Johann Peter Gogarten
Template:Short description Johann Peter Gogarten is a German-American biologist studying the early evolution of life. Born in Bad Oeynhausen, Germany, he studied plant physiology and membrane transport with Friedrich-Wilhelm Bentrup in Tübingen and Giessen. In 1987 he moved to the US as a postdoc to work with Lincoln Taiz at UC Santa Cruz. He currently is Distinguished Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, CT.
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Gogarten was the first person to root the Tree of life (biology) using an ancient gene duplication.[1] He was also one of the pioneers to recognize the importance and the extent of horizontal gene transfer and its role in microbial evolution.[2][3]
Gogarten’s current focus is the evolution of homing endonuclease utilizing parasitic genetic elements (inteins)[4] and the intertwining of selection occurring on the gene, population and the community level (multilevel selection, Unit of selection).
J. Peter Gogarten was selected as a recipient of a 2009 Fulbright scholarship, a member of the CT Academy of Science and Engineering, and fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology and the International Society for the Study of the Origin of Life.
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