SMBE Council

Laura Landweber, President

Departments of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics and Biological Sciences

Columbia University, New York, NY 10032

Laura.Landweber@columbia.edu

 

Bill Martin, President-Elect (& Editor-in-chief, Genome Biology and Evolution)

Institut for Molecular Evolution

Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Universitätsstr.1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany

bill@hhu.de

 

George Zhang, Past-President

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

University of Michigan, Natural Science Bldg, 830 N University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

jianzhi@umich.edu

 

David Pollock, Secretary

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Building 500, 13001 E. 17th Place, Campus Box C290, Aurora, CO 80045

secretary.smbe@gmail.com

 

Juliette de Meaux, Treasurer

Institute of Botany

University of Cologne, Zulpicher str. 47b, D-50674 Cologne, Germany

treasurer.smbe@gmail.com

 

Kateryna Makova, Councillor (2015-2017)

Department of Biology

Director, Center for Medical Genomics, Pennsylvania State University

310 Wartik Lab, University Park, PA 16802

kmakova@bx.psu.edu

 

Emma Teeling, Councillor (2015-2017)

School Of Biology & Environment Science

Science Centre – West, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland

emma.teeling@ucd.ie

 

Maud Tenaillon, Councillor (2016–2018)

Quantitative Genetics and Evolution - Le Moulon INRA

University of Paris-Sud, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay F-91190, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

tenaillon@moulon.inra.fr

 

Adam Eyre-Walker, Councillor (2016–2018)

School of Life Sciences

University of Sussex, Brighton, BN1 9QG, United Kingdom

a.c.eyre-walker@sussex.ac.uk

 

Joanna Masel, Councillor (2017-2019)

Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721

masel@u.arizona.edu

 

Jay Storz, Councillor (2017-2019)

School of Biological Sciences

University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588

jstorz2@unl.edu

 

Sudhir Kumar, ex officio (Editor-in-chief, Molecular Biology and Evolution)

Intitute for Genomics & Evolutionary Medicine (iGEM)

Department of Biology, Temple Univeristy, 1925 N. 12th St, Philadelphia, PA 19122

s.kumar@asu.edu


SMBE Past Councils

Year President President-Elect Past-President Secretary Treasurer Councillors Ex Officio Councillors 
 2016 George Zhang Laura Landweber Joe Felsenstein
 James McInerney
 Juliette de Meaux
  • Maud Tenaillon
  • Adam Eyre-Walker
  • Sandra Baldauf
  • David Liberles
  • Emma Teeling
  • Kateryna Makova

  • Sudhir Kumar
  • Bill Martin
2015 Joe Felsenstein George Zhang Brandon Gaut James McInerney  Juliette de Meaux  

  • Marta Wayne
  • Harmit Malik
  • Sandra Baldauf
  • David Liberles
  • Emma Teeling
  • Kateryna Makova


Marta Wayne
Harmit Malik
Sandra Baldauf
David Liberles
Emma Teeling 
Katerina Makova
Marta Wayne
Harmit Malik
Sandra Baldauf
David Liberles
Emma Teeling 
Katerina Makova

  • Sudhir Kumar
  • Bill Martin
2014 Brandon Gaut Joe Felsenstein Sudhir Kumar James McInerney Aoife McLysaght
  • Laurent Duret
  • Yoko Satta
  • Marta Wayne
  • Harmit Malik
  • Sandra Baldauf
  • David Liberles
  
2013 Sudhir Kumar Brandon Gaut Charles Aquadro James McInerney Aoife McLysaght
  • Soojin