March 19th, 2011
Julien completed a PhD in Genetics in 2010 working in the labs or Dr. Trudy Mackay and Eric Stone. His PhD dissertation focused on developing a new paradigm of systems genetics to elucidate the genetic architecture of complex traits using the model system Drosophila melanogaster. Julien is the second Genetics PhD student in two years to be awarded the Kenneth R. Keller Award.
Julien Ayroles was recently appointed to the prestigious Society of Fellows at Harvard University. In his new position, Julien will investigate one of the most fundamental goals in modern biology, namely, to understand the relationship between genotypic and phenotypic variation. As a Harvard Junior Fellow, Julien will combine the power of modern genomics with theoretical and empirical approaches in population genetics and molecular biology to study the genetic basis of adaptation.
