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Landing a faculty position: Tobi Ogunribido

Interviews from newly appointed faculty members shed light on the path to landing a faculty position.

By Editorial Staff

GENETICS and G3 welcome new Senior and Associate Editors

By Editorial Staff

Hold the salt: Study shows standard worm food NaCl levels accelerate aging

By Debra Anazonwu

Papers that are addressing the challenges of new technology

By Editorial Staff

Announcing the new “Functional Genomics and Systems Biology” section in GENETICS

By Editorial Staff

Barcoding for Success

By Nele Haelterman

You’re planning on going to #Dros26—now make the most of it: submit your abstract

By Editorial Staff

Community Voices

How Drosophila can help health science labs do more with less in Brazil

In Brazil, the FlyPower group has been promoting and advocating for biomedical Drosophila research in diverse ways, and shown that fly culture can be up to seven times cheaper than mammalian cell culture.

By Marcos T. Oliveira, Nathane R. Rodrigues, Ricardo G. P. Ramos, and Guilherme Oliveira-Barbosa
When U.S. scientific research isn’t funded, the economy takes a hit

By Editorial Staff
Policy changes are closing the door on the “American Dream”

By Editorial Staff

Policy & Advocacy

How policy changes are driving top researchers abroad and what that means for the U.S.

The U.S. has long been a global leader in science, but that position is at risk. As research funding drops and political pressures rise, scientists, particularly in academia and research institutes, are at a crossroads—what will happen to their labs and their research? Innovation is slowing, and the next generation of researchers is being driven out. Without renewed support, the future of American science and the benefits it brings to our nation could be lost.

By Editorial Staff
A Call to Action: Learn what you can do now to protect science

By Editorial Staff
Letter from the GSA President on recent developments arising from the U.S. Presidential administration

By Brenda J. Andrews

From the Archives

By 23am.com (Antarctica Sailing Trip) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Cold-loving fungi fight frostbite, but can’t take the heat

To the unaided eye, Antarctic soil and alpine glaciers may appear to be barren wastelands devoid of life. But some microbes call hostile habitats like these home. Research on one such organism, published in the latest issue of G3, reveals some of the mechanisms behind cold adaptation—and explains why these otherwise hardy creatures can’t survive…

By Nicole Haloupek

Community Voices