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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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A year in a Drosophila lab, measured in carbon
Research published in GENETICS breaks down the total carbon emissions from a PhD student’s research, giving insights into where sustainability efforts matter most.
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Congratulations to the Fall 2025 DeLill Nasser Awardees!
We’re thrilled to announce the Fall 2025 recipients of the DeLill Nasser Award for Professional Development in Genetics! Awarded twice a year, these grants help graduate students and postdocs take the next step in their careers—whether that’s attending a scientific meeting, participating in a lab course, or connecting with the broader genetics community. The award honors…
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New study suggests Elg1-RLC strays from the beaten path to safeguard replication stress
A new study in GENETICS reveals how the PCNA unloader Elg1-RLC protects replication forks during DNA damage, operating in a noncanonical pathway that safeguards genome stability when checkpoint signaling is compromised.
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New members of the GSA Board of Directors: 2026-2028
We are pleased to announce the election of five new leaders to the GSA Board of Directors.
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From flies to potential therapeutics: new insights into treating aggressive childhood tumors published in GENETICS
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison are using an unexpected ally in the fight against a devastating childhood brain cancer: fruit flies. In a new GENETICS study, Sam Krabbenhoft and the labs of Peter Lewis and Melissa Harrison developed a Drosophila model to explore the genetic drivers of pediatric diffuse midline glioma—a rare, aggressive tumor…
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Congratulations, Fall 2025 Victoria Finnerty Travel Award recipients!
The Victoria Finnerty Undergraduate Travel Award supports conference-attendance costs for undergraduate GSA members who are presenting research at the Annual Drosophila Research Conference. #Dros26 will be held in Chicago, Illinois from March 4-8, 2026. Victoria Finnerty, who died in February 2011, was a long-time member of the Genetics Society of America and served the Drosophila community and the genetics community at large in…









