Articles tagged Early Career Scientists
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GSA is pleased to announce the recipients of the DeLill Nasser Award for Professional Development in Genetics for Fall 2020! Given twice a year to graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, DeLill Nasser Awards support attendance at meetings and laboratory courses.  The award is named in honor of DeLill Nasser, a long-time GSA supporter and National Science Foundation Program…

The Genetics Society of America (GSA) is excited to announce the latest cohort of student and postdoc leaders joining the Early Career Leadership Program.  Participants receive training and mentoring while serving on committees charged with understanding the needs, interests, concerns, and challenges of early career scientist members of the GSA. As part of this leadership…

We’re taking time to get to know the members of the GSA’s Early Career Leadership Committees. Join us to learn more about our early career scientist advocates. Molly Matty Career Development Subcommittee  Molecular Neurobiology Labs, Salk Institute for Biological Studies Postdoctoral Research Fellow Research Interest I am interested in host-microbe interactions. The profound effects microscopic organisms…

We’re taking time to get to know the members of the GSA’s Early Career Leadership Committees. Join us to learn more about our 2020 early career scientist advocates. Lossie “Elle” Rooney Policy Subcommittee North Carolina State University PhD Candidate in Genetics Research Interest Gene regulation is often referred to as the “dark matter” of the genome.…

The Victoria Finnerty Travel Award supports conference-attendance costs for undergraduate GSA members who are presenting research at the Annual Drosophila Research Conference. Because the conference will be held virtually in 2021 from March 23–April 1, recipients will receive free registrations to #Dros21. Victoria Finnerty, who died in February 2011, was a long-time member of the…

We’re taking time to get to know the members of the GSA’s Early Career Scientist Committees. Join us to learn more about our 2020 early career scientist advocates. Marie Berenguer Early Career Scientist Community and Membership Engagement Subcommittee Development, Aging, and Regeneration Program, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute Postdoc Associate   Research Interest Embryonic development…

We’re taking time to get to know the members of the GSA’s Early Career Scientist Committees. Join us to learn more about our 2020 early career scientist advocates. Antonia De Maio Career Development Subcommittee Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School Postdoc Fellow   Research Interest  The discovery of small-RNAs revolutionized our understanding of RNA and…

We’re taking time to get to know the members of the GSA’s Early Career Scientist Committees. Join us to learn more about our 2020 early career scientist advocates. Anna Drangowska-Way FASEB Intern Communications & Outreach Subcommittee University of Virginia PhD student Research Interest In science, we are often curious about how genes are regulated, what causes…

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,…

We’re taking time to get to know the members of the GSA’s Early Career Scientist Committees. Join us to learn more about our 2020 early career scientist advocates. Albert Weston Hinman Policy and Advocacy Subcommittee Stanford University   Research Interest Meiosis is a specialized cell division program that reduces an individual’s two sets of matched chromosomes…

We’re taking time to get to know the members of the GSA’s Early Career Scientist Committees. Join us to learn more about our 2020 early career scientist advocates. Nicole Torosin Career Development Subcommittee Institution/Affiliations: Genetics Department, Rutgers University  Career Stage: Postdoc Researcher   Research Interest I research evolution by comparing and contrasting the DNA of a…