Ten days remain to submit your #WCPG26 Symposium!
These 1.5 hour sessions must include 1 chair, 1 co-chair, 4 speakers, and 1 formal discussant, with a maximum of 7 participants.
To begin your submission and for more details, visit the Submissions tab at ispg.societyconference.com/ today!
Privar a las personas refugiadas de Palestina de alimentos, agua y recursos básicos es un método de presión y una grave violación de los derechos humanos. Y en #Gaza sigue ocurriendo. En un solo año, al menos 463 palestinos incluidos 157 niños han muerto por inanición.
¡Basta ya!
You're invited to register for and send in your submissions to #WCPG26!
The International Society of Psychiatric Genetics' annual congress will be held in Glasgow, Scotland from 29 September - 3 October. The theme - Understanding Today, Translating Tomorrow - asks us to look forward. Join us.
The big day is just one week away!
#WCPG26 registrations and submissions open on the 17th of February. Let's make Glasgow one to remember, ISPG.
I ❤️ this scientific society.
La misma pregunta que yo siempre hago a mis estudiantes ¿A quien nos debemos? ¿Para quien trabajamos?
Start 2026 off by fueling your passion. ISPG's special interest groups connect you with like-minded colleagues sharing common pursuits. See a need? Form your own group and create the network you want to see within our community.
Details at https://bit.ly/4qRtW1f
As we approach the end of 2025, the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics thanks everyone whose work, passion, and time have contributed to making the world a better place through research in action.
The Executive Office will be closed 24 December - 1 January.
Happy Holidays to all!
Are you a regular attendee at the World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics? Please help us to shape #WCPG2026
We’d love your input on:
✅ Which plenary speakers would you like to hear?
✅ What innovations should we bring to #WCPG2026?
✅ What new areas should we make sure to cover?
#WCPG2026 may seem far off, but planning is already well underway for our annual gathering next year in Scotland. Next year, we're trading the sunshine of #WCPG2025 for the warmth of Scottish hospitality in Glasgow, from 30th September – 3rd October 2026.
In a GA4GH Public Attitudes blog post, Gabriela Chavaría Soley, Ronald Alfaro Redondo, and Henriette Raventós (Universidad de Costa Rica) explore individual attitudes toward medical and genetic data sharing in Latin America and the development of two new indexes. Read: www.ga4gh.org/news_item/in...
Thank you to all our speakers, attendees, volunteers, and staff! Without your participation, the World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics wouldn't be possible.
We look forward to seeing everyone next year in Glasgow, Scotland!
Join Dr. Cathryn Lewis for a deep dive into "Navigating the Genetics
of Depression: Academic Integrity, Culture, and Leadership" in the Grand Cenote, first floor, tomorrow morning at 8:30 AM EST. #WCPG2025
Llenen estos datos desde ahora para que su tarjeta de turismo esté lista el día que llegan a Migración
When women researchers publish, media attention doesn’t always follow | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Curious about how to get published, what editors are really looking for? Join us for an informal conversation sponsored by JAMA Psychiatry, with guest attendance and support from Psychiatric Genetics.
Wednesday October 22 at 11:30 AM
Apuntes sobre el LIVE que hicimos en #GlobalGene con @jettyraventos.bsky.social Reventos sobre la investigación extractiva o de helicoptero
Grant Writing Workshop (WCPG-PGC) Mon 20 Oct 2025 17:00
90-minute workshop
Attendance by application/invitation only. A ticket shows that your application has been received. It doesn't guarantee you'll be successful in being awarded a place at the event
www.eventbrite.com/e/grant-writ...
Next Members' Meetup 24 Sept 10 AM ET
The Stigma Reduction Interest Group surveyed >120 ISPG members about stigma related to mental health conditions and how to address it. They will share the outcomes of the survey and stimulate a discussion. Join us! us06web.zoom.us/j/8449325356...
We’ve received a record number of Peter McGuffin Scholarship applicants!
Our goal: $5,000
So far, thanks to the generosity of members like you, we’ve raised $1,100.
Donate today and help us to continue to be a community of lifting others up.
Donate: ispg.net/portal-2/don...
For all scientists from our society @ispg.bsky.social who can donate to help fund our junior and LMIC researchers to attend the annual meeting, we need your solidarity and support. Please share!
I recently spent my holidays in Ireland for the first time. Read Banville and Rooney while traveling. I always try to adjust my readings for the whole experience. Wonderful country, lovely people, i will go back for a longer period after retirement.
Peter McGuffin Memorial Scholarship
This donor funded scholarship helps ISPG cover registration and travel cost for eligible applicants with attendance to the WCPG 2025 meeting, depending on available funds.
Apply now: forms.office.com/r/HtP8jYjMcR
Donate now: ispg.net/peter-mcguff...
Equitable Collaboration between researchers from high-income countries & LMICs is vital for delivering progress benefiting everyone
Our EPPP & IDEA Committees produced a consensus report w/ key considerations & strategies for planning, implementing, & disseminating research:
doi.org/10.1002/ajmg...
🧬 Royalton Splash Riviera Cancun Discounted Rates for WCPG 2025
EXTENDED to 19 August 2025
🧬 Make a Reservation: be.synxis.com?adult=1&arri...
#Lolita for anyone having a tough day
“The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe – and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.”
James Baldwin
Lo que está pasando en EEUU en el financiamiento de las ciencias tiene repercusiones geopolíticas globales. ¿Quiénes tomarán la(s) hegemonía(s) en ciencia? ¿Qué implica para nuestra región? ¿Dónde nos situamos como país? ¿Como universidad?
Members Meet-up: "Perception on Genetic Data Sharing in Latin America" talk by Gabriela Dr. Chavarria-Soley on regional insights from the Your DNA, Your Say survey. Open to everyone, recording will only be open to members.
Link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8969829248...
📅 April 24 | 🕘 9am CST
Super excited and proud to share the publication of our article @pnas.org reporting a rare missense variant in GPR156 associated with Depression. Although an orphan GPCR with no known binding partners, GPR156 is expressed in the meedial habenula, a region known to be involved in mood regulation...
