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The Genetics Society of America is a professional scientific society representing genetics researchers and educators globally.

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Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 26d

🌟9 past GSA Awardees have won a Nobel Prize!🌟 GSA Awards honor excellence in genetics—from early career breakthroughs to lifetime achievement. Nominate a colleague (or yourself!) by October 1, 2025. Learn more & submit a nomination 🔗: buff.ly/WGbSmeN

Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 9h

Science is intertwined with eugenics, and eugenic ideologies continue to negatively impact #Indigenous communities and science today.

Read a timely and important perspective piece in #GENETICS from @jazlynmooney.bsky.social and colleagues: buff.ly/T7rbV3k

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Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 11h

Our described genome assembly will drive slug regeneration research and push into functional genomics and evolutionary studies (jkaf164).

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Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 11h

The October #G3journal cover features Deroceras laeve—a widely distributed land slug suitable for research to comprehend the mechanisms underlying regeneration largely unknown in mollusks. Read the issue: buff.ly/PNSEEvz

📸: Alfredo Varela-Echavarría

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Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 13h

The October #GENETICS cover shows phenotypic variation in rose flowers across different periods of 19th-century breeding history, illustrated with some of the rose varieties preserved in the ancient rose garden Roseraie Loubert.🌹 Read the full issue: buff.ly/BYzknt9

📸: @tiboleroyinen.bsky.social

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Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 15h

A 🆕 episode of Genetics in Your World is now available! ECS Multimedia Subcommittee co-chair @ecoevogal.bsky.social interviewed Dr. Shraddha Lall of Harvard University on her research covering selection for phenotypic variability in Drosophila.

Listen now: buff.ly/M9uafT5 🎙️

Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 1d

In #GENETICS, Pohl et al. show how young #Celagns are relatively resistant to salt toxicity and aging causes progressive sensitivity, where old animals display toxicity to both standard and excess sodium chloride. buff.ly/m9vk7TH

Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 1d

New work in #GENETICS presents a cytonuclear multi-parent population resource comprising hundreds of doubled haploid lines generated from backcrosses between genetically diverse wild barley accessions. buff.ly/ndFjneC

Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 1d

How do spontaneous mutations arise?

In this latest #GENETICS review, Susan Lovett and @thalia.bsky.social provide a detailed overview of bacterial genetics experiments instrumental in understanding how genomes change. buff.ly/CXJnTqn

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Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 1d

New in #GENETICS: Spilsbury et al. generated mutant alleles of #Celegans mitochondrial trans-2-enoyl-coA reductase (MECR) gene using #CRISPR and showed MECR's requirements in normal mitochondrial function, germline development, and neuromuscular function. buff.ly/pwCRu7D

Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 1d

Are you advancing #Drosophila neurogenetics? 🧠🪰

Nominations are open for the Hugo Bellen & Catherine Tasnier Drosophila Neurogenetics Lecture—$5,000 + present at #Dros26! 2025 recipient Qili Liu shared groundbreaking work on protein-specific appetite. Who’s next?

Apply by Nov 6: buff.ly/kTdkONE

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Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 2d

@zoehilbertspace.bsky.social and the team show how the human #fungal #pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans rapidly adapts to increasing temperatures.

This study in #GENETICS offers a glimpse into how rising temperatures will impact infectious diseases in future. buff.ly/RhmylTL

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Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 2d

To better understand the genetic basis of heavy metal toxicity, Hanson et al. selected zinc-resistant #Drosophila and employed extreme QTL mapping to identify novel candidate genes underlying zinc toxicity.

Learn more in #GENETICS: buff.ly/saEbU8y

Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 2d

📅 Oct 29, 1 p.m. EDT
Postdoc Opportunities Abroad
Hear from early career researchers building successful careers outside the U.S.—and get tips for planning your own path. @ethanewe.bsky.social

You’ll need to create a GSA account, but both events are free—register now: buff.ly/DUzRI4Y

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Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 Two upcoming GSA panels highlight international research opportunities for early career scientists!

📅 Oct 20, 11 a.m. EDT
Grants and Funding in Europe
Learn how to secure funding abroad with insights from the @erc.europa.eu + The Research Bid.

@limor-zwi-dantsis.bsky.social

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Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 2d

In #GENETICS, Gemma Puixeu and @lkhayward.bsky.social developed models incorporating sex-specific stabilizing selection, mutation, and genetic drift to examine the relationship between intersex correlation and sexual dimorphism. buff.ly/E4t4d69

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Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 4d

In #GENETICS, Avery et al. profiled genotype-by-environment interactions in #yeast ubiquitin-proteasome system and revealed complex interactions between the environment and the genetics of protein degradation. buff.ly/9YKFhvU

Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 5d

New work in #GENETICS from @johriparul.bsky.social and Brian Charlesworth present a gene-based model of fitness that predicts positive linkage disequilibrium between deleterious variants. buff.ly/Kr4Knk2

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Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 5d

In #GENETICS, @johriparul.bsky.social and Brian Charlesworth examine the consequences of the gene model for the genetic and inbreeding loads, showing how the gene model results in a slightly lower genetic load, but a much smaller inbreeding load. buff.ly/dKn1606

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Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 5d

📢 Applications are open Oct 1–Dec 15 for GSA Early Career Leadership Program Advisors! Guide subcommittees & support early career scientists.
Not open to grad students/postdocs. Learn more and apply now: buff.ly/1UO2kI4

Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 5d

In #GENETICS, Carballar-Lejarazú et al. analyzed gene drive system-mediated target-site mutagenesis in #Anopheles, a #malaria vector, to understand sequence polymorphisms in the genomic target site that could impede Cas9/gRNA-mediated cleavage. buff.ly/RumpR4t

Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 6d

#NobelPrize week is approaching fast, and it's a good time to remember scientists whose contributions were overlooked. Read this #GENETICS story from @ccwendling.bsky.social, Zachary Bailey featuring Esther Lederberg, whose work in bacterial genetics was attributed to her husband: buff.ly/LKYfqvQ

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Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 6d

Are you using #Optogenetics to map functional synaptic connectivity?

New report in #GENETICS shows how low levels of leaky Chrimson expression can give strong artifactual GCaMP signals in #Drosophila neurons, thereby generating false-positive signals. buff.ly/KgA7lWk

Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 6d

📢 NEW GENOME ALERT

In #GENETICS, Schwarz et al. present a genome assembly of Steinernema hermaphroditum, a nematode insect parasite, and symbiotic bacteria the species harbors.

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Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 6d

Abstract submission for #Dros26 is now open! 🪰

Browse abstract submission topics online and start preparing your abstract today.

Learn more: buff.ly/N0ajcpu

Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 6d

🚨LAST CHANCE! 🚨

Applications for the Victoria Finnerty Undergraduate Travel Awards are due TODAY! Don’t forget to hit “submit” by 8pm EDT to help fund your journey to #Dros26.

🔗 buff.ly/VtAXlZF