Articles by Editorial Staff (423 results)

GSA is pleased to announce the recipients of the DeLill Nasser Award for Professional Development in Genetics for Spring 2018! 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…

Guest post by Bob Dolan. An effective curriculum vitae (CV) is needed for  academic job applications, as well as for some research positions in other settings. This article will cover the important elements of writing a CV, along with strategies for navigating your academic job search. Identify what you want Before you begin, you should…

New Faculty Profiles allow GSA members who are establishing their first labs to introduce themselves to our wider community. If you’d like to submit your profile, please complete this form.   David Matus Assistant Professor, Stony Brook University, Dept. of Biochemistry and Cell Biology (since 2014) Stony Brook University Lab website Briefly describe the ongoing and expected…

Guest post by  Jessamina E. Blum, Jennifer Knight, Michelle Smith, Rachelle Spell, and Erin Vinson. Are you looking for ways to advance your career while sharing creative instructional materials? CourseSource can help! CourseSource is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal that publishes articles describing biology activities developed with evidence-based pedagogical techniques, such as active learning, that have been shown to be…

New Faculty Profiles allow GSA members who are establishing their first labs to introduce themselves to our wider community. If you’d like to submit your profile, please complete this form. Jordan Ward Assistant Professor in the Department of Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology University of California Santa Cruz What are your previous training experiences, including your postdoc, graduate school, and…

Check out the January issue of G3! Table of Contents Genome Report Reference Assembly and Annotation of the Pyrenophora teres f. teres Isolate 0-1 Nathan A. Wyatt, Jonathan K. Richards, Robert S. Brueggeman, Timothy L. Friesen G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics January 2018 8: 1-8; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.300196 Mutant Screen Reports Mapping Second Chromosome Mutations to Defined Genomic Regions in…

Check out the January issue of GENETICS by looking at the highlights or the full table of contents! ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS Improving metabolic health through precision dietetics in mice, pp.399–417 William T. Barrington, Phillip Wulfridge, Ann E. Wells, Carolina Mantilla Rojas, Selene Y. F Howe, Amie Perry, Kunjie Hua, Michael A. Pellizzon, Kasper D. Hansen, Brynn H. Voy, Brian J. Bennett, Daniel…

Check out the December issue of G3! Table of Contents Software and Data Resources ARSDA: A New Approach for Storing, Transmitting and Analyzing Transcriptomic Data Xuhua Xia G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics December 2017 7: 3839-3848; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.300271 rSalvador: An R Package for the Fluctuation Experiment Qi Zheng G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics December 2017 7: 3849-3856; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.117.300120 Investigations…

Check out the December issue of GENETICS by looking at the highlights or the full table of contents! ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS Gene Conversion Facilitates Adaptive Evolution on Rugged Fitness Landscapes, pp. 1577–1589 Philip Bittihn and Lev S. Tsimring An important question in evolutionary theory is how adaptation might be hindered on a rugged fitness landscape in the presence of strong selection that…

We’re taking time over the following weeks to get to know the members of the GSA’s Early Career Scientist Committees. Join us every week to learn more about our early career scientist advocates. Zach Farrow Co-chair, Diversity Subcommittee Novogene, Sacramento, CA So, you’re the first early career leader that we’ve had in the program that…

What is #GradTax about? The US research enterprise is under threat by proposed tax changes that would make it difficult for all but the wealthiest students to undertake graduate training. Restricting access to advanced training would damage the nation’s ability to grow, innovate, discover new medicines, bring new technologies to market, and adapt to a…