Jonathan Eisen Explained

Jonathan Eisen
Birth Name:Jonathan Andrew Eisen
Birth Date:31 August 1968
Nationality:American
Doctoral Advisor:Philip Hanawalt
Thesis Title:The evolution of DNA repair genes, proteins, and processes
Thesis Year:1998
Thesis Url:https://books.google.com/books?id=-55EAQAAIAAJ

Jonathan Andrew Eisen (born August 31, 1968)[1] is an American evolutionary biologist, currently working at University of California, Davis.[2] His academic research is in the fields of evolutionary biology, genomics and microbiology and he is the academic editor-in-chief of the open access journal PLOS Biology.[3] [4] [5] [6]

Education

Eisen completed his undergraduate studies at Harvard College in 1990, earning an AB degree in biology.[7] He graduated as a Doctor of Philosophy from Stanford University in 1998 with a thesis on the evolution of DNA repair genes, proteins, and processes in 1998, supervised by Philip Hanawalt.[8]

Research

Eisen's research focuses on the origin of novelty, how new processes and functions originate in living things. To study this, he focuses on sequencing and analyzing genomes of organisms, especially microbes and using phylogenomic analysis.

Eisen together with Nick Barton, Derek E.G. Briggs, David B. Goldstein, and Nipam H. Patel is an author of the undergraduate textbook, Evolution, that integrates molecular biology, genomics, and human genetics with traditional evolutionary studies.[9] According to Google Scholar his most cited peer-reviewed papers are on the genome sequence of Plasmodium falciparum,[10] sequencing the Sargasso Sea[11] and a paper on the genome of Thermotoga maritima.[12]

Prior to working at UC Davis he was an Investigator at The Institute for Genomic Research.

Eisen and his work is routinely discussed in the scientific and popular press. Examples include a New York Times article on the Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea in 2009[13] and extensive coverage of work on searching for a "fourth domain" of life.[14] [15] In addition, Eisen's blogging and microblogging work is frequently written about including for example.[16] [17] [18] His brother Michael Eisen is also a biologist.

Awards and honors

Eisen was awarded the Benjamin Franklin Award (Bioinformatics) in 2011 and the Esquire Magazine's Best and Brightest in 2002.[19] He was awarded the Walter J. Gores Award, Faculty Achievement Awards for Excellence in Teaching. He was elected a Fellow of the American Society for Microbiology (FAAM). He was awarded the UC Davis ADVANCE Scholar Award in 2019, for his work to improve gender equity in STEM through teaching, research, and service.

