64th Annual Drosophila Conference – Genes to Genomes https://genestogenomes.org A blog from the Genetics Society of America Sat, 04 Nov 2023 15:22:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://genestogenomes.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/cropped-G2G_favicon-32x32.png 64th Annual Drosophila Conference – Genes to Genomes https://genestogenomes.org 32 32 #Dros23 GSA Poster Award winners https://genestogenomes.org/dros23-gsa-poster-award-winners/ Wed, 29 Mar 2023 12:41:59 +0000 https://genestogenomes.org/?p=85022 We are pleased to announce the GSA Poster Award winners from the 64th Annual Drosophila Research Conference! Undergraduate and graduate student members of the GSA were eligible for the awards, and a hard-working team of postdocs volunteered their time as judges. Congratulations to all!

Undergraduate Students

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1st Place: Sofia Karter Lopez, University of Toronto

“Rab11 mediates E-cadherin recycling during embryonic wound healing.”

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2nd Place: Elizabeth Graham, Georgetown University

“The impact of cell cycle and sex on DNA double-strand break repair pathway choice.”

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3rd Place: Leila Lin, University of California, Irvine

“Fast evolving genes involved in heterochromatin function.” 

Graduate Students

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1st Place: Audrey Williams, University of Chicago

“Fat2 polarizes Lar and Sema5c to coordinate the motility of collectively migrating epithelial cells.”

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2nd Place: Brook Falk, The Hospital for Sick Children

“Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E-5 is required for spermiogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster.”  

3rd Place: Matthew Lindsay, University of Rochester

“Investigating the maintenance of the Responder satellite in Drosophila melanogaster.”

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