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Cracking the pear genome: how students helped unlock a new tool for the pear industry
Pears are big business in the United States’ Pacific Northwest. But did you know that traditional pear breeding has remained largely unchanged for centuries? This slow process is difficult and costly, requiring the long-term commitment of labor, materials, and land-space resources. However, traditional pear breeding might get some help from genomics, thanks to a unique…
Community Voices
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Meet the 2024 Presidential Members (Part 2)
The Presidential Membership Initiative was launched in 2020 as a way for the Genetics Society of America to invite talented and creative individuals from diverse backgrounds into our community. We are pleased to introduce the next cohort of Presidential Members. Throughout 2024, they will network with one another and with other Society and Board members, participate in GSA Conferences,…
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Meet the 2024 Presidential Members (Part 1)
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Early Career Leadership Spotlight: Divya Mishra
Policy & Advocacy
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Adriana Bankston: From the Bench to Advocating for Research on Capitol Hill: What Does it Take?
In the Paths to Science Policy series, we talk to individuals who have a passion for science policy and are active in advocacy through their various roles and careers. The series aims to inform and guide early career scientists interested in science policy. This series is brought to you by the GSA Early Career Scientist…
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Maria Elena Bottazzi: Policy and science behind vaccine development
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Manuel Elias-Gutierrez: Science funding in Mexico
Science & Publishing
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GSA Journals Sweepstakes
Submit your research to GENETICS or G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics before April 30, 2024 for a chance to publish for FREE!
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Xin Li joins GENETICS as associate editor
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New associate editor, Xiajing Tong, joins GENETICS
From the Archives
Cold-loving fungi fight frostbite, but can’t take the heat
To the unaided eye, Antarctic soil and alpine glaciers may appear to be barren wastelands devoid of life. But some microbes call hostile habitats like these home. Research on one such organism, published in the latest issue of G3, reveals some of the mechanisms behind cold adaptation—and explains why these otherwise hardy creatures can’t survive…