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Dr. Struan Grant has been conducting human genetics research for over 10 years. He has been on the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania Medical School since July 2007. The highlights of his career include the discovery of a mutation in a collagen gene which impacts bone density plus the identification of a major type 2 diabetes gene, with the latter receiving extensive media coverage including featuring on the front page of the New York Times. He has achieved these findings by working with key populations around the world that provide a unique insight into how to isolate human disease genes.
Dr. Grant has multiple postdoctoral fellowship opportunities within his lab at Children's Hospital of Philadephia
Dr Grant’s work primarily focuses on complex disease, specifically in relation to pediatrics. The isolation of genes in complex phenotypes in adults utilizing high-throughput genotyping technology has been impeded by interaction with strong environmental factors. Distillation of the genetic component in complex traits should be easier to determine in children, where the relatively short period of their lifetime limits the impact of environmental exposure.