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New Faculty Profile: Zeba Wunderlich
New Faculty Profiles showcase GSA members who are establishing their first independent labs. If you’d like to be considered for a profile, please complete this form on the GSA website. Zeba Wunderlich Assistant Professor Department of Developmental and Cell Biology University of California, Irvine Lab website Research program: The Wunderlich Lab uses a combination…
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Denise Montell on Capitol Hill
GSA member Denise Montell (University of California, Santa Barbara) spoke on Capitol Hill this summer, presenting her research on anastasis, the process of by which cells can return from the brink of death: Montell, a former President of the North American Drosophila Board, spoke as part of the Congressional Biomedical Research Caucus (CBRC) 2015 briefing…
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Call for nominations for 2016 Gruber Prizes
The Gruber Foundation has issued a call for nominations for its 2016 Gruber International Prize Program, honoring leaders in Genetics, Cosmology, and Neuroscience. Each prize, which is accompanied by a $500,000 unrestricted monetary award, is designed both to recognize groundbreaking work in each field and to inspire additional efforts that affect fundamental shifts in knowledge and…
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WormBook comes to GENETICS!
GENETICS’ publication of WormBook in the 21st century is a perfect partnership, because C. elegans research began in GENETICS with the May 1974 publication of Sydney Brenner’s The Genetics of Caenorhabditis elegans – the foundational article that launched an entire field. Since then, some of the most important papers about C. elegans have appeared in…
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GSA collaborates with ASCB and ASPB on Promoting Active Learning & Mentoring Network grant
The National Science Foundation has funded a new mentoring initiative jointly organized by the GSA, American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB), and American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB). The Promoting Active Learning & Mentoring (PALM) Network was established to spark sustained biology education reform at diverse institutions through one-on-one long-term mentorships for faculty new to approaches…
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New in G3: sequencing in schizophrenia, fine-mapping in wheat, and cloning in C. elegans
Check out the November issue of G3! Investigations Genes with Restricted Introgression in a Field Cricket (Gryllus firmus/Gryllus pennsylvanicus) Hybrid Zone Are Concentrated on the X Chromosome and a Single Autosome Luana S. Maroja, Erica L. Larson, Steven M. Bogdanowicz, and Richard G. Harrison G3 November 2015 5:2219-2227; Early Online August 26, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.021246 Abstract…
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Funding Opportunity: NIH Director’s Early Independence Award
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has released a funding opportunity announcement for the NIH Director’s Early Independence Award (DP5). This program “supports exceptional investigators who wish to pursue independent research directly after completion of their terminal doctoral/research degree or clinical residency, thereby forgoing the traditional post-doctoral training period and accelerating their entry into an independent…
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NSF Molecular and Cellular Biosciences welcomes long-time GSA member William Eggleston
This blog post was originally written and published by the editorial staff of the MCB blog. It is reprinted here with permission. For news and information about the MCB division, subscribe today. What were you doing before you came to the NSF? I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Biology and Director of…
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Using evolution to link genes and behavior
Genes to Genomes asked Dr. Carolyn (Lindy) McBride (Princeton University), a recipient of the Rosalind Franklin Award for Young Investigators, to tell us about her research and what it means to receive the award. She was recognized for her Rosalind Franklin Award along with another recipient, Dr. Maria Barna, at the 2015 American Society of Human Genetics…
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New Faculty Profile: Jagan Srinivasan
New Faculty Profiles showcase GSA members who are establishing their first independent labs. If you’d like to be considered for a profile, please complete this form on the GSA website. Jagan Srinivasan Assistant Professor (since 2012) Department of Biology & Biotechnology Worcester Polytechnic Institute Lab website Research program: Social species form organizations that…
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Agencies hold first public meeting on the GMO regulatory framework
The Biotechnology Science Coordinating Committee (BSCC), at the behest of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), held the first of three public meetings to discuss an update to the coordinated framework which serves as the regulatory guidelines for genetically engineered organisms. This meeting provided an opportunity for representatives from the primary agencies involved…