New faculty recruitment for systems genetics research core center

描述（由申请人提供）：北卡罗莱纳州立大学遗传学系成立于1958年，在利用模式生物进行定量遗传学研究方面有着悠久而受人尊敬的历史。遗传学系位于四层楼的南加德纳大厅，占地约35,000平方英尺，位于二楼和三楼。大部分空间在2007年翻修过。本系设有公用设施，包括媒体厨房、生长和储存室，以及毗邻的小动物和温室空间，以支持各种多细胞模式生物的研究活动，包括拟南芥、秀丽隐杆线虫、黑腹果蝇和小家鼠。随着2008年聘请了一位新的部门负责人，该部门的历史优势开始焕发活力，重点是建立一个系统遗传学研究核心中心。第一批目标雇员是两名人口或数量遗传学家。我们进行了公开搜索，并对7名候选人进行了面试。两名优秀的候选人被选中，但在offer最终敲定之前，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处于独特的位置，可以从RFA-OD-09-005：生物医学研究核心中心增强研究资源中受益，这将导致雇用一名新的助理教授，专注于群体遗传学。此外，将设立第二个职位并购买设备以支持新实验室。这个应用程序与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.