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85
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30256
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1300
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618

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 2015 - ASM Lifetime Achievement Award, American Society for Microbiology
  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1988 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1974 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

John R. Roth is affiliated with the University of California, Davis, in the United States. Their primary research contributions fall within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on Genetics and Molecular Biology as subfields.

The scientist has published research across several main topics, including:

  • Advanced Malware Detection Techniques
  • Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs) and Hardware Security
  • Wireless Body Area Networks
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • DNA Repair Mechanisms
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics

John R. Roth's recent papers include:

  • "Hardware Security in Sensor and its Networks" (2022) published in Frontiers in Sensors
  • "Introduction to the Minitrack on The Science and Engineering of Cyber Systems" (2020) published in Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
  • "Integration of the pSLT Plasmid into the Salmonella Chromosome Results in a Temperature-Sensitive Growth Defect Due to Aberrant DNA Replication" (2020) published in Journal of Bacteriology
  • "Introduction to the Minitrack on Cyber Systems: Their Science, Engineering, and Security" (2021) published in Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
  • "Introduction to the Minitrack on Cyber Systems: Their Science, Engineering, and Security" (2022) published in Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
  • Frontiers in Sensors
  • Journal of Bacteriology

The list of frequent co-authors includes:

  • James Scrofani
  • Chad Bollmann
  • Britta Hale
  • Mohammad Monjur
  • Joseph Heacock

John R. Roth has received several awards throughout their career, such as:

  • Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2016)
  • ASM Lifetime Achievement Award, American Society for Microbiology (2015)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2009)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1988)
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1974)

Best Publications

  • Advanced bacterial genetics

    Ronald W. Davis;David Botstein;John R. Roth

  • Advanced Bacterial Genetics: A Manual for Genetic Engineering

    Ronald Wayne Davis;David Botstein;John Roger Roth

  • Gut inflammation provides a respiratory electron acceptor for Salmonella

    Sebastian E. Winter;Parameth Thiennimitr;Parameth Thiennimitr;Maria G. Winter;Brian P. Butler

  • Selfish Operons: Horizontal Transfer May Drive the Evolution of Gene Clusters

    Jeffrey G. Lawrence;John R. Roth

  • Genetic engineering in vivo using translocatable drug-resistance elements. New methods in bacterial genetics.

    Nancy Kleckner;John Roth;David Botstein

  • Intestinal inflammation allows Salmonella to use ethanolamine to compete with the microbiota

    Parameth Thiennimitr;Parameth Thiennimitr;Sebastian E. Winter;Maria G. Winter;Mariana N. Xavier

  • COBALAMIN (COENZYME B12): Synthesis and Biological Significance

    J R Roth;J G Lawrence;T A Bobik

  • Linkage map of Salmonella typhimurium, edition VII.

    K E Sanderson;J R Roth

  • TANDEM GENETIC DUPLICATIONS IN PHAGE AND BACTERIA

    R. P. Anderson;J. R. Roth

  • Ohno's dilemma: Evolution of new genes under continuous selection

    Ulfar Bergthorsson;Dan I. Andersson;John R. Roth

  • The influence of codon context on genetic code translation

    Lionello Bossi;Lionello Bossi;John R. Roth

  • Spontaneous tandem genetic duplications in Salmonella typhimurium arise by unequal recombination between rRNA (rrn) cistrons

    Philip Anderson;John Roth

  • Procedure for identifying nonsense mutations

    David Berkowitz;Judith M. Hushon;Harvey J. Whitfield;John Roth

  • Characterization of the cobalamin (vitamin B12) biosynthetic genes of Salmonella typhimurium.

    J R Roth;J G Lawrence;M Rubenfield;S Kieffer-Higgins

  • Real-time evolution of new genes by innovation, amplification, and divergence.

    Joakim Näsvall;Lei Sun;John R. Roth;Dan I. Andersson

  • THE 17-GENE ETHANOLAMINE (EUT) OPERON OF SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM ENCODES FIVE HOMOLOGUES OF CARBOXYSOME SHELL PROTEINS

    Eric Kofoid;Chad Rappleye;Igor Stojiljkovic;John Roth

  • Histidine regulatory mutants in Salmonella typhimurium. I. Isolation and general properties.

    John R. Roth;Dora N. Antón;Philip E. Hartman

  • Mechanisms of Gene Duplication and Amplification

    Andrew B. Reams;John R. Roth

  • Conserving a volatile metabolite: a role for carboxysome-like organelles in Salmonella enterica.

    Joseph T. Penrod;John R. Roth

  • Evidence That Gene Amplification Underlies Adaptive Mutability of the Bacterial lac Operon

    Dan I. Andersson;E. Susan Slechta;John R. Roth

Frequent Co-Authors

Dan I. Andersson
Dan I. Andersson Uppsala University
Baldomero M. Olivera
Baldomero M. Olivera University of Utah
Kelly T. Hughes
Kelly T. Hughes University of Utah
Thomas A. Bobik
Thomas A. Bobik Iowa State University
Jeffrey G. Lawrence
Jeffrey G. Lawrence University of Pittsburgh
Otto G. Berg
Otto G. Berg Uppsala University
Bruce N. Ames
Bruce N. Ames University of California, Berkeley
Josep Casadesús
Josep Casadesús University of Seville
Frederick P. Roth
Frederick P. Roth Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
David Botstein
David Botstein Princeton University

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