Karen E. Nelson

Karen Nelson is a Jamaican-born American microbiologist, who is the current president of the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI).[1]

Karen E. Nelson
Dr. Karen E. Nelson, President of the J. Craig Venter Institute
Born
Jamaica
Alma materUniversity of the West Indies
Cornell University
Known forHuman Microbiome
WebsiteJ. Craig Venter Institute

Education

Nelson was educated at the University of the West Indies and earned a Ph.D. from Cornell University.[2]

Career and research

Nelson is noted for her research on Thermotoga maritima at The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) which resulted in the publication[3] of the genome of that bacterium, and which demonstrated the existence of horizontal gene transfer.[4][5] Nelson is also known for her work in human microbiome research. Her team published the first human microbiome study in 2006.[6]

Nelson was appointed president of JCVI in 2012 after serving as the director of its Rockville Campus since 2010.[7] Her current research focuses on interactions between human microbiomes and various diseases.[2] She has published more than 170 peer-reviewed papers in the field.[8] Scientific American named Nelson as one of biotechnology's "leading lights" in its 2015 "The Worldview 100."[9]

Boards and panels
  • Editor in Chief, Microbial Ecology[8]
  • Editor in Chief, Advances in Microbial Ecology[8]
  • Editorial Board Member, BMC Genomics[8]
  • Editorial Board Member, Giga Science[8]
  • Editorial Board Member, Central European Journal of Biology[8]
  • Board Member, Board on Life Sciences, National Academy of Sciences[1]
  • Member, Standing Committee on Support to the DoD's Programs to Counter Biological Threats, National Research Council[8]

Professional organizations

Honors and awards

References
  1. Board Members Board on Life Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, retrieved March 27, 2015
  2. J. Craig Venter Institute, Director (Rockville, MD Campus) American Society for Microbiology, retrieved March 27, 2015
  3. "Evidence for lateral gene transfer between Archaea and Bacteria from genome sequence of Thermotoga maritima" Nature 399
  4. Karen E. Nelson, Ph.D., Named Director of J. Craig Venter Institute Rockville, MD Campus PR Newswire, retrieved December 2, 2014
  5. Karen Nelson - Spelling Out Microbial Genes Archived 2016-04-21 at the Wayback Machine Microbe World, retrieved March 27, 2015
  6. Gill, Steven R.; Pop, Mihai; DeBoy, Robert T.; Eckburg, Paul B.; Turnbaugh, Peter J.; Samuel, Buck S.; Gordon, Jeffrey I.; Relman, David A.; Fraser-Liggett, Claire M. (2006-06-02). "Metagenomic Analysis of the Human Distal Gut Microbiome". Science. 312 (5778): 1355–1359. Bibcode:2006Sci...312.1355G. doi:10.1126/science.1124234. ISSN 0036-8075. PMC 3027896. PMID 16741115.
  7. Executive Profile Karen E. Nelson Ph.D. Bloomberg Businessweek, retrieved December 1, 2014
  8. Committee Biographies National Research Council, retrieved March 27, 2015
  9. "The Worldview 100 : worldVIEW". www.saworldview.com. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
  10. München, Helmholtz Zentrum. "Pioneering achievements in sequencing bacterial genomes: Karen Nelson receives Helmholtz International Fellow Award – Helmholtz Zentrum München – Helmholtz Zentrum München". www.helmholtz-muenchen.de. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
  11. "2017 ARCS Scientist of the Year Dinner | San Diego". ARCS Foundation. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  12. "May 2, 2017: NAS Members and Foreign Associates Elected". National Academy of Science. National Academy of Science. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
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