Nine undergraduate juniors and seniors win travel awards to present their research at the Genetics Society of America’s 54th Annual Drosophila Research Conference in Washington, D.C.
Research presented at the Genetics Society of America’s annual Drosophila Research Conference in Washington, D.C., holds clues to potential treatment for motor neuron diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
Research presented on April 6, 2013 at the Genetics Society of America’s 54th Annual Drosophila Conference in Washington, D.C., April 3-7, 2013 identifies an important role zinc plays in the disease process.
2011 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine Jules A. Hoffmann, PhD, provided the keynote address at the Genetics Society of America’s Annual Drosophila Research Conference on April 3, 2013
Research published in the Genetics Society of America’s journal GENETICS documents how the genetic structure of African malaria mosquitoes is evolving, which could lead to implications for controlling malaria
The selected highlights for the April 2013 issue of GENETICS cover a wide array of topics including methods, technology and resources; gene expression; genetics of complex traits; genome integrity and transmission; population and evolutionary genetics; cellular genetics; and, genome system biology.
A presentation on April 5 at the Genetics Society of America’s 54th Annual Drosophila Research Conference in Washington D.C., April 3-7, describes a new way to study wound healing in flies that suggests new targets for wound-healing drugs for humans.
Researchers from Tel Aviv University describe experiments that could lead to a new approach for treating Parkinson’s disease using a common sweetener, mannitol. This research is presented April 6 at the Genetics Society of America’s 54th Annual Drosophila Research Conference in Washington D.C., April 3-7, 2013.
The Genetics Society of America’s 54th Annual Drosophila Research Conference gets underway next week, April 3-7, 2013 in Washington, D.C. at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel. The conference highlights current genetics research using the common fruit fly that informs human biology.
A Primer in the March 2013 journal GENETICS pairs undergraduate teaching concepts in population genetics with current research on speciation and sequencing in crickets, resulting in critical thinking in the classroom.
Research published in the March 2013 journal GENETICS explains a novel interaction between aging and how neurons dispose of unwanted proteins and why this impacts the rising prevalence of dementia with advancing age.
These are the selected highlights for the March 2013 issue of the Genetics Society of America’s journal, GENETICS. The highlights include articles on cellular genetics; population and evolutionary genetics; genome integrity and transmission; and genome and systems biology.
These are the selected highlights for the February 2013 issue of the Genetics Society of America’s journal, GENETICS, online at www.genetics.org/content/current. Topics include: population and evolutionary genetics; gene expression; genome and systems biology; and methods, technology and resources.
Research published in the journal GENETICS shows that marrying genome-wide and proteome-wide screening helps determine susceptibility in a wide variety of diseases.
In the journal GENETICS, NIH researchers review research on dog cranium development, suggest future research and how it may inform human skull development.
Five graduate students and five postdoctoral researchers are recipients of the 2013 DeLill Nasser Awards for Professional Development in Genetics from the Genetics Society of America. Each researcher receives a $1,000 travel grant to attend any national or international meeting, conference or laboratory course that will enhance his or her career.
These are the selected highlights for the January 2013 issue of the Genetics Society of America’s journal, GENETICS. The January issue is available online at www.genetics.org/content/current. Please credit GENETICS, Vol. 193, January 2013, Copyright © 2013.
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, have developed a more precise model for assessing skin cancer risk that includes numerous genetic factors such as family history, ethnicity, and genetic variations specific to each individual, and is published in the December 2012 issue of journal GENETICS.
These are the selected highlights for the December 2012 issue of the Genetics Society of America’s journal, GENETICS. The December issue is available online at www.genetics.org/content/current. Please credit GENETICS, Vol. 192, December 2012, Copyright © 2012.
Using genetic analyses, scientists have discovered that Northern European populations descend from a mixture of two very different ancestral populations, and one of these populations is related to Native Americans.
Graduate student Kathleen Dumas (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) and postdoctoral researcher Krista Dobi, PhD (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York), will serve as the first early career advisory representatives to the GSA Board of Directors.
The general membership elected six new members to the 2013 GSA Board of Directors. They are: Vicki L. Chandler, PhD, as vice president in 2013, and GSA president in 2014; Anne M. Villeneuve, PhD, as secretary; and Lynn Cooley, PhD, Anna Di Rienzo, PhD, Sarah C. R. Elgin, PhD, and Deborah A. Siegele, PhD, as directors.
Theses are selected highlights from the November 2012 issue of the Genetics Society of America’s journal, GENETICS. The November issue is available online at www.genetics.org/content/current.
The Genetics Society of America recognizes five outstanding geneticists with the selection of their annual awards for 2013. The scientists are: Thomas D. Petes, PhD (Duke University), Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal; Elaine A. Ostrander (NHGRI/NIH), Genetics Society of America Medal; R. Scott Hawley (Stowers Institute), George W. Beadle Award; A. Malcolm Campbell (Davidson College), Elizabeth W. Jones Award for Excellence in Education; and Jonathan K. Pritchard (HHMI and University of Chicago), the Edward Novitski Prize.
