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New Faculty Profiles showcase GSA members who are establishing their first independent labs. If you’d like to be considered for a profile, please complete this form on the GSA website.   Erik Andersen Assistant Professor of Molecular Biosciences (Since 2013) Northwestern University Lab website Personal Twitter: @ecandersen   Research program: My lab has broad interests…

Celebrate our centennial by checking out the Highlights below or the full Table of Contents here! ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS This Month’s Centennial Articles A new century of GENETICS, pp. 1-2 Mark Johnston Editor-in-Chief Mark Johnston launches the second century of GENETICS and our year-long centennial celebrations. Sewall Wright on evolution in Mendelian populations and the “Shifting Balance,”…

Check out the January issue of G3! Investigations Genomic Prediction Accounting for Residual Heteroskedasticity Zhining Ou, Robert J. Tempelman, Juan P. Steibel, Catherine W. Ernst, Ronald O. Bates, and Nora M. Bello G3 January 2016 6:1-13; Early Online November 12, 2015, doi:10.1534/g3.115.022897 Abstract | Full Text | Full Text (PDF) | Supporting Information Comparative Genomics…

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…

New Faculty Profiles showcase GSA members who are establishing their first independent labs. If you’d like to be considered for a profile, please complete this form on the GSA website.   Irene Chiolo Gabilan Assistant Professor Department of Biological Sciences University of Southern California Lab website   Research program: We study the mechanisms of DNA repair…

Publishing research in one of the GSA Journals as an undergraduate is a significant and valuable authorship experience and we want to hear your story (even if it was published years ago!). GSA’s Spotlight on Undergraduate Research showcases GENETICS and G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics authors who were undergraduates when contributing to their paper. Adriana Calderon Undergraduate Senior, Whitworth University Research…

Publishing research in one of the GSA Journals as an undergraduate is a significant and valuable authorship experience and we want to hear your story (even if it was published years ago!). GSA’s Spotlight on Undergraduate Research showcases GENETICS and G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics authors who were undergraduates when contributing to their paper. Kelsey Moore Graduate Student, University of…

Catch up on 2015’s most popular Community Voices posts! Inherit the Wand: The Genetics of Wizardry in Harry Potter Read about how Eric Spana combines his genetic outreach work with Harry Potter nerdiness. Also, learn how to explain the existence of squibs, given a dominant wizarding gene. Worm CRISPR Workshop at the International C. elegans Meeting Technical tips and progress…

Catch up on 2015’s most popular Education posts! Undergrads power genomics research With 1014 authors, an article by Leung et al. in the May issue of G3 has the largest author list of any paper published in the journal. More than 900 of those authors were undergraduate students when they performed the research. Introducing undergrads to…

Publishing research in one of the GSA Journals as an undergraduate is a significant and valuable authorship experience and we want to hear your story (even if it was published years ago!). GSA’s Spotlight on Undergraduate Research showcases GENETICS and G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics authors who were undergraduates when contributing to their paper. Jessalyn Tackett Undergraduate Senior, Hendrix College…

Catch up on 2015’s most popular Policy & Advocacy posts! How labor reform might overhaul postdoc pay A proposed rule from the U.S. Department of Labor could soon mandate that postdocs making less than $50,440 per year will be eligible for overtime pay at 1.5 times their hourly rate. Research labs are generally not prepared…