Articles tagged Public Outreach
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We are looking for outgoing and dynamic people to help recruit sponsors for the TAGC conference in Orlando, FL. Whether you are a student, postdoc, professor, or working outside of academia, you are eligible to participate! We will provide the training, a script, and the prospect list. You are also welcome to use contacts from your…

GSA needs your input! We are brainstorming about catchy slogans, images, or objects that represent the whole of the genetics community. The kind of thing that you’d like to wear on a t-shirt and that would appeal across the GSA community. What does your GSA look like? What do you love most about the genetics community?…

Johnny Kung, Director of New Initiatives for the Personal Genetics Education Project (pgEd), fills us in on their latest Congressional briefing. A version of this post is published on the pgEd website and is posted here with permission. On Nov. 17, our group, the Personal Genetics Education Project at Harvard Medical School, held a Congressional…

GSA members are well represented among the winners of FASEB’s fourth annual BioArt competition: 4 of the 11 winning images were submitting by our members. The BioArt competition seeks to share the beauty and excitement of biological research with the public by featuring captivating images and illustrations that represent cutting-edge life science research. All winning…

The Committee on Gene Drive Research in Non-Human Organisms convened by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held an information gathering meeting on October 28, 2015, to consider the Science, Ethics and Governance Considerations for Gene Drive Research.  This meeting comes as a component of a large Gene Drive study, which is set to review the…

Scientists are known for being critical thinkers, experimental experts, and data enthusiasts. It’s probably no surprise that many of us are also undeniable nerds. Eric Spana, Assistant Professor of the Practice in Biology at Duke University and long-time GSA member, is no exception. “We all have some type of nerd-ism, whether it’s Harry Potter, Marvel,…

The federal regulatory policy in use today for biotechnology products, known as the Coordinated Framework for the Regulation of Biotechnology, was created in 1986 through a joint effort between the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Science Foundation…

As trainees navigate through their graduate training and postdoctoral independence, they are exposed to many opportunities that allow them to develop skills that are beneficial to a career at the bench and along the many paths that entwine the scientific enterprise. Dr. Sandlin Seguin is one scientist that is surprised at where she landed, within…

The folks behind the Cards Against Humanity party game have established the Science Ambassador Scholarship, which offers a full tuition scholarship of up to four years for a woman seeking an undergraduate degree in science, engineering, or math. They are looking for individuals who are passionate about discovery and able to share that excitement with others.…

Don Gibson (University of California, Davis) describes how he decided to start the Barbara on the Bill Campaign When I heard that the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced that a woman will be on the $10 bill, I started reading several articles about which woman it should be. I was shocked that so few women…