Benefits of Membership

Why Join?

We invite you to support The Genetics Society of America by becoming a member.

Membership Categories and Fees

Membership with The Genetics Society of America entitles you to:

• Reduced registration fees for the six GSA-sponsored meetings

  • Model Organisms and Human Biology

  • C. elegans

  • Chlamydomonas

  • Drosophila

  • Fungal Genetics

  • Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology
     

• Reduced publication fees in the GENETICS Journal;
   

• Reduced fees for use of color in Journal articles;
   

• A subscription to GENETICS, a leading journal in the field since 1916;
   

• A subscription to the GSA newsletter, GENEtics;
   

• Discounted subscriptions for many publications of interest to geneticists;
   

• Inclusion of your name in the online membership directory that includes 3,200 geneticists;
   

• Discounts on a wide assortment of reagents and antibodies (review at http://www.usbio.net/);
   

• The satisfaction that you are supporting advocacy for genetics research on Capitol Hill through the efforts of the Coalition for the Life Sciences (formerly Joint Steering Committee on Public Policy), chaired by Harold Varmus (http://www.jscpp.org/);
   

• The opportunity to influence Society position statements;
   

• Voting privileges in GSA elections;
   

• Support of international development of genetics through GSA's membership in the International Genetics Federation;
   

• The opportunity to post a free employment ad on the GSA Website;
   

• The satisfaction of supporting the intellectual heritage of genetics, with recent initiatives including the renovation of Mendel's garden in Brno, Czech Republic, and the oral history project, "Conversations in Genetics";
   

• Fellowship with nearly 5,000 colleagues and scholars of genetics.

This year, support The Genetics Society of America and receive your personal copy of the GENETICS Journal by joining the GSA.  Join Now>