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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2018 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2004 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Joy Bergelson is a researcher affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with notable focus on subfields such as Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Infectious Diseases, and Ecology.

Their research addresses several main topics, including:

  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Plant Virus Research Studies
  • Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases

Joy Bergelson has contributed to multiple scientific publications. Selected recent papers include:

  • "The study of host-microbiome (co)evolution across levels of selection," 2020, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Plant genetic effects on microbial hubs impact host fitness in repeated field trials," 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Functional biology in its natural context: A search for emergent simplicity," 2021, eLife
  • "Assessing the potential to harness the microbiome through plant genetics," 2021, Current Opinion in Biotechnology
  • "Species-specific partial gene duplication in Arabidopsis thaliana evolved novel phenotypic effects on morphological traits under strong positive selection," 2021, The Plant Cell

The venues where Joy Bergelson publishes frequently include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Nature Microbiology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Frequent collaborators in their research efforts include:

  • Fabrice Roux
  • Timothy C. Morton
  • Matthew Perisin
  • Andrew D. Gloss
  • Adam M. Deutschbauer

Throughout their career, Joy Bergelson has received several recognitions including the Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2004, membership in the National Academy of Sciences in 2018, and becoming a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide association study of 107 phenotypes in Arabidopsis thaliana inbred lines

    Susanna Atwell;Yu S. Huang;Bjarni J. Vilhjálmsson;Glenda Willems

  • 1,135 Genomes Reveal the Global Pattern of Polymorphism in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Carlos Alonso-Blanco;Jorge Andrade;Claude Becker;Felix Bemm

  • The pattern of polymorphism in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Magnus Nordborg;Tina T Hu;Yoko Ishino;Jinal Jhaveri

  • The Arabidopsis lyrata genome sequence and the basis of rapid genome size change

    Tina T. Hu;Pedro Pattyn;Erica G. Bakker;Jun Cao

  • Root Exudates Regulate Soil Fungal Community Composition and Diversity

    Corey D. Broeckling;Amanda K. Broz;Joy Bergelson;Daniel K. Manter;Daniel K. Manter

  • Fitness costs of R-gene-mediated resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    D. Tian;M. B. Traw;J. Q. Chen;M. Kreitman

  • Bacterial communities associated with the leaves and the roots of Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Natacha Bodenhausen;Matthew W. Horton;Joy Bergelson

  • Adaptation to climate across the Arabidopsis thaliana genome.

    Angela M. Hancock;Benjamin Brachi;Nathalie Faure;Matthew W. Horton

  • SURVEYING PATTERNS IN THE COST OF RESISTANCE IN PLANTS

    Joy Bergelson;Colin B. Purrington

  • Dynamics of disease resistance polymorphism at the Rpm1 locus of Arabidopsis

    Eli A. Stahl;Greg Dwyer;Rodney Mauricio;Martin Kreitman

  • Genome-wide patterns of genetic variation in worldwide Arabidopsis thaliana accessions from the RegMap panel

    Matthew W Horton;Angela M Hancock;Yu S Huang;Christopher Toomajian

  • Evolutionary Dynamics of Plant R-Genes

    Joy Bergelson;Martin Kreitman;Eli A. Stahl;Dacheng Tian

  • Genome-Wide Association Mapping in Arabidopsis Identifies Previously Known Flowering Time and Pathogen Resistance Genes

    María José Aranzana;Sung Kim;Keyan Zhao;Erica Bakker

  • Linkage and Association Mapping of Arabidopsis thaliana Flowering Time in Nature

    Benjamin Brachi;Nathalie Faure;Matt Horton;Emilie Flahauw

  • The extent of linkage disequilibrium in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Magnus Nordborg;Justin O. Borevitz;Joy Bergelson;Charles C. Berry

  • Interactive Effects of Jasmonic Acid, Salicylic Acid, and Gibberellin on Induction of Trichomes in Arabidopsis

    M. Brian Traw;Joy Bergelson

  • Mechanisms to Mitigate the Trade-Off between Growth and Defense.

    Talia L. Karasov;Eunyoung Chae;Jacob J. Herman;Joy Bergelson

  • The scale of population structure in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Alexander Platt;Matthew Horton;Yu S. Huang;Yan Li

  • Deliberate Introductions of Species: Research Needs Benefits can be reaped, but risks are high

    John J. Ewel;Dennis J. O'Dowd;Joy Bergelson;Curtis C. Daehler

  • A Coastal Cline in Sodium Accumulation in Arabidopsis thaliana Is Driven by Natural Variation of the Sodium Transporter AtHKT1;1

    Ivan Baxter;Jessica N. Brazelton;Danni Yu;Yu S. Huang

Frequent Co-Authors

Magnus Nordborg
Magnus Nordborg Austrian Academy of Sciences
Martin Kreitman
Martin Kreitman University of Chicago
Detlef Weigel
Detlef Weigel Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology
Thomas E. Juenger
Thomas E. Juenger The University of Texas at Austin
Justin O. Borevitz
Justin O. Borevitz Australian National University
Eli A. Stahl
Eli A. Stahl Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Caroline Dean
Caroline Dean John Innes Centre
Dominique Roby
Dominique Roby INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Joanne Chory
Joanne Chory Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Korbinian Schneeberger
Korbinian Schneeberger Max Planck Society

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