Evan_Eichler

Evan E. Eichler

Evan E. Eichler

American geneticist

Evan E. Eichler is an investigator at Howard Hughes Medical Institute studying human genome evolution, genome variation and their role in diseases. He is also a Professor of Genome Sciences at the University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle.[1][3][4][5][6]

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Education

Eichler was educated at the University of Saskatchewan and Baylor College of Medicine where he was awarded his PhD in 1995[2] for work on the FMR1 gene.[7]

Research

Eichler is considered one of the experts in genome instability studies,[8] segmental duplication and structural variation.[1][9]

Awards

References

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    Evan Eichler publications indexed by Google Scholar Edit this at Wikidata
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    "Eichler Lab". Archived from the original on 2013-05-21.
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    "New methods detect subtleties in human genomes' repetitive landscapes". PhysOrg.com. 27 October 2010. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
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    Faculty profile, U. Washington Genome Sciences, retrieved 2011-07-14.
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    Evan E. Eichler publications indexed by Microsoft Academic
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    Evan E. Eichler at DBLP Bibliography Server Edit this at Wikidata
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    Eichler, E. E.; Richards, S.; Gibbs, R. A.; Nelson, D. L. (1993). "Fine structure of the human FMR1 gene". Human Molecular Genetics. 2 (8): 1147–1153. doi:10.1093/hmg/2.8.1147. PMID 8401496.
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    Gitschier, J. (2008). "Stable in a Genome of Instability: An Interview with Evan Eichler". PLOS Genetics. 4 (7): e1000124. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1000124. PMC 2442658. PMID 18654618. Open access icon
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    Manolio, T. A.; Collins, F. S.; Cox, N. J.; Goldstein, D. B.; Hindorff, L. A.; Hunter, D. J.; McCarthy, M. I.; Ramos, E. M.; Cardon, L. R.; Chakravarti, A.; Cho, J. H.; Guttmacher, A. E.; Kong, A.; Kruglyak, L.; Mardis, E.; Rotimi, C. N.; Slatkin, M.; Valle, D.; Whittemore, A. S.; Boehnke, M.; Clark, A. G.; Eichler, E. E.; Gibson, G.; Haines, J. L.; MacKay, T. F. C.; McCarroll, S. A.; Visscher, P. M. (2009). "Finding the missing heritability of complex diseases". Nature. 461 (7265): 747–753. Bibcode:2009Natur.461..747M. doi:10.1038/nature08494. PMC 2831613. PMID 19812666.
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    Nine named AAAS Fellows, University week, University of Washington, November 30, 2006. Accessed July 14, 2011
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    Past ASHG Award Recipients Archived 2014-10-03 at the Wayback Machine, American Society of Human Genetics. Accessed July 14, 2011
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    Green, R. E.; Krause, J.; Briggs, A. W.; Maricic, T.; Stenzel, U.; Kircher, M.; Patterson, N.; Li, H.; Zhai, W.; Fritz, M. H. Y.; Hansen, N. F.; Durand, E. Y.; Malaspinas, A. S.; Jensen, J. D.; Marques-Bonet, T.; Alkan, C.; Prüfer, K.; Meyer, M.; Burbano, H. A.; Good, J. M.; Schultz, R.; Aximu-Petri, A.; Butthof, A.; Höber, B.; Höffner, B.; Siegemund, M.; Weihmann, A.; Nusbaum, C.; Lander, E. S.; Russ, C. (2010). "A Draft Sequence of the Neandertal Genome". Science. 328 (5979): 710–722. Bibcode:2010Sci...328..710G. doi:10.1126/science.1188021. PMC 5100745. PMID 20448178.
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    Newcomb Cleveland Prize Recipients Archived 2012-10-23 at the Wayback Machine, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Accessed July 14, 2011
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    Draft Sequence of Neandertal Genome Wins the 2010 Newcomb Cleveland Prize, Supported by Affymetrix, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Accessed July 14, 2011
  15. [15]
    National Academy of Sciences Members and Foreign Associates Elected, "NAS News", 2012
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