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Eörs Szathmáry

Eörs Szathmáry

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
57
Citations
22872
World Ranking
13526
National Ranking
963

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2001 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 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

Eörs Szathmáry is affiliated with the Parmenides Foundation in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Artificial Intelligence, and Sociology and Political Science.

The scientist's primary topics of work include Evolution and Genetic Dynamics, Origins and Evolution of Life, Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation, Gene Regulatory Network Analysis, Language and Cultural Evolution, Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications, and RNA and Protein Synthesis Mechanisms.

Szathmáry's recent publications cover a range of relevant themes in their fields of study. Notable papers include:

  • From self-replication to replicator systems en route to de novo life, 2020, Nature Reviews Chemistry
  • Evolutionary ecology of language origins through confrontational scavenging, 2023, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Small-molecule autocatalysis drives compartment growth, competition and reproduction, 2023, Nature Chemistry
  • Phenotypes to remember: Evolutionary developmental memory capacity and robustness, 2020, PLoS Computational Biology
  • Evolution of linkage and genome expansion in protocells: The origin of chromosomes, 2020, PLoS Genetics

The venues where Szathmáry frequently publishes include Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Scientific Reports, and eLife.

Collaborations with other researchers are a notable aspect of Szathmáry's work. Frequent coauthors include András Szilágyi, Mauro Santos, Dániel Czégel, Hamza Giaffar, and Tamás Czárán.

Recognition of Szathmáry's academic contributions is indicated by memberships in scientific organizations such as the Academia Europaea since 2001 and the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • THE MAJOR TRANSITIONS OF EVOLUTION

    Egbert Giles Leigh;John Maynard Smith;Eors Szathmary

  • The Major Transitions in Evolution

    John Maynard Smith;Eors Szathmary

  • The major evolutionary transitions

    Eörs Szathmáry;John Maynard Smith

  • The principles of life

    Tibor Gánti;James Griesemer;Eörs Szathmáry

  • Group selection of early replicators and the origin of life.

    Eörs Szathmáry;László Demeter

  • Toward major evolutionary transitions theory 2.0

    Eörs Szathmáry

  • The Origins of Life: From the Birth of Life to the Origin of Language

    John Maynard Smith;Eors Szathmary

  • From Replicators to Reproducers: the First Major Transitions Leading to Life

    Eörs Szathmáry;Eörs Szathmáry;John Maynard Smith

  • Evolution before genes

    Vera Vasas;Vera Vasas;Chrisantha Fernando;Chrisantha Fernando;Mauro Santos;Stuart Kauffman

  • The origin of the genetic code: amino acids as cofactors in an RNA world

    Eörs Szathmáry

  • The origin of replicators and reproducers

    Eörs Szathmáry

  • Lack of evolvability in self-sustaining autocatalytic networks constraints metabolism-first scenarios for the origin of life

    Vera Vasas;Eörs Szathmáry;Mauro Santos

  • Sub-exponential growth and coexistence of non-enzymatically replicating templates

    Eörs Szathmáry;Irina Gladkih

  • In silico simulations reveal that replicators with limited dispersal evolve towards higher efficiency and fidelity

    Péter Szabó;István Scheuring;Tamás Czárán;Eörs Szathmáry

  • Can Genes Explain Biological Complexity

    Eörs Szathmáry;Ferenc Jordán;Csaba Pál

  • Real ribozymes suggest a relaxed error threshold.

    Ádám Kun;Mauro Santos;Eörs Szathmáry

  • Coding coenzyme handles: a hypothesis for the origin of the genetic code

    Eörs Szathmáry

  • Do deleterious mutations act synergistically? Metabolic control theory provides a partial answer.

    Eors Szathmary

  • The evolution of replicators

    Eörs Szathmáry

  • Selective scenarios for the emergence of natural language

    Szabolcs Számadó;Eörs Szathmáry;Eörs Szathmáry

Frequent Co-Authors

John Maynard Smith
John Maynard Smith University of Sussex
Mauro Santos
Mauro Santos Federal University of Pernambuco
Elias Zintzaras
Elias Zintzaras University Of Thessaly
Ferenc Jordán
Ferenc Jordán University of Parma
Phil Husbands
Phil Husbands University of Sussex
Luc Steels
Luc Steels Spanish National Research Council
C. Patrick Doncaster
C. Patrick Doncaster University of Southampton
Hans Joachim Schellnhuber
Hans Joachim Schellnhuber Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Timothy M. Lenton
Timothy M. Lenton University of Exeter
Csaba Pál
Csaba Pál Institute of Plant Biology

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