Katz joined the faculty at Smith College in 1997 where she co-founded Smith’s Achieving Excellence in Mathematics, Engineering and Science (AEMES) program. She also established the Katz Laboratory which focuses on "elucidating principles of evolution through reconstruction of evolutionary trees, community sampling of diverse microorganisms from local environments and analyses of genome evolution."[5] Katz also began studying the biodiversity of eukaryotic microbes to find eukaryotic life on earth which cannot be seen by humans.[6][7]
As an associate professor of biological sciences, Katz was named to the Biodiversity Science and Education Initiative to examine the deteriorating condition of the earth’s biodiversity.[8] She later received a five-year $1.2 million grant to closely examine the evolutionary relationships among 200 eukaryotic microbes.[9] Katz was also appointed one of 11 principal investigators chosen for the Open Tree of Life project, a project aimed at designing a complete online "tree of life" to represent all life forms on Earth and their evolutionary history.[10]
In 2019, Katz was awarded a $443,222 grant from the National Science Foundation for her research project "Collaborative Proposal: Combining single-cell ‘omics’ and community analyses to reveal functional and genetic diversity in marine planktonic ciliates."[11]
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^Katamay, Kaja (June 20, 2014). "It's a Small, Small, Biodiverse World". smith.edu. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
^Laura A. Katz; Jessica R Grant (23 December 2014). "Taxon-rich phylogenomic analyses resolve the eukaryotic tree of life and reveal the power of subsampling by sites". Systematic Biology. 64 (3): 406–415. doi:10.1093/SYSBIO/SYU126. ISSN 1063-5157. PMID 25540455. Wikidata Q28254627.
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^"Smith College Leads Peers in Decade of National Science Foundation Funding". smith.edu. March 11, 2010. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
^McCoy Ebbets, Jan (December 12, 2012). "Building the complete tree of life, microbe by microbe". smith.edu. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
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laura, katz, laura, aline, katz, american, biologist, elsie, damon, simonds, professor, biological, sciences, smith, college, academic, backgroundeducationa, harvard, college, 1996, cornell, universitythesismolecular, evolution, phosphoglucose, isomerase, phyl. Laura Aline Katz is an American biologist who is the Elsie Damon Simonds Professor of Biological Sciences at Smith College Laura A KatzAcademic backgroundEducationA B Harvard College PhD 1996 Cornell UniversityThesisMolecular evolution of phosphoglucose isomerase at two phylogenetic levels 1996 Academic workInstitutionsSmith CollegeScholia has a profile for Laura A Katz Q56782243 Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 3 References 4 External linksEarly life and education editKatz was born to Phyllis Beck Katz and Arnold Martin Katz 1 2 3 She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard College and her PhD from Cornell University 4 Career editKatz joined the faculty at Smith College in 1997 where she co founded Smith s Achieving Excellence in Mathematics Engineering and Science AEMES program She also established the Katz Laboratory which focuses on elucidating principles of evolution through reconstruction of evolutionary trees community sampling of diverse microorganisms from local environments and analyses of genome evolution 5 Katz also began studying the biodiversity of eukaryotic microbes to find eukaryotic life on earth which cannot be seen by humans 6 7 As an associate professor of biological sciences Katz was named to the Biodiversity Science and Education Initiative to examine the deteriorating condition of the earth s biodiversity 8 She later received a five year 1 2 million grant to closely examine the evolutionary relationships among 200 eukaryotic microbes 9 Katz was also appointed one of 11 principal investigators chosen for the Open Tree of Life project a project aimed at designing a complete online tree of life to represent all life forms on Earth and their evolutionary history 10 In 2019 Katz was awarded a 443 222 grant from the National Science Foundation for her research project Collaborative Proposal Combining single cell omics and community analyses to reveal functional and genetic diversity in marine planktonic ciliates 11 References edit Gover Tzivia September 28 2020 This Writer s Way smith edu Retrieved December 18 2020 Arnold Katz Obituary 1932 2016 Hartford CT Hartford Courant www legacy com Retrieved 2021 03 22 Willerson James T Dhalla Naranjan S 2016 04 01 In Memoriam Arnold M Katz MD 1932 2016 Texas Heart Institute Journal 43 2 106 107 doi 10 14503 THIJ 16 5827 ISSN 0730 2347 PMC 4845582 Laura A Katz smith edu Retrieved December 18 2020 Change Your Life Teaching Three Faculty Members Awarded Sherrerd Prize smith edu May 4 2017 Retrieved December 18 2020 Katamay Kaja June 20 2014 It s a Small Small Biodiverse World smith edu Retrieved December 18 2020 Laura A Katz Jessica R Grant 23 December 2014 Taxon rich phylogenomic analyses resolve the eukaryotic tree of life and reveal the power of subsampling by sites Systematic Biology 64 3 406 415 doi 10 1093 SYSBIO SYU126 ISSN 1063 5157 PMID 25540455 Wikidata Q28254627 Smith Women Named to Prominent Groups smith edu Winter 2006 Retrieved December 18 2020 Smith College Leads Peers in Decade of National Science Foundation Funding smith edu March 11 2010 Retrieved December 18 2020 McCoy Ebbets Jan December 12 2012 Building the complete tree of life microbe by microbe smith edu Retrieved December 18 2020 People News September 2019 smith edu August 29 2019 Retrieved December 18 2020 External links editLaura A Katz publications indexed by Google Scholar Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Laura A Katz amp oldid 1056711351, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
