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Quantitative, or complex, traits are affected by multiple interacting
genes, each of which have small effects and are sensitive to the environment.
Understanding the molecular nature of genetic variation for quantitative
traits will have an enormous impact on medicine, livestock and crop breeding,
and the study of evolution. For over half a century North Carolina
State University has been a leading center for research in quantitative
genetics. To enable future scientists to advance our understanding of the
genetic architecture of quantitative traits, we offer a research and
training program that integrates quantitative, population, molecular and
developmental genetics, statistics and molecular evolution.
Our program offers:
- Stipend with tuition
and health insurance
- Travel allowance and research
funds
- State-of-the-art research
facilities
- Internationally recognized
faculty with expertise in theoretical and experimental quantitative
genetics
- A stimulating academic
environment near the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Duke
University and the Research Triangle Park
- A beautiful and affordable
location with a pleasant climate, between the beaches and the Appalachian
mountains.
US citizens and permanent residents
are eligible for Fellowships.
The Department of Genetics
is strongly committed to promoting diversity in the scientific community
and encourages applications from individuals of historically under-represented
minority groups.
For information
and application materials, contact:
Director of Graduate Programs
Department of Genetics
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695-7614
Telephone: 919-515-2292
Jose
Alonso
Analysis of the ethylene signal transduction pathway in Arabidopsis and
development of tools for the functional characterization of Arabidopsis
genome.
Email
http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/genetics/alonso/alonso.html
Robert
Anholt
Molecular and quantitative genetics of odor recognition and olfactory
behavior in Drosophila; molecular biology of vertebrate olfaction.
Email
http://www4.ncsu.edu/~anholt/
Philip
Awadalla
Examination of how recombination, mating systems, and mutation co-evolve
in model systems; approaches to measure the scale of recombination variation
within genomes and across species.
Email
http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/genetics/awadalla/awadalla.html
William
Atchley
Developmental quantitative genetics of complex morphological structures;
long-term selection response for cell size and cell number in mice; molecular
evolution of the basic helix-loop-helix family of transcriptional activators.
Email
http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/genetics/atchley/atchley.html
Patricia
Estes
Developmental neurobiology, especially gene regulation during nervous
system development and cellular and molecular response to hypoxia.
Email
http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/genetics/estes/estes.html
Robert
Franks
Research on basic mechanisms of organ size and shape regulation in Arabidopsis
thaliana and understanding the relationships between patterning cues and
cellular proliferation.
Email
http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/genetics/franks/franks.html
Gregory
Gibson
Molecular and quantitative variation in developmental pathways affecting
wing shape, pupal heart rate and other quantitative traits in Drosophila;
quantitative trait locus mapping; molecular genotype - phenotype associations
at candidate genes.
Email
http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/genetics/gibson/gibson.html
Fred
Gould
Ecological, genetic, and chemical aspects of plant/herbivore interactions,
pest management and behavioral ecology of arthropods; strategies for developing
genetically engineered crops.
Email
http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/entomology/gould/
Patrick
Hurban
Elucidation of biological networks through integration of molecular profiling
data; how network interactions give rise to growth and development, disease
progression and toxicity.
Email
Todd
Klaenhammer
Development of genetic systems in Gram-positive lactic acid bacteria and
the use of genomic approaches to improve cultures for bioprocessing.
Email
http://ncsu.edu/foodscience/faculty/klaenhammer_todd.htm
Laura
Mathies
Genetic analysis of early gonad development in C. elegans. Studies of
early gonadal fate specification and translation of cell fates into gonad
patterning.
Email
http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/genetics/mathies/mathies.html
James
Mahaffey
Drosophila developmental genetics; identification, biochemical
and functional analysis of genetic cofactors that act in conjunction with
homeodomain class transcription factors.
Email
http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/genetics/mahaffey/mahaffey.html
Trudy Mackay
Molecular quantitative genetics of morphological, behavioral and life
history traits in Drosophila; quantitative trait locus mapping;
spontaneous mutation accumulation and P transposable element mutagenesis;
molecular genotype - phenotype associations at candidate
genes.
Email
http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/genetics/mackay/mackay.html
Ronald
Sederoff
Molecular and quantitative genetics of lignin and cell wall biosynthesis
in pine and maize; analysis of lignin mutations; pine genomics; quantitative
trait locus mapping; microarray analysis of gene expression and DNA polymorphisms
in pine.
Email
http://www.cfr.ncsu.edu/for/faculty/sederoff.html
Jeffrey
Thorne
Statistical methods for analysis of DNA and protein sequence data; relationship
between protein structure and protein evolution; estimation of evolutionary
divergence times; sequence alignment; phylogenetic reconstruction.
Email
http://statgen.ncsu.edu/thorne/thorne.html
Shao-Bang Zeng
Quantitative genetic theory and statistical methodology for characterizing
and analyzing quantitative genetic variation; statistical methods for
mapping quantitative trait loci with extensions to multiple traits and
epistatic interactions between loci.
Email
http://statgen.ncsu.edu/zeng/zeng.html
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