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Three GENETICS articles from 2020 recognized with Editors’ Choice Awards
Congratulations to the winners of the Editors’ Choice Awards for outstanding articles published in GENETICS in 2020! The journal’s Editorial Board considered a diverse range of articles, finding many papers worthy of recognition. After much deliberation, they settled on one exceptional article for each of the three award categories: molecular genetics, population and evolutionary genetics,…
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Sleep control gene conserved across millions of years of evolution
AP-2 transcription factors, which control sleep in flies and worms, are confirmed to do the same in mammals.
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Early Career Leadership Spotlight — Molly Matty
We’re taking time to get to know the members of the GSA’s Early Career Leadership Committees. Join us to learn more about our early career scientist advocates. Molly Matty Career Development Subcommittee Molecular Neurobiology Labs, Salk Institute for Biological Studies Postdoctoral Research Fellow Research Interest I am interested in host-microbe interactions. The profound effects microscopic organisms…
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#Dros21 Speaker Highlights
Get a sneak peek of the Annual Drosophila Research Conference Plenary Sessions. The 62nd Annual Drosophila Research Conference is nearly here! #Dros21 will be packed with the latest Drosophila research, plenty of networking events to reconnect with your fly folk, plus an extensive professional development program. All abstracts will be available in early March, but…
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Early Career Scientist Leadership Spotlight — Lossie “Elle” Rooney
We’re taking time to get to know the members of the GSA’s Early Career Leadership Committees. Join us to learn more about our 2020 early career scientist advocates. Lossie “Elle” Rooney Policy Subcommittee North Carolina State University PhD Candidate in Genetics Research Interest Gene regulation is often referred to as the “dark matter” of the genome.…
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Congratulations, 2021 Victoria Finnerty Travel Award recipients!
The Victoria Finnerty Travel Award supports conference-attendance costs for undergraduate GSA members who are presenting research at the Annual Drosophila Research Conference. Because the conference will be held virtually in 2021 from March 23–April 1, recipients will receive free registrations to #Dros21. Victoria Finnerty, who died in February 2011, was a long-time member of the…
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Announcing new sections at GENETICS
GENETICS is pleased to announce the addition of new sections as part of a topical reorganization to best convey its scientific interests.
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Careers
Unwritten rules of applying for postdocs
Insider tips on how to make your postdoc application stand out from the pack. Guest post by B. Duygu Özpolat. While some graduate students have resources and institutional support to help them navigate the transition to postdoc life, not everyone has a mentor to guide them through the many unwritten rules of this complex system.…