Genetics Society of America
The Genetics Society of America (GSA) is a scientific society specializing in genetics in the United States . In 2006 the society had 3,422 members. It publishes the scientific journals Genetics and G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics ( open access journal, founded 2011).
The GSA was founded in 1931 at the meeting of the American Society of Zoologists in New Orleans as a reorganization of the joint genetics section of the American Society of Zoologists and the Botanical Society of America . LC Dunn became its first president. The GSA is a member of the International Genetics Federation .
Former presidents of the GSA
- 1932 LC Dunn
- 1933 RA Emerson
- 1934 Sewall Wright
- 1935 DF Jones
- 1936 PW Whiting
- 1937 EM East
- 1938 LJ Stadler
- 1939 M. Demerec
- 1940 LJ Cole
- 1941 Th. Dobzhansky
- 1942 EW Lindstrom
- 1943 MM Rhoades
- 1944 AH Sturtevant
- 1945 B. McClintock
- 1946 GW Beadle
- 1947 HJ Muller
- 1948 LH Snyder
- 1949 TM Sonneborn
- 1950 Curt Stern
- 1951 MR Irwin
- 1952 JW Gowen
- 1953 RE Clausen
- 1954 JT Patterson
- 1955 PC Mangelsdorf
- 1956 RE Cleland
- 1957 RA Brink
- 1958 CP Oliver
- 1959 Karl Sax
- 1960 JF Crow
- 1961 BP businessman
- 1962 RD Owen
- 1963 Jack Schulz
- 1964 S. Emerson
- 1965 WL Russell
- 1966 EW Caspari
- 1967 EB Lewis
- 1968 HL Roman
- 1969 C. Yanofsky
- 1970 NH Giles Jr.
- 1971 RP Wagner
- 1972 RD Hotchkiss
- 1973 MM Green
- 1974 B. Wallace
- 1975 O. Smithies
- 1976 ES Russell
- 1977 DD Perkins
- 1978 M. Shaw
- 1979 E. Sears
- 1980 WK Baker
- 1981 BH Judd
- 1982 HL Car
- 1983 ML Pardue
- 1984 RW Allard
- 1985 I. Herskowitz
- 1986 DL Lindsley
- 1987 EW Jones
- 1988 GR Fink
- 1989 DL Hartl
- 1990 RL Metzenberg
- 1991 LH Hartwell
- 1992 JC Lucchesi
- 1993 AD Kaiser
- 1994 BS Baker
- 1995 HR Horvitz
- 1996 RE Esposito
- 1997 D. Botstein
- 1998 TC Kaufman
- 1999 EM Meyerowitz
- 2000 JE Kimble
- 2001 MB Carlson
- 2002 TD Petes
- 2003 C. Kenyon
- 2004 M. Johnston
- 2005 T. Orr-Weaver
- 2006 Barry S. Ganetzky
- 2007 AC Spradling
- 2008 TM Schüpbach
- 2009 F. Winston
- 2010 RS Hawley
- 2011 PW Sternberg
- 2012 P. Hieter
- 2013 M. Lynch
- 2014 V. Chandler
- 2015 Jasper Rine
- 2016 Stanley Fields
- 2017 Lynn Cooley
- 2018 Jeannie Lee
- 2019 Terry Magnuson
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Awards from the GSA
The GSA awards the following science prizes :
- Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal (since 1981)
- Genetics Society of America Medal (since 1981)
- George W. Beadle Award (since 1999)
- Elizabeth W. Jones Award for Excellence in Education (since 2007)
- Novitski Prize (since 2008)
Web links
- ^ Past and Present GSA Officers - Genetics Society of America. In: genetics-gsa.org. Retrieved March 5, 2020 .