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Early Career Leadership Spotlight — Anna Bajur
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 2019 early career scientist advocates. Anna Bajur Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics King’s College London Communications and Outreach Subcommittee Research Interest I’m interested…
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Building infrastructure to support mentor training
Improving research mentor training requires new approaches. Mentoring is essential for the success of researchers at all career stages, but not all mentor-mentee relationships are created equal. Students from historically underrepresented backgrounds often receive less mentoring than their peers, and many mentors are not trained in how to mentor effectively. To address some of these…
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Grants & Funding
Congratulations to the Fall 2019 winners of the DeLill Nasser Award for Professional Development in Genetics!
GSA is pleased to announce the recipients of the DeLill Nasser Award for Professional Development in Genetics for Fall 2019! Given twice a year to graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, DeLill Nasser Awards support attendance at meetings and laboratory courses. The award is named in honor of DeLill Nasser, a long-time GSA supporter and National Science Foundation Program…
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Survey on childcare needs at GSA Conferences
The Genetics Society of America is committed to increasing support for parents and caregivers who attend our conferences. As the Conference Childcare Committee, we’re asking for input from parents and caregivers in the community so that we can best meet your needs. This short survey should take less than ten minutes of your time, and…
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In memory of Patricia J. Pukkila
Guest post by Susan Gerbi, George Eggleston Professor of Biochemistry and professor of biology at Brown University, and Virginia A. Zakian, Harry C. Wiess Professor in the Life Sciences in the Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University. Patricia J. Pukkila September 28, 1948 – June 20, 2019 Dr. Patricia J. Pukkila passed away on June…
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Early Career Leadership Spotlight — Nathaniel Noblett
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 2019 early career scientist advocates. Nathaniel Noblet University of Ottawa Policy Subcommittee Research Interest Convergent Extension (CE) is a type of cell movement that is used in…
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Early Career Leadership Spotlight — Kristin Lee
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 2019 early career scientist advocates. Kristin Lee Career Development Subcommittee Columbia University Research interest I’m interested in the evolutionary processes that shape and maintain genetic variation and…