Articles by Editorial Staff (501 results)

Anvita Kulshrestha Community and Membership Engagement SubcommitteeDuke University Research Interest What excites me most about my research is the opportunity to understand how genetic  variation shapes disease severity and outcomes in sickle cell disease (SCD), a monogenic  disorder with high clinical heterogeneity. Although SCD is caused by a single point mutation in the β-globin gene, patients…

We’re taking time to get to know the members of the GSA Early Career Scientist Subcommittees. Join us to learn more about members of the Early Career Leadership Program.

Interviews from newly appointed faculty members shed light on the path to landing a faculty position.

As GSA prepares to connect with the plant and animal genome community at PAG, we highlight recent GENETICS and GS articles relevant to this year’s conference and beyond.

What makes the Population, Evolutionary, and Quantitative Genetics (PEQG) Conference so special? For many researchers, it’s the rare chance to gather with experts who work across an incredible range of model systems, approaches, and questions, all while sharing a deep common interest.

Adriana Bankston, a former AAAS-ASGCT Congressional Policy Fellow in the U.S. House of Representatives*, shares how she used her background as a scientist to shape policy during uncertain times. She explains why advocacy matters at every career stage, and how individual voices can make an impact in the U.S. Congress.

We are pleased to announce the election of five new leaders to the GSA Board of Directors.

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison are using an unexpected ally in the fight against a devastating childhood brain cancer: fruit flies. In a new GENETICS study, Sam Krabbenhoft and the labs of Peter Lewis and Melissa Harrison developed a Drosophila model to explore the genetic drivers of pediatric diffuse midline glioma—a rare, aggressive tumor…

The Victoria Finnerty Undergraduate Travel Award supports conference-attendance costs for undergraduate GSA members who are presenting research at the Annual Drosophila Research Conference. #Dros26 will be held in Chicago, Illinois from March 4-8, 2026. Victoria Finnerty, who died in February 2011, was a long-time member of the Genetics Society of America and served the Drosophila community and the genetics community at large in…

Learn from organizer Akhila Rajan about poster presentations: why they’re important and what you can gain from them at the 67th Annual Drosophila Research Conference.

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 early career scientist advocates.