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Laura F. Landweber

Laura F. Landweber

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Genetics

D-Index
55
Citations
9222
World Ranking
3594
National Ranking
1557

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 2005 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Laura F. Landweber is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

Their work focuses on several subfields, including Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Ecology, and Genetics. Key topics covered in their publications include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, Protist diversity and phylogeny, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, Genome Rearrangement Algorithms, and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering.

Among recent publications are:

  • NT-seq: a chemical-based sequencing method for genomic methylome profiling (2022, Genome Biology)
  • Comparative genomics reveals insight into the evolutionary origin of massively scrambled genomes (2022, eLife)
  • SIGAR: Inferring Features of Genome Architecture and DNA Rearrangements by Split-Read Mapping (2020, Genome Biology and Evolution)
  • Transcribed germline-limited coding sequences in Oxytricha trifallax (2021, G3 Genes Genomes Genetics)
  • Transposon debris in ciliate genomes (2021, PLoS Biology)

Laura F. Landweber has collaborated frequently with several researchers. Notable frequent co-authors include Yi Feng, Rafik Neme, Leslie Y. Beh, Michael W Lu, and Jasper Braun.

Their publications have appeared repeatedly in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Genome Biology, eLife, Genome Biology and Evolution, and G3 Genes Genomes Genetics.

Laura F. Landweber has been recognized with fellowships from prominent organizations, including being named a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 2012 and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2005.

Best Publications

  • Rewiring the keyboard: evolvability of the genetic code

    Robin D. Knight;Stephen J. Freeland;Laura F. Landweber

  • A simple model based on mutation and selection explains trends in codon and amino-acid usage and GC composition within and across genomes.

    Robin D Knight;Stephen J Freeland;Laura F Landweber

  • Molecular computation: RNA solutions to chess problems.

    Dirk Faulhammer;Anthony R. Cukras;Richard J. Lipton;Laura F. Landweber

  • RNA-mediated epigenetic programming of a genome-rearrangement pathway

    Mariusz Nowacki;Vikram Vijayan;Yi Zhou;Klaas Schotanus

  • SELECTION, HISTORY AND CHEMISTRY : THE THREE FACES OF THE GENETIC CODE

    Robin D Knight;Stephen J Freeland;Laura F Landweber

  • Early Fixation of an Optimal Genetic Code

    Stephen J. Freeland;Robin D. Knight;Laura F. Landweber;Laurence D. Hurst

  • The Oxytricha trifallax Macronuclear Genome: A Complex Eukaryotic Genome with 16,000 Tiny Chromosomes

    Estienne C. Swart;John R. Bracht;Vincent Magrini;Patrick Minx

  • The molecular basis of nuclear genetic code change in ciliates.

    Catherine A. Lozupone;Robin D. Knight;Laura F. Landweber

  • Non-model model organisms.

    James J Russell;Julie A Theriot;Pranidhi Sood;Wallace F Marshall

  • The evolution of cellular computing: nature’s solution to a computational problem

    Laura F Landweber;Lila Kari

  • The Architecture of a Scrambled Genome Reveals Massive Levels of Genomic Rearrangement during Development

    Xiao Chen;John R. Bracht;Aaron David Goldman;Egor Dolzhenko

  • A community experiment with fully open and published peer review.

    Eugene V Koonin;Laura F Landweber;David J Lipman

  • Piwi-interacting RNAs protect DNA against loss during Oxytricha genome rearrangement.

    Wenwen Fang;Xing Wang;John R. Bracht;Mariusz Nowacki

  • A functional role for transposases in a large eukaryotic genome.

    Mariusz Nowacki;Brian P. Higgins;Genevieve M. Maquilan;Estienne C. Swart

  • How Mitochondria Redefine the Code

    Robin D. Knight;Laura F. Landweber;Michael Yarus

  • Phylogenetic analysis of RNA editing: a primitive genetic phenomenon.

    Laura F. Landweber;Walter Gilbert

  • Do proteins predate DNA

    Stephen J. Freeland;Robin D. Knight;Laura F. Landweber

  • Hypothesis: RNA editing of microRNA target sites in humans?

    Han Liang;Laura F. Landweber

  • Genomes on the edge: programmed genome instability in ciliates

    John R. Bracht;Wenwen Fang;Aaron David Goldman;Egor Dolzhenko

  • Macronuclear genome structure of the ciliate Nyctotherus ovalis: Single-gene chromosomes and tiny introns

    Guénola Ricard;Rob M de Graaf;Bas E Dutilh;I Duarte

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiao Chen
Xiao Chen Zhejiang University
Han Liang
Han Liang The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Lila Kari
Lila Kari University of Waterloo
Richard J. Lipton
Richard J. Lipton Georgia Institute of Technology
Tom W. Muir
Tom W. Muir Princeton University
Robert Sebra
Robert Sebra Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Walter Gilbert
Walter Gilbert Harvard University
Patrick Minx
Patrick Minx Washington University in St. Louis
Elaine R. Mardis
Elaine R. Mardis The Ohio State University
Vincent Magrini
Vincent Magrini The Ohio State University

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