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New Faculty Profile: Mike Downey
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. Mike Downey Assistant Professor (Since November 2014) Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine University of Ottawa Lab website Twitter: @DowneyUOttawa Research program: Our lab studies protein…
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The family business
Considering my career as a whole, I have had a major role in three hugely creative experiments. It might be instructive to examine the features common to the three. They were all carried out when I was relatively young and my title was assistant professor. They all occurred when I had relatively little funding. Perhaps…
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New Faculty Profile: Xantha Karp
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. Xantha Karp Assistant Professor of Biology Central Michigan University Lab website Research program: During aging, stem cells gradually become less effective at renewing tissue,…
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New Faculty Profile: Erik Andersen
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. Erik Andersen Assistant Professor of Molecular Biosciences (Since 2013) Northwestern University Lab website Personal Twitter: @ecandersen Research program: My lab has broad interests…
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No, seriously – you need an Individual Development Plan
GSA member Krista Dobi, new faculty and former Trainee Advisory Representative to the GSA Board of Directors, tells Genes to Genomes about the importance of an Individual Development Plan (IDP). January: a time to consider resolutions for the upcoming calendar year. Since it’s the midpoint of the academic year, it’s also a great time to assess…
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New Faculty Profile: Irene Chiolo
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. Irene Chiolo Gabilan Assistant Professor Department of Biological Sciences University of Southern California Lab website Research program: We study the mechanisms of DNA repair…
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New Faculty Profile: Jared Nordman
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. Jared Nordman Assistant Professor (Since 2015) Department of Biological Sciences Vanderbilt University Lab website Research program: Regulation of genome duplication requires exquisite control to…
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New Faculty Profile: Peter Stirling
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,…
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GSA member Elizabeth Blackburn to head Salk Institute
GSA member Elizabeth Blackburn has been named as the next president of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, an independent research institute in San Diego founded by polio vaccine developer Jonas Salk. She is currently Morris Herzstein Professor in Biology and Physiology in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco. …
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New Faculty Profile: Clement Chow
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:…
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New Faculty Profile: Zeba Wunderlich
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…