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Science & Publishing
Yao-Wu Yuan joins GENETICS as an associate editor
A new associate editor is joining GENETICS in the Genetics of Complex Traits section. We’re excited to welcome Yao-Wu Yuan to the editorial team. Yao-Wu YuanAssociate Editor Yao-Wu Yuan is an Associate Professor at the University of Connecticut, Storrs. He is interested in understanding how and why organisms evolve so many beautiful forms in nature. His lab…
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The worm whisperer: One scientist’s journey into understanding worms
2024 Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal recipient Paul Sternberg’s decades-long discoveries in worm physiology, development, and behavior addressed fundamental mysteries in evolutionary biology, genetics, and systems neuroscience. Just like Thomas Hunt Morgan, Paul Sternberg’s scientific legacy dominates many fields of biology, including embryology, evolution, genetics, neuroscience, and systems biology. Sternberg, who is Professor of Biology…
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Grants & Funding
GSA and collaborators Personal Genetics Education & Dialogue and Reclaiming STEM Institute launch NSF-funded BIO-LEAPS project to support culture change in genetics
We are thrilled to announce that the Genetics Society of America (GSA) is collaborating with the Personal Genetics Education & Dialogue (PGED) based in the Department of Genetics at Harvard Medical School, and the Reclaiming STEM Institute (RSI) on a Leading Culture Change Through Professional Societies of Biology (BIO-LEAPS) grant from the U.S. National Science…
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Daman Saluja: Navigating Science and Policy in India
In the Paths to Science Policy series, we talk to individuals who have a passion for science policy and are active in advocacy through their various roles and careers. The series aims to inform and guide early career scientists interested in science policy. This series is brought to you by the GSA Early Career Scientist…
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News
A fly geneticist’s journey into discovering rules of organ development
2024 George W. Beadle Award recipient Deborah Andrew discovered new genes and pathways in Drosophila salivary gland organogenesis. Now, her work can help optimize cell secretion in therapeutic applications and fight malaria. Deborah Andrew’s journey from a first-generation college student to a leader in fruit fly genetics is nothing short of inspiring. She began her…
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Community Voices
Early Career Leadership Spotlight: Md Riajul Hossain
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. Md Riajul HossainPolicy and Advocacy SubcommitteeUniversity of Arkansas Research Interest When I was introduced to science in high school, I discovered that biology attracted me the most. This attraction…
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Małgorzata Gazda: How receiving the DeLill Nasser Award helped her land her dream job
Have you ever experienced an event that changes the course of your life, or in this case, your career? Małgorzata (Gosia) Gazda is Assistant Professor at the University of Montreal and in 2022, she received the DeLill Nasser Award for Professional Development in Genetics, which she used to attend and present at the 2022 Population,…
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Science & Publishing
Gary Churchill joins G3 as new Senior Editor
A new senior editor is joining G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics. We’re excited to welcome Gary Churchill to the editorial team. Gary ChurchillSenior Editor Gary A. Churchill received his SB degree in Mathematics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1983 and PhD in Biostatistics in 1988 from the University of Washington, Seattle. He is currently Professor and the…
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Community Voices
Early Career Leadership Spotlight: Kat Yamamoto
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. Kat YamamotoCommunity and Membership Engagement SubcommitteeQueens College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York Research Interest Organisms face many microbes in their environment, and the…
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Science & Publishing
New associate editor, Beatriz Vicoso, joins GENETICS
A new associate editor is joining GENETICS in the Empirical Population and Evolutionary Genetics section. We’re excited to welcome Beatriz Vicoso to the editorial team. Beatriz VicosoAssociate Editor Beatriz Vicoso is an evolutionary biologist with a broad interest in how and why genomes change over time. Her research has focused on the evolution of sex…
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Community Voices
Early Career Leadership Spotlight: Caroline Muirhead
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. Caroline MuirheadCommunication and Outreach SubcommitteeWorcester Polytechnic Institute Research Interest I didn’t always know I wanted to make science my career. In fact, I started college as an engineering major.…