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GSA supports symposia organized by student and postdoc members
The Genetics Society of America (GSA) is pleased to support a new round of GSA Trainee-Organized Symposia, which are organized by student and postdoctoral members of the Society. These outstanding events will receive up to $2,000 each in funding to cover direct meeting costs, such as speaker travel, facility rental, and promotional supplies. The goal…
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Funding Opportunity: NIGMS MIRA program
NIH’s National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) has issued a new funding opportunity announcement (FOA) for the second year of its Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) program. The new FOA continues the pilot phase of the MIRA program and is limited to established investigators with two or more R01 equivalent awards or a single…
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GSA offers free membership to scientists in developing countries
As an effort to engage scientists from regions of the world with extremely limited resources, GSA is pleased to extend the opportunity for those in selected countries to become full GSA members at no cost. As with all members, those taking advantage of this program will receive a personal subscription to the GSA journal GENETICS,…
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Time is running out. Submit an abstract to TAGC today
Deadlines for The Allied Genetics Conference (TAGC) arrive in 5 days. Abstract submission, early registration, and travel award and childcare grant applications are all due March 23, 2016. Abstract Submission Submit by March 23 – late abstracts will not be accepted Meeting Registration Save up to $200 by registering on or before March 23 GSA members can save…
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An early TAGC abstract submission: Bess Frost
Bess Frost submitted the second abstract for The Allied Genetics Conference (TAGC), less than 30 minutes after the first submission. Find out more about her work and why she’s coming to TAGC. Bess Frost, PhD Assistant Professor Barshop Institute for Longevity & Aging Studies University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Faculty…
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The word on the street
If you’re producing a network news show and want a perspective on how some policy will affect global health, you could do worse than ask Bill Gates, who has almost invented this area of philanthropy. If you need to interview someone on economic prospects for the coming year, you could ask Janet Yellen, who would…
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New Faculty Profile: Josefa Steinhauer
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. Josefa Steinhauer Assistant Professor of Biology Yeshiva University Lab website Research program: We are interested in lipid-mediated signaling in Drosophila. Phospholipids usually play structural…
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March GENETICS highlights
Check out the the March issue of GENETICS by looking at the highlights or the full table of contents! This Month’s Centennial Articles Richard Hudson and Norman Kaplan on the coalescent process, pp. 865–866 Nicholas H. Barton Senior Editor Nicholas H. Barton introduces Hudson and Kaplan’s 1988 Classic, which extended the coalescent process to include selection, applying it…
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Announcing the PALM Network Spring 2016 Fellows
Inaugural class sets high standards for a growing program. Mentoring Matters The Genetics Society of America takes an active and collaborative role in the Promoting Active Learning & Mentoring (PALM) Network, along with our partners: the American Society for Cell Biology and the American Society of Plant Biologists. PALM funds one-on-one, long-term mentorships for faculty…
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TAGC deadlines approaching
There are only two weeks remaining until several deadlines for The Allied Genetics Conference (TAGC): abstract submission, early registration, and travel award and childcare grant applications are all due March 23, 2016. Abstract Submission Submit by March 23 – late abstracts will not be accepted Meeting Registration Save up to $200 by registering on or before…
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Celebrating women geneticists on International Women’s Day
It’s International Women’s Day and we are celebrating by highlighting outstanding women geneticists. Women like Rosalind Franklin have made—and continue to make—essential contributions to the field of genetics. GSA has partnered with the Gruber Foundation and the American Society of Human Genetics to recognize young women with the Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award for research in genetics. The award…