Call for abstracts: symposium on the Evolution and Regulation of
Sex Chromosomes and Sex Determination at SMBE2025

Annual meeting of the society for molecular biology and evolution
(SMBE) willbe held inJuly 20-24, 2025, in Beijing, China

Qi Zhou from Zhejiang University and Wen-Juan Ma from Vrije
Universiteit Brussel are pleased to announce the upcoming symposium
on the Evolution and Regulation of Sex Chromosomes and Sex
Determinationat SMBE2025.

Sex chromosomes are prevalent in eukaryotes and have evolved
independently. However, it remains a mystery how sex chromosomes
stopped recombination, and why sex chromosomes remain highly stable
in some lineages like mammals and birds but undergo frequent turnovers
in many others. Additionally, the upstream sex-determining genes
are largely unknown in majorities of species. And among the few
species with the sex-determining genes identified, it is unclear
how their downstream pathway is structured and evolved. Excitingly
with the advent of genomics, an increasing number of non-model
species begin to offer insights into these fundamental questions.
Recent studies identified sex-determining regions and characterized
regulatory mechanisms underlying sex determination and sexual
differentiation across a wide range of species.

We are pleased to confirm Prof. Tatiana Giraud (Université Paris-Saclay,
CNRS) as an invited speaker. She is a pioneer in studying sex
chromosomes of various ecological and agriculturally important
fungal species. Her work will be setting the stage for contributed
speakers and together offer a comprehensive perspective on the
evolution and regulation of sex chromosomes and sex determination.

Deadline for abstract submission: Thursday, January 30, 2025, 23:59
(GMT +8).

For more information and to submit your abstract, please visit:
https://smbe2025.scimeeting.cn/en/web/index/25070

Don't miss the opportunity to share your research, engage in
stimulating discussions, and network with peers in this exciting
area of evolutionary biology!

We look forward to seeing you in Beijing this summer!

Best regards,

Wen-Juan Ma

Prof. Dr. Wen-Juan Ma
Assistant Professor
Evolutionary Genomics of Sex Lab
Research Group of Ecology,Evolution and Genetics (bDIV)
Biology Department
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Pleinlaan 2 - 1050 Brussels, Belgium
Office F5.60
T +32 (0)2 629 3416
http://www.wmalab.com
https://bdiv.research.vub.be/en/home-0
https://academic.oup.com/jeb/pages/why-publish

wen-juan.ma@vub.be

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