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Community Voices
Early Career Scientist Leadership Spotlight — Nicole Torosin
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…
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Early Career Scientist Leadership Spotlight — Adrien Assié
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…
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Institutions should take responsibility for trainee mentorship
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…
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Early Career Scientist Leadership Spotlight — Anthony Arena
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…
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Early Career Scientist Leadership Spotlight — Elisabeth Marnik
We’re taking time to get to know the members of the GSA’s Early Career Leadership Committees. Join us to learn more about our 2020 early career scientist advocates. Elisabeth Marnik Subcommittee: Communication and Outreach Department, Institution: MDI Biological Laboratory/Science Department, Husson University, Bangor, ME Career Stage: Postdoc/Rising new assistant professor. Research Interest Somatic cells and germ cells…
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Early Career Scientist Leadership Spotlight — Balint Z. Kacsoh
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. Balint Z. Kacsoh Policy Subcommittee Epigenetics Department, University of Pennsylvania Career Stage: Postdoc Research Interest I believe that the interplay of neurobiology and the social sciences, termed “sociogenetics,”…
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Early Career Scientist Leadership Spotlight — Caitlin Simopoulos
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. Caitlin Simopoulos Communications & Outreach Subcommittee Career Stage: Postdoctoral Associate University of Ottawa, Ontario Research Interest I am very interested in systems biology and the application of machine learning…
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Early Career Scientist Leadership Spotlight — Jacob L. Steenwyk
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. Jacob L. Steenwyk Communications & Outreach Subcommittee Howard Hughes Medical Institute James H. Gilliam Fellow Biological Science Department, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN Research Interest Broadly, I am interested…
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The new normal is the new beautiful
As COVID-19 has spread across the world, members of the GSA community have faced unprecedented challenges in their professional and personal lives. To stay connected during this socially distant time, GSA invites the scientists in our community to share how they are meeting these challenges, as well as their questions and worries. If you would…
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Early Career Scientist Leadership Spotlight — Nashrah Ahmad
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. Nashrah Ahmad Communication & Outreach Subcommittee Kent State University Research Interest Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of…
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Early Career Scientist Leadership Spotlight — Małgorzata Gazda
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. Małgorzata Anna Gazda Career Development Subcommittee (2019/20), Steering Subcommittee (2020-present) University of Porto, Portugal Research Interest Have you ever…