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The GEP officially has a 501(c)(3) nonprofit arm to allow us to continue our work to democratize research.
Donations are tax deductible.

Student Publications

In addition to our traditional publications, GEP students and their faculty mentors are publishing in microPublication.org, which publishes brief articles on research findings presented in a single figure to rapidly disseminate experimentally sound results to the community. For a full list of GEP microPublication articles, see the “Micropublications” page.

Gene model for the ortholog of Pten in Drosophila miranda

Student Authors: Megan E. Lawson, Marjorie Dela Cruz, & D'Andrew L. Harrington

Gene model for the ortholog of Myc in Drosophila eugracilis

Student Authors: Megan E. Lawson, Alexa Hoffman, & Isabel G. Wellik

Drosophila kikkawai - Sox102F

Student Authors: Mia Mo, Larissa LoBello, Ismael Hassan Farah, Elwin Agtang, Edith Luz Ramos, Reza Abdoli, Laura Santander Diaz, & Larissa Helena Schumann Ferreira

Drosophila simulans – Ilp2

Student Authors: Leon F. Laskowski, Cole A. Kiser, Robyn Huber, & Sean Kusche

Drosophila mojavensis – chico

Student Authors: Hannah Congleton, Cole A. Kiser, Patricia A. Colom Diaz, Elizabeth Schlichting, & Dorothy A. Walton

Drosophila eugracilis – Akt

Student Authors: Ashley Morgan, Cole A. Kiser, Isabel Bronson, Hanjun Lin, Nicholas Guillette, Robert McMahon, & Jennifer A. Kennell

Drosophila yakuba – Tsc1

Student Authors: Bailey Lose, Abigail Myers, Savanah Fondse, & Ian Alberts

Drosophila grimshawi – Rheb

Student Author: Jared Williams

Upcoming Events

2025 Cur-a-thon

Tuesday, July 29 | 10a–4p (CT)

Student Symposium

February 27 – March 1, 2026

Recent News

Building an Inclusive and Accessible Work Environment

Dr. Stephen Klusza, a GEP Member since 2020, was recently featured in Genes to Genomes, a blog from the Genetics

New microPublication Alert

Drosophila yakuba – Tsc1

Lose, B; Myers, A; Fondse, S; Alberts, I; Stamm, J; Youngblom, JJ; Rele, CP; Reed, LK (2021). Drosophila yakuba –

Gaining research experience is limited at many institutions due to budget and resource constraints. What is magical about GEP is that it’s entirely web-based and students only need access to the internet, whereas normally they may need access to laboratories and biological specimens. This is a great equalizer, and helps students become better scientists and better citizens because they can apply those critical thinking skills to any scenario. Dr. Laura Reed The University of Alabama

GEP Program Director Wins Outstanding Professor Award

We are pleased to announce that GEP’s Program Director—Dr. Laura Reed—was awarded the Outstanding Professor Award at The University of Alabama.

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