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In 2022, GENETICS debuted its first annual overview of selected knowledgebases. In continuance of that tradition, this year’s piece will discuss 12 knowledgebase updates with an emphasis on economically important plant Model Organism Databases (MODs). MODs, which first appeared in the 1990s, are sophisticated knowledgebases that aim to organize and integrate heterogeneous published knowledge for…

Interviews from newly appointed faculty members shed light on the path to landing a faculty position.

Irini Topalidou, recipient of the 2026 GSA Mentorship Award, emphasizes the important role staff scientists play in academic research and mentoring.

I thought I was attending the 67th Annual Drosophila Research Conference, but somehow ended up at a rock-and-roll concert. Fly Board President Eric Lai opened the meeting with an electric guitar riff. Luckily, his lyrics confirmed I was in the right place: “Don’t you know that the fly… is fly! It’s not an ask or…

Discover how Alex Harkess’ quest to make genomics education accessible sparked a nationwide movement where students sequence beloved campus plants, publish real research, and unlock new pathways into science—one genome at a time.

Judith Kimble, the recipient of the 2026 Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal, discovered the first stem cell niche—a finding that sets a path for her lab’s pioneering work in genetics.