"We were very impressed with both the quality of the research and the clarity of presentation by the winning candidates," noted Adam P. Fagen, PhD, GSA's Executive Director. "It is gratifying to see such inspiring work by members of our community so early in their careers. We look forward to hearing much more about their contributions in the years to come."
The recipients were chosen from 789 posters presented at the meeting, 561 of which were authored by GSA members and therefore eligible for an award.
2014 Drosophila Research Conference Poster Award Winners (for the full release including photos, please see http://www.genetics-gsa.org/media/releases/GSA_PR_20140520_Dros_poster_awards.pdf)
Postdoctoral Winners
FIRST PRIZE: Melanie I. Worley, University of California, Berkeley, USAPoster Title: "Chameleon: a mutant with an increased frequency of notum-to-wing transdetermination"Principal Investigator: Iswar K. Hariharan
SECOND PRIZE: Malini Natarajan, Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO, USAPoster Title: "Genome-wide analysis of tissue-specific effector genes in the Drosophila embryo"Principal Investigator: Julia Zeitlinger
THIRD PRIZE: Naoki Okamoto, RIKEN, Center for Developmental Biology (CDB), Kobe, JapanPoster Title: "Regulatory mechanism of the nutrient-dependent expression of Drosophila insulin-like peptide gene"Principal Investigator: Takashi Nishimura
Graduate Student Winners
FIRST PRIZE: Maureen Cetera, University of Chicago, IL, USAPoster Title: "Epithelial rotation promotes the global alignment of contractile actin filaments during Drosophila egg chamber elongation"Principal Investigator: Sally Horne-Badovinac
SECOND PRIZE: Gavin R. Rice, University of California, Davis, USAPoster Title: "Molecular mechanism behind the evolution of a novel sex-specific trait" Principal Investigator: Artyom Kopp
THIRD PRIZE: Sarah Neuman, University of Wisconsin–Madison, USAPoster Title: "INO80-dependent regression of transcriptional responses regulates developmental timing in Drosophila"Principal Investigator: Arash Bashirullah
Undergraduate Winners
FIRST PRIZE: Kurtresha Worden, University of Nevada, Reno, USAPoster Title: "Localization of aversive gustatory memory"Principal Investigator: Alex C. Keene and Pavel Masek
SECOND PRIZE: Dallas Criscoe, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USAPoster Title: "Pathogen pressures increase the rate of meiotic recombination in Drosophila"Principal Investigator: Nadia Singh
THIRD PRIZE: Robert J. Yamulla, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA, USAPoster Title: "Testing the models: Direct binding of β-catenin to the 20 amino acid repeats of APC is dispensible for Wnt regulation"Principal Investigator: David M. Roberts
Each awardee will receive a cash prize, a complimentary extension to their GSA membership, and a copy of Conversations in Genetics, a series of interviews with leading geneticists. The Society typically awards such prizes several times a year at each of their conferences on genetic research focused on a variety of model organisms.
ABOUT THE GSA DROSOPHILA RESEARCH CONFERENCE: Approximately 1,500 researchers attend the annual GSA Drosophila Research Conference to share the latest research using the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster and other insect species. Many of the findings from these model organisms have broad application for the study of human genetic traits and diseases. For more information about the conference, see http://www.genetics-gsa.org/drosophila/2014/.
ABOUT GSA: Founded in 1931, the Genetics Society of America (GSA) is the professional scientific society for genetics researchers and educators. The Society’s more than 5,000 members worldwide work to deepen our understanding of the living world by advancing the field of genetics, from the molecular to the population level. GSA promotes research and fosters communication through a number of GSA-sponsored conferences including regular meetings that focus on particular model organisms. GSA publishes two peer-reviewed, peer-edited scholarly journals: GENETICS, which has published high quality original research across the breadth of the field since 1916, and G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics, an open-access journal launched in 2011 to disseminate high quality foundational research in genetics and genomics. The Society also has a deep commitment to education and fostering the next generation of scholars in the field. For more information about GSA, please visit www.genetics-gsa.org. Also follow GSA on Facebook at facebook.com/GeneticsGSA and on Twitter @GeneticsGSA.
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