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Overview

Michael B. Eisen is a researcher affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley, in the United States. Their primary field of study is Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on multiple related subfields. These include Molecular Biology, Insect Science, Genetics, Plant Science, and Economics and Econometrics.

Their research work covers a range of main topics such as:

  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Gene Regulatory Network Analysis
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Michael B. Eisen has authored several recent scientific papers published in notable venues. These include:

  • "Rapid global phaseout of animal agriculture has the potential to stabilize greenhouse gas levels for 30 years and offset 68 percent of CO2 emissions this century," published in 2022 in PLOS Climate
  • "Publishing in the time of COVID-19," published in 2020 in eLife
  • "Pledging intellectual property for COVID-19," published in 2020 in Nature Biotechnology
  • "Kinetic sculpting of the seven stripes of the Drosophila even-skipped gene," published in 2020 in eLife
  • "Implementing a "publish, then review" model of publishing," published in 2020 in eLife

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Michael B. Eisen include Hernán G. García, Augusto Berrocal, Nicholas C Lammers, Marc Singleton, and Anna Akhmanova. These collaborations reflect multiple joint publications throughout their career.

The scientist has contributed extensively to publications in these venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • eLife
  • G3 Genes Genomes Genetics
  • PLoS ONE
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Best Publications

  • Cluster analysis and display of genome-wide expression patterns

    Michael B. Eisen;Paul T. Spellman;Patrick O. Brown;David Botstein

  • Molecular portraits of human breast tumours

    Charles M. Perou;Therese Sørlie;Michael B. Eisen;Matt van de Rijn

  • Gene expression patterns of breast carcinomas distinguish tumor subclasses with clinical implications

    Therese Sørlie;Charles M. Perou;Robert Tibshirani;Turid Aas

  • Distinct types of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma identified by gene expression profiling

    Ash A. Alizadeh;Michael B. Eisen;R. Eric Davis;Izidore S. Lossos

  • Comprehensive Identification of Cell Cycle–regulated Genes of the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae by Microarray Hybridization

    Paul T. Spellman;Gavin Sherlock;Gavin Sherlock;Michael Q. Zhang;Vishwanath R. Iyer

  • Genomic expression programs in the response of yeast cells to environmental changes.

    Audrey P. Gasch;Paul T. Spellman;Camilla M. Kao;Orna Carmel-Harel

  • Systematic variation in gene expression patterns in human cancer cell lines.

    Douglas T. Ross;Uwe Scherf;Michael B. Eisen;Charles M. Perou

  • The transcriptional program in the response of human fibroblasts to serum.

    Vishwanath R. Iyer;Michael B. Eisen;Douglas T. Ross;Greg Schuler

  • The Transcriptional Program of Sporulation in Budding Yeast

    S. Chu;J. DeRisi;M. Eisen;J. Mulholland

  • Evolution of genes and genomes on the Drosophila phylogeny.

    Andrew G. Clark;Michael B. Eisen;Michael B. Eisen;Douglas R. Smith;Casey M. Bergman

  • Genome-wide analysis of DNA copy-number changes using cDNA microarrays.

    Jonathan R. Pollack;Charles M. Perou;Ash A. Alizadeh;Michael B. Eisen

  • A gene expression database for the molecular pharmacology of cancer

    Uwe Scherf;Douglas T. Ross;Mark Waltham;Lawrence H. Smith

  • Distinctive gene expression patterns in human mammary epithelial cells and breast cancers

    Charles M. Perou;Stefanie S. Jeffrey;Matt van de Rijn;Christian A. Rees

  • Insights into social insects from the genome of the honeybee Apis mellifera

    George M. Weinstock;Gene E. Robinson;Richard A. Gibbs;Kim C. Worley

  • DNA arrays for analysis of gene expression.

    Michael B. Eisen;Patrick O. Brown

  • In vivo enhancer analysis of human conserved non-coding sequences

    Len A. Pennacchio;Len A. Pennacchio;Nadav Ahituv;Alan M. Moses;Shyam Prabhakar

  • Tools for neuroanatomy and neurogenetics in Drosophila

    Barret D. Pfeiffer;Arnim Jenett;Ann S. Hammonds;Teri T.B. Ngo

  • Exploiting transcription factor binding site clustering to identify cis-regulatory modules involved in pattern formation in the Drosophila genome

    Benjamin P. Berman;Yutaka Nibu;Barret D. Pfeiffer;Pavel Tomancak

  • 'Gene shaving' as a method for identifying distinct sets of genes with similar expression patterns

    Trevor Hastie;Robert Tibshirani;Michael B Eisen;Ash Alizadeh

  • Discovery of functional elements in 12 Drosophila genomes using evolutionary signatures

    Alexander Stark;Michael F Lin;Pouya Kheradpour;Jakob Skou Pedersen;Jakob Skou Pedersen

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick O. Brown
Patrick O. Brown Stanford University
David Botstein
David Botstein Princeton University
Mark D. Biggin
Mark D. Biggin Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Ash A. Alizadeh
Ash A. Alizadeh Stanford University
Susan E. Celniker
Susan E. Celniker Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Bernd Hamann
Bernd Hamann University of California, Davis
Louis M. Staudt
Louis M. Staudt National Institutes of Health
Gavin Sherlock
Gavin Sherlock Stanford University
Robert Tibshirani
Robert Tibshirani Stanford University
Paul T. Spellman
Paul T. Spellman Oregon Health & Science University

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