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Early Career Scientist Leadership Spotlight — David Peede
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. David PeedeMultimedia SubcommitteeBrown University Research Interest The evolution of species has historically been considered as a bifurcating process; however, the recent influx of genomic studies has challenged this notion,…
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For the first Multilingual Seminar, Arabic-speaking scientists discuss expanding accessibility through translation
Guest post by Marah Wahbeh and Arby Abood. Last year, after a casual conversation with Spanish-speaking early career scientists about the struggle of communicating their work in Spanish, Jessica Vélez, PhD, was inspired to create the Multilingual Seminar Series. This series offers an opportunity for multilingual and non-English speaking scientists and science enthusiasts to talk…
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Early Career Scientist Leadership Spotlight — Courtney McClure
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. Courtney McClureCommunity and Membership Engagement SubcommitteeUniversity of California, Los Angeles Research Interest Chlorpyrifos (CPF) is a widely used organophosphate pesticide that is found in soil, urban streams, and agricultural…
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To see what everyone sees but think what no one has thought, you need diversity
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…
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Early Career Scientist Leadership Spotlight — Riley St. Clair
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…
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Early Career Scientist Leadership Spotlight — Karishma Gangwani
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…
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Hybrid (conference) vigor
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,…
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Early Career Scientist Leadership Spotlight — Ananya Nidamangala Srinivasa
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.…
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In Memoriam: Richard Lewontin
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…
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100 years since the medaka’s international debut: Aida’s legacy
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…
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Early Career Scientist Leadership Spotlight — Melissa Drown
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…