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: These Were a Few of Their Favorite Things . The New York Times . Gegger, Laura . December 24, 2012 . Jonathan Eisen: 44, evolutionary biologist, University of California, Davis, and academic editor in chief of PLoS Biology . February 25, 2017 . September 6, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190906215828/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/25/science/these-were-a-few-of-their-favorite-things.html . live .
  2. Web site: McDermid . Charles . 2021-12-30 . UC Davis microbiome expert weighs in on the Omicron variant and shares his evolving thoughts on eating out, indoor events and long Covid . 2023-04-28 . Sactown Magazine . en-US . April 16, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230416084419/https://www.sactownmag.com/uc-davis-microbiome-expert-jonathan-eisen-on-omicron/ . live .
  3. Eisen . J. A. . PLoS Biology 2.0 . 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060048 . PLOS Biology . 6 . 2 . e48 . 2008 . 18303952 . 2253640 . free .
  4. News: A new domain of life: Plenty more bugs in the sea, The Economist . 2011-03-24 . 2011-06-09 . June 10, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110610041455/http://www.economist.com/node/18437900 . live . article about Jonathan Eisen in The Economist
  5. The Arabidopsis Genome Initiative . I. . Analysis of the genome sequence of the flowering plant Arabidopsis thaliana . Nature . 408 . 6814 . 796–815 . 2000 . 10.1038/35048692 . 11130711 . 2000Natur.408..796T . free .
  6. Web site: Jonathan Eisen: Meet your microbes (TEDMED 2012) . January 26, 2015 . January 18, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150118104639/http://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_eisen_meet_your_microbes . live .
  7. Web site: Jonathan Eisen » Faculty . UC Davis Genome Center . January 25, 2015 . September 25, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150925131415/http://genomecenter.ucdavis.edu/people/faculty/name/jonathan-eisen/ . dead .
  8. PhD . Jonathan Andrew . Eisen . The evolution of DNA repair genes, proteins, and processes . Stanford University . 1998 . Jonathan Eisen.
  9. Book: Nipam H. Patel . Barton, Nicholas John . Derek E. G. Briggs . Eisen, Jonathan . Goldstein, David I. . Evolution . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press . Plainview, N.Y . 2007 . 978-0-87969-684-9 .
  10. Gardner . M. J. . Hall . N. . Fung . E. . White . O. . Berriman . M. . Hyman . R. W. . Carlton . J. M. . Pain . A. . Nelson . K. E. . Bowman . 10.1038/nature01097 . S. . Paulsen . I. T. . James . K. . Eisen . J. A. . Rutherford . K. . Salzberg . S. L. . Craig . A. . Kyes . S. . Chan . M. S. . Nene . V. . Shallom . S. J. . Suh . B. . Peterson . J. . Angiuoli . S. . Pertea . M. . Allen . J. . Selengut . J. . Haft . D. . Mather . M. W. . Vaidya . A. B. . Martin . D. M. A. . Genome sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum . Nature . 419 . 6906 . 498–511 . 2002 . 12368864 . 3836256. 2002Natur.419..498G .
  11. Venter . J. C. . Remington . K. . Heidelberg . J. . Halpern . A. . Rusch . D. . Eisen . J. . Wu . D. . Paulsen . I. . Nelson . K. . Nelson . W. . Fouts . D. E. . Levy . S. . Knap . A. H. . Lomas . M. W. . Nealson . K. . White . O. . Peterson . J. . Hoffman . J. . Parsons . R. . Baden-Tillson . H. . Pfannkoch . C. . Rogers . Y. H. . Smith . H. O. . Environmental Genome Shotgun Sequencing of the Sargasso Sea . 10.1126/science.1093857 . Science . 304 . 5667 . 66–74 . 2004 . 15001713 . 2004Sci...304...66V . 10.1.1.124.1840 . 1454587 .
  12. Fraser . C. M. . Clayton . K. E. . Gill . R. A. . Gwinn . S. R. . Dodson . M. L. . Haft . R. J. . Hickey . D. H. . Peterson . E. K. . Nelson . J. D. . Ketchum . W. C. . McDonald . K. A. . Utterback . L. . Malek . T. R. . Linher . J. A. . Garrett . K. D. . Stewart . M. M. . Cotton . A. M. . Pratt . M. D. . Phillips . M. S. . Richardson . C. A. . Heidelberg . D. . Sutton . J. . Fleischmann . G. G. . Eisen . R. D. . White . J. A. . Salzberg . O. . Smith . S. L. . Venter . H. O. . Fraser . J. C. . Evidence for lateral gene transfer between Archaea and bacteria from genome sequence of Thermotoga maritima . Nature . 399 . 6734 . 323–329 . 10.1038/20601 . 1999 . 10360571 . 1999Natur.399..323N . 4420157 .
  13. News: Scientists Start a Genomic Catalog of Earth's Abundant Microbes . The New York Times . Carl . Zimmer . December 29, 2009 . February 25, 2017 . October 12, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171012145948/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/29/science/29microbes.html . live .
  14. News: Plenty more bugs in the sea . The Economist . March 24, 2011 . June 9, 2011 . June 10, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110610041455/http://www.economist.com/node/18437900 . live .
  15. Dickey Zakaib . G. . The challenge of microbial diversity: Out on a limb . 10.1038/476020a . Nature . 476 . 7358 . 20–21 . 2011 . 21814255. free .
  16. Mandavilli . A. . Peer review: Trial by Twitter . 10.1038/469286a . Nature . 469 . 7330 . 286–287 . 2011 . 21248816. 2011Natur.469..286M . free .
  17. Web site: The Scientist Magazine® - Magazines . August 7, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110412071414/http://www.f1000scientist.com/article/display/57713/ . April 12, 2011 . dead .
  18. Brumfiel . G. . Science journalism: Breaking the convention? . 10.1038/4591050a . Nature . 459 . 7250 . 1050–1051 . 2009 . 19553969. free .
  19. http://www.esquire.com/features/best-n-brightest-2002/ESQ1202-DEC_CHANPENNINGER_rev_3 The Maverick – Esquire

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