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Business Address: | University of Iowa Department of Biological Sciences and Roy J. Carver Center for Comparative Genomics Director, Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Genetics Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences Faculty of 1000 Faculty Member in Evolutionary/Comparative Genomics Adjunct Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole MA 02543 |
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| EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL HISTORY | |||
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Higher Education | ||
| 1984-1989 | Ph.D., Biology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada | ||
| 1981-1983 | M.E.S., Environmental Sciences, Dalhousie University, Canada | ||
| 1977-1981 | B.Sc. (Hons.), Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada | ||
| 2. Professional and Academic Positions | |||
| 2005-present | Adjunct Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Biology Department | ||
| 2005-present | Director, Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Genetics | ||
| 2005-present | Faculty, Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences | ||
| 2003-present | Associate Professor, University of Iowa, Department of Biological Sciences | ||
| 1999-present | Faculty, Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Genetics, University of Iowa | ||
| 1997-2003 | Assistant Professor, University of Iowa, Department of Biological Sciences | ||
| 1994-1997 | Research Scientist, Department of Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for | ||
| Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany | |||
| Habilitation Candidate, Department of Botany, University of Göttingen | |||
| 1991-1994 | Humboldt Scholar, (postdoctoral position), with Michael Melkonian, | ||
| Department of Botany, University of Cologne, Germany | |||
| 1989-1991 | Alfred P. Sloan Fellow, (postdoctoral position), with Mitch Sogin, Marine Biological | ||
| Laboratories, Woods Hole, MA | |||
| 3. Major Honors and Awards | |||
| 1995-1997 | Habilitation Stipendium and Research Grant, German Science Foundation, Göttingen, Germany | ||
| 1992-1994 | Alexander von Humboldt Scholar, University of Cologne, Germany | ||
| 1991 | Postdoctoral Research Grant, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) | ||
| 1989-1991 | Alfred P. Sloan Fellow, Marine Biological Laboratories, Woods Hole, MA | ||
| 1988 | Simon Fraser University Postdoctoral Fellowship | ||
| 1987 | President’s Research Stipendium, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada | ||
| 1981-1983 | Dalhousie Graduate Fellowship, Dalhousie University, Canada | ||
| 4. Memberships | |||
| American Society for Microbiology | |||
| American Association for the Advancement of Science | |||
| International Society of Protistologists | |||
| Phycological Society of America | |||
| International Society for Evolutionary Protistology | |||
| Botanical Society of America | |||
| SCHOLARSHIP | ||
| Publications | ||
| Algal Evolution and Endosymbiosis | |
| Ahmed Moustafa and Debashish Bhattacharya, PhyloSort: a user-friendly phylogenetic sorting tool and its application to estimating the cyanobacterial contribution to the nuclear genome of Chlamydomonas, BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8:6 (2008) | |
Bhattacharya, D., J.M. Archibald, A.P.M. Weber, and A. Reyes-Prieto. 2007. How do endosymbionts become organelles? Understanding early events in plastid evolution. BioEssays 2007 Dec;29(12):1239-46. |
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Reyes-Prieto, A., and D. Bhattacharya. 2007. Phylogeny of nuclear encoded plastid targeted proteins suggests an early divergence of glaucophytes within Plantae. Mol Biol Evol. 2007 Sep 6. [Epub ahead of print]. |
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Bhattacharya, D., and T. Nosenko. Accepted. Endosymbiotic and horizontal gene transfer in chromalveolates. J. Phycol. |
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Reyes-Prieto, A., H.S. Yoon, and D. Bhattacharya. Provisionally accepted. Marine protist (algal) genomics and evolution. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. |
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Tyra, H.M., Linka, M., Weber, A.P.M., and D. Bhattacharya. Host origin of plastid solute transporters in the first photosynthetic eukaryotes. Genome Biol. 2007 Oct 5;8(10):R212 PDF |
