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Biology and Biochemistry
France
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
114
Citations
61763
World Ranking
818
National Ranking
15

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in France Leader Award
  • 2015 - Grand Prix scientifique de la Fondation Louis D., Institut de France
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Chris Bowler is affiliated with the École Normale Supérieure in France and has contributed extensively to research in Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields including Ecology, Molecular Biology, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, and Biomaterials.

Their research covers key topics such as Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Protist Diversity and Phylogeny, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies, Coral and Marine Ecosystems, and Diatoms and Algae Research.

Among recent scientific publications, notable papers include:

  • "Tara Oceans: towards global ocean ecosystems biology" (2020), published in Nature Reviews Microbiology
  • "Biosynthetic potential of the global ocean microbiome" (2022), published in Nature
  • "A 2-million-year-old ecosystem in Greenland uncovered by environmental DNA" (2022), published in Nature
  • "Cryptic and abundant marine viruses at the evolutionary origins of Earth's RNA virome" (2022), published in Science
  • "Deep ocean metagenomes provide insight into the metabolic architecture of bathypelagic microbial communities" (2021), published in Communications Biology

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Patrick Wincker
  • Colomban de Vargas
  • Shinichi Sunagawa
  • Fabien Lombard
  • Stéphane Pesant

Chris Bowler has contributed to publications in several venues, with the highest number of papers appearing in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Scientific Reports
  • HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)

In addition to research articles, they have authored a book titled La biodiversité et les écosystèmes à travers le temps et l'espace, published in 2021 by Collège de France eBooks.

Their career includes recognition such as the Grand Prix scientifique de la Fondation Louis D., Institut de France awarded in 2015, and membership in the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE AND STRESS TOLERANCE

    Chris Bowler;Marc Van Montagu;Dirk Inze

  • The Chlamydomonas Genome Reveals the Evolution of Key Animal and Plant Functions

    Sabeeha S. Merchant;Simon E. Prochnik;Olivier Vallon;Elizabeth H. Harris

  • Structure and function of the global ocean microbiome

    Shinichi Sunagawa;Luis Pedro Coelho;Samuel Chaffron;Jens Roat Kultima

  • The Genome of the Diatom Thalassiosira Pseudonana: Ecology, Evolution, and Metabolism

    E. Virginia Armbrust;John A. Berges;Chris Bowler;Beverley R. Green

  • Eukaryotic plankton diversity in the sunlit ocean

    Colomban de Vargas;Colomban de Vargas;Stéphane Audic;Stéphane Audic;Nicolas Henry;Nicolas Henry;Johan Decelle;Johan Decelle

  • The Phaeodactylum genome reveals the evolutionary history of diatom genomes

    Chris Bowler;Andrew E. Allen;Andrew E. Allen;Jonathan H. Badger;Jane Grimwood

  • The Ectocarpus genome and the independent evolution of multicellularity in brown algae

    J. Mark Cock;Lieven Sterck;Pierre Rouzé;Delphine Scornet

  • Determinants of community structure in the global plankton interactome

    Gipsi Lima-Mendez;Karoline Faust;Nicolas Henry;Johan Decelle

  • Genome analysis of the smallest free-living eukaryote Ostreococcus tauri unveils many unique features

    Evelyne Derelle;Conchita Ferraz;Stephane Rombauts;Pierre Rouzé

  • Superoxide Dismutase in Plants

    C. Bowler;W. van Camp;M. van Montagu;D. Inze

  • Plankton networks driving carbon export in the oligotrophic ocean.

    Lionel Guidi;Samuel Chaffron;Lucie Bittner;Damien Eveillard

  • Marine DNA Viral Macro- and Microdiversity from Pole to Pole.

    Ann C. Gregory;Ahmed A. Zayed;Nádia Conceição-Neto;Ben Temperton

  • Insights into global diatom distribution and diversity in the world’s ocean

    Shruti Malviya;Eleonora Scalco;Stéphane Audic;Flora Vincent

  • Integrative epigenomic mapping defines four main chromatin states in Arabidopsis.

    François Roudier;Ikhlak Ahmed;Caroline Bérard;Alexis Sarazin

  • Patterns and ecological drivers of ocean viral communities

    Jennifer R. Brum;J. Cesar Ignacio-Espinoza;Simon Roux;Guilhem Doulcier;Guilhem Doulcier

  • The role of calcium and activated oxygens as signals for controlling cross-tolerance.

    Chris Bowler;Robert Fluhr

  • Manganese superoxide dismutase can reduce cellular damage mediated by oxygen radicals in transgenic plants.

    C. Bowler;L. Slooten;S. Vandenbranden;R. De Rycke

  • The tiny eukaryote Ostreococcus provides genomic insights into the paradox of plankton speciation

    Brian Palenik;Jane Grimwood;Andrea Aerts;Pierre Rouzé

  • Calcium/calmodulin-dependent and -independent phytochrome signal transduction pathways

    Gunther Neuhaus;Chris Bowler;Rainer Kern;Nam-Hai Chua

  • Oxidative stress in plants

    Chris Bowler;Luit Slooten;Ed Wt Tsang;Wim Van Camp

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew E. Allen
Andrew E. Allen J. Craig Venter Institute
Patrick Wincker
Patrick Wincker University of Paris-Saclay
Eric Karsenti
Eric Karsenti École Normale Supérieure
Shinichi Sunagawa
Shinichi Sunagawa Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
Daniele Iudicone
Daniele Iudicone Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
Stephane Pesant
Stephane Pesant University of Bremen
Peer Bork
Peer Bork European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Matthew B. Sullivan
Matthew B. Sullivan The Ohio State University
Hiroyuki Ogata
Hiroyuki Ogata Kyoto University
Olivier Jaillon
Olivier Jaillon University of Paris-Saclay

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