New faculty recruitment for systems genetics research core center

系统遗传学研究核心中心招聘新教师

• 批准号: 7942826
• 负责人: DAVID W. THREADGILL
• 金额: $ 34.8万
• 依托单位: NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY RALEIGH
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-30 至 2012-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7942826
• 关键词: New; faculty; recruitment; systems; genetics

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Department of Genetics at North Carolina State University was founded in 1958 and has established a long and esteemed record of contributions to quantitative genetics using model organisms. The Department of Genetics is housed in the four-story South Gardner Hall and occupies approximately 35,000 square feet on the second and third floors. Much of the space was renovated in 2007. The department has common facilities including a media kitchen, growth and storage chambers and adjacent small animal and greenhouse space to support a variety of research activities using multi-cellular model organisms including Arabidobsis thaliana, Caenorhabditis elegans, Drosophila melanogaster and Mus musculus. With the hiring of a new department head in 2008, a revitalization of the historical strengths in the department was begun with a focus on building a Research Core Center in Systems Genetics. The first targeted hires were for two population or quantitative geneticists. An open search was performed and seven candidates interviewed. Two outstanding candidates were selected but before offers could be finalized, hiring was frozen for lack of resources to adequately support start-up funding due to the worsening economy in the state of North Carolina. Consequently, the Department of Genetics and its Research Core Center in Systems Genetics is uniquely positioned to benefit from RFA-OD-09-005: Biomedical Research Core Centers to Enhance Research Resources, which will result in the hiring of one new Assistant Professor with a focus on population genetics. Additionally, a second position will be created and equipment purchased to support the new lab. This application is ideally matched with the goals of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

描述（由申请人提供）：北卡罗来纳州州立大学遗传学系成立于1958年，在利用模式生物对数量遗传学做出贡献方面建立了长期而受人尊敬的记录。遗传学系位于四层楼高的南加德纳大厅，二楼和三楼占地约35，000平方英尺。大部分空间在2007年进行了翻新。该部门有共同的设施，包括一个媒体厨房，生长和储存室和相邻的小动物和温室空间，以支持各种研究活动，使用多细胞模式生物，包括拟南芥，秀丽隐杆线虫，果蝇和小家鼠。随着2008年聘请了新的部门负责人，该部门的历史优势开始振兴，重点是建立系统遗传学研究核心中心。第一批有针对性的招聘对象是两名人口或定量遗传学家。进行了一次公开搜索，面试了7名候选人。两名优秀的候选人被选中，但在最后确定聘用之前，由于北卡罗来纳州经济恶化，缺乏足够的资源来支持启动资金，招聘被冻结。因此，遗传学系及其系统遗传学研究核心中心具有独特的优势，可以从RFA-OD-09-005中受益：生物医学研究核心中心，以加强研究资源，这将导致一名新的助理教授的聘用，重点是人口遗传学。此外，还将设立第二个职位，并购买设备以支持新实验室。这一申请与2009年《美国复苏和再投资法案》的目标完美匹配。