Each year, the GSA recognizes outstanding student research at the Yeast Genetics Meeting, honoring exceptional presentations by undergraduate and graduate student members. Award recipients are selected based on both the scientific merit of their research and the clarity of their presentation. Please join us in congratulating this year’s award winners.
Naseema Akhtar
University of Rochester
I study the molecular mechanisms behind species-specific thermotolerance evolution in Saccharomyces yeasts, from single-gene to proteome-wide changes.
Leah Anderson
University of Washington
I conduct experimental evolution in yeast in partnership with high school classrooms to uncover antifungal resistance mechanisms as well as provide learning about evolutionary biology.
Emma Boquillon
University of Pittsburgh
Distinct glycolytic inhibitors converge on α-arrestin-dependent glucose transporter endocytosis, revealing a conserved mechanism of adaptation to metabolic stress and drug resistance that may inform the design of more effective combination therapies against cancer.
By Lawson
Colorado State University
My project is part of our lab’s broader effort to understand how chromosomal mutations are complex by characterizing the cellular and environmental factors that rearrange genome structure.
Alexa McCarsey
Hope College
The Beckwith lab is currently investigating the “molecular grammar” of the prion-like domain in the Ty1 retrotransposon of the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Onyinyechi Onuoha
SUNY Upstate Medical University
My research seeks to understand how eukaryotic RNA polymerases I and III assemble.
