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Post Doctoral Fellow - Center for Human Genetics

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Clemson University
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Clemson Center for Human Genetics, Self Regional, 114 Mendal Circle, Greenwood, SC 29646

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Post Doctoral Fellow - Center for Human Genetics

Location:
Clemson Center for Human Genetics, Self Regional, 114 Mendal Circle, Greenwood, SC 29646
Open Date:
Apr 4, 2019
Description:

The laboratories of Trudy Mackay and Robert Anholt at the Clemson University Center for Human Genetics invite applications for a postdoctoral fellow to support an NIH grant, Genetics of Cocaine and Methamphetamine Sensitivity in Drosophila. The Center is housed in Self Regional Hall on the campus of the Greenwood Genetic Center and provides state-of-the-art facilities for genomic and systems genetic research.

Illegal use of psychostimulants, such as cocaine and methamphetamine, presents a worldwide health problem. Illicit drug use alone accounts for $181 billion in health care, productivity loss, crime, incarceration, and drug enforcement. However, little information is available regarding genetic susceptibility to the effects of these drugs in human populations. Drosophila melanogaster presents a powerful model system to study the genetic underpinnings of drug susceptibility, since both the genetic background and environment, including exposure to drugs, can be controlled precisely. Many effects of psychostimulants on people are replicated in flies, including suppression of sleep, arousal, suppression of food intake, and locomotor effects; and 70% of fly genes have human orthologs. The successful candidate will assess the role of variation in brain morphology on naïve and experience-dependent drug consumption, and perform bulk and single cell RNA and ATAC sequencing of Drosophila Genetic Reference Panel lines that are genetically divergent for drug consumption behaviors.

Applicants with expertise in any aspect of genetics/genomics, including molecular, developmental, behavioral, quantitative or statistical genetics, and aptitude for analyses of large data sets are encouraged to apply. Salaries are commensurate with NIH postdoctoral pay scale and postdoctoral fellows will receive an annual $15,000 discretionary research supplement along with ample opportunities to travel to conferences both nationally and internationally.


Qualifications:

The successful candidate will possess a PhD in Genetics and assess the role of variation in brain morphology on naïve and experience-dependent drug consumption, and perform bulk and single cell RNA and ATAC sequencing of Drosophila Genetic Reference Panel lines that are genetically divergent for drug consumption behaviors.

Applicants with expertise in any aspect of genetics/genomics, including molecular, developmental, behavioral, quantitative or statistical genetics, and aptitude for analyses of large data sets are encouraged to apply.


Application Instructions:

To apply, please submit a curriculum vitae with list of publications and the names of three references to Interfolio at: http://apply.interfolio.com/62002 . The position will remain open until filled.

Inquiries regarding the position should be addressed to Dr. Trudy F. C. Mackay, Self Family Endowed Professor and Director of the Center for Human Genetics, Clemson University, Self Regional Hall, 114 Gregor Mendel Circle, Greenwood, SC 29646 (tmackay@clemson.edu).

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Working at Clemson University

Clemson is a dynamic research university located in Upstate South Carolina at the center of the booming I-85 corridor between Charlotte, N.C., and Atlanta, Ga. One of the nation’s most selective public research universities according to U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review, Clemson University is the school of choice among top students in South Carolina and is increasingly competitive for the best students in the region and the nation. More than 17,100 students select from 70 undergraduate and 100 graduate degree programs through five academic colleges: Agriculture, Forestry and Life SciencesArchitecture, Arts and HumanitiesBusiness and Behavioral ScienceEngineering and Science; and Health, Education and Human Development.

Clemson’s transformation into a leading research institution — currently attracting in excess of $140 million in externally funded research and sponsored program awards per year — is based upon an academic plan that identifies eight emphasis areas in which the University has opportunities to increase education and research, to align with South Carolina’s economic development needs and to draw upon faculty strengths. Emphasis areas include automotive and transportation technology, advanced materials, biotechnology and biomedical sciences, leadership and entrepreneurship, sustainable environment, information and communication technology, family and community living, and general education.

Major economic development initiatives that have emerged from the academic plan include the Clemson International Center for Automotive Research — a 250-acre campus in Greenville, which has generated more than $225 million in public and private commitments in just four years; an advanced materials initiative at the Clemson Research Park, which includes a new LEED Silver-certified facility; and the South Carolina Health Sciences Collaborative — an initiative of the state’s three research universities and major health-care systems.

As the state’s land-grant university, Clemson reaches out to citizens, communities and businesses all over South Carolina. The Public Service Activities division includes the county-based Cooperative Extension Service, five off-campus research and education centers through the Clemson University Experiment Station and critical regulatory responsibilities for plant and animal health.

The University boasts a 1,400-acre campus on the shores of Lake Hartwell within view of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Surrounding the campus are 18,000 acres of University farms and woodlands devoted to research. A warm campus environment, great weather and recreational activities offered by proximity to both the natural surroundings and large cities are part of the Clemson Experience.

 

Points of interest at Clemson include the following:

The Clemson Conference Center and Inn is a state-of-the-art facility for symposia, meetings, seminars and special events. The complex includes the Madren Continuing Education and Conference Center, the Walker Golf Course and the Martin Inn.

The South Carolina Botanical Garden, a 295-acre public garden, features several thousand varieties of ornamental plants and a unique collection of nature-based sculptures.

The Robert Howell Brooks Center for the Performing Arts brings an exciting array of concert, theater, dance, comedy and other live performances to the community.

The Robert Campbell Geology Museum at the Botanical Garden displays meteorites, minerals, dinosaur fossils and the largest faceted-stone collection in the Southeast.

The T. Ed Garrison Livestock Arena is a showplace for livestock activities in the state and has hosted horse and livestock shows, rodeos, sales, 4-H activities, educational programs, and industrial and agricultural exhibitions.

Fort Hill, the home of John C. Calhoun and later of his son-in-law, University founder Thomas Green Clemson, is a registered National Historic Landmark located in the center of campus.

The Class of 1944 Visitors Center is the front door to Clemson — a friendly place to get tours, information, assistance and an introduction to this beautiful, historic university and community.

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