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June GENETICS Highlights
Check out the June issue of GENETICS by looking at the highlights or the full table of contents! ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS Alternative polyadenylation directs tissue-specific miRNA targeting in Caenorhabditis elegans somatic tissues, pp. 757-774 Stephen M. Blazie, Heather C. Geissel, Henry Wilky, Rajan Joshi, Jason Newbern, and Marco Mangone Alternative polyadenylation (APA) is observed in virtually all metazoans and…
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Dysfunctional calcium release contributes to muscle weakness as we age
Strong muscles aren’t important only for athletes—declining skeletal muscle strength is strongly associated with lower quality of life and even mortality in older adults. As the world’s population ages, understanding why muscle strength decreases over our lifespans is critical to ensuring seniors enjoy a happy, healthy old age. Normally, a muscle contracts when calcium is…
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Early Career Scientist Leadership Spotlight — Haifa Alhadyian
We’re taking time over the following weeks to get to know the members of the GSA’s Early Career Scientist Committees. Join us every week to learn more about our early career scientist advocates. Haifa Alhadyian Liaison, Communication and Outreach Subcommittee University of Kansas Research Interest: One of the most fascinating…
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MPP People: Elizabeth King
Multiparental populations (MPPs) have brought a new era in mapping complex traits, as well as new analytical challenges. To face these challenges and encourage innovation, the GSA journals launched the ongoing Multiparental Populations series in 2014. This month’s issues of GENETICS and G3 feature a bumper 16 MPP articles, timed to celebrate a new easy-to-use…
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Explore the new Multiparental Populations resource at GENETICS and G3
The GSA Journals are proud to announce a brand new site for our Multiparental Populations (MPP) series. We’re celebrating this redesigned, easy-to-browse site with the addition of sixteen new papers from both journals to the series. As the field of genetics has grown, the rapid development of genomic technologies has given researchers the ability to…
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MPP People: Andrew Morgan
Multiparental populations (MPPs) have brought a new era in mapping complex traits, as well as new analytical challenges. To face these challenges and encourage innovation, the GSA journals launched the ongoing Multiparental Populations series in 2014. This month’s issues of GENETICS and G3 feature a bumper 16 MPP articles, timed to celebrate a new easy-to-use…
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MPP People: Geoffrey Morris
Multiparental populations (MPPs) have brought a new era in mapping complex traits, as well as new analytical challenges. To face these challenges and encourage innovation, the GSA journals launched the ongoing Multiparental Populations series in 2014. This month’s issues of GENETICS and G3 feature a bumper 16 MPP articles, timed to celebrate a new easy-to-use…
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How your experiences translate to job skills
Guest post by Kalyn Gackowski What makes me unique? How are my experiences relevant? How can I show them I’m the ideal candidate? What do I know about [dream job I have never had direct experience in]? Whether you’re looking for a job or just starting your career exploration, the answer to these questions will…
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Early Career Scientist Leadership Spotlight — Didem Sarikaya
We’re taking time over the following weeks to get to know the members of the GSA’s Early Career Scientist Committees. Join us every week to learn more about our early career scientist advocates. Didem Sarikaya Co-chair, Career Development Subcommittee University of California, Davis Research Interest: I’m interested in understanding how…