Articles tagged GSA Board of Directors
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We are pleased to announce the election of five new leaders to the GSA Board of Directors: 2023 Vice President/2024 President Mariana Wolfner Distinguished Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics and Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow My research has focused on the genes and pathways that mediate sexual development and reproduction, primarily in Drosophila. From…

GSA’s new audio interview series is designed to help you discover and share interesting perspectives from the genetics community—even when you only have five minutes to spare. The excitement of science is meant to be shared. What if you could hear scientists share—in their own words—the value of their work using yeast, flies, worms, and other…

For me, these last few years have driven home how crucial—and yet how challenging—it is for scientists to communicate how we know what we know and why we do what we do.   When it comes to explaining our own work, it can be especially tricky to convey the value of basic research to listeners who…

Guest post by Gavin Rice and Jessica M. Vélez  Over the past year and a half, the lack of in-person conferences and reduced number of external seminar speakers have damaged the connection that early career scientists feel toward their scientific community. “Networking” is often cited as one of the most important tools for success in…

The GSA is pleased to welcome six leaders to the Board of Directors, who will be appointed for 2022–2024. 2022 Vice President/2023 President Tracy Johnson Cecilia and Keith Terasaki Presidential Endowed Chair, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor, Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, Dean of Life Sciences, University of California, Los…

The Genetics Society of America Board of Directors is pleased to welcome two new Early Career Representatives. Congratulations to the new appointees, who will serve two-year terms on the Board working to support the needs of all GSA members. Jacob Ortega is currently a graduate student at Baylor College of Medicine and MD Anderson Cancer…

This is a guest post by Sarah Marshall, originally published in the Undiagnosed Disease Network’s Participant Engagement and Empowerment Resource (UDN PEER). In April 2021, I had the pleasure of interviewing Drs. Hugo Bellen [2021 GSA President] and Shinya Yamamoto about their work at the Model Organisms Screening Center (MOSC) at Baylor College of Medicine,…

The Genetics Society of America is pleased to welcome five new leaders to the Board of Directors. Congratulations to the incoming Vice President and four new Directors, who will serve from 2021–2023. GSA looks forward to working together to support, uplift, and connect our scientific community. 2021 Vice President/2022 President E. Jane Hubbard Professor, Department…

As COVID-19 spreads across the world, members of the GSA community have had to face unprecedented challenges in their professional and personal lives. To stay connected during this socially distant time, GSA invites the scientists in our community to share how they are meeting these challenges, as well as their questions and worries.  If you…

We are pleased to announce the election of five new leaders to the GSA Board of Directors: 2020 Vice-President/2021 President Hugo Bellen Professor, Molecular and Human Genetics, Neuroscience, and Developmental Biology, and Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute, Baylor College of Medicine Hugo Bellen is a Drosophila geneticist who has…

We are pleased to announce the election of six new leaders to the GSA Board of Directors: 2019 Vice-President / 2020 President Denise Montell Robert and Patricia Duggan Professor, Distinguished Professor, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara Denise Montell’s research aims to uncover the fundamental mechanisms that control how cells build…