GURS 2025

Minneapolis, Minnesota
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The Society of Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgeons (GURS) will hold its annual meeting on September 25th-27th, 2025 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Abstract submissions closed on June 1st, 2025.

Northeastern Section of the AUA – 77th Annual Meeting

Fort McDowell, Arizona
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The Northeastern Section of the American Urological Association will hold its 77th annual meeting on October 8th-11th, 2025 in Fort McDowell, Arizona. Register before September 16th, 2025 to receive a discounted early-bird price.

CAIRIBU ARCTICS Community Forum – Strategies for Securing Foundation Funding

Indira Mysorekar, PhD; Nicole De Nisco, PhD; Nicole Gilbert, PhD; Zohreh Izadifar, PhD; Kim Hollander, Tanecia Mitchell, PhD; Johanny Kugelman-Tonos, PhD
(12 PM Central | 10 AM Pacific)
@ 1:00 pm EDT - 2:00 pm EDT
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This session will feature a panel discussion featuring investigators who have secured foundation funding and foundation representatives. They will describe practical strategies for securing research funding from private foundations, including how to align your proposal with foundation priorities.

SMSNA 2025

Grapevine, TX
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The 26th annual meeting of the Sexual Medicine Society of North America will take place on October 9th-12th in Grapevine, TX. Abstract submissions were due on June 1st, 2025.

2025 AUA Early-Career Investigators Workshop

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The ECIW provides invited early-career physician-scientists and urologic researchers with an opportunity to learn and receive mentorship from established, well-funded investigators in urologic research. Applications for 2025 are closed. This collaborative workshop offers insights into the scientific review process, information about independent funding sources, and individualized grant writing guidance. By providing participants with a solid grant writing foundation, the next generation of urology researchers gain the skillset to successfully compete for their own research program funding to facilitate future urologic discovery.

AUGS PFD Week 2025

Vancouver, Canada
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The American Urogynecologic Society will hold its annual meeting from October 12-19 in Vancouver, Canada. Abstract submissions closed on April 7th, 2025.

CAIRIBU Graduate Student Seminar

Emily Paterson (Strand Lab)
(1 PM Central | 11 AM Pacific)
@ 2:00 pm EDT - 3:00 pm EDT
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This seminar will begin with an introduction by Doug Strand, PhD, who will provide an overview of the Strand Lab at the University of Texas Southwestern. This will be followed by a presentation from Emily Paterson, a graduate student in the Strand Lab.

CAIRIBU U-RIG Research Hour: Bridging Knowledge Gaps in the Urobiome

Nicole Gilbert, PhD, Michael Neugent, PhD
(2 PM Central | 12 PM Pacific)
@ 3:00 pm EDT
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The Uromicrobiota Research Interest Group (U-RIG) includes CAIRIBU and non-CAIRIBU investigators interested in the uromicrobiota. Investigators are clinicians and scientists from a variety of fields including urology, urogynecology, microbiology, microbial ecology, virology, bioinformatics, and computer and data science. The CAIRIBU U-RIG Research Hour aims to facilitate knowledge exchange and spur collaborations in the urobiome and adjacent fields. Join us on Friday, October 17 at 3:00 PM ET (2 PM CT | 12 PM PT)  to hear from Nicole Gilbert, PhD (Washington University in St. Louis).