Articles tagged PEQG
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Congratulations to all the winners of poster awards at the 2022 Population, Evolutionary, and Quantitative Genetics Conference! Undergraduate Students First Place: Rachel EderArizona State UniversityPoster Title: Understanding the heterogeneity in gene regulatory responses to misfolded protein toxicity Second Place: Doran GoldmanStanford UniversityPoster Title: Effect of inoculation dose on colonization success in gut-derived microbial communities Graduate…

Guest post by C Brandon Ogbunu. 2022 marks the return of the Population, Evolutionary, and Quantitative Genetics (PEQG) Conference, organized by the Genetics Society of America. Part of the meeting’s popularity stems from being one of the few conferences that brings together leading thinkers in subfields of genetics that don’t typically overlap, across a range of…

Four GSA communities are excited to meet in person in 2022 — and to experiment with hybrid conferences that combine the benefits of online and in-person meetings. After two years of online meetings of all kinds, we are thrilled to return to scientific conversations in person! In 2022, many of us will be together again,…

The James F. Crow Early Career Researcher Award recognizes outstanding achievements by students and recent PhDs presenting their work at the Population, Evolutionary, and Quantitative Genetics (PEQG) Conference, which was part of TAGC Online in 2020. The 2020 winner and finalists for this prestigious PEQG award spoke in a high-profile session at the conference. Check…

The recipient of the 2018 Crow Award reveals details of flu evolution at the smallest —and largest—scales. For many viral diseases, a vaccine can provide lifelong protection. But for flu, you need a new shot every year. The influenza virus evolves so fast it presents a constantly moving target for both our immune systems and…

Watch presentations from the conference, including talks from Katie Peichel and Jonathan Pritchard. Now that the dust has settled from the whirlwind of the first ever standalone GSA Population, Evolutionary, and Quantitative Genetics Conference (PEQG18), we’re delighted to be able to share the audio and synched slides from the Keynote and Crow Award sessions. We’re…

Congratulations to all the winners of poster awards at the 2018 Population, Evolutionary, and Quantitative Genetics Conference! Graduate Students Matthew Osmond University of British Columbia Poster title: Genetic paths to evolutionary rescue   Paloma Medina University of California, Santa Cruz Poster title: Estimating the Prevalence of Wolbachia Across Arthropod and Nematode Taxa   Ankeeta Shah University of…

We are delighted to announce the finalists for the James F. Crow Early Career Researcher Award! All finalists will speak at the Crow Award session of the Population, Evolutionary, and Quantitative Genetics Conference on May 14, 2018 in Madison, Wisconsin. The Award honors the legacy of James F. Crow, whose contributions to the field of…

Get creative for the Population, Evolutionary, and Quantitative Genetics Conference.   Show your creative side, and inspire the population, evolutionary, and quantitative genetics community by entering the #PEQG18 T-shirt design contest! The winning entry will be used on official conference T-shirts available for sale at the Population, Evolutionary, and Quantitative Genetics Conference, to be held…

To promote excellence in undergraduate research and education, the Genetics Society of America has established a travel award to assist undergraduate members attending a GSA conference to present their research. Congratulations to all the winners of the Undergraduate Travel Award for Spring 2018!           Mayra M. Banuelos San Francisco State University STRs (short tandem…