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Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members
Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members
Pages 188-195
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is the vice president and chief scientific officer of biological and life sciences at Battelle Memorial Institute and a professor at the Institute for Systems Biology. Prior to joining Battelle, he held a number of key positions, including chancellor, chief scientific officer, and Norris Professor of Applied Life Sciences, Keck Graduate Institute of Life Sciences (Claremont, California)
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She has served extensively on national advisory boards and panels for NSF, DOE, NIH, and HHMI, including the NSF Biological Directorate Advisory Committee from 2001 to 2004. She has chaired or cochaired national conferences for Keystone, FASEB, and the Gordon Research Conferences, serving on the GRC board of trustees and in 2001 as chair of the board.
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James Griesemer is a professor and chair of the Department of Philosophy, University of California, Davis, and a member of the UC Davis Center for Population Biology, the Science and Technology Studies Program, and the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research in Austria. He received his A.B.
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His professional career began at Caltech, where he and his colleagues pioneered four instruments -- the DNA gene sequencer and synthesizer and the protein synthesizer and sequencer -- which comprise the technological foundation for contemporary molecular biology. In particular, the DNA sequencer has revolutionized genomics by allowing the rapid automated sequencing of DNA, which played a crucial role in contributing to the successful mapping of the human genome during the 1990s.
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Current projects include neurogenomics, RNA measurement technology, phylogenetics, and yeast comparative genomics. His work includes analyzing the macroevolution and mutational dynamics of the transcriptome in Drosophila.
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Focusing on research in embryology, genetics, and cytology, she combines detailed analysis of the epistemological standards, theories, laboratory practices, and experimental approaches with the study of the people, institutions, and changing social, political, and legal contexts in which science thrives. She enjoys teaching and is committed to public education about biology and its human dimensions.
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Dr. Roughgarden has studied coevolutionary models that combine ecology with population genetics, and her current research focuses on the mathematical theory of reproductive social behavior and applying the cooperative game theory of bargaining and side payments to explain animal social dynamics, especially mating behavior.
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For example, he has compared the expression of Hox genes between the primitive limbs of salamander and the highly derived limbs of frogs to understand the morphological evolution of these organisms. In another project, his lab studies the evolutionary history of Hox genes in primitive vertebrates and their correlation with the emergence of the developmental body plan of higher vertebrates.
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