Name:
Genetics Society of Australasia, Inc.
Purpose:
To promote the interests of the Science of Genetics in Australia and our region.
Established:
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- Annual
Scientific Meeting generally held in early July. The Society brings
at least one overseas speaker to the meeting. Production of abstracts
for scientific meetings. (Abstracts available via ftp)
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- Organise
Australasian Gene Mapping Workshops (GMW) with New Zealand Genetics
Society. Meetings held in NZ every 3rd year. When in Australia generally
overlapping with GSA meeting
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- A strong
emphasis is placed on student participation at meetings by subsidising
students presenting and by awarding student prizes for the best presentations.
(Prizes are donated by sustaining members, companies who support the
Society and mount trade displays at the meetings)
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- An email
distribution list is maintained to disseminate information on meetings
and jobs available (contact a.wilton@unsw.edu.au)
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| Constitution:
Click here to read the constitution
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- The
Summer Research Studentships of
$4,000 are granted annually to three upper level science students interested in gaining hands-on research experience in the discipline of genetics.
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| International
Genetics Federation |
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| Federation
of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies (FASTS) |
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- Secretary,
Alex Andrianopoulos, Department of Genetics, University of Melbourne, Victoria,
alex.a@unimelb.edu.au
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- President,
Prof Robert Saint, Research School of Biological Sciences,
Australian National University, Robert.Saint@anu.edu.au
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