NUN bodies in C. elegans offer clues about nervous system differentiation. One of the most active areas of research today explores the differences between individual...
A better way to make endogenous reporters in C. elegans CRISPR systems for gene editing have revolutionized biological research, but the method still has limitations....
The Genetics Society of America (GSA) is pleased to announce that Anne Villeneuve, PhD, of Stanford University is the recipient of the 2019 Genetics Society...
Awards & PrizesC. elegansCaenorhabditisGSA AwardsGSA C. elegans Meeting
To promote excellence in undergraduate research and education, the Genetics Society of America has established a travel award to assist undergraduate members attending a GSA conference and...
Awards & PrizesC. elegansGSA C. elegans MeetingGSA Undergraduate AwardsUndergraduates
A suppressor screen in C. elegans uncovers previously unknown flexibility in the genetics underlying extracellular membranes. In nearly all animal tissues, thin barriers called basement...
C. elegansFundamental ResearchGenetics JournalModel Organisms
Offshoot of the modENCODE project provides crucial data and strains for understanding gene regulation. Following a multidisciplinary effort spanning six institutions, researchers working on the modERN...
C. elegansData & DatabasesDrosophilaGene ExpressionGenetics JournalModel Organism DatabasesModel Organisms
Consider the papercut—a minor injury best known for the disproportionate amount of pain it can cause. That a wound so inconsequential can sting so terribly...
C. elegansFundamental ResearchGenetics JournalModel Organisms
The fastest-evolving genes in eukaryotes commonly encode reproductive proteins—and the rate at which genes for male reproductive proteins change, in particular, often vastly outstrips the...
The Genetics Society of America (GSA) is pleased to announce that Barbara Meyer is the recipient of the 2018 Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal, which is...
Awards & PrizesC. elegansChromosomesEpigeneticsFundamental ResearchGSA Awards
In the 1980s, scientists first noticed circles of DNA interspersed among the normally linear chromosomes of eukaryotic nuclei. Little is known about these molecules, which...
