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In Memoriam: Richard Lewontin
Dick on sabbatical and my good fortune Guest post in memory of Richard Lewontin by Thoru Pederson. When I was a graduate student in the Zoology Department at Syracuse University, a visiting professor took an office across the hall from the lab where I was stationed. He came “across” to me (not a cis-trans test…
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GENETICS welcomes new Associate Editor
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Laura Rusche as a new member of the GENETICS Editorial Board in the Gene Expression section. Laura Rusche Laura Rusche is an Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at the University at Buffalo (SUNY). She studies chromatin proteins in an evolutionary context. Rusche earned a BS in Molecular…
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100 years since the medaka’s international debut: Aida’s legacy
From a Kyoto garden to scientific discoveries. Since the 17th century, medaka fish have been bred for their beautiful colors. Shortly after the 1900 re-discovery of Mendel’s laws of inheritance, medaka began to be used for genetic studies. Recessive inheritance of the orange-red (b) and white (r) variants, female-limited appearance of the white phenotype, and an…
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Early Career Scientist Leadership Spotlight — Melissa Drown
We’re taking time to get to know the members of the GSA’s Early Career Scientist Committees. Join us to learn more about our 2021 early career scientist advocates. Melissa Drown Career Development Subcommittee University of Miami Research Interest For my thesis, I study the evolution of complex traits such as metabolic rate and thermal tolerance in a…
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#Worm21 GSA Poster Award Winners
We are pleased to announce the GSA Poster Award winners from the 23rd International C. elegans Conference! Undergraduate and graduate student members of the GSA were eligible for the awards, and a hard-working team of judges made the determinations. Congratulations to all! Madeline Beer, University of Toronto “Investigating the Role of sRNA and Argonautes in Intercellular Communication” Mohannad Dardiry,…
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Early Career Scientist Leadership Spotlight — Madhumala Sadanandappa
We’re taking time to get to know the members of the GSA’s Early Career Scientist Committees. Join us to learn more about our 2021 early career scientist advocates. Madhumala K. Sadanandappa Co-Chair, Career Development Subcommittee Member, Steering Committee Postdoc at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth Research Interest “Nothing in neurobiology makes sense except in the light of behavior,” a quote…