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Areas of expertise: Biology, Cell Biology, Biomedical Sciences, Biophysics, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, Neuroscience


Biography, Education and Training

Education  1975            B.S., Microbiology, University of Minnesota 1982            M.S., Biology, California State University, Northridge 1986            Ph.D., Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder   Positions  1990-97      Assistant Professor, De... more »

Eric Palkovacs

Eric Palkovacs

Professor, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Associate Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives, Director, Fisheries Collaborative Program; Associate Director, Institute of Marine Sciences

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Department, IMS-Fisheries Collaborative Program, Office of Research

Areas of expertise: Biology, Climate Change, Coastal Science, Conservation, Ecology, Endangered Species, Evolution, Fisheries, Genetics, Water


Biography, Education and Training

B.S. University of Michigan Ph.D. Yale University

Sofie Reda Salama

Sofie Reda Salama

Acting Professor of Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology, Faculty Director of Diversity, UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute

Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology Department, Genomics Institute

Areas of expertise: Biomedical Sciences, DNA, RNA, Proteins, Evolution, Genomics, Genetics, Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, Stem Cells


Biography, Education and Training

  My research involves using pluripotent stem cells from a variety of primate species and high throughput sequencing methods to study how genome evolution affects human development and disease. My lab is located in the Institute for the Biology of Stem Cells. With funding from NIH-NHGRI, we are exploring the mechanisms by which transposable elements lead to new gene regulatory programs important for the evolution of new traits. With funding from NIH-NIMH we are studying the role ... more »


Areas of expertise: Genomics, Evolution, Molecular Evolution, Population Biology, Genetics, Climate Change


Biography, Education and Training

BA, Mathematics and Biology, Brown University (2003)PhD, Genome Sciences, University of Washington (2008)Postdoc, Human Genetics, University of Chicago (2008-2010) Postdoc, Genetics, Stanford University (2010-2013)


Areas of expertise: Evolution, Genetics, Genomics, Population Biology, Microbiology


Biography, Education and Training

BS, Biology, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas, Venezuela (2000)MS, Ecology and Population Biology, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas, Caracas, Venezuela  (2004)PhD, Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Emory University (2009) Postdoc, Genetics, Cornell University (2009-2010) Postdoc, Genetics, Stanford University (2010-2013)

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