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Join A Society

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The GSA has more than 5500 members worldwide, who work to advance the field of genetics to deepen our understanding of the living world.

Play: On your turn, use this card to look at the top 3 resource pile cards. Here, you may take 1, & return the other 2 to the top of the pile.

GSA deck

The Genetics Society of America (GSA) is a scholarly membership society of more than 5,500 genetics researchers and educators, established in 1931. The Society was formed from the reorganization of the Joint Genetics Sections of the American Society of Zoologists and the Botanical Society of America.[3] GSA members conduct fundamental and applied research using a […] read more

Grant Approved

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You just got funded!


Play: You may use this card in place of a SPECIES card for one project. You do not have to specify which species it is being used for until the project is complete.

GSA deck

Grants are non-repayable funds or products disbursed by one party (grant makers), often a government department, corporation, foundation or trust, to a recipient, often (but not always) a nonprofit entity, educational institution, business or an individual. In order to receive a grant, some form of “Grant Writing” often referred to as either a proposal or […] read more

Human Error!

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Something isn’t working! Perhaps your samples are contaminated, you lost your data, or forgot to feed your organism again.

Play: Place face up on another players species card.  The covered species card is immediately placed in the burn pile along with this card.

GSA deck

Human error has been cited as a primary cause or contributing factor in disasters and accidents in industries as diverse as nuclear power (e.g., the Three Mile Island accident), aviation (see pilot error), space exploration (e.g., the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster and Space Shuttle Columbia disaster), and medicine (see medical error). Prevention of human error […] read more

Grant Approved

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You just got funded! 


Play: You may use this card in place of a RESEARCH TECHNIQUE card for one project. You do not have to specify which technique it is being used for until the project is complete.  

GSA deck

Grants are non-repayable funds or products disbursed by one party (grant makers), often a government department, corporation, foundation or trust, to a recipient, often (but not always) a nonprofit entity, educational institution, business or an individual. In order to receive a grant, some form of “Grant Writing” often referred to as either a proposal or […] read more

Increase Sample Size

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Your reviewers are not convinced by your results and want to increase your sample size! Collect 2 SPECIES cards in the same category.

Play: Give this card to another player. No points for completing. Minus 2 points for NOT completing. Cannot be involved in collaborations.

GSA deck

Sample size determination is the act of choosing the number of observations or replicates to include in a statistical sample. The sample size is an important feature of any empirical study in which the goal is to make inferences about a population from a sample. In practice, the sample size used in a study is […] read more

Lab Preparations

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Before starting a molecular genetics project, you must prepare your reagents and optimize your protocol!


Play: Give to another player. No points for completing. -2 points if NOT completed. Cannot be collaborated with.

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A laboratory (/ləˈbɒrətəri/ or /ˈlæbərətɔːri/; informally, lab) is a facility that provides controlled conditions in which scientific or technological research, experiments, and measurement may be performed. Laboratories used for scientific research take many forms because of the differing requirements of specialists in the various fields of science and engineering. A physics laboratory might contain a […] read more