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Yoon, H.S., J. Grant, Y.I. Tekle, M. Wu, B.C. Chaon, J.C. Cole, J.M. Logsdon, D.J. Patterson, D. Bhattacharya, and L.A. Katz. Provisionally accepted. Broadly sampled multigene trees of eukaryotes. BMC Evol. Biol. |
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Nosenko, T., and D. Bhattacharya. 2007. Horizontal gene transfer in chromalveolates. BMC Evol. Biol. Sept. 25;7(1):173 PDF |
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| Reyes-Prieto A , Weber AP, Bhattacharya D. 2007. The Origin and Establishment of the Plastid in Algae and Plants. Annu Rev Genet. 2007 Jun 28. PDF |
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Hackett JD, Yoon HS, Li S, Reyes-Prieto A, Rummele SE, Bhattacharya D. 2007. Phylogenomic analysis supports the monophyly of cryptophytes and haptophytes and the association of rhizaria with chromalveolates. Mol Biol Evol. 2007 Aug;24(8):1702-13. PDF |
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Hackett, J.D., H.S. Yoon, N.J. Butterfield, M.J. Sanderson, and D. Bhattacharya. 2007. Plastid endosymbiosis: origins and timing of events. In: Evolution of Aquatic Photoautotrophs, Eds. Falkowski, P., and A. Knoll, Elsevier. |
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Nosenko, T., B. Boese, and D. Bhattacharya. Accepted. Pulsed field gel electrophoresis analysis of genome size and structure in Pavlova gyrans and Diacronema sp. (Haptophyta). J. Phycol. 43,763–767 (2007). PDF |
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Reyes Prieto, A., and D. Bhattacharya. 2007.Phylogeny of Calvin cycle enzymes supports Plantae monophyly. Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2007 Oct;45(1):384-91. PDF |
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Zhang, H., S. Lin, and D. Bhattacharya. 2007. A three-gene dinoflagellate phylogeny suggests a basal position for Amphidinium and Heterocapsa. J. Mol. Evol. Oct;65(4):463-74. Epub 2007 Sep 26. PDF |
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Patterson, D.J., D. Bhattacharya, J. Cole, M. Dunthorn, J. Logsdon, L. Katz and L.Wegener Parfrey. Classifying protists. Microbiology Today 2007 February:44-45. PDF |
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Hackett, J.D., H.S. Yoon, and D. Bhattacharya. 2006. The genomes of dinoflagellates. In: Genome Evolution in Eukaryotic Microbes, (Eds.) L.A. Katz and D. Bhattacharya. Oxford University Press. |
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Reyes-Prieto, A., J.D. Hackett, M.F. Bonaldo, M.B. Soares, and D. Bhattacharya. Cyanobacterial contribution to algal nuclear genomes is primarily limited to plastid functions. Curr. Biol. 2006 Dec 5;16(23):2320-5. PDF |
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Parfrey, L.W., E. Barbero, E. Lasser, M.S. Dunthorn, D. Bhattacharya, D.J. Patterson, and L.A. Katz. Accepted. Evaluating support for the current classification of eukaryotic diversity. PLoS. 2006 Dec 22;2(12):e220. PDF |
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Yoon, H.S., C. Ciniglia, M. Wu , J. Comeron, G. Pinto, A. Pollio, and D. Bhattacharya. 2006. Establishment of endolithic populations of extremophilic Cyanidiales (Rhodophyta). BMC Evol. Biol. 2006 Oct 5;6(1):78 PDF |
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Bhattacharya, D., and J.M. Archibald 2006. The difference between organelles and endosymbionts: Response to Theissen and Martin. Curr. Biol. 16:R1017-R1018. |
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Hwan Su Yoon, Adrian Reyes-Prieto, Michael Melkonian and Debashish Bhattacharya. 2006. Minimal plastid genome evolution in the Paulinella endosymbiont. Curr Biol. 2006 Sep 5;16(17):R670-2. . (with accompanying commentary) PDF |
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Hwan Su Yoon, Jeremiah D. Hackett and Debashish Bhattacharya. 2006. A genomic and phylogenetic perspective on endosymbiosis and algal origin. Journal of Applied Phycology (2006) 18: 475–481. PDF |
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Tetyana Nosenko, Kristy L. Lidie, Frances M. Van Dolah, Erika Lindquist, Jan-Fang Cheng, US Department of Energy - Joint Genome Institute, and Debashish Bhattacharya. 2006. Chimeric Plastid Proteome in the Florida “Red Tide” Dinoflagellate Karenia brevis. MBE Advance Access published July 28, 2006. PDF |
