New faculty recruitment for systems genetics research core center

描述(由申请人提供)：北卡罗来纳州立大学遗传学系成立于1958年，在使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。遗传学系位于四层的南加德纳大厅，在二楼和三楼占地约35,000平方英尺。大部分空间在2007年进行了翻修。该部门拥有公共设施，包括媒体厨房、生长和储藏室以及邻近的小动物和温室空间，以支持各种使用多细胞模式生物的研究活动，包括拟南芥、秀丽线虫、黑腹果蝇和小鼠。随着2008年聘用了一位新的部门负责人，该部门开始重振历史优势，重点是建立一个系统遗传学研究核心中心。第一批定向招聘对象是两名群体遗传学家或数量遗传学家。进行了公开搜索，面试了7名候选人。两名优秀的候选人被选中，但在最终确定报价之前，由于北卡罗来纳州经济恶化，缺乏足够支持启动资金的资源，招聘被冻结。因此，遗传学系及其系统遗传学研究核心中心处于独特的地位，可以受益于RFA-OD-09-005：生物医学研究核心中心以增强研究资源，这将导致雇用一名新的助理教授，重点是群体遗传学。此外，还将设立第二个职位并购买设备，以支持新的实验室。这一申请与2009年《美国复苏和再投资法案》的目标完美匹配。

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.