Dear CTC-RG Website visitors,

We are organizing the 2026 meeting of the CTC. From Dec 18–Jan 17, voting is open for the locations and timing of the next meeting. If you would like, please vote here:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScvHgnWb9QXfoko7A7OAZzKxbmXMOsZIWp2vjKp70qCpXIgzg/viewform

The possible venues and times are:

• Portland, Maine: Hosted by Vivek Kumar // JAX – Early to mid fall 2026 (~mid Oct)
• Houston, Texas: Hosted by Peter Doris – Mid fall 2026 (~mid Oct to early Nov)
• San Diego, CA: Hosted by Abe Palmer – Early or late summer 2026 (~June or late Aug/early Sept)

The CTC is an international organization that brings together multidisciplinary scientists - geneticists, bioinformaticians, molecular biologists, statisticians, and computer scientist - interested in research on complex polygenic traits and diseases.

The CTC and the Rat Genomics & Models communities are merging annual meetings. Both communities share many interests, research opportunities, and research funding challenges. Our joint meeting will focus on cutting-edge molecular, genetic, and statistical methods. We are particularly keen to encourage more collaborate across model organism communities and to provide a strong experimental foundation for genome-to-phenome analysis, biological mechanisms, and prediction, prevention, and treatment. Our goal is to make precision medicine a reality rather than a fiction.