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Senjie Lin, Huan Zhang, Yubo Hou, Lilibeth Miranda, and Debashish Bhattacharya. 2006. Development of a Dinoflagellate-Oriented PCR Primer Set Leads to Detection of Picoplanktonic Dinoflagellates from Long Island Sound. AEM 2006 Aug;72(8):5626-30. PDF |
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Reyes-Prieto, A., H. S. Yoon, and Debashish Bhattacharya. Phylogenomics and its Growing Impact on Algal Phylogeny and Evolution. Algae Volume 21(1): 1-10, 2006 PDF |
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Yoon, H.S., K.M. Müller, R.G. Sheath, F.D. Ott, and D. Bhattacharya. 2006. Defining the major lineages of red algae (Rhodophyta). J. Phycol. 42, 482-492. PDF |
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Weber, A., M. Linka, and D. Bhattacharya. 2006. Single, ancient origin of a plastid metabolite translocator family in Plantae from an endomembrane-derived ancestor. Eukaryotic Cell, Mar. 2006, p. 609–612. |
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Li, S., T. Nosenko, J.D. Hackett, and D. Bhattacharya. 2006. Phylogenomic analysis provides evidence for the endosymbiotic transfer of red algal genes in chromalveolates. Mol. Biol. Evol. 23:663-674. PDF |
Bhattacharya, D. and L. Katz. 2005. Workshop report – Frontiers in genomics: insights into protist evolutionary biology. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 52:170-172. PDF |
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Hackett, J.D., T.E. Scheetz, H.S. Yoon, M.B. Soares, M.F. Bonaldo, T.L. Casavant, and D. Bhattacharya. 2005. Insights into a dinoflagellate genome through expressed sequence tag analysis. BMC Genomics 6:80. PDF |
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Yoon, H.S., J.D. Hackett, F.M. Van Dolah, T. Nosenko, K.L. Lidie, and D. Bhattacharya. 2005. Tertiary endosymbiosis driven genome evolution in dinoflagellate algae. Mol. Biol. Evol. 22:1299-1308. PDF |
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Zhang, H., D. Bhattacharya, and S. Lin. 2005. Phylogeny of dinoflagellates based on mitochondrial cytochrome b and nuclear small subunit rDNA sequence comparisons. J. Phycol. 41:411-420. PDF |
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Bhattacharya, D., H. S. Yoon, and J. D. Hackett. 2004. Photosynthetic eukaryotes unite: endosymbiosis connects the dots. Bioessays. 2004 Jan;26(1):50-60. PDF |
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Ciniglia, C., H.S. Yoon, A. Pollio, G. Pinto, and D. Bhattacharya. 2004. Hidden biodiversity of the extremophilic Cyanidiales red algae. Mol Ecol. 2004 Jul;13(7):1827-38. PDF |
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Hackett, J.D., D.M. Anderson, D. Erdner, and D. Bhattacharya. 2004. Dinoflagellates: a remarkable evolutionary experiment. Am. J. Bot. 91(10). PDF |
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Hackett, J.D., H.S. Yoon, M.B. Soares, M.F. Bonaldo, T.L. Casavant, T.E. Scheetz, T. Nosenko, and D. Bhattacharya. 2004. Migration of the plastid genome to the nucleus in a peridinin dinoflagellate. Curr Biol. 2004 Feb 3;14(3):213-8. PDF |
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Hagopian, J.C., M. Reis, J.P. Kitajima, D. Bhattacharya, and M.C. de Oliveira. 2004. Comparative analysis of the complete plastid genome sequence of the red alga Gracilaria tenuistipitata var. liui : insights on the evolution of rhodoplasts and their relationship to other plastids. J. Mol. Evol. 59(4):464-477. PDF |
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Yoon, H.S., J. Hackett, C. Ciniglia, G. Pinto, and D. Bhattacharya. 2004. A molecular timeline for the origin of photosynthetic eukaryotes. Mol Biol Evol. 2004 May;21(5):809-18. PDF |
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Bhattacharya D., Medlin LK. 2004. Dating algal origin using molecular clock methods. Protist. 2004 Mar;155(1):9-10. |
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Hackett, J.D., L. Maranda, H.S. Yoon, and D. Bhattacharya. 2003. Phylogenetic evidence for the cryptophyte origin of the plastid of Dinophysis (Dinophysiales, Dinophyceae). J. Phycol. 39:440-448. |
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Pinto, G., Albertano, P., Ciniglia, C., Cozzolino, S., Pollio, A., Yoon, H.S., and Bhattacharya, D. 2003. Comparative approaches to the taxonomy of the genus Galdieria Merola (Cyanidiales, Rhodophyta). Crypt. Algol. 24(1):13-32. |
