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Inducing lifesaving sleep in worms
Sometimes, a nematode worm just needs to take a nap. In fact, its life may depend on it. New research has identified a protein that promotes a sleep-like state in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Without the snooze-inducing molecule, worms are more likely to die when confronted with stressful conditions, report researchers in the March 7, 2016…
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Behind the Podium: A conversation with TAGC Keynote Speaker David Kingsley
In preparation for The Allied Genetics Conference (TAGC), set to take place in Orlando this July, Genes to Genomes is getting the inside scoop from many of the outstanding keynote speakers in our “Behind the Podium” series. Here, GSA member Nathaniel Sharp interviews vertebrate evolution researcher, David Kingsley. NS: It’s exciting that TAGC will involve…
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New in G3: butterfly evolution, barley genetic drift, and stickleback ornamentation
Check out the March issue of G3! Investigations Partial Dominance, Overdominance, Epistasis and QTL by Environment Interactions Contribute to Heterosis in Two Upland Cotton Hybrids Lianguang Shang, Yumei Wang, Shihu Cai, Xiaocui Wang, Yuhua Li, Abdugheni Abduweli, and Jinping Hua G3 March 2016 6:499-507; Early Online December 29, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.025809 Abstract | Full Text |…
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GSA member Houra Merrikh honored with Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise
GSA member Houra Merrikh has been honored with the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science. Established in 2009, the award recognizes individuals born outside of the U.S. who have demonstrated outstanding early achievement and who often face significant challenges early in their career. Houra Merrikh, PhD Assistant Professor of Microbiology University of Washington…
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Policy Points: Where do we send the bill?
FY 2017 Budget Process Underway President Obama submitted his budget request for Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 to congress at the beginning of the month, proposing funding levels for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to accommodate a nearly $1 billion increase in mandatory spending to fund special projects like the BRAIN, Precision Medicine, and Cancer Moonshot…
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First TAGC registrant – Kathleen Triman
Emerita member Kathleen Triman was the first person to register for The Allied Genetics Conference (TAGC). Here she tells us why she can’t wait. Kathleen L. Triman, PhD Professor Emerita Department of Biology Franklin & Marshall College Lancaster, PA 17603 Why are you excited to participate in TAGC? Genetics is my lifelong fascination! TAGC…
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Come to the jamboree
The Allied Genetics Conference – TAGC – is coming up soon (July 13 to 17 in Orlando), with an abstract submission deadline of March 23. This pan-genetics meeting features seven of the GSA communities: C. elegans; Ciliates; Drosophila; Mouse; Population, Evolutionary & Quantitative Genetics; Yeast; and Zebrafish. I think you should be there, because someday…
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How to write titles that tempt
You slave over writing your paper, trying to make sure that the introduction sets up a compelling story, that the results provide clear and convincing evidence for your conclusions, and that your discussion of what it all means makes sense. You and your co-authors edit relentlessly, passing the manuscript back and forth, improving it with…