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New work in GENETICS finds that maternal age at conception can also contribute to de novo mutation rates—not just paternal age, as commonly thought.
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10/08/2024
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Join us for a GSA Awards seminar with Ofer Rog

On July 11, at 1:00 p.m. EDT, Ofer Rog will join us discuss two unpublished stories from his lab–the first documenting the unexpected de-mixing of sister chromatids during meiotic prophase and the mechanisms that mediate it, and the second describing a new genomic technique his lab developed to characterize large-scale chromatin organization and its application to meiotic chromosomes.


 
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Register today for an accessibility seminar: “Improving accessibility in the postgraduate pipeline”
In this workshop organized by the Early Career Scientist Accessibility Subcommittee, panelists Bonnie Jacob, Victoria Popov, Thomas Merritt, and Konan Blaise Koko explore gaps in the postgraduate pipeline of academia for disabled scientists and how we can better mentor and support them through the undergraduate to graduate transition and graduate experience, including with matters surrounding outreach, recruitment, and retention.
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GSA JOURNALS & PUBLICATIONS
 
Beyond replication: how does parental age affect de novo mutation rates?
New work in GENETICS finds that maternal age at conception can also contribute to de novo mutation rates—not just paternal age, as commonly thought.
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Block party on the zebrafish sex chromosome
Research in G3 identifies a gene regulatory block of the zebrafish genome responsible for overseeing the maternal-to-zygotic-transition.
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New Senior Editor Amy MacQueen joins GENETICS
A new senior editor is joining GENETICS in the Genome Integrity and Transmission section. We’re excited to welcome Amy MacQueen to the editorial team.
» Read more.

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RESOURCES FOR EARLY CAREER SCIENTISTS
 
Check out The Postdoc Academy, a comprehensive online and in-person program from the National Postdoctoral Association
The program aims to support postdoctoral fellows through career and research development. Whether you are a postdoc in early, mid-, or late stages of your career, we offer online courses and mentoring resources to support strategy and skill development for a well-navigated postdoc experience and successful career transitions!
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Join the National Institute for Scientific Teaching for the 2024 Addressing Challenges in Teaching event
The goal of the event is to work as a community to address common challenges in undergraduate education. We welcome educators at all stages of their academic career to attend for an opportunity to explore, reflect upon, learn, and deepen teaching practices. You can learn more and register for the event here.
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Watch the recordings of GSA Award seminars with Jef Boeke and Deborah Andrew
Couldn’t make it to the live seminar? You can view Jef Boeke’s seminar on Build-a-Genome and Deborah Andrew’s seminar on the Drosophila salivary gland by visiting the GSA YouTube channel.
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Changes are coming to the National Center for Biotechnology Information’s taxonomy classifications
NCBI is continually making improvements to the Taxonomy resource in response to new data and changes in biological nomenclature and classification. In the coming months, NCBI will update the higher-level classification of birds, budding yeasts, prokaryotes, and Viruses. Visit the press release to learn more.
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Director | Institute for Precision Health, University of California, Irvine | Irvine, CA

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Senior Bioinformatics Engineer | Simons Foundation | New York, NY

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Research Facility Director and Professor | Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Nebraska, Lincoln | Lincoln, NE
 
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