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New Faculty Profile: Michael Wangler
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. Michael Wangler Assistant Professor (starting July 2016) Department of Molecular and Human Genetics Baylor College of Medicine Lab website Research program: The overall long-term goal…
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Behind the podium: TAGC Keynote Speaker Cori Bargmann
Dr. Cori Bargmann studies how an animal’s genes, environment and experience cooperate to influence different behaviors. Bargmann, Torsten N. Wiesel Professor and the head of the Lulu and Anthony Wang Laboratory of Neural Circuits and Behavior at The Rockefeller University, served as co-chair of the NIH Advisory Committee for the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative…
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New Faculty Profile: Philip Jordan
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. Phillip Jordan Assistant Professor (since 2013) Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department Bloomberg School of Public Health Lab website Research program: Assessment of the functions of…
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New Faculty Profile: Amanda Larracuente
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. Amanda Larracuente Assistant Professor (since 2015) Department of Biology University of Rochester Lab website Research program: Genomes are frequently in conflict with selfish DNAs – genetic…
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NSF offers supplements to enhance professional development of grad students
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has issued a Dear Colleague Letter inviting those with current research support to request supplemental funding to enhance the training experience of graduate students. Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) PIs supported by NSF’s Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB) may request additional support for their PhD students in ways…
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New federal-wide portals for STEM undergrad and grad students
The White House National Science and Technology Council’s Committee on STEM Education (CoSTEM) has developed a pair of portals to connect undergraduates and graduate students to Federally-sponsored opportunities. These resources compile programs across federal agencies, which may be searched or browsed by discipline, location, and more. STEMUndergrads.science.gov includes listings for undergraduate fellowships, scholarships, courses, internships,…
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New Faculty Profile: Folami Ideraabdullah
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. Folami Ideraabdullah Assistant Professor (since 2013) Department of Genetics University of North Carolina School of Medicine Lab website Research program: My lab studies epigenetic mechanisms…
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New Faculty Profile: Jennifer Garrison
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. Jennifer Garrison Assistant Professor Buck Institute for Research on Aging Lab website Research program: We study the relationship between the anatomy of neural…
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New Faculty Profile: Brent Neumann
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. Brent Neumann Senior Research Fellow Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology Monash University Melbourne, Australia Lab website Twitter: @NeumannLab Research program: We use…
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Steering the biomedical workforce away from the iceberg
In 2014, Bruce Alberts, Marc Kirschner, Shirley Tilghman, and Harold Varmus published an article in PNAS detailing the pitfalls and challenges of the structure of the biomedical workforce. Though many have written about and discussed these problems before, people seemed to pay attention to the conversation this time. Scientists at all stages of their careers…
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New Faculty Profile: Josefa Steinhauer
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. Josefa Steinhauer Assistant Professor of Biology Yeshiva University Lab website Research program: We are interested in lipid-mediated signaling in Drosophila. Phospholipids usually play structural…