqmhd.org/?utm_source=chatgpt.com" target="_new">https://aqmhd.org/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">AQMHD mailing list:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
<a href="https://groups.google.com/g/aqmhd_mailing_list">https://groups.google.com/g/aqmhd_mailing_list</a><br>
Visitors can use the “Contact owners and managers” option to request access to the mailing list.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Follow AQMHD 2026 on Bluesky:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/aqmhd2026.bsky.social?utm_source=chatgpt.com" target="_new">https://bsky.app/profile/aqmhd2026.bsky.social</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We encourage students, postdocs, staff scientists, junior faculty, established investigators, and anyone interested in aquatic models of human disease to submit an abstract and join us in Woods Hole.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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