Community Voices

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…

In preparation for The Allied Genetics Conference (TAGC), set to take place in Orlando this July, Genes to Genomes is getting the inside scoop from many of the outstanding keynote speakers in our “Behind the Podium” series. Here, GSA member Nathaniel Sharp interviews vertebrate evolution researcher, David Kingsley. NS: It’s exciting that TAGC will involve…

  Emerita member Kathleen Triman was the first person to register for The Allied Genetics Conference (TAGC). Here she tells us why she can’t wait.   Kathleen L. Triman, PhD Professor Emerita Department of Biology Franklin & Marshall College Lancaster, PA  17603   Why are you excited to participate in TAGC? Genetics is my lifelong fascination! TAGC…

The Allied Genetics Conference – TAGC – is coming up soon (July 13 to 17 in Orlando), with an abstract submission deadline of March 23. This pan-genetics meeting features seven of the GSA communities: C. elegans; Ciliates; Drosophila; Mouse; Population, Evolutionary & Quantitative Genetics; Yeast; and Zebrafish. I think you should be there, because someday…

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.   Santhosh Girirajan Assistant Professor (since 2012) Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department of Anthropology The Pennsylvania State University Lab website Twitter: @GirirajanLab   Research program:…

In preparation for The Allied Genetics Conference (TAGC), set to take place in Orlando this July, Genes to Genomes is getting the inside scoop from many of the outstanding keynote speakers in our “Behind the Podium” series. Here, GSA member Maria Sterrett speaks with Jennifer Doudna, the bacterial immunity researcher who is now famous for her contribution…

In 1996, when I started researching the conservation genetics of New Zealand’s critically endangered parrot, the kākāpō (Strigops habroptilus), little was known of the species’ genome.  On many occasions after a long day in the molecular lab on the hunt for an elusive gene, I found myself imagining that I had the complete genome of…

  Postdoc Aimee Jaramillo-Lambert was the first person to submit an abstract for The Allied Genetics Conference (TAGC). Find out more about what she will present and why she can’t wait for TAGC.   Aimee Jaramillo-Lambert, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases National Institutes of Health  …

We kick off our #IAmGSA campaign with Genetics Society of America President Stan Fields  having fun with his research group in this spoof of  Zach Galifianakis’s series Between Two Ferns. Think you can do better? Submit your video or photo related to genetics or GSA here.

Most grad students and postdocs struggle with where their training will take them as they complete each phase of their career development. After discussions with individuals in the scientific community, I’ve learned that many successful scientists followed a career path that allows them to work in areas they are truly passionate about. Questioning where we fit…

Already finished the Sunday crossword in the paper and looking for a new challenge? Try your hand at this genetics and GSA-specific puzzle submitted by one of our members. Any member who sends their correctly competed puzzle to blog@genetics-gsa.org by Monday, March 7 will be eligible to win a snazzy GSA t-shirt.     We…