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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.

Identifying the signatures of natural selection in a population is tricky. A new simulation-based model investigates how population structure affects our ability to accurately predict signatures of selective sweeps.

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…

Nowadays, we don’t think twice about running a Q-PCR to check the expression of our favorite gene, or to sequence a genomic region to identify a mutation that causes an interesting phenotype. In contrast, 50 years ago, it could take an entire PhD to accomplish such a task. Molecular genetics has evolved at an exponential…

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

New research published in G3 identifies genetic risk variants of multiple sclerosis in immune cells, with many alleles relevant in EBV infection.  

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.

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