Joanna Monti-Masel (also known as Joanna Masel) is an American theoretical evolutionary biologist. Since 2016 she has been a full professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Arizona. She studies the question of evolvability, namely, why evolution works given that mutations to working systems will usually be detrimental to their function.[1]
Masel has published at least 75 peer-reviewed papers.[a][1] In 2013 she received a research grant from the John Templeton Foundation to study how and where new genes arise.[4] She runs a theoretical group in the University of Arizona's Ecology and Evolutionary Biology department where she investigates aspects of evolvability.[5]
Masel argues that the conventional account of the origin of new genes, namely that they are commonly duplicated from old genes and then evolve to diverge from them, is a chicken and egg explanation, since a functional gene would have to exist before a new function could evolve. She suggests instead that new genes are born continually from non-coding DNA, a form of preadaptation.[6][7]
Booksedit
Bypass Wall Street: A Biologist's Guide to the Rat Race, Perforce Publishing, 2016
^By 2023, her papers had been cited at least 5000 times, with an h-index of 32 and an i10-index of 61. The 2004 paper "Transplanted human fetal neural stem cells survive, migrate, and differentiate in ischemic rat cerebral cortex" which she co-authored had been cited over 800 times.[3]
Referencesedit
^ abcdefghi"Dr. Joanna Masel". University of Arizona. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
^"Profile with Joanna Masel". The Rhodes Project. 2013.
^"Joanna Masel". Google Scholar. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
^Littin, Shelley (22 October 2013). "UA Biologists Awarded John Templeton Foundation Grants for Research on Genetics, Diversity of Life". University of Arizona.
^"Joanna Masel. Principal Investigator". University of Arizona. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
^Masel, Joanna (24 April 2017). "Behind the Paper: De novo gene birth". Nature Ecology and Evolution.
^Wilson, Benjamin A.; Foy, Scott G.; Neme, Rafik; Masel, Joanna (2017). "Young genes are highly disordered as predicted by the preadaptation hypothesis of de novo gene birth". Nature Ecology & Evolution. 1 (6): 0146–146. doi:10.1038/s41559-017-0146. hdl:10150/627822. PMC5476217. PMID 28642936.
December 08, 2023
joanna, masel, joanna, monti, masel, also, known, american, theoretical, evolutionary, biologist, since, 2016, been, full, professor, ecology, evolutionary, biology, university, arizona, studies, question, evolvability, namely, evolution, works, given, that, m. Joanna Monti Masel also known as Joanna Masel is an American theoretical evolutionary biologist Since 2016 she has been a full professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Arizona She studies the question of evolvability namely why evolution works given that mutations to working systems will usually be detrimental to their function 1 Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Books 4 Awards and distinctions 5 Notes 6 ReferencesEarly life editMasel was raised in Melbourne Australia 2 She was educated at the University of Melbourne taking her B Sc in 1996 She completed her D Phil in zoology at the University of Oxford in 2001 She went to Stanford University as a researcher before moving to the University of Arizona in 2004 1 Career editMasel has published at least 75 peer reviewed papers a 1 In 2013 she received a research grant from the John Templeton Foundation to study how and where new genes arise 4 She runs a theoretical group in the University of Arizona s Ecology and Evolutionary Biology department where she investigates aspects of evolvability 5 Masel argues that the conventional account of the origin of new genes namely that they are commonly duplicated from old genes and then evolve to diverge from them is a chicken and egg explanation since a functional gene would have to exist before a new function could evolve She suggests instead that new genes are born continually from non coding DNA a form of preadaptation 6 7 Books editBypass Wall Street A Biologist s Guide to the Rat Race Perforce Publishing 2016Awards and distinctions editFellow Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin 2012 13 1 Outstanding Faculty Mentor Honorable Mention University of Arizona Undergraduate Biology Research Program 2011 1 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences 2007 1 Alfred P Sloan Research Fellow 2007 1 Merton College Prize Scholarship 1999 1 Rhodes Scholarship 1997 1 Notes edit By 2023 her papers had been cited at least 5000 times with an h index of 32 and an i10 index of 61 The 2004 paper Transplanted human fetal neural stem cells survive migrate and differentiate in ischemic rat cerebral cortex which she co authored had been cited over 800 times 3 References edit a b c d e f g h i Dr Joanna Masel University of Arizona Retrieved 30 May 2021 Profile with Joanna Masel The Rhodes Project 2013 Joanna Masel Google Scholar Retrieved 22 June 2023 Littin Shelley 22 October 2013 UA Biologists Awarded John Templeton Foundation Grants for Research on Genetics Diversity of Life University of Arizona Joanna Masel Principal Investigator University of Arizona Retrieved 1 October 2017 Masel Joanna 24 April 2017 Behind the Paper De novo gene birth Nature Ecology and Evolution Wilson Benjamin A Foy Scott G Neme Rafik Masel Joanna 2017 Young genes are highly disordered as predicted by the preadaptation hypothesis of de novo gene birth Nature Ecology amp Evolution 1 6 0146 146 doi 10 1038 s41559 017 0146 hdl 10150 627822 PMC 5476217 PMID 28642936 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Joanna Masel amp oldid 1161372696, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
