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| Society News |
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| Didem Sarikaya to serve as Advisory Representative to the GSA Board of Directors |
We are pleased to announce that Didem P. Sarikaya (University of California, Davis) has been appointed as a Trainee Advisory Representative to the GSA Board of Directors for 2018–2020.
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| Nominations open for new GSA Board of Directors |
| 2018 GSA members are invited to nominate outstanding community members to stand for election for the GSA Board of Directors. Self-nominations are welcome. Members should have received a nomination link via e-mail from society@genetics-gsa.org around May 22. |
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| GSA Meetings |
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| #PEQG18 in Haiku |
Attendees of the Population, Evolutionary, and Quantitative Genetics Conference bombarded Twitter with more than 50 #PEQG18 haikus (and one limerick), providing poetic snippets of the meeting to those who couldn’t make it. You can also check out April Wei’s fantastic sketch notes of the meeting!
» genestogenomes.org |
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| #Ciliate18 early registration discount deadline |
Don’t miss the early registration discount for the 2018 Ciliate Molecular Biology Conference! The deadline is May 30.
» conferences.genetics-gsa.org |
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| Journals |
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| Seeking the flaw in error-prone DNA polymerases |
A yeast study suggests faulty proofreading is not to blame for links between cancer and DNA polymerase  variants.
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| Mito-nuclear interactions could influence disease variability |
A new fruit fly model of Leigh syndrome reveals the importance of mtDNA variation.
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| Students and Postdocs |
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| The Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Fellowship: an inside view |
The Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program provides fellows with a 12-week immersion in science policy. Learn more in the latest from the Early Career Scientist Policy Subcommittee’s series on science policy fellowships.
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| Abha Ahuja on teaching with impact |
In the latest Decoding Life interview, an assistant professor at an education startup discusses getting teaching experience as a postdoc, designing active learning courses online, and how her identity helps her relate to her diverse students.
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| Members in the News |
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| New fellows of the Royal Society announced |
Congratulations to GSA members newly elected as fellows of the Royal Society, including Martin Chalfie (Columbia University) and Sophien Kamoun (The Sainsbury Laboratory).
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| Congratulations new NAS member Virginia Zakian |
Congratulations to upcoming presenter of the Winge-Lindegren Address at #Yeast18, Virginia Zakian (Princeton University), who has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
» nasonline.org |
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| New members of the American Philosophical Society elected |
Congratulations to new members of the American Philosophical Society, including GSA Board member and #PEQG18 co-organizer Hopi Hoekstra (Harvard University/HHMI) and GSA member and Nobel Laureate Michael Young (Rockefeller University).
» amphilsoc.org |
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| New EMBO members announced |
Congratulations to GSA member Bernardo Carvalho (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro), who has been elected an Associate Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization.
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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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University of Kansas
Post-doc: Developmental Genetics
Seattle Children's Research Institute
Postdoc: dynamics of the cell cycle oscillator and cellular behavior in fission yeast
CNRS Institute of Genetics of Development of Rennes
Postdoc: Identification and characterization of somatic mutations in epilepsy
Columbia University
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Marine Biological Laboratory
Postdocs: Developmental and Evolutionary Genetics
University of California Davis
Associate Scientist - Data Collection
23andMe, Inc. |
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