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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2000 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1990 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Daniel S. Rokhsar is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. They have contributed extensively to research in Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their subfields include Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Genetics, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, with work also touching upon Ecology.

Their research covers a range of topics such as:

  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Cephalopods and Marine Biology
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Echinoderm biology and ecology
  • Cassava research and cyanide
  • Marine and coastal plant biology

Frequent coauthors in their work include Ferdinand Marlétaz, Jessen V. Bredeson, Oleg Simakov, Jessica B. Lyons, and Daria Gavriouchkina.

Daniel S. Rokhsar has published extensively in several key venues, notably bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, Nature, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and Nature Ecology & Evolution.

Some recent papers authored by or involving Rokhsar include:

  • Deeply conserved synteny resolves early events in vertebrate evolution, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Ancient gene linkages support ctenophores as sister to other animals, 2023, Nature
  • Genomic mechanisms of climate adaptation in polyploid bioenergy switchgrass, 2021, Nature
  • Deeply conserved synteny and the evolution of metazoan chromosomes, 2022, Science Advances
  • Gradual polyploid genome evolution revealed by pan-genomic analysis of Brachypodium hybridum and its diploid progenitors, 2020, Nature Communications

The scientist has been recognized through awards including the Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 2000 and the Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1990.

Best Publications

  • The genome of black cottonwood, Populus trichocarpa (Torr. & Gray)

    G. A. Tuskan;G. A. Tuskan;S. DiFazio;S. DiFazio;S. Jansson;J. Bohlmann

  • Genome sequence of the palaeopolyploid soybean

    Jeremy Schmutz;Steven B. Cannon;Jessica Schlueter;Jessica Schlueter;Jianxin Ma

  • Phytozome: a comparative platform for green plant genomics

    David M. Goodstein;Shengqiang Shu;Russell Howson;Rochak Neupane

  • The Sorghum bicolor genome and the diversification of grasses

    Andrew H. Paterson;John E. Bowers;Rémy Bruggmann;Inna Dubchak

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

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

  • Community structure and metabolism through reconstruction of microbial genomes from the environment

    Gene W. Tyson;Jarrod Chapman;Jarrod Chapman;Philip Hugenholtz;Eric E. Allen

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

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

  • The amphioxus genome and the evolution of the chordate karyotype

    Nicholas H. Putnam;Thomas Butts;David E. K. Ferrier;Rebecca F. Furlong

  • A chromosome-based draft sequence of the hexaploid bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) genome

    Klaus F. X. Mayer;Jane Rogers;Jaroslav Doležel

  • The Phaeodactylum genome reveals the evolutionary history of diatom genomes

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

  • Genome sequencing and analysis of the model grass Brachypodium distachyon

    John P. Vogel;David F. Garvin;Todd C. Mockler;Jeremy Schmutz

  • The draft genome of Ciona intestinalis : insights into chordate and vertebrate origins

    Paramvir Dehal;Yutaka Satou;Robert K. Campbell;Jarrod Chapman

  • Whole-Genome Shotgun Assembly and Analysis of the Genome of Fugu rubripes

    Samuel Aparicio;Jarrod Chapman;Elia Stupka;Nik Putnam

  • Sea Anemone Genome Reveals Ancestral Eumetazoan Gene Repertoire and Genomic Organization

    Nicholas H. Putnam;Mansi Srivastava;Uffe Hellsten;Bill Dirks

  • A reference genome for common bean and genome-wide analysis of dual domestications

    Jeremy Schmutz;Phillip E McClean;Sujan Mamidi;G Albert Wu

  • Genome sequencing and analysis of the biomass-degrading fungus Trichoderma reesei (syn. Hypocrea jecorina).

    Diego Martinez;Diego Martinez;Randy M Berka;Bernard Henrissat;Markku Saloheimo

  • Repeated polyploidization of Gossypium genomes and the evolution of spinnable cotton fibres

    Andrew H Paterson;Jonathan F Wendel;Heidrun Gundlach;Hui Guo

  • Phytophthora Genome Sequences Uncover Evolutionary Origins and Mechanisms of Pathogenesis

    Brett M. Tyler;Sucheta Tripathy;Xuemin Zhang;Paramvir Dehal;Paramvir Dehal

  • The genome of the choanoflagellate Monosiga brevicollis and the origin of metazoans.

    Nicole King;M Jody Westbrook;Susan L Young;Alan Kuo

  • The high-quality draft genome of peach ( Prunus persica ) identifies unique patterns of genetic diversity, domestication and genome evolution

    Ignazio Verde;Albert G Abbott;Simone Scalabrin

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeremy Schmutz
Jeremy Schmutz Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Igor V. Grigoriev
Igor V. Grigoriev Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Asaf Salamov
Asaf Salamov Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Jane Grimwood
Jane Grimwood HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology
Jerry Jenkins
Jerry Jenkins Joint Genome Institute
Erika Lindquist
Erika Lindquist United States Department of Energy
Paul G. Richardson
Paul G. Richardson Harvard University
Kerrie Barry
Kerrie Barry United States Department of Energy
Nori Satoh
Nori Satoh Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Susan Lucas
Susan Lucas Joint Genome Institute

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