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Baldauf, S., D. Bhattacharya, J. Cockrill, P. Hugenholtz, J. Pawlowski, and A.G. Simpson. 2003. The tree of life, an overview. Proc. of the Tree of Life Symposium, American Museum of Natural History. |
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Delwiche, C.F., R.A. Andersen, D. Bhattacharya, and R.M. McCourt. 2003. Algal evolution and the early radiation of green plants. Proc. of the Tree of Life Symposium, American Museum of Natural History. |
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Yoon, H.S., J. Hackett, and D. Bhattacharya. 2002. A single origin of the peridinin-, and fucoxanthin-containing plastids in dinoflagellates through tertiary endosymbiosis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 Sep 3;99(18):11724-9. |
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Yoon, H.S., J. Hackett, G. Pinto, and D. Bhattacharya. 2002. The single, ancient origin of chromist plastids. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 Nov 26;99(24):15507-12. |
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Müller, K.M., M.C. Oliveira, R. Sheath, and D. Bhattacharya. 2001. Ribosomal DNA phylogeny of the Bangiophycidae (Rhodophyta) and the origin of secondary plastids. Am J. Bot. 88:1390-1400. |
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Friedl, T., and D. Bhattacharya. 2001. Origin and evolution of eukaryotic lichen algae. In: Origin, evolution and versatility of microorganisms, (Ed.) J. Seckbach, Kluwer, Dordrecht. |
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Yoon, H.S, J.Y. Lee, S.M. Boo, and D. Bhattacharya. 2001. Phylogeny of Alariaceae, Laminariaceae, and Lessoniaceae (Phaeophyta) based on plastid-encoded RuBisCo spacer and nuclear-encoded ITS sequence comparisons. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 21:231-243. |
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Stibitz, T., P. Keeling, and D. Bhattacharya. 2000. Symbiotic origin of a novel actin gene in the cryptophyte Pyrenomonas helgolandii. Mol. Biol. Evol. 17:1731-1738. |
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Bhattacharya, D. 2000. A molecular phylogenetic perspective on the primary and secondary endosymbiotic origins of algal plastids. Algae 15:1-5. |
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Oliveira, M., and D. Bhattacharya. 2000. Phylogeny of the Bangiophycidae (Rhodophyta) and the secondary endosymbiotic origin of algal plastids. Am. J. Bot. 87:482-492. |
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Bhattacharya, D. 2000. A molecular phylogenetic perspective on the primary and secondary endosymbiotic origins of algal plastids. Proc. Ann. Meeting Korean Soc. Phycology. |
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Bhattacharya, D., H.A. Schmidt, and T. Friedl. 1999. The phylogeny of thermophiles and hyperthermophiles and the three domains of life. In: Origin, evolution and versatility of microorganisms (phylogeny, structure, physiology and extreme environments), (Ed.) J. Seckbach, Kluwer, Dordrecht. |
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Bhattacharya, D., and L. Medlin. 1998. Algal phylogeny and the origin of land plants. Plant Physiol. 116: 9-15. |
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Bhattacharya, D. 1997. An introduction to algal phylogeny and phylogenetic methods. In: Origins of algae and their plastids, (Ed.) D. Bhattacharya, Springer-Verlag, Wien, pp. 1-11. |
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Bhattacharya, D., and H. Schmidt. 1997. Division Glaucocystophyta. In: Origins of algae and their plastids, (Ed.) D. Bhattacharya, Springer-Verlag, Wien, pp. 139-147. |
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Bhattacharya, D., and L. Medlin. 1995. The phylogeny of plastids: A review based on comparisons of small subunit ribosomal RNA coding regions. J. Phycol. 31:489-498. |
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Bhattacharya, D., Helmchen, T., and M. Melkonian. 1995. Molecular evolutionary analyses of nuclear-encoded small subunit ribosomal RNA identify an independent rhizopod lineage containing the Euglyphidae and the Chlorarachniophyta. J. Euk. Microbiol. 42:65-69. |
