Community Voices

Periodically, Mother Nature seems as if she is angry with us, like when Hurricane Katrina drowned my childhood hometown of New Orleans and nearly 2,000 of its citizens. Sometimes we humans bring destruction down upon each other, like the terrorist attacks of 9/11. And then there was 2020. Like many of you, as we rang…

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 2020 early career scientist advocates. Antonia De Maio Career Development Subcommittee Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School Postdoc Fellow   Research Interest  The discovery of small-RNAs revolutionized our understanding of RNA and…

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 2020 early career scientist advocates. Anna Drangowska-Way FASEB Intern Communications & Outreach Subcommittee University of Virginia PhD student Research Interest In science, we are often curious about how genes are regulated, what causes…

When you’ve been in science long enough, you become part of a certain generation: people with whom you were roommates at Gordon conferences as postdocs, discussed your latest data and shiny ideas during session breaks as a young faculty, and looked forward to seeing at meetings as established scientists. Angelika was part of my generation;…

GSA member Lea Kanner Bleyman died on November 6, 2020, three days short of her 84th birthday. Lea was a Professor Emerita in the Department of Natural Sciences at Baruch College and a past-President of the International Society of Protozoologists (now the International Society of Protistologists).  Lea was born in Halle, Germany on November 9,…

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 2020 early career scientist advocates. Albert Weston Hinman Policy and Advocacy Subcommittee Stanford University   Research Interest Meiosis is a specialized cell division program that reduces an individual’s two sets of matched chromosomes…

Guest post by Rebecca Mandt. Being a scientist can be incredibly rewarding. As a PhD student who studies the genetics and evolution of the malaria parasite, I am motivated to go to the lab every day because I believe the research I do will contribute in some way to our future ability to address a serious…

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 2020 early career scientist advocates. Nicole Torosin Career Development Subcommittee Institution/Affiliations: Genetics Department, Rutgers University  Career Stage: Postdoc Researcher   Research Interest I research evolution by comparing and contrasting the DNA of 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 2020 early career scientist advocates. Adrien Assié Steering Committee Postdoc at Baylor College of Medicine   Research Interest I am a microbiologist and bioinformatician interested in host-microbe interactions. Since the beginning of my…

Guest post by Meredith M. Course* and Irini Topalidou.** The career success of graduate students and postdocs (referred to here as “trainees”) is largely dependent on just one or two principal investigators (PIs). PIs influence how trainees think about science and whether they choose to stay in the field. The fundamental purpose of mentorship is for 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 2020 early career scientist advocates.   Anthony Arena Policy Subcommittee University of Illinois – Chicago, School of Medicine   Research Interest Our bodies are made of a vast network of tubes necessary for…