Karen E. Nelson
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Dr. Karen E. Nelson, President of the J. Craig Venter Institute
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Born | Jamaica |
Alma mater | University of the West Indies Cornell University |
Known for | Human Microbiome |
Website J. Craig Venter Institute |
Dr. Karen Nelson is a Jamaican-born American microbiologist, who is the current president of the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI).[1]
She was educated at the University of the West Indies and earned a Ph.D. from Cornell University.[2]
Dr. Nelson is noted for her research on Thermotoga maritima at The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) which resulted in the publication[3] of the genome of that bacterium, and which demonstrated the existence of horizontal gene transfer.[4][5] Dr. Nelson is also known for her work in human microbiome research. Her team published the first human microbiome study in 2006.[6]
Dr. Nelson was appointed president of JCVI in 2012 after serving as the director of its Rockville Campus since 2010.[7] Her current research focuses on interactions between human microbiomes and various diseases.[2] She has published more than 150 peer-reviewed papers in the field.[8] Scientific American named Dr. Nelson as one of biotechnology's "leading lights" in its 2015 "The Worldview 100."[9]
Contents
Boards and panels
- Editor in Chief, Microbial Ecology[8]
- Editor in Chief, Advances in Microbial Ecology[8]
- Editorial Board Member, BMC Genomics[8]
- Editorial Board Member, Giga Science[8]
- Editorial Board Member, Central European Journal of Biology[8]
- Board Member, Board on Life Sciences, National Academy of Sciences[1]
- Member, Standing Committee on Support to the DoD's Programs to Counter Biological Threats, National Research Council[8]
Professional organizations
Honors and Awards
- Helmholtz International Fellow Award[10]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Board Members Board on Life Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, retrieved March 27, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J. Craig Venter Institute, Director (Rockville, MD Campus) American Society for Microbiology, retrieved March 27, 2015
- ↑ "Evidence for lateral gene transfer between Archaea and Bacteria from genome sequence of Thermotoga maritima" Nature 399
- ↑ Karen E. Nelson, Ph.D., Named Director of J. Craig Venter Institute Rockville, MD Campus PR Newswire, retrieved December 2, 2014
- ↑ Karen Nelson - Spelling Out Microbial Genes Microbe World, retrieved March 27, 2015
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- ↑ Executive Profile Karen E. Nelson Ph.D. Bloomberg Businessweek, retrieved December 1, 2014
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 Committee Biographies National Research Council, retrieved March 27, 2015
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