Research published in the journal GENETICS links NF1, a known oncogene driver in other cancers, with more than 25% of breast cancers—an important finding during National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Research published in the journal GENETICS may lead to more protective flu vaccines by helping developers more accurately predict strains most likely to strike the population in the coming season.
These are the selected highlights for the October 2012 issue of the Genetics Society of America’s journal, GENETICS.
These are the selected highlights for the September 2012 issue of the Genetics Society of America’s journal, GENETICS
Two early career female genetics researchers are recipients of the 2013 Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Awards, $75,000 awards funded by The Gruber Foundation and administered by the Genetics Society of America and the American Society of Human Genetics.
Research published in the journal GENETICS implicates several genes that may stop certain types of cancer.
A new educational resource or "Primer" in the GENETICS journal connects cutting-edge research with critical thinking in undergraduate instruction.
These are the selected highlights for the August 2012 issue of the Genetics Society of America’s journal, GENETICS.
By examining fruit flies at two different stages of their lives – youth and middle age -- a team of U.S. scientists has discovered important insights that explain why our ability to ward off infection declines with age. The findings are published in the July 2012 issue of the Genetics Society of America’s journal, GENETICS.
These are the selected highlights for the July 2012 issue of the Genetics Society of America’s journal, GENETICS. The July issue is available online as of July 11, 2012 at www.genetics.org/content/current. Please credit GENETICS, Vol. 191, JULY 2012, Copyright © 2012.
Zebrafish, popular as an aquarium fish, have an important place in research labs as a model organism for studying human diseases. They enable scientists to examine the basic biological mechanisms underlying human disorders and identify potential treatment approaches for an array of organ and systemic diseases.
Scientists in Australia are studying the mechanisms of spinal cord repair in zebrafish, which unlike humans and other mammals can regenerate their spinal cord following injury. Their findings suggest a family of molecules called fibroblast growth factors could be a therapeutic target for encouraging nerve regeneration.
Genetics Society of America’s Model Organisms to Human Biology: Cancer Genetics meeting highlighted the role of pathways, gene regulatory networks, in the spread of cancer.
New research presented at the International Zebrafish Development and Genetics Conference in Madison, Wisconsin, suggests there may be a biological reason why fatty and cholesterol-rich foods, like buttery shrimp, fried eggs and burgers and fries are so appealing together.
New research presented at the ongoing International Zebrafish Development and Genetics Conference in Madison, Wisconsin, reveals that environmental estrogens may influence human and animal development at the very beginning stages of embryonic development, which is earlier than previously realized.
Amazingly, the small, black-and-white striped zebrafish has biological similarities to humans, and is increasingly a popular model organism for studying vertebrate development, genetics, physiology, and mechanisms of disease as featured at the ongoing 2012 International Zebrafish Development and Genetics Conference in Madison, Wisconsin
Genetics Society of America’s Model Organism to Human Biology: Cancer Genetics meeting, occurring now in Washington, D.C., focuses on cancer research commonalities among species.
Zebrafish, a transparent member of the minnow family, are providing insight into human melanoma – a form of skin cancer – that may lead to new or repurposed drug treatments, for skin and other cancers. This will be reported at the Genetics Society of America’s “Model Organisms to Human Biology: Cancer Genetics” Meeting, June 17-20, 2012, in Washington, D.C.
The zebrafish research community and the Genetics Society of America announce David Kokel, Ph.D., a postdoctoral researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, as the first recipient of the Chi-Bin Chien Award, named for Chi-Bin Chien, Ph.D. (1965-2011), who was a prominent and dedicated zebrafish researcher.
Research published in the Genetics Society of America’s June 2012 issue of the journal GENETICS suggests a gene related to Alzheimer’s disease is also involved in the insulin pathway, which may explain the link between Alzheimer’s and diabetes.
These are the selected highlights for the Volume 191 June 2012 issue of the Genetics Society of America’s journal, GENETICS. The June issue is available online at www.genetics.org/content/current.
Many of the top scientists in the model organism and human cancer fields will be meeting to discuss their research at the Genetics Society of America’s (GSA’s) Model Organisms to Human Biology (MOHB): Cancer Genetics Meeting on June 17-20, 2012 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C.
Thirteen early career researchers are recipients of the DeLill Nasser Awards for Professional Development in Genetics from the Genetics Society of America. Each researcher receives a $1,000 travel award to attend a national or international meeting or to enroll in a laboratory course that will enhance their career.
The Genetics Society of America and the American Society of Human Genetics open the online application for the 2013 Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award, a $75,000 career development research award for early career female geneticists, funded by The Gruber Foundation.
Media are invited to attend the Genetics Society of America’s “Model Organisms to Human Biology – Cancer Genetics Meeting,” June 17-20, 2012, at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, DC. Speakers include investigators studying cancer relevant biology in model organisms and those studying human cancer. It also includes a mini-symposium on the ModENCODE project, with presentations by NHGRI and NIGMS directors.
The Genetics Society of America’s exhibit booth at the USA Science & Engineering Festival will let America vote on the next top model organism used in genetics research, including fruit flies, fungi, mice, and plants.
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