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70
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2004 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 2004 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Joan E. Strassmann is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions also in Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Subfields of study include Molecular Biology, Insect Science, Genetics, Sociology and Political Science, and Cell Biology.

The research topics covered by Strassmann's work include Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, Protist diversity and phylogeny, Evolution and Genetic Dynamics, Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation, Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, Slime Mold and Myxomycetes Research, and Legionella and Acanthamoeba research.

Recent publications by Strassmann include:

  • Endosymbiotic adaptations in three new bacterial species associated with Dictyostelium discoideum: Paraburkholderia agricolaris sp. nov., Paraburkholderia hayleyella sp. nov., and Paraburkholderia bonniea sp. nov, 2020, PeerJ
  • Context dependence in the symbiosis between Dictyostelium discoideum and Paraburkholderia, 2022, Evolution Letters
  • Novel Chlamydiae and Amoebophilus endosymbionts are prevalent in wild isolates of the model social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum, 2021, Environmental Microbiology Reports
  • Loss and resiliency of social amoeba symbiosis under simulated warming, 2020, Ecology and Evolution
  • Loss of the Polyketide Synthase StlB Results in Stalk Cell Overproduction in Polysphondylium violaceum, 2020, Genome Biology and Evolution

Strassmann's frequent publication venues include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), PeerJ, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Evolution Letters, and G3 Genes Genomes Genetics.

Collaborations have been made extensively with several researchers. Frequent coauthors are:

  • David C. Queller
  • Debra A. Brock
  • Tyler J. Larsen
  • Trey J. Scott
  • Suegene Noh

Strassmann has been recognized with several appointments and distinctions, including:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2013)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2008)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2004)
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (2004)

Best Publications

  • Microsatellites and kinship

    David C. Queller;Joan E. Strassmann;Colin R. Hughes

  • Does evolutionary theory need a rethink

    Kevin Laland;Tobias Uller;Marc Feldman;Kim Sterelny

  • KIN SELECTION AND SOCIAL INSECTS

    David C. Queller;Joan E. Strassmann

  • Beyond society: the evolution of organismality.

    David C. Queller;Joan E. Strassmann

  • The rarity of multiple mating by females in the social Hymenoptera

    J. Strassmann

  • Single-gene greenbeard effects in the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum.

    David C. Queller;Eleonora Ponte;Salvatore Bozzaro;Joan E. Strassmann

  • Primitive agriculture in a social amoeba

    Debra A. Brock;Tracy E. Douglas;David C. Queller;Joan E. Strassmann

  • Pleiotropy as a mechanism to stabilize cooperation

    Kevin R. Foster;Gad Shaulsky;Joan E. Strassmann;David C. Queller

  • Unrelated helpers in a social insect.

    David C. Queller;Francesca Zacchi;Rita Cervo;Stefano Turillazzi

  • High relatedness maintains multicellular cooperation in a social amoeba by controlling cheater mutants

    Owen M. Gilbert;Kevin R. Foster;Natasha J. Mehdiabadi;Joan E. Strassmann

  • Cooperation among unrelated individuals: the ant foundress case

    Giorgina Bernasconi;Joan E. Strassmann

  • Evolution of microbial markets

    Gijsbert D. A. Werner;Joan E. Strassmann;Aniek B. F. Ivens;Daniel J. P. Engelmoer

  • Kin Discrimination and Cooperation in Microbes

    Joan E. Strassmann;Owen M. Gilbert;David C. Queller

  • Unicolonial ants: where do they come from, what are they and where are they going?

    Heikki Helanterä;Heikki Helanterä;Joan E. Strassmann;Juli Carrillo;David C. Queller

  • Evolution of cooperation and control of cheating in a social microbe

    Joan E. Strassmann;David C. Queller

  • Social evolution: Kin preference in a social microbe

    Natasha J. Mehdiabadi;Chandra N. Jack;Tiffany Talley Farnham;Thomas G. Platt;Thomas G. Platt

  • Mate number, kin selection and social conflicts in stingless bees and honeybees

    John M Peters;David C Queller;Vera Lúcia Imperatriz-Fonseca;David W Roubik

  • Polymorphic Members of the lag Gene Family Mediate Kin Discrimination in Dictyostelium

    Rocio Benabentos;Shigenori Hirose;Richard Sucgang;Tomaz Curk

  • Comparative genomics of the social amoebae Dictyostelium discoideum and Dictyostelium purpureum

    Richard Sucgang;Alan Kuo;Xiangjun Tian;William J Salerno

  • Does evolutionary theory need a rethink? - COUNTERPOINT No, all is well

    Gregory A Wray;Hopi E Hoekstra;Douglas J Futuyma;Richard E Lenski

  • Facultative cheater mutants reveal the genetic complexity of cooperation in social amoebae

    Lorenzo A. Santorelli;Christopher R. L. Thompson;Elizabeth Villegas;Jessica Svetz

  • THE SOCIAL ORGANISM: CONGRESSES, PARTIES, AND COMMITTEES

    Joan E. Strassmann;David C. Queller

Frequent Co-Authors

David C. Queller
David C. Queller Washington University in St. Louis
Stefano Turillazzi
Stefano Turillazzi University of Florence
Gad Shaulsky
Gad Shaulsky Baylor College of Medicine
Rita Cervo
Rita Cervo University of Florence
Adam Kuspa
Adam Kuspa Welch Foundation
Perttu Seppä
Perttu Seppä University of Helsinki
Kevin R. Foster
Kevin R. Foster University of Oxford
Marcus R. Kronforst
Marcus R. Kronforst University of Chicago
Vera Lúcia Imperatriz-Fonseca
Vera Lúcia Imperatriz-Fonseca Universidade de São Paulo
James M. Carpenter
James M. Carpenter American Museum of Natural History

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