This message was sent to me by Cathy Laurie of Cereon Genomics. They
are looking for a statistical geneticist.
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From: CATHY.C.LAURIE at cereon.com
To: inah
Subject: stat gen query
Date: 04 Aug 1998 09:40:18 -0500
Dear Ina,
I am writing to ask your advice in identifying potential job
candidates for a position in statistical genetics, but first a little
background information. I recently moved from Duke University to
become director of genetics at a biotechnology company in Cambridge,
Mass called Cereon Genomics. Cereon is a collaboration between
Millennium Pharmaceuticals (a high tech genomics company) and
Monsanto. The goal of the company is to develop and apply genomics to
agricultural problems. We are mainly concerned with microbial and
plant genetics. The company is founded by a group of scientists, many
from academia, and it provides some exciting opportunities to pursue
interesting biological questions that require large resources. One of
the areas of application is identification and cloning of QTLs from
crop plants and I am organizing a company-wide effort to do this. We
need a statistical geneticist to work primarily on QTL analysis, but
also on other statistical problems in genomics (e.g. mapping,
transcriptional profiling). I would like to find someone with really
good training in statistics who understands genetics, can think
critically, and be adaptable. Direct experience in QTL work is highly
desirable, but not essential. Someone with at least a few years of
postdoctoral experience is most desirable. Please let me know if any
potential candidates come to mind or if you can recommend other people
to whom I should send this query.
Thank you,
Cathy
Ina Hoeschele
Professor of Genetics
Adjunct Professor of Statistics
phone: (540)231-4760
fax: (540)231-5014
email: inah at vt.edu
homepage: http://www.dasc.vt.edu/hoeschele/hoeschele.html
homepage for VT Genetics Program: http://www.dasc.vt.edu/hoeschele/genetics.htm
homepage for VT Institute for Genomics: http://www.nbiap.vt.edu/vigen
