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....

C. elegansCRISPRGene EditingGenetics JournalModel Organisms

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...

C. elegansEvolutionFundamental ResearchG3 Journal

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...

C. elegansChromosomesG3 Journal

The Genetics Society of America’s Edward Novitski Prize recognizes a single experimental accomplishment or a body of work in which an exceptional level of creativity...

Awards & PrizesC. elegansCaenorhabditisDevelopmentGenetics of SexGSA Awards