The Bay Area Worm Meeting (BAWM) is an annual one-day symposium for the San Francisco Bay Area C. elegans research community. The meeting brings together local scientists to share ideas and techniques and to present new discoveries made using our model organism, the “worm” C. elegans. The program will feature two keynote speakers, Dr. Andrew Dillin from the University of California, Berkeley and Dr. Maria Gallegos from California State University, East Bay, as well as a poster session and 12 short trainee talks, all presented by researchers from Bay Area labs.
A defining feature of BAWM is that there is no registration fee, making the meeting accessible to trainees and researchers who might otherwise be limited by cost, including undergraduate students and research associates. As a result, BAWM is often the first symposium experience for many attendees and provides a welcoming, supportive environment to present and discuss their research.
Your participation is what makes BAWM such a wonderful annual event, and we hope to see you here at the Buck Institute to make BAWM 2026 a success!
BAWM 2026
Saturday, April 11, 2026
Buck Institute
After you register, if you would like to present a talk or poster, click here.
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