Articles tagged Drosophila
(129 results)

New Faculty Profiles showcase GSA members who are establishing their first independent labs. If you’d like to be considered for a profile, please complete this form on the GSA website.   Irene Chiolo Gabilan Assistant Professor Department of Biological Sciences University of Southern California Lab website   Research program: We study the mechanisms of DNA repair…

New Faculty Profiles showcase GSA members who are establishing their first independent labs. If you’d like to be considered for a profile, please complete this form on the GSA website.   Jared Nordman Assistant Professor (Since 2015) Department of Biological Sciences Vanderbilt University Lab website   Research program: Regulation of genome duplication requires exquisite control to…

The Drosophila community has issued its call for submissions for the 2016 Drosophila Image Award, which will be presented on July 14, 2016, at the 57th Annual Drosophila Research Conference, being held as part of The Allied Genetics Conference in Orlando, Florida. Presence at the meeting is not required to enter or win an Image…

New Faculty Profiles showcase GSA members who are establishing their first independent labs. If you’d like to be considered for a profile, please complete this form on the GSA website.   Zeba Wunderlich Assistant Professor Department of Developmental and Cell Biology University of California, Irvine Lab website   Research program: The Wunderlich Lab uses a combination…

GSA member Denise Montell (University of California, Santa Barbara) spoke on Capitol Hill this summer, presenting her research on anastasis, the process of by which cells can return from the brink of death:   Montell, a former President of the North American Drosophila Board, spoke as part of the Congressional Biomedical Research Caucus (CBRC) 2015 briefing…

The effects of neurodegenerative diseases can be devastating for patients and their families. In 2007, the United Nations stated that 1 in 6 people in the world are affected by neurological disorders including diseases like Huntington’s, Alzheimer’s, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). With over 600 characterized neurological disorders yet very few treatments, it is imperative…

New Faculty Profiles showcase GSA members who are establishing their first independent labs. If you’d like to be considered for a profile, please complete this form on the GSA website. Elizabeth Ables Assistant Professor of Biology (since 2013) East Carolina University Lab website   Research program: Tissue-resident stem cells are a special population of cells…

GSA dedicates these inaugural chapters to Bill Gelbart, who is dearly missed, and who will live on in our memories and in our work. Bill was an early enthusiast of the FlyBook project, and without his and Thom Kaufman’s vision to partner with GENETICS, these articles would not have the valuable richness of links to…

GSA member Giovanni Bosco was named as one of 13 recipients of the NIH Director’s Pioneer Award for 2015. Established in 2004, the Pioneer Awards challenges investigators at all career levels to pursue new research directions and develop groundbreaking approaches with a high impact on a broad area of biomedical or behavioral science.   Giovanni Bosco, PhD…

GSA member Zhao Zhang was named as one of 16 recipients of the NIH Director’s Early Independence Award for 2015, joining Jason Sheltzer. Established in 2011, the Early Independence Awards program provides an opportunity for exceptional junior scientists who have recently received their doctoral degree or finished medical residency to skip traditional post-doctoral training and move immediately into independent research…

In 2014, six undergraduate researchers received Victoria Finnerty Undergraduate Travel Awards, supporting their travel to GSA’s Annual Drosophila Research Conference to present their work. These recipients were among nearly 200 undergraduate students attending the 56th Annual Drosophila Research Conference from March 4-8, 2015, in Chicago, Illinois, providing a robust undergraduate population in a welcoming community…