Eugene Koonin

Eugene Koonin
Born Eugene V. Koonin
(1956-10-26) October 26, 1956
Citizenship Russian
Fields Computational Biology
Institutions National Center for Biotechnology Information
Alma mater Moscow State University
Thesis Multienzyme organization of encephalomyocarditis virus replication complexes (1983)
Doctoral advisor Vadim I. Agol
Website
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/CBBresearch/Koonin/

Eugene Viktorovich Koonin (Russian: Евге́ний Ви́кторович Ку́нин) (born October 26, 1956) is a Russian-American biologist and Senior Investigator at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). He is a recognised expert in the field of evolutionary and computational biology.[1][2][3]

Education

Koonin gained a Master of Science in 1978 and a PhD in 1983 in molecular biology, both from the Department of Biology at Moscow State University. His PhD thesis, titled "Multienzyme organization of encephalomyocarditis virus replication complexes", was supervised by Vadim I. Agol.[4]

Research

From 1985-1991, Koonin worked as a research scientist in computational biology in the Institutes of Poliomyelitis and Microbiology at the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences, studying virus biochemistry and bacterial genetics. In 1991, Koonin moved to the NCBI, where he has held a Senior Investigator position since 1996.[4]

Koonin's principal research goals include the comparative analysis of sequenced genomes and automatic methods for genome-scale annotation of gene functions.[5] He also researches in the application of comparative genomics for phylogenetic analysis, reconstruction of ancestral life forms and building large-scale evolutionary scenarios, as well as mathematical modeling of genome evolution.[6][7][8] Koonin's research also investigates computational study of the major transitions in the evolution of life (such as the origin of eukaryotes), the evolution of eukaryotic signaling and developmental pathways from the comparative-genomic perspective.[9]

Career

Koonin has worked as Adjunct Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Boston University and the University of Haifa.[4][10]

As of 2014, Koonin serves on the advisory editorial board of Trends in Genetics,[11] and is co-Editor-in-Chief of the open access journal Biology Direct.[12] He served on the editorial board of Bioinformatics from 1999-2001. Koonin is also an advisory board member in bioinformatics at Faculty of 1000.[13]

In 2016 he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.[14]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/CBBresearch/Koonin/ Koonin's page at the National Center for Biotechnology Information
  2. ↑ Eugene V. Koonin (23 June 2011). The Logic of Chance: The Nature and Origin of Biological Evolution. FT Press. ISBN 978-0-13-262317-9. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  3. ↑ Koonin, E. V. (2004). "Eugene V. Koonin". Current Biology. 14 (3): R96–7. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2004.01.010. PMID 14986627.
  4. 1 2 3 "CV E. Koonin". http://evolution.haifa.ac.il. Retrieved 3 September 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  5. ↑ Lander, E. S.; Linton, M.; Birren, B.; Nusbaum, C.; Zody, C.; Baldwin, J.; Devon, K.; Dewar, K.; Doyle, M.; Fitzhugh, W.; Funke, R.; Gage, D.; Harris, K.; Heaford, A.; Howland, J.; Kann, L.; Lehoczky, J.; Levine, R.; McEwan, P.; McKernan, K.; Meldrim, J.; Mesirov, J. P.; Miranda, C.; Morris, W.; Naylor, J.; Raymond, C.; Rosetti, M.; Santos, R.; Sheridan, A.; et al. (Feb 2001). "Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome". Nature. 409 (6822): 860–921. doi:10.1038/35057062. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 11237011.
  6. ↑ Koonin, E. V. (2011). Bourne, Philip E., ed. "Are There Laws of Genome Evolution?". PLOS Computational Biology. 7 (8): e1002173. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002173.
  7. ↑ Koonin, E. V. (2007). "The Biological Big Bang model for the major transitions in evolution". Biology Direct. 2: 21. doi:10.1186/1745-6150-2-21. PMC 1973067Freely accessible. PMID 17708768.
  8. ↑ Koonin, E. V.; Senkevich, T. G.; Dolja, V. V. (2006). "The ancient Virus World and evolution of cells". Biology Direct. 1: 29. doi:10.1186/1745-6150-1-29. PMC 1594570Freely accessible. PMID 16984643.
  9. ↑ Uhlmann, F; Wernic, D; Poupart, M. A.; Koonin, E. V.; Nasmyth, K (2000). "Cleavage of cohesin by the CD clan protease separin triggers anaphase in yeast". Cell. 103 (3): 375–86. doi:10.1016/s0092-8674(00)00130-6. PMID 11081625.
  10. ↑ "Faculty and Researchers". http://evolution.haifa.ac.il. Retrieved 3 September 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  11. ↑ "Masthead: Trends in Genetics". http://www.cell.com. Retrieved 3 September 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  12. ↑ "Biology Direct - Editorial Board". http://www.biologydirect.com. Retrieved 3 September 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  13. ↑ "Eugene Koonin: Advisory Board Member in Bioinformatics - F1000Prime". http://f1000.com. Retrieved 3 September 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  14. ↑ National Academy of Sciences Members and Foreign Associates Elected, News from the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, May 3, 2016, retrieved 2016-05-14.
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