Community Voices

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 early career scientist advocates. Bello Semiu Folaniyi Community and Membership Engagement Subcommittee South China Agricultural University Research Interest I finished my doctoral degree at South China Agricultural University where I majored in…

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 early career scientist advocates Kaushal Kumar Bhati Early Career Scientist Community and Membership Engagement Subcommittee Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium Research Interest:  So far, my science journey has revolved around the improvement…

Guest post by J. Humberto Cunha, Danielle F. Mello, and Jadson Carlos dos Santos. The Genetics Society of America, Portuguese Multilingual Seminar took place on November 16, 2021, and was attended by four guest panelists and three organizers with diverse scientific backgrounds, from different regions of the world. The panel was designed to represent the…

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 early career scientist advocates. Daniel Baker Multimedia Committee Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Research Interest: Why do we get sicker as we grow older? Why is 20-year-old you…

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 early career scientist advocates. Holly Kleinschmidt Multimedia Subcommittee Penn State University Research interest Gene expression is the process by which the genetic information encoded in DNA is translated into the arsenal of proteins…

I am a former women’s NCAA swimmer, and I support Lia Thomas. Guest post by Sam Sharpe PhD. interACT: Advocates for Intersex Youth is the oldest and largest nonprofit dedicated to advancing the legal and human rights of people born with intersex traits. Founded in 2006, interACT oversees the largest youth-led intersex advocacy group in…

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 early career scientist advocates. Sharifu Kiragga Tusuubira Policy and Advocacy Subcommittee University of Kansas Research interest :  I am a third-year PhD candidate in the Ecology and Evolutionary biology program in the Kelly Lab.…

Guest post by Madhumala K. Sadanandappa, PhD and Kaushal Kumar Bhati, PhD Beyond the more traditional aspects of benchwork, publishing, and acquiring funding, running a successful lab involves developing various skills that are often less discussed in academia. This includes managing lab personnel, budgeting, building an inclusive and collaborative environment, and resolving conflicts—all of which…

Guest post by C Brandon Ogbunu. 2022 marks the return of the Population, Evolutionary, and Quantitative Genetics (PEQG) Conference, organized by the Genetics Society of America. Part of the meeting’s popularity stems from being one of the few conferences that brings together leading thinkers in subfields of genetics that don’t typically overlap, across a range of…

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. Lucero Rogel-HernandezPolicy and Advocacy SubcommitteeStanford University Research Interest Medicinal plants have been and continue to be valuable sources for drug discovery. For centuries, humans have relied on Valeriana officinalis (commonly known…

For me, these last few years have driven home how crucial—and yet how challenging—it is for scientists to communicate how we know what we know and why we do what we do.   When it comes to explaining our own work, it can be especially tricky to convey the value of basic research to listeners who…