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Doing science as a non-native English speaker: Important takeaways from the first Portuguese Multilingual Seminar
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…
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GSA Welcomes ECLP Editor
The GSA team welcomes Vincent Price, PhD, as the new Early Career Leadership Program Editor! Vincent is a talented editor with years of experience under his belt as a consultant and published author, alongside a number of years teaching English and French at secondary and post-secondary levels. Can you tell us a little bit about…
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GSA welcomes Engagement Professional Development Program Coordinator
GSA is excited to welcome Balint Kacsoh, PhD, as the Society’s Engagement Professional Development Program Coordinator! Read on to learn more about Balint, a past DeLill Nasser Award recipient, 2020 Larry Sandler Awardee, and former Early Career Leadership Program member. Can you tell us a little bit about your background and what your career has…
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Thank you, GSA community
A message from 2021 GSA President, Hugo Bellen. If there is anything we have learned from this pandemic, it is to prioritize what is important to us and what sustains us in times of trouble. For me, it is promoting science and technology, providing mentorship, ensuring that my family is safe and happy, and helping…
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Careers
Stephen Klusza: building an inclusive and accessible work environment
In the Decoding Life series, we talk to geneticists with diverse career paths, tracing the many directions possible after research training. This series is brought to you by the GSA Early Career Scientist Career Development Subcommittee. Stephen Klusza was inspired to become a scientist by his high school genetics teacher, whom he recalls was “ironically…
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Careers
Lisa Zeigler Allen on carving your own path and not being afraid
In the Decoding Life series, we talk to geneticists with diverse career paths, tracing the many directions possible after research training. This series is brought to you by the GSA Early Career Scientist Career Development Subcommittee. Most people are advised to follow a strict trajectory in their career path to an academic research position: go…
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So, you’ve been asked to talk to the public: lessons from COVID-19 news coverage
What scientists can learn from pandemic communication failures.
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How to talk to family and friends about COVID-19 vaccines
Quick tips for making vaccine science understandable to non-scientists. Guest post by Elisabeth Marnik, Ph.D. It’s been more than a year since the world started shutting down in the wake of widespread COVID-19 cases. We are still living through a pandemic, but the United States is finally starting to see a light at the end…
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Goodbye, 2020
Periodically, Mother Nature seems as if she is angry with us, like when Hurricane Katrina drowned my childhood hometown of New Orleans and nearly 2,000 of its citizens. Sometimes we humans bring destruction down upon each other, like the terrorist attacks of 9/11. And then there was 2020. Like many of you, as we rang…
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Bizarre Bases: what studying organisms with weird genomes tells us about the rules of life
For every rule, there are exceptions. The same is true for how organisms organize their genomes. From how DNA is packaged in the nucleus to what genetic code is used for translating proteins, notable exceptions are found all across the tree of life. Most organisms use the standard genetic code. A few, such as ciliates,…
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Equity and Inclusion Update: The Presidential Membership Initiative
The GSA Equity and Inclusion Committee shares progress and plans for the future and introduces the Presidential Membership Initiative.