Articles by Early Career Scientist Committees (170 results)

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 2020 early career scientist advocates. Jacob L. Steenwyk Communications & Outreach Subcommittee Howard Hughes Medical Institute James H. Gilliam Fellow Biological Science Department, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN Research Interest Broadly, I am interested…

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 2020 early career scientist advocates.                   Nashrah Ahmad Communication & Outreach Subcommittee Kent State University Research Interest Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of…

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 2020 early career scientist advocates.                   Małgorzata Anna Gazda Career Development Subcommittee (2019/20), Steering Subcommittee (2020-present) University of Porto, Portugal Research Interest Have you ever…

Written by members of the GSA Early Career Scientist Communication and Outreach Subcommittee: Carla Bautista Rodriguez, Université Laval; Zach Grochau-Wright, University of Arizona; Angel F. Cisneros Caballero, Université Laval Disrupting the complex and delicate balance of a genome can have devastating consequences. In humans, for example, extra copies of individual chromosomes can result in diseases,…

Written by members of the GSA Early Career Scientist Communication and Outreach Subcommittee: Angel F. Cisneros Caballero, Université Laval; Adelita Mendoza, PhD, Washington University; Narjes Alfuraiji, University of Manchester; Anna Bajur, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics During the current global pandemic, public attention is increasingly falling on the process of drug…

In late 2019, Thomas Merritt approached the members of the Communication & Outreach Subcommittee of the GSA Early Career Leadership Program about submitting a proposal for The Allied Genetics Conference (TAGC) 2020. The members of the subcommittee jumped at the opportunity, and a group of six submitted a full proposal, which the Genetics Society of…

Gonzalo Castro de la Mata works across disciplines to balance economic development and environmental conservation. Here we talk about approaching problems from different perspectives and making time to live while you work. In the Decoding Life series, we talk to geneticists with diverse career paths, tracing the many directions possible after research training. This series…

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 2019 early career scientist advocates. Ana Mesquita Policy Subcommittee Albert Einstein College of Medicine Research Interest Autophagy is a catabolic process that occurs in all eukaryotic organisms analyzed to date. It is critical…

Tracy Raines works at AgBiome as a project leader and strategist. Her scientific career spans academia and industry. In her current role, she oversees the company’s workflow while also working in business and partnership development. In the “Decoding Life” series, we talk to geneticists with diverse career paths, tracing the many directions possible after research training.…

We’re taking time 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. Ina Anreiter Early Career Scientist Steering Committee Department of Computer Science; University of Toronto Research Interest I’m a molecular biologist and behavioral geneticist, interested in the…

Stuart Macdonald is the Director of the K-INBRE Bioinformatics Core Facility, as well as a Professor in the Department of Molecular Biosciences at the University of Kansas. He points out the importance of mentoring in his career journey, from the UK to the US, and he discusses how he balances different aspects of his job.…