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From Arabidopsis to Zea mays, there’s a knowledgebase for that
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…
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A lifelong quest to understand how a cell becomes an organism
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.
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Building tools and a community: How a yeast geneticist transformed medical mycology research
Aaron Mitchell, recipient of the 2026 George W. Beadle Award, built an entire career around developing and disseminating new tools to study pathogenic fungi and training the next generation of mycologists.
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Landing a faculty position: Jiae Lee
Interviews from newly appointed faculty members shed light on the path to landing a faculty position.
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Editorial Board Updates at GENETICS
We are excited to welcome two new editors, Lynn Cooley and Sushma Naithani, to the GENETICS editorial team, while Arash Bashirullah will step down as Senior Advisory Editor after three-and-a-half years with GENETICS.
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Landing a faculty position: Frank Huynh
Interviews from newly appointed faculty members shed light on the path to landing a faculty position.
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Why fungi matter: Highlights from the GSA Journals Fungal Genetics and Genomics Series
New research published in GENETICS and G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics demonstrates that from telomeres in yeast to mushroom cap development, fungal genetics continues to connect molecular precision with evolutionary insight and real-world innovation.









