Community Voices

We’re taking time over the following weeks to get to know the members of the GSA’s Early Career Scientist Committees. Join us every week to learn more about our early career scientist advocates.           Narjes Alfuraiji Communication and Outreach Subcommittee University of Manchester Research Interest Aspergillus fumigatus is a filamentous fungi…

Nadine Piekarski, an embryologist at The Fertility Center at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), describes her experience transitioning out of academia and how she uses skills from her PhD training in an IVF clinic. In the Decoding Life series, we talk to geneticists with diverse career paths, tracing the many directions possible after research training. This series is brought…

We’re taking time over the following weeks to get to know the members of the GSA’s Early Career Scientist Committees. Join us every week to learn more about our early career scientist advocates.           Lucy Xie Co-chair, Diversity Subcommittee Stanford University Research interest The goal of my scientific research is to…

Guest post by Pinar Gurel. GSA is currently accepting proposals from students and postdocs for the next round of Career Development Symposia. Gain leadership experience and serve the early career scientist community! Among the many roles that scientists play, mentoring younger scientists is one that researchers are rarely trained for. In the current STEM research environment,…

Guest post by Miranda Wang and Ashrut Narula. GSA is currently accepting proposals from students and postdocs for the next round of Career Development Symposia. Gain leadership experience and serve the early career scientist community! On August 2nd, 2017, the second annual Toronto RNA Enthusiasts’ Day (TREnD) was held at the Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning…

We are pleased to announce the election of four new leaders to the GSA Board of Directors: 2018 Vice-President / 2019 President Terry Magnuson Sarah Graham Kenan Professor, Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Vice Chancellor for Research, UNC Chapel Hill Terry Magnuson investigates the role of genes in unique epigenetic…

We’re taking time over the following weeks to get to know the members of the GSA’s Early Career Scientist Committees. Join us every week to learn more about our early career scientist advocates.           Jo Downes Bairzin Policy Subcommittee University of California, Berkeley Research Interest: Cancer is a scientific and medical…

Chris Cherry, a patent lawyer at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, talks about the need for biology PhDs in patent law and how he learned that leaving research does not mean the end of being involved in cutting-edge science. In the Decoding Life series, we talk to geneticists with diverse career paths, tracing the many directions possible after…

We’re taking time over the following weeks to get to know the members of the GSA’s Early Career Scientist Committees. Join us every week to learn more about our early career scientist advocates.           Zhiji Ren Career Development Subcommittee Rockefeller University Research Interest: Over billions of years, organisms have evolved intricate…

Guest post by Rory Flinn, PhD There are many career paths for PhDs that don’t require a postdoc, including some faculty positions in certain disciplines. When you are exploring career options, it is important to ascertain whether doing a postdoc would make you more competitive for a career path of interest. If you determine that you…

We’re taking time over the following weeks to get to know the members of the GSA’s Early Career Scientist Committees. Join us every week to learn more about our early career scientist advocates.           Amey Redkar Communication and Outreach Subcommittee The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich, UK Research Interest Plant pathogens have a…