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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…

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…

Learn from organizer Akhila Rajan about poster presentations: why they’re important and what you can gain from them at the 67th Annual Drosophila Research Conference.

Welcome to our newest editors! Guilherme da Silva Pereira, Li-Lin Du, Jullian Catchen, and Dan Bergstralh join G3 as Associate Editors; Leo Parts and Athma Pai join GENETICS as Associate Editors; and Joanna Masel joins GENETICS as a Senior Editor.

The GSA Journals are introducing Functional Genomics and Systems Biology, a new section led by Brenda Andrews and Marian Walhout that highlights systems-level studies of genetic networks and pathways.

In Brazil, the FlyPower group has been promoting and advocating for biomedical Drosophila research in diverse ways, and shown that fly culture can be up to seven times cheaper than mammalian cell culture.

Rita Graze and Eric Haag join the G3 editorial team as Associate Editors while Arun Sethuraman becomes a Senior Editor for G3 and Verena Jantsch becomes a Senior Editor for GENETICS.

We are pleased to announce the GSA Poster Award recipients from the 25th International Worm Meeting! Undergraduate and graduate student GSA members were eligible for these awards, and a hard-working team of judges made the determinations. Congratulations to all! Special thanks to our Poster Chairs Tina L. Gumienny (Texas Woman’s University), Jared Young (Northeastern University),…

Beth De Stasio of Lawrence University will serve as Senior Editor and work with a newly formed team of six Associate Editors to expand the publication of Primers in GENETICS.

We’re thrilled to announce the Spring 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…

The Genetics Society of America continuously evaluates the needs of our community, including members from across career stages. The newly established Engagement and Professional Development Committee (EPDC)—comprised of early career scientists (ECS), mid-career and established faculty, and non-academic staff— will provide guidance regarding professional development programming to ensure GSA is offering timely and relevant career…