Postdoctoral Research with David Botstein, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ (2007 - present)
Graduate Research with Andrew Murray, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (2002 - 2007)
Education
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (2002 - 2007)
Ph.D. Molecular Biology
Thesis: Mutation rate variation in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae[PDF]
Advisor: Andrew Murray
Thesis Committee: Erin O'Shea (chair), Dan Hartl, Roy Kishony, Matt Michael
Millersville University of Pennsylvania, Millersville, PA (1997 - 2001)
B.S. Molecular Biology
Thesis [PDF]
Advisor: Carol Hepfer
Minors: Physics, Biochemistry
GPA: 3.91, Magna cum laude
Academic Transcript [PDF]
Teaching Fellow, A Systems Approach to Biology (Spring 2005)
Lecturers: Marc Kirschner, Lewis Cantley, Walter Fontana, and Jeremy Gunawardena
Curriculum-Development Committee, A Systems Approach to Biology (Fall 2004 - Spring 2005)
Teaching Fellow, MCB/HHMI Outreach, Fly learning and memory (March 2004)
Teaching Fellow, Introduction to Genetics and Genomics (Fall 2003).
Lecturer: William Gelbart
Professional Societies, Honors, and Awards
Genetics Society of America. 2010 - present
University Honors, Millersville University. 2001.
Departmental Honors in Biology. Millersville University 2001.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania University Biologist Award. 2001.
Millersville University Honors Program Summer Research Fellowship, 2001.
Neimeyer-Hodgson Student Research Grant from the Alumni Association of Millersville University, 2000.
NASA's Specialized Center for Research and Training/Exobiology Summer Research Fellowship, 2000.
Millersville University Honors Program Summer Research Fellowship, 1999.
Professional Conferences
Gordon Research Conference on Ecological and Evolutionary Genomics. (10 - 15 July, 2011)
University of New England, Biddeford, ME
Talk: Lang GI, Desai MM, Botstein D. Genetic variation and the fate of beneficial mutations
in asexual populations. [PDF]
The Biology of Genomes. (10 - 14 May, 2011)
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY
Talk: Lang GI, Desai MM, Botstein D. Genetic variation and the fate of beneficial mutations
in asexual populations. [PDF][Video]
Yeast Meeting. (27 July - 2 August, 2010)
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Talk: Lang GI, Botstein D, Desai MM. Observing the Dynamics of Adaptation:
Emergence and Fate of Beneficial Mutations. [PDF]
Gordon Research Conference on Microbial Population Biology. (19 - 24 July, 2009)
Proctor Academy, Andover, NH
Poster: Lang GI, Murray AW, Botstein D. The cost of gene expression underlies a fitness trade-off
in yeast. [PDF]
74th Symposium: Evolution - The Molecular Landscape. (27 May - 1 June, 2009)
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY
Poster: Lang GI, Murray AW, Botstein D. The cost of gene expression underlies a fitness trade-off
in yeast. [PDF]
EMBO Workshop on Evolutionary and Environmental Genomics of Yeasts. (1 - 5 October, 2008)
EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
Talk: Lang GI, Murray AW, Botstein D. An evolutionary trade-off between growth rate
and mating efficiency in yeast. [PDF]
Gordon Research Conference on Mutagenesis. (6 - 11 August, 2006)
Salve Regina University, Newport, RI
Poster: Lang GI, Murray AW. Mutation rate across Saccharomyces cerevisiae Chromosome VI
is correlated with replication timing. [PDF]
6th International Conference on Systems Biology. (19 - 24 October, 2005)
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Poster: Lang GI, Murray AW. Variation in mutation rate along yeast Chromosome VI. [PDF]
33rd Meeting of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania University Biologists. (19 - 21 April, 2002)
Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania, Lock Haven, PA
Poster: Lang GI and Hepfer C. A second function of pseudouridine synthase, Pus3p,
independent of pseudouridine formation, impacts HOT1-associated recombination, growth rate,
and temperature tolerance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. [PDF]
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