Articles tagged Early Career Scientists
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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. Elisabeth Marnik Subcommittee: Communication and Outreach Department, Institution: MDI Biological Laboratory/Science Department, Husson University, Bangor, ME Career Stage: Postdoc/Rising new assistant professor. Research Interest Somatic cells and germ cells…

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. Balint Z. Kacsoh  Policy Subcommittee  Epigenetics Department, University of Pennsylvania  Career Stage: Postdoc  Research Interest I believe that the interplay of neurobiology and the social sciences, termed “sociogenetics,”…

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. Caitlin Simopoulos Communications & Outreach Subcommittee Career Stage: Postdoctoral Associate University of Ottawa, Ontario Research Interest I am very interested in systems biology and the application of machine learning…

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. Jacob L. Steenwyk Communications & Outreach Subcommittee Howard Hughes Medical Institute James H. Gilliam Fellow Biological Science Department, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN Research Interest Broadly, I am interested…

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.                   Nashrah Ahmad Communication & Outreach Subcommittee Kent State University Research Interest Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of…

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.                   Małgorzata Anna Gazda Career Development Subcommittee (2019/20), Steering Subcommittee (2020-present) University of Porto, Portugal Research Interest Have you ever…

Written by members of the GSA Early Career Scientist Communication and Outreach Subcommittee: Carla Bautista Rodriguez, Université Laval; Zach Grochau-Wright, University of Arizona; Angel F. Cisneros Caballero, Université Laval Disrupting the complex and delicate balance of a genome can have devastating consequences. In humans, for example, extra copies of individual chromosomes can result in diseases,…

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

The James F. Crow Early Career Researcher Award recognizes outstanding achievements by students and recent PhDs presenting their work at the Population, Evolutionary, and Quantitative Genetics (PEQG) Conference, which was part of TAGC Online in 2020. The 2020 winner and finalists for this prestigious PEQG award spoke in a high-profile session at the conference. Check…

Written by members of the GSA Early Career Scientist Communication and Outreach Subcommittee: Angel F. Cisneros Caballero, Université Laval; Adelita Mendoza, PhD, Washington University; Narjes Alfuraiji, University of Manchester; Anna Bajur, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics During the current global pandemic, public attention is increasingly falling on the process of drug…

In late 2019, Thomas Merritt approached the members of the Communication & Outreach Subcommittee of the GSA Early Career Leadership Program about submitting a proposal for The Allied Genetics Conference (TAGC) 2020. The members of the subcommittee jumped at the opportunity, and a group of six submitted a full proposal, which the Genetics Society of…