Postdoctoral Research Associate - Rand Lab

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Description The Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology at Brown University is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Mitonuclear Genetics of Complex Traits in Drosophila at Brown University. A postdoc position is available to work on the genetic and evolutionary aspects of nuclear-mitochondrial interactions in the laboratory of David Rand and Brown University. The goals of this NIH funded project are to study the epistatic interactions among nuclear and mitochondrial genotypes that modulate fitness, physiological and biochemical traits in Drosophila. Mitochondrial genotypes from different strains and species of the melanogaster subgroup are placed on various nuclear chromosomal genetic backgrounds to dissect the genetic basis of life history traits. The project involves quantitative genetic analyses of Drosophila strains, genetic mapping experiments, genomic and transcriptomic analyses and inferences from population genetics, development, and evolution. Qualifications: Applicants must have completed their PhD before starting the position, and have a strong record of accomplishment from their dissertation work. Applicants should have some combination of exper...