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Dr. Karen Nelson is a Jamaican-born American microbiologist, who is the current president of the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI).〔 She was educated at the University of the West Indies and earned a Ph.D. from Cornell University.〔''(J. Craig Venter Institute, Director (Rockville, MD Campus) )'' American Society for Microbiology, retrieved March 27, 2015〕 Dr. Nelson is noted for her research on archaea at The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) which resulted in the publication〔"(Evidence for lateral gene transfer between Archaea and Bacteria from genome sequence of Thermotoga maritima )" Nature 399〕 of the genome of the bacterium Thermotoga, which demonstrated the existence of horizontal gene transfer.〔 ''( 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 〕 She was appointed president of JCVI in 2012 after serving as director of its Rockville Campus since 2010.〔 ''(Executive Profile Karen E. Nelson Ph.D. )'' Bloomberg Businessweek, retrieved December 1, 2014 〕 Her current research focuses on interactions between human microbiomes and various diseases.〔 She has published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers in the field.〔 ==Boards and panels== * Editor in Chief, ''Microbial Ecology''〔 * Editor in Chief, ''Advances in Microbial Ecology''〔 * Editorial Board Member, ''BMC Genomics''〔 * Editorial Board Member, ''Giga Science''〔 * Editorial Board Member, ''Central European Journal of Biology''〔 * Board Member, Board on Life Sciences, National Academy of Sciences〔''( Board Members )'' Board on Life Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, retrieved March 27, 2015〕 * Member, Standing Committee on Support to the DoD's Programs to Counter Biological Threats, National Research Council〔''(Committee Biographies )'' National Research Council, retrieved March 27, 2015〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Karen E. Nelson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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