Masatoshi Nei
EDUCATION:
Institution
Miyazaki University, Miyazaki, Japan
Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
University of California, Davis, CA and
North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC
Degree
B.S.
M.S.
Ph.D.
Postdoc.
Year
1953
1955
1959
1960-61
Field
Genetics
Quantitative Genetics
Quantitative Genetics
Population Genetics
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS:
1994 - present Evan Pugh Professor of Biology, Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State
University, University Park, Pennsylvania
1990 - present Director, Institute of Molecular Evolutionary Genetics, Pennsylvania State
University, University Park, Pennsylvania
2001 (8-11)
Visiting Professor of Biology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
1990 - 1994
Distinguished Professor of Biology, Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State
University, University Park, Pennsylvania
1972 - 1990
Professor of Population Genetics, Center for Demographic and Population Genetics,
University of Texas at Houston, Texas
1978 - 1980;
Acting Director, Center for Demographic and Population Genetics, University of
1986 - 1987 Texas at Houston, Texas
1971 - 1972
Professor of Biology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
1969 - 1971
Associate Professor of Biology, Brown University
1965 - 1969
Head, Population Genetics Laboratory, National Institute of Radiological Sciences,
Japan
1962 - 1965
Geneticist, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Japan
1958 - 1962
Assistant Professor, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (Selected):
2004 - present Advisory Board, Gene: Evolutionary Genomics
2003 - present Editorial Board, Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences
2002 - 2004
Consulting Editor, Journal of Molecular Evolution
1999
President, American Genetic Association
1995 - present Associate Editor, Journal of Heredity
1994
President, Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution
1992 - 1995
Council member, Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution
1985 - 1997
Advisory Board, Gene Geography, Rome, Italy
1983 - 1993
Managing Editor, Molecular Biology and Evolution
1979 - 2001
Editorial Board, Journal of Molecular Evolution
1977 - 1985
Associate Editor, Genetics
1973 - 1984
Associate Editor, Theoretical Population Biology
1973 - 1976
Editorial Board, Evolutionary Theory
HONORS (Selected):
1977
Japan Society of Human Genetics Award
1989
Honorary Member, Genetics Society of Japan
1990
Elected Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1990
Kihara Prize, Genetics Society of Japan
1993
Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
1996
Honorary Member, Japan Society of Human Genetics
1997
Member, National Academy of Sciences, USA
2002
2002 International Prize for Biology, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
2002
Honorary Doctorate, Miyazaki University, Japan
2003
Barbara Bowman Award, Texas Genetics Society, Austin, TX
2006
Thomas Hunt Mrogan Medal, Genetics Society of America, San Diego, CA
2006
Masatoshi Nei Legacy Symposium held at the 2006 Molecular Biology and Evolution
Society meeting, Tempe, AZ
MEMBERSHIPS IN SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS (Selected):
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Genetic Association
Genetics Society of America
National Academy of Sciences, USA
Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution
John H. Willis
Education:
PhD, University of Chicago, 1991
Specialties:
Evolution
Ecology and Population Biology
Genetics
Genomics
Research Categories: Evolutionary genetics in natural plant populations
Research Description: We conduct research on broad issues in evolutionary genetics,
and we are currently addressing questions relating to the evolution of adaptation,
reproductive isolation, breeding systems, inbreeding depression, and floral traits in
natural plant populations. Please see our lab web page for more information.
Recent Publications
1. Lowry, D. B., and J.H. Willis, A widespread chromosomal inversion
polymorphism contributes to a major life-history transition, local adaptation,
and reproductive isolation, PLoS Biology, vol. 8 (2010), pp. e1000500 .
2. Scoville,A., Y. W. Lee, J.H. Willis, and J.K. Kelly, Explaining the heritability
of an ecologically significant trait in terms of individual QTLs, Proceedings of
the Royal Society B (Submitted, 2010) .
3. Cooley, A. M., J. L. Modliszewski, M. L. Rommel, and J. H. Willis,
Independent trans-Regulatory Changes Cause Parallel Evolution of Flower
Color in Mimulus cupreus and M. luteus var. variegatus, Current Biology
(Submitted, 2010) .
4. Wu, C. A., D. B. Lowry, L. I. Nutter, and J.H. Willis, Natural variation for
drought response traits in the Mimulus guttatus species complex., Oecologia,
vol. 162 (2010), pp. 23-33 .
5. Hall, M. C., D. B. Lowry, and J.H. Willis, Is local adaptation in Mimulus
guttatus caused by trade-offs at individual loci?, Molecular Ecology, vol. 19
(2010), pp. 2739-2753 .
Thomas Mitchell-Olds
Education:
PhD, Wisconsin, 1985
Specialties:
Evolution
Genetics
Ecology and Population Biology
Genomics
Research Categories: Evolutionary, Ecological, & Agricultural Functional
Genomics
Research Description: Much of our research is focused on the genes that affect
ecological success and evolutionary fitness in natural environments. Similarly, the
interaction of crop plants with their biotic and abiotic environments is controlled by
complex trait variation which can be elucidated by interdisciplinary analyses
incorporating functional genomics, physiological and chemical ecology, and
population and quantitative genetics. We work at several levels: genetic variation
within populations, local adaptation among populations, and the evolution of species
differences. Our study system is centered on the wild relatives of Arabidopsis, as well
as physiological genomics of grasses and cereals in natural and agricultural
populations.
Representative Publications
1. Mitchell-Olds, T., J. Willis, and D. Goldstein, Which evolutionary processes
influence natural genetic variation for phenotypic traits?, Nature Reviews
Genetics, vol. 8 (2007), pp. 845-856 .
2. Schranz M, A. Windsor, B. Song, A. Lawton-Rauh, T. Mitchell-Olds,
Comparative genetic mapping in Boechera stricta, a close relative of
Arabidopsis, Plant Physiology, vol. 144 (2007), pp. 286-298 .
3. Mitchell-Olds, T., and J. Schmitt., Genetic mechanisms and evolutionary
significance of natural variation in Arabidopsis, Nature, vol. 441 (2006), pp.
947-952 .
4. Windsor, A.J., M.E. Schranz, N. Formanová, S. Gebauer-Jung, J. Bishop, D.
Schnabelrauch, J. Kroymann, and T. Mitchell-Olds, Partial shotgun
sequencing of the Boechera stricta genome reveals promoter conservation and
microsynteny with Arabidopsis, Plant Physiology, vol. 140 (2006), pp.
1169-1182 .
5. Kroymann, J., and T. Mitchell-Olds, Epistasis and balanced polymorphism
influencing complex trait variation, Nature, vol. 435 (2005), pp. 95-98 .