2025 BAD Meeting

9^th Annual BAD Meeting: Friday June 6th, 2025

Venue: UMass Boston, Boston, MA

LOCAL ORGANIZERS
Jens Rister | Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts Boston
Alexey Veraksa | Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts Boston
Mukulika Ray | Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Boston
Juliet Girard | Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Boston

With participation and expert help from James Walker (MGH) and Clark Davis (UMB)

Keynote Speaker

Dr. Rachel Wilson

Joseph B. Martin Professor of Basic Research in the Field of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School

Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

“Neural Networks for Navigation”

The 9th Annual Boston Area Drosophila Meeting will consist of a day of talks by graduate students/post-docs/faculty, an exciting keynote presentation, and a poster contest with prizes!

UMB is easily accessible by car or public transportation. We will send detailed parking information later, but here is a quick resource to get you oriented: https://www.umb.edu/event-services/contact-us/getting-here/

Please click on the link below to register and make a payment. Registration is $40. These funds will be used to cover the room/building rental as well as bagged lunch and coffee breaks during the meeting.

Registration link: https://commerce.cashnet.com/BIODEPTpay

Important note: if you are planning to present a talk or a poster, please make sure to submit your abstract using a separate link:

Abstract submission is now open! Abstracts will be accepted until April 25th. Oral presenters will be informed if selected for the presentation in early May.

Abstract link: https://forms.gle/tDPKiRMhJYpdUR5T6