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GSA needs your input! We are brainstorming about catchy slogans, images, or objects that represent the whole of the genetics community. The kind of thing that you’d like to wear on a t-shirt and that would appeal across the GSA community. What does your GSA look like? What do you love most about the genetics community?…

The Drosophila community has issued its call for submissions for the 2016 Drosophila Image Award, which will be presented on July 14, 2016, at the 57th Annual Drosophila Research Conference, being held as part of The Allied Genetics Conference in Orlando, Florida. Presence at the meeting is not required to enter or win an Image…

New Faculty Profiles showcase GSA members who are establishing their first independent labs. If you’d like to be considered for a profile, please complete this form on the GSA website.   Peter Stirling Scientist, Terry Fox Laboratories Assistant Professor University of British Columbia Lab website   Research program: My lab is using functional genomics, molecular biology,…

As we approach the holiday season and #GivingTuesday, we hope that you will consider a donation to the Genetics Society of America (GSA). We rely upon your charitable contributions to promote a strong future for our field. GSA is the voice for those conducting fundamental studies in genetics and those working with model organisms from…

New Faculty Profiles showcase GSA members who are establishing their first independent labs. If you’d like to be considered for a profile, please complete this form on the GSA website.   Clement Chow Assistant Professor Department of Human Genetics University of Utah School of Medicine Lab website Personal Twitter:  @ClementYChow Lab Twitter:  @ChowLab   Research program:…

The November issue of GENETICS is out now! Check out the Highlights below or the full Table of Contents here. ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS A novel statistical model to estimate host genetic effects affecting disease transmission, pp. 871—884 Osvaldo Anacleto, Luis Alberto Garcia-Cortes, Debby Lipschutz-Powell, John A. Woolliams, and Andrea B. Doeschl-Wilson This article provides insight into how host genetic diversity affects…

New Faculty Profiles showcase GSA members who are establishing their first independent labs. If you’d like to be considered for a profile, please complete this form on the GSA website.   Zeba Wunderlich Assistant Professor Department of Developmental and Cell Biology University of California, Irvine Lab website   Research program: The Wunderlich Lab uses a combination…

Check out the November issue of G3! Investigations Genes with Restricted Introgression in a Field Cricket (Gryllus firmus/Gryllus pennsylvanicus) Hybrid Zone Are Concentrated on the X Chromosome and a Single Autosome Luana S. Maroja, Erica L. Larson, Steven M. Bogdanowicz, and Richard G. Harrison G3 November 2015 5:2219-2227; Early Online August 26, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.021246 Abstract…

New Faculty Profiles showcase GSA members who are establishing their first independent labs. If you’d like to be considered for a profile, please complete this form on the GSA website.   Jagan Srinivasan Assistant Professor (since 2012) Department of Biology & Biotechnology Worcester Polytechnic Institute Lab website   Research program: Social species form organizations that…

New Faculty Profiles showcase GSA members who are establishing their first independent labs. If you’d like to be considered for a profile, please complete this form on the GSA website.   Meleah Hickman Assistant Professor, Department of Biology (since 2014) Emory University Lab website @meleahhickman   Research program: My lab investigates how eukaryotic pathogens generate…

New Faculty Profiles showcase GSA members who are establishing their first independent labs. If you’d like to be considered for a profile, please complete this form on the GSA website. Elizabeth Ables Assistant Professor of Biology (since 2013) East Carolina University Lab website   Research program: Tissue-resident stem cells are a special population of cells…