Community Voices

SASTA President Rana Dajani discusses the need for diversity and introduces SASTA’s mission to advance science and technology in the Arab world. The Society for the Advancement of Science and Technology in the Arab World (SASTA) is a non-profit organization in the US that strives to mobilize and catalyze the engagement of scientists, professionals, NGO’s, academic…

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 2021 early career scientist advocates. Riley St. ClairCommunication and Outreach SubcommitteeUniversity of British Columbia Research Interest: My research focuses on understanding how neurons, the fundamental units of our nervous system, migrate to their proper…

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 2021 early career scientist advocates. Karishma GangwaniCommunication and Outreach SubcommitteeUniversity of Dayton Research Interest: I am in my final year of a PhD program in Biology, where I conduct my doctoral research in the…

Four GSA communities are excited to meet in person in 2022 — and to experiment with hybrid conferences that combine the benefits of online and in-person meetings. After two years of online meetings of all kinds, we are thrilled to return to scientific conversations in person! In 2022, many of us will be together again,…

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 2021 early career scientist advocates. Ananya Nidamangala Srinivasa Multimedia Subcommittee University of Kansas Medical Center Research interest Meiosis is a specialized form of cell division that some diploid organisms use to make haploid gametes.…

Dick on sabbatical and my good fortune Guest post in memory of Richard Lewontin by Thoru Pederson. When I was a graduate student in the Zoology Department at Syracuse University, a visiting professor took an office across the hall from the lab where I was stationed. He came “across” to me (not a cis-trans test…

From a Kyoto garden to scientific discoveries.  Since the 17th century, medaka fish have been bred for their beautiful colors. Shortly after the 1900 re-discovery of Mendel’s laws of inheritance, medaka began to be used for genetic studies. Recessive inheritance of the orange-red (b) and white (r) variants, female-limited appearance of the white phenotype, and an…

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 2021 early career scientist advocates. Melissa Drown Career Development Subcommittee University of Miami Research Interest  For my thesis, I study the evolution of complex traits such as metabolic rate and thermal tolerance in a…

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 2021 early career scientist advocates. Madhumala K. Sadanandappa  Co-Chair, Career Development Subcommittee  Member, Steering Committee  Postdoc at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth  Research Interest  “Nothing in neurobiology makes sense except in the light of behavior,” a quote…

Jean Robert David, the last active member of the French generation who significantly contributed to the establishment of the nine species in the Drosophila melanogaster subgroup as a model for evolutionary genetics, passed away on June 19, 2021, aged 90. Jean dedicated his 70-year academic career to studying Drosophila biology and evolution, starting as an…

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 2021 early career scientist advocates. Jiae Lee Multimedia Subcommittee University of Washington and University of California, Irvine Postdoc Scholar Research Interest  For more than 15 years, flies have been my science partner. With flies,…