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| Vote now in the GSA Board elections |
| All GSA members are invited to vote for new officers and members of the Board of Directors. Check your e-mail for your personal ballot code, which was sent from society@genetics-gsa.org on October 9. This year’s ballot includes six sections with two candidates each: |
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2019 Vice-President/2020 President
Hugo Bellen
Denise Montell |
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Secretary
Oliver Hobert
Erika Matunis |
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Director 1
Pamela Geyer
Helen Salz |
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Director 2
Swathi Arur
David Fay |
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Director 3
Arash Bashirullah
Rebecca Burdine |
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Director 4
Buck Samuel
Jordan Ward |
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| GSA Meetings |
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| Submit your #Dros19 Abstracts! |
Abstract submission and registration is now open for the 60th Annual Drosophila Research Conference, to be held March 27–31, 2019, in Dallas, Texas.
» conferences.genetics-gsa.org |
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| Journals |
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| What inspired Mendel? |
Newly uncovered newspaper articles shed light on Mendel’s motivations.
» genestogenomes.org |
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| Nanopore sequencing of 15 Drosophila genomes |
Low-cost sequencing closes gaps in fly genomes.
» genestogenomes.org |
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| Students and Postdocs |
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| Career tips: Applying for a AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowship |
Are you interested in applying for the AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships? To help you prepare, Giovanna Collu, co-chair of the Early Career Scientist Policy Subcommittee, has compiled some tips learned from current and former fellows.
» genestogenomes.org |
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| Apply for career symposia funding |
Did you know that GSA offers funding for local symposia that provide professional development opportunities for early career scientists? Examples could include career skills symposia, networking events, and scientific symposia with substantial opportunities for student and postdoc presenters. The next round of applications are due January 10, 2019.
» genetics-gsa.org |
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| Faculty, Educators, & Mentors |
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| Classic Mendelian genetics paper now available in translation |
In 1902 Lucien Cuénot published a paper showing that Mendel's laws also applied to mice. Richard Behringer and colleagues have now translated the paper into English and other languages so that students from all over the world can read this classic paper for themselves.
» gsbs.uth.edu |
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| Not sure where to start with implementing active learning? |
The PALM Fellowship program heps postdoc and faculty instructors put active learning into practice under the mentorship of experienced educators. Fellows receive mentored training and funding for travel. Apply by October 30.
» palm.ascb.org |
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| Community Announcements |
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| Why funding fruit fly research is important for the biomedical sciences |
A guest post by Andreas Prokop aims to showcase how policy and decision makers can be alerted to the importance of fundamental biomedical research.
» genestogenomes.org |
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| Imagine Science Film Festival |
Check out the Imagine Science film festival in New York City next week, October 12–19.
» nytimes.com |
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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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Genomics Specialist – Technology Transfer and Technical Writer
Life Epigenetics
Postdoc: Collaborative Position in the Hart & Wharton Labs
Brown University
Associate Professor / Professor - Mind Brain Behavior - Neurogenetics
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Postdoc: Genomics
University of South Florida
Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Biology-Geneticist
Fredericksburg, VA
Research Scientist
Eli Lilly and Company
Technical Specialist - Cancer Genomics
GeneDx, Inc
Genetic Biostatistical Analyst
SickKids
Senior Scientist, Biomarker Signatures
Johnson & Johnson
Bioinformatics Manager
Ancestry
Principal Investigator/Faculty position
IRIC/Université de Montréal
Tenure-track Faculty Position in Genetics and Genomics
University of Wisconsin-Madison |
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