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Helmchen, T., D. Bhattacharya, and M. Melkonian. 1995. Analyses of ribosomal RNA sequences from glaucocystophyte cyanelles provide new insights into the evolutionary relationships of plastids. J. Mol. Evol. 41:203-210. |
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Bhattacharya, D., T. Helmchen, C. Bibeau, and M. Melkonian. 1995. Comparisons of small subunit ribosomal RNAs reveal the evolutionary position of the Glaucocystophyta. Mol. Biol. Evol. 12:415-420. |
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Surek, B., U. Beemelmenns, M. Melkonian, and D. Bhattacharya. 1994. Ribosomal RNA sequence comparisons demonstrate an evolutionary relationship between Zygnematales and charophytes. Pl. Syst. Evol. 191:171-181. |
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Steinkötter, J., D. Bhattacharya, I. Semmelroth, C. Bibeau, and M. Melkonian. 1994. Prasinophytes form independent lineages within the Chlorophyta: Evidence from ribosomal RNA sequence comparisons. J. Phycol. 30:340-345. |
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Bhattacharya, D., L. Medlin, P.O. Wainright, E.V. Ariztia, C. Bibeau, S.K. Stickel, and M.L. Sogin. 1992. Algae containing chlorophylls a+c are polyphyletic: Molecular evolutionary analysis of the Chromophyta. Evolution 46:1801-1817. |
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Bhattacharya, D., C. Mayes, and L.D. Druehl. 1991. Restriction endonuclease analysis of ribosomal DNA sequence variation in Laminaria (Phaeophyta). J. Phycol. 27:624-628. |
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Bhattacharya, D., H.J. Elwood, L.J. Goff, and M.L. Sogin. 1990. The phylogeny of Gracilaria lemaneiformis (Rhodophyta) based on the sequence analysis of its small subunit ribosomal RNA coding region. J. Phycol. 26:181-186. |
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Bhattacharya, D., D.L. Baillie, and L.D. Druehl. 1990. Population analysis of the kelp Costaria costata (Phaeophyta) using a polymorphic ribosomal DNA probe. Pl. Syst. Evol. 170:177-191. |
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Bhattacharya, D., and L.D. Druehl. 1990. Restriction enzyme analysis of variation and taxonomy in the kelp genus Laminaria. Proc. Int. Seaweed Symp. 13:105-110. |
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Bhattacharya, D., and L.D. Druehl. 1989. Morphological and DNA sequence variation in the kelp Costaria costata (Phaeophyta). Mar. Biol. 102:15-23. |
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| Bhattacharya, D., and L.D. Druehl. 1988. Phylogenetic comparison of the small-subunit ribosomal DNA sequence of Costaria costata (Phaeophyta) with those of other algae, vascular plants and oomycetes. J. Phycol. 24:539-543. |
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Bhattacharya, D., and L.D. Druehl. 1987. Molecular genetic analysis of variation in Costaria costata (Turner) Saunders. Proc. Int. Seaweed Symp. 12:63-67. |
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Bhattacharya, D. 1985. The demography of fronds of Chondrus crispus. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 91:217-231. |
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| Ribozyme Evolution | |
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Haugen, P., D. Bhattacharya, J.D. Palmer, S. Turner, L.A. Lewis, and K.M. Pryer. 2007. Cyanobacterial ribosomal RNA genes with multiple, endonuclease-encoding group I introns. BMC Evol. Bio. 2007 Sep 8;7:159. PDF |
Reeb, V., P. Haugen, D. Bhattacharya and F. Lutzoni. Evolution of Pleopsidium (lichenized Ascomycota) S943 group I introns and the phylogeography of an intron-encoded putative homing endonuclease. JME 64:285-298. PDF |
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Bhattacharya, D., V. Reeb, D. Simon, F. Lutzoni, 2005. Phylogenetic analyses suggest reverse splicing spread of group I introns in fungal ribosomal DNA. BMC Evol Biol. 5:68. (Highly Accessed Article) Full text article (biomedcentral.com) |
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Haugen, P., D. Simon, and D. Bhattacharya. 2005. The natural history of group I introns. Trends Genet. 21:111-119. PDF |
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Simon, D., J. Moline, G. Helms, T. Friedl, and D. Bhattacharya. 2005. Divergent histories of lichen rDNA group I introns. J. Mol. Evol. 60:434-446. PDF |
