Seven researchers awarded for work presented at yeast genetics conference

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8-Sep-2014

Contact: Raeka Aiyar, Ph.D. raeka.aiyar@gmail.com 202-412-1120 Genetics Society of America http://www.twitter.com/GeneticsGSA

BETHESDA, MD The Genetics Society of America (GSA) and the yeast genetics research community are pleased to announce the winners of the GSA poster awards at the 2014 Yeast Genetics Meeting, which took place in Seattle, WA, July 29August 3, 2014. These awards were made to undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral scientists in recognition of the research they presented at the conference. Their projects examined the molecular basis of several processes governing the inheritance of traits using yeast as a model organism.

"The breadth and depth of the science presented at this meeting was impressive and inspiring," remarked Adam Fagen, PhD, GSA's executive director. "We are very proud to see these significant contributions to genetics research from these early career scientists and look forward to following their continued success throughout their careers."

Nearly 400 research posters were presented at the meeting, and the winning posters were selected by a panel of leading yeast genetics researchers. The winners of the 2014 Yeast Genetics Meeting GSA Poster Awards are as follows:

First Place: Joseph Sanchez (PhD student, University of Washington) Advisor: Dr. Bonny Brewer Title:: "The human Meier-Gorlin Syndrome mutation in ORC4 reduces replication initiation and rDNA copy number in Saccharomyces cerevisiae"

Second Place: Jinglin Xie (PhD student, University of Toronto) Advisor: Dr. Leah Cowen Title: "Dissecting the role of calcineurin and protein kinase C signalling in Hsp90-dependent caspofungin tolerance"

Third Place: Mark Rutledge (PhD student, Princeton University) Advisor: Dr. Jim Broach Title: "Chromatin organization in quiescent yeast"

Fourth Place: Erica Hildebrand (PhD student, Fred Hutchinson Research Center) Advisor: Dr. Susan Biggins Title: "Regulation of centromeric nucleosome localization by the E3 ubiquitin ligase Psh1"

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Seven researchers awarded for work presented at yeast genetics conference