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| Apply now for DeLill Nasser travel funding |
Grad student and postdoc members are invited to apply for the DeLill Nasser Award for Professional Development in Genetics, which supports travel to conferences and courses held between July 1 and December 31, 2018. Applications are due April 3.
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| Undergrad travel funding to #Ciliate18, #Xenopus18, and #Yeast18 |
Applications are now open for the GSA Undergraduate Travel Awards. Undergrad members presenting research at a GSA conference are eligible to apply. The current application period covers the 2018 Ciliate Molecular Biology Conference, International Xenopus Conference, and Yeast Genetics Meeting. Applications are due March 21.
» genetics-gsa.org |
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| Congrats Finnerty Awardees! |
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2018 Victoria Finnerty Undergraduate Travel Award. This award supports travel costs for undergraduates to present their research at the 59th Annual Drosophila Research Conference. We'll see you in Philadelphia!
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| GSA Meetings |
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| Talk shop at the #Dros18 community lunch |
Take a deep dive into the latest topics in our field over lunch at the 59th Annual Drosophila Research Conference. Each discussion at the Community, Connections, and Lunch event will be moderated by established and up-and-coming community leaders, who will explore the latest scientific findings, such as presentations from the conference and hot topics in the literature, or other professional development and community issues.
» genestogenomes.org |
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| Ciliate Molecular Biology Conference registration open |
Abstract submission and registration are now open for the 2018 Ciliate Molecular Biology Conference, which will be held July 17–July 22 in Washington, DC. Abstracts are due by April 4.
» conferences.genetics-gsa.org |
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| Get peer review experience |
Applications are now open for the GENETICS Peer Review Training Program pilot. Participants will prepare reviews of manuscripts and receive one-on-one mentoring in manuscript reviewing from members of the GENETICS Editorial Board. Applications due April 14.
» genetics-gsa.org |
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| Tales told by ancient human DNA |
A new statistical approach to getting the most from ancient samples is revealing more about the relationships between ancient humans and modern ones.
» genestogenomes.org |
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| How baker’s yeast turns from friend to foe |
Phadke et al. searched for traits that allow S. cerevisiae to invade a model host: the larval form of the greater wax moth.
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| Students and Postdocs |
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| Maryam Zaringhalam on why extracurriculars aren’t “extra” |
In the latest Decoding Life interview, a AAAS Science, Technology, and Policy fellow discusses community engagement activities during her PhD that helped her transition into a career in science policy and communication.
» genestogenomes.org |
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| Early Career Leadership Spotlight — Giovanna Collu |
Giovanna Collu is co-chair of the ECS Policy Subcommittee and seeks to advance evidence-based decision-making for equitable public policy outcomes.
» genestogenomes.org |
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| Early Career Scientist Leadership Spotlight — Nicole Green |
Nicole Green is a member of the ECS Career Development Subcommittee and loves using scientific images and storytelling to make research accessible to non-scientists.
» genestogenomes.org |
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| Faculty, Educators, & Mentors |
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| New Faculty Profile: Daniel McKay |
Daniel McKay investigates how the activity of DNA regulatory elements is controlled during development and how histone proteins act as carriers of epigenetic information during specification and maintenance of cell fates.
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| Federal budget and appropriations process 101 |
Watch a recording of FASEB’s recent webinar introducing the US federal budget process and its effects on research funding. The presentation also discussed how the research community can advocate for continued funding for federal research agencies.
» faseb.org |
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| Members in the News |
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| How to make scientists into better peer reviewers |
The Scientist covers recent efforts to make better reviewers out of researchers, including our own GENETICS Peer Review Training Program.
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| A Scientist’s Mission: Talking Genetics With Everybody |
GSA member and #Dros18 plenary speaker Ting Wu was recently profiled in the Wall Street Journal. Join her in a discussion of chromatin and epigenetics at the Community, Connections, and Lunch event at the conference.
» wsj.com |
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| How cells pack tangled DNA into neat chromosomes |
Quanta Magazine covers recent advances in understanding the mechanisms of DNA packaging, featuring the work of GSA member and 2018 Novitski Prize recipient Job Dekker, with comments from 2016 Morgan Medal and 1990 GSA Medal recipient Nancy Kleckner.
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| Food tailored to our genes may be on the menu soon |
Research published in GENETICS on the effect of genetic variation on diet responses in mouse was covered in the Wall Street Journal, including quotes from GSA member and G3 Associate Editor David Threadgill.
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| GeneticsCareers.org |
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| GeneticsCareers.org is free to use for both jobseekers and employers. A simple registration process provides access to a broad range of job listings in academia, government, and industry, as well as postdoctoral opportunities and more. |
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Assistant Professor of Evolutionary Genomics
University of Tulsa
Director, Biological Imaging Core
University of Oregon
Product Scientist
23andMe, Inc.
Research professional [Bioinformatics and statistics]
University of Illinois at Chicago
Grad research assistantships: Plant Genomics
Northern Arizona University
Postdoc: Madagascar Biodiversity Genomics
Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium
Postdoc: Oncogenic Signals and Chromosome Biology
University of California, Davis |
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