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July 6, 2016 |
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Society News
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| At the University of Kansas, GSA students and postdocs used funding from the Society to help their peers learn more about non-academic careers. Make your professional development, scientific topic, or teaching and outreach workshop idea a reality by applying for a GSA Trainee-Organized Symposia. Applications are due July 10, 2016. |
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New Faculty Profile
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| Michael Wangler is an assistant professor in the Department of Molecular and Human Genetics at Baylor College of Medicine. There, his research group works to improve the field's understanding of the molecular pathogenesis of Mendelian disease by merging clinical observations, genomics and model organisms. |
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| Want to be considered for a new faculty profile? Complete this form. |
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2016 GSA Award Nominations
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Honor your outstanding colleagues by nominating them for a 2016 GSA award. Remember, individuals can't be chosen to receive an award unless they are nominated! Help us cultivate a strong and diverse pool of applicants for our awards:
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Policy
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| Leaders of several model organism communities, working with GSA, have come together to write a Statement of Support for the sustainable funding of model organism databases. Read the open letter to NIH and sign the Statement of Support today. |
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| 107 Nobel laureates (including several GSA members) sign a letter blasting Greenpeace over GMOs. |
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| The American Innovation and Competitive Act (S. 3084) is poised to reduce the regulatory burden of academic science. |
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| NIGMS is looking for public responses to a request for information on strategies for modernizing biomedical graduate education. The information will assist NIGMS in identifying, developing and potentially implementing strategies to ensure that trainees gain the skills, abilities and knowledge required to be successful in the biomedical research workforce. |
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GSA Journals
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| The Genetics Society of America’s Elizabeth W. Jones Award for Excellence in Education recognizes significant and sustained impact on genetics education. In addition to having made major contributions to biochemistry and developmental genetics, the 2016 awardee William B. Wood has been a pioneer in the reform of science teaching. |
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Learning and Doing: An Interview with Bill Wood
William B. Wood
GENETICS June 2016 203:631-63 |
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| Can fungi detect bacteria? Though plants and animals have a well characterized innate immune system, little is known about fungal responses to the presence of bacteria. In the latest issue of G3, Ipcho et al. show that the fungus Fusarium graminearum reacts rapidly to bacterial molecules (MAMPs) that are known to trigger plant and animal innate immune responses. |
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Fungal Innate Immunity Induced by Bacterial Microbe-Associated Molecular Patterns (MAMPs)
Simon Ipcho, Thomas Sundelin, Gitte Erbs, H. Corby Kistler, Mari-Anne Newman, and Stefan Olsson
Genes|Genomes|Genetics June 2016 6:1585-1595 |
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| Behind the Podium: TAGC Keynote Speaker Jef Boeke by Alex Hurlburt |
| Jef Boeke leads a team of international scientists to engineer a brewer’s yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) cell—the first eukaryote—with an entirely lab-generated genome in a project known as Sc2.0, or Synthetic Yeast 2.0. Boeke is excited to use his TAGC keynote address to give an update on the ambitious project. |
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| The very model of a classical geneticist by Stan Fields |
| GSA President Stan Fields has a little fun with comic opera in this parody of "The very model of a Modern Major General". |
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| Fecal alchemy: Turning poop into genomics gold by Cristy Gelling |
| When it comes to genotyping technology, poop genetics is stuck in the 1990s. While most geneticists are now awash in genome-scale data from thousands of individuals, those who depend on fecal and other non-invasively collected samples still rely on old-school, boutique panels of a dozen or so genetic markers. |
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Education and Professional Development
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| Can't wait for TAGC to see the new model organism phylo cards? Co-creator Dave Ng gives a sneak peak of the deck. |
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| Mentee/mentor relationships are a two-way street. Follow this advice to become one of your mentor’s favorite people. |
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Members in the News
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| Amita Sehgal shares how Drosophila research is teaching us more about sleep. |
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| David Valle honored with the Arno Motulsky-Barton Childs Award for Excellence in Human Genetics Education. |
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Looking for a job, or have one to offer? GeneticsCareers.org provides free job listings across the breadth of genetics—from academic, government, and industry positions to postdoctoral opportunities and much more. |
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Show your #IAmGSA Support
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| Use the #IAmGSA hashtag on social media sites to share news with the GSA community about members, outreach, and research breakthroughs. Or share updates through our online portal www.IAmGSA.org |
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| Funding, Fellowships, and Awards |
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| The application period for the Christin Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship program is open. An immersive experience, the program is designed to broaden fellows' appreciation of employment opportunities outside academia and leave them with both a firm grasp of the important and dynamic role of science and technology in decision-making and a better understanding of the role that they can play in strengthening the science and technology enterprise for the betterment of mankind. |
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| Call for Nominations: Hermann J. Muller Award for Contributions to Our Understanding of Genes and Society. This annual award and lecture series was established in 2016 to honor Professor Hermann Joseph Muller – renowned geneticist, Nobel Laureate, and social activist. The award is meant to recognize luminary international geneticists whose discoveries in genetics, like Muller's, have or are making a significant impact on human society in the broad sense (e.g., understanding the basis of genetic disorders, disease prevention, and innovations in agricultural genetics. |
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| News Around the Web |
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| Growing pains for field of epigenetics as some call for overhaul. Read More |
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| Britain’s shaky status as a scientific superpower. Read More |
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| Why Do We Inherit Mitochondrial DNA Only From Our Mothers? Read More |
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| Sign up your lab, team, or department |
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| GSA now offers group membership |
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| Deadline for next issue: July 15, 2016. Send items (and feedback) to Chloe Poston, cposton@genetics-gsa.org. |
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