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The Genetics Society of America is pleased to announce the 2022 recipients of its annual awards for distinguished service in the field of genetics. The scientists honored are recognized by their peers for their outstanding contributions to research and education. Awardees will present their work in a lecture series to be held online during 2022,…

The GSA is pleased to welcome six leaders to the Board of Directors, who will be appointed for 2022–2024. 2022 Vice President/2023 President Tracy Johnson Cecilia and Keith Terasaki Presidential Endowed Chair, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor, Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, Dean of Life Sciences, University of California, Los…

Show support for your MODs! GSA President Hugo Bellen and Vice-President E. Jane Hubbard are among the co-authors of a recent Perspectives article in Development titled “Model organism databases are in jeopardy.” The article describes the importance of model organism databases (MODs), the threat posed by NIH MOD budget cuts, and possible solutions. “We are…

The Genetics Society of America (GSA) and The Gruber Foundation are delighted to announce that the 2022 recipients of the Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award are Aude Bernheim, PhD, of INSERM; Kara McKinley, PhD, of Harvard University; and Viviane Slon, PhD, of Tel Aviv University. Funded by The Gruber Foundation and administered by the GSA, the Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award…

Four GSA communities are excited to meet in person in 2022 — and to experiment with hybrid conferences that combine the benefits of online and in-person meetings. After two years of online meetings of all kinds, we are thrilled to return to scientific conversations in person! In 2022, many of us will be together again,…

The Genetics Society of America Board of Directors is pleased to welcome two new Early Career Representatives. Congratulations to the new appointees, who will serve two-year terms on the Board working to support the needs of all GSA members. Jacob Ortega is currently a graduate student at Baylor College of Medicine and MD Anderson Cancer…

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…

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,…

GSA is pleased to announce the recipients of the DeLill Nasser Award for Professional Development in Genetics for Spring 2021! Given twice a year to graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, DeLill Nasser Awards support attendance at meetings and laboratory courses.  The award is named in honor of DeLill Nasser, a long-time GSA supporter and National Science Foundation Program…

We are pleased to announce the GSA Poster Award winners from the 62nd Annual Drosophila Research Conference! Undergraduate and graduate student members of the GSA were eligible for the awards, and a hard-working team of postdocs volunteered their time as judges. Congratulations to all! Undergraduate Students 1st Place: Umayr R. Shaikh Institution: Butler University Poster Title:…

Join us for the PMI Expressions series, where we will get to know the 2021 cohort of GSA Presidential Members. Xin Jin Assistant Professor Department of Neuroscience The Scripps Research Institute What is your current research? My longstanding interest is to understand how brain development is shaped by genes and environment, and how these factors…