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Simon, D., Hummel C.L., Sheeley S.L. and D. Bhattacharya. 2005. Ribosomal DNA heterogeneity in the lichens Physcia aipolia and Physcia stellaris. Curr. Genet. 47:389-399. PDF |
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Haugen, P., and D. Bhattacharya. 2004, The spread of LAGLIDADG homing endonuclease genes in rDNA. Nucleic Acids Res. 2004 Apr 6;32(6):2049-57. PDF |
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Haugen, P., H.J. Runge, and D. Bhattacharya. 2004. Long-term evolution of a fungal nuclear rDNA group I intron: structural and functional implications. RNA. 2004 Jul;10(7):1084-96. PDF |
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Haugen, P., V. Reeb, F. Lutzoni, and D. Bhattacharya. 2004. The evolution of homing endonuclease genes and group I introns in nuclear rDNA. Mol Biol Evol. 2004 Jan;21(1):129-40. PDF |
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Bhattacharya, D., D. Simon, J. Huang, J.J. Cannone, and R.R Gutell. 2003. The exon context and distribution of Euascomycetes rRNA spliceosomal introns. BMC Evol. Biol. 3:7. Full text article (biomedcentral.com) |
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Simon, D., D. Fewer, T. Friedl and D. Bhattacharya. 2003. Phylogeny and self-splicing ability of the plastid tRNA-Leu group I Intron. J. Mol. Evol. 57:710-720. |
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Bhattacharya, D., T. Friedl, and G. Helms. 2002. Vertical evolution and intragenic spread of lichen-fungal group I introns. J. Mol. Evol. 55:74-84. |
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Bhattacharya, D., J.J. Cannone, and R.R. Gutell. 2001. Group I intron lateral transfer between red and brown algal ribosomal RNA. Curr. Genet. 40:82-90. |
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Bhattacharya, D., and M. Oliveira. 2000. The SSU rDNA coding region of a filose amoeba contains a group I intron lacking the universally conserved G at the 3'-terminus. J. Euk. Microbiol. 47:585-589. |
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Bhattacharya, D., F. Lutzoni, V. Reeb, D. Simon, F. Fernandez. 2000. Widespread occurrence of spliceosomal introns in the rDNA genes of ascomycetes. Mol. Biol. Evol. 17:1971-1984. |
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Friedl, T., A. Besendahl, P. Pfeiffer, and D. Bhattacharya. 2000. The distribution of group I introns in lichen algae suggests that lichenization facilitates intron lateral transfer. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 14:342-352. |
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Besendahl, A., Y.-L. Qiu, J. Lee, J.D. Palmer, and D. Bhattacharya. 2000. The cyanobacterial origin and vertical transmission of the plastid tRNALeu group-I intron. Curr. Genet. 37:12-23. |
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Besendahl A., and D. Bhattacharya. 1999. Evolutionary analyses of small subunit rDNA coding regions and the 1506 group I introns of the Zygnematales (Charophyceae, Streptophyta). J. Phycol. 35:560-569. |
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Bhattacharya, D. 1998. The origin and evolution of protist group I introns. Protist 149: 113-122. |
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Bhattacharya, D., T. Friedl, and S. Damberger. 1996. Nuclear-encoded rDNA group I introns: Origin and evolutionary relationships of insertion site lineages in the green algae/charophytes. Mol. Biol. Evol. 13:978-989. |
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Bhattacharya, D., S. Damberger, B. Surek, and M. Melkonian. 1996. Primary and secondary structure analyses of the rDNA group I introns of the Zygnematales (Charophyta). Curr. Genet. 29:282-286. |
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Bhattacharya, D., B. Surek, M. Ruesing, and M. Melkonian. 1994. Group I introns are inherited through common ancestry in the nuclear-encoded rRNA of Zygnematales (Charophyceae). Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 91:9916-9920. |
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Williford, A., B. Stay, and D. Bhattacharya. 2004. Evolution of a novel function: nutritive milk in the viviparous cockroach Diploptera punctata. Evol Dev. 2004 Mar-Apr;6(2):67-77. PDF |
Hartmann, S., J.D. Nason, and D. Bhattacharya. 2002. Phylogenetic origins of Lophocereus (Cactaceae) and the senita cactus – senita moth pollination mutualism. Am. J. Bot. 89:1085-1092. |
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Hartmann, S., J. Nason, and D. Bhattacharya. 2001. Extensive genic variation in rDNA paralogs in the columnar cactus Lophocereus. J. Mol. Evol. 53:124-134. |
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| Bhattacharya, D., J. Aubry, E. Twait, S. Jurk. 2000. Actin gene duplication and the evolution of morphological complexity in land plants. J. Phycol. 36:813-820. |
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Karabinos, A, and D. Bhattacharya. 2000. Molecular evolution of calmodulin and calmodulin-like genes in the cephalochordate Branchiostoma. J. Mol. Evol. 51:141-148. |
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Albert, S., D. Bhattacharya, J. Klaudiny, J. Schmitzova, and J. Simuth. 1999. Molecular evolution of a family of proteins that is a major component of bee royal jelly. J. Mol. Evol. 49:290-297. |
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An, S.S, B. Möpps, K. Weber, and D. Bhattacharya. 1999. The origin and evolution of green algal and plant actins. Mol. Biol. Evol. 16:275-285. |
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Karabinos, A., D. Bhattacharya, H.D. Kratzin, and N. Hilschmann. 1998. Origin of the NEFA and Nuc signal sequences. J. Mol. Evol. 46: 327-333. |
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Bhattacharya, D., S.S. An, K. Weber, and W. Berning-Koch. 1998. Actin phylogeny identifies Mesostigma viride as a flagellate ancestor of the land plants. J. Mol. Evol. 47:544-550. |
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Bhattacharya, D., and K. Weber. 1997. The actin gene of the glaucocystophyte Cyanophora paradoxa: analysis of the coding region and introns and an actin phylogeny of eukaryotes Curr. Genet. 31:439-446. |
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Bhattacharya, D. 1996. Analysis of the distribution of bootstrap tree lengths using the maximum parsimony method. Mol. Phyl. Evol. 6:339-350. |
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Karabinos, A., D. Bhattacharya, H.D. Kratzin, S. Barnikol-Watanabe, and N. Hilschmann. 1996. The divergent domains of the NEFA and nucleobindin proteins are derived from an EF-Hand ancestor. Mol. Biol. Evol. 13:990-998. |
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Bhattacharya, D., and J. Ehlting. 1995. Actin coding regions: Gene family evolution and use as a phylogenetic marker. Archiv Protistenknde. 145:155-164. |
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Bhattacharya, D., and S.K. Stickel. 1994. Sequence analysis of duplicated actin genes in Lagenidium giganteum and Pythium irregulare (Oomycota). J. Mol. Evol. 39:56-61. |
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Bhattacharya, D., S.K. Stickel, and M.L. Sogin. 1993. Isolation and molecular phylogenetic analysis of actin coding regions from the prymnesiophyte alga, Emiliania huxleyi, using reverse transcriptase and PCR methods. Mol. Biol. Evol. 10:689-703. |
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Bhattacharya, D., J. Steinkötter, and M. Melkonian. 1993. Molecular cloning and evolutionary analysis of the calcium-modulated contractile protein, centrin, in green algae and land plants. Plant Mol. Biol. 23:1243-1254. |
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| Bhattacharya, D., S.K. Stickel, and M.L. Sogin. 1991. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of actin genic regions from Achlya bisexualis (Oomycota) and Costaria costata (Chromophyta). J. Mol. Evol. 33:525-536. |
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Katz, L.A., and D. Bhattacharya. 2006. Genome evolution in eukaryotic microbes. Oxford University Press. |
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Contents Introduction to edited volume Laura A. Katz, Debashish Bhattacharya Overview: Current perspectives on high-level groupings of protists Alastair G.B. Simpson, David J. Patterson Part I: Evolutionary Genomics of Eukaryotic Microbes Genome and cell evolution of anaerobic protists: metabolic adaptation via gene acquisition Jan O. Andersson Comparative genomics of Plasmodium species Jane Carlton Lateral and intracellular gene transfer in the Apicomplexa: the scope and functional consequences Jessica Kissinger Genome evolution in ciliates Casey McGrath Molecular evolution of Foraminifera Samuel S. Bowser, Andrea Habura, Jan Pawlowski Photosynthetic organelles and endosymbiosis Maik Sommer, Sven Gould, Oliver Kawach, Christoph Klemme, Chrisitne Voß, Stefan Zauner and Uwe-G. Maier The genomes of dinoflagellates Jeremiah D. Hackett, Debashish Bhattacharya Part II The nuts and bolts of sequencing protist genomes Daniella Bartholomeu, Jane Carlton Genome reduction in microsporidia Patrick J. Keeling The genome of Entamoeba histolytica C. Graham Clark Nucleomorphs: remnant nuclear genomes Oliver Kawach, Maik Somer, Sven Gould, Christine Voß, Uwe-G. Maier and Stefan Zauner Absolute strand polarity: Comparative genomics of the kinetoplastids Kenneth D. Stuart, Peter J. Myler Genomic insights into diatom evolution and metabolism E. Virginia Armbrust, Tatiana A. Rynearson, Bethany D. Jenkins The Dictyostelium genome - blueprint for the evolution of a multicellular protist. Pauline Schaap |
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Bhattacharya, D. 1997. Origins of algae and their plastids. (Editor) Springer-Verlag, Wien. Three reviews from different journals are included in the appendix to the dossier. List of major contributors: |
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R.A. Andersen (USA), D. Bhattacharya (USA), C. Delwiche (USA), L.D. Druehl (Canada), T. Friedl (Germany), V.A.R. Huss (Germany), W. Löffelhardt (Austria), U. Maier (Germany), G.I. McFadden (Australia), L.K. Medlin (Germany), J.D. Palmer (USA), G. Saunders (Canada), S. Turner (USA) |
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Bhattacharya, D. 2007. Origin and molecular evolution of the plastid. In: Understanding chloroplasts, Organizer J.K. Hoober. Henry Stewart Talks. |
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Algal genomics and phylogenomics: windows into endosymbiosis and eukaryotic evolution. April 16, 2007. European Marine Genomics Exploratory Workshop, Keynote Speaker, Roscoff, France.
Evolution of photosynthetic eukaryotes: life at both extremes. Montana State University, June 1, 2007, Bozeman, Montana. Taxon breadth or phylogenetic marker breadth: two attempts at reconstructing the eukaryotic tree of life. Invited Lecture. Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution/Canadian Institute of Advanced Research, June 24-28, 2007, Halifax, Canada. Endosymbiotic gene transfer and plastid origin in chromalveolate protists. Speaker and co-organizer, NSF Funded Mini-Symposium on chromalveolate evolution, Botanical Society of America Meeting, July 7-11, 2007, Chicago, IL. Unraveling the evolutionary history of eukaryotic photosynthesis through genomic and phylogenomic analyses of algae. European Phycological Congress (EPC-4), Keynote Speaker. July 26, 2007, Oviedo, Spain. From genomes to the environment: a coordinated effort to improve our understanding of Alexandrium and the formation of red tides. Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, August 9, 2007, Woods Hole, MA. Using Comparative genomic approaches to unravel the complex evolutionary history of chromalveolates. German Botanical Society Annual Meeting, Invited Lecture, September 3-7, Hamburg, Germany. The need for a microbial genome database to spur evolutionary and applied research. US-EC Workshop on Cyberinfrastructure Resources for Genome-Enabled Research on Microbial Life and the Marine Environment. Washington, DC, September 9-11, 2007. Using comparative genomics to unravel the tangled evolutionary history of photosynthesis in microbial eukaryotes. Invited Speaker, 15th Annual International Meeting on Microbial Genomics, September 16-20, 2007, University of Maryland, College Park, MD. Understanding red tides using genomic methods. Featured Speaker, University of Iowa Biology Department Annual Retreat, November 10, 2007, Dubuque, IA. |
| Visiting Scientists | Years | Funding | |
| Eun Chan Yang (Korea) | Winter 2006 | KOSEF | |
| Kristy Lidie | Summer 2004 | NOAA/ECOHAB and NSF | |
| Claudia Ciniglia (Napoli) | Fall 2002, 2004 | Università "Federico II", Napoli, Italy | |
| Valérie Reeb (Duke) | Spring 2002, 2003 | Mellon Fellowship, NSF | |
| David Fewer (Göttingen) | Spring 2001 | Sigma Chi and SmithKline Beecham Foundation | |
| Mariana Oliveira (São Paulo) | Summer 2000, 2004 | FAPESP grant, Brazil | |
| Gert Helms (Göttingen) | Summer 1999 | DAAD Fellowship, Germany | |
| Andreas Beck (München) | Summer 1999 | DAAD Fellowship, Germany | |
| Lars Vogt (Bielefeld) | Summer 1998 | DAAD Fellowship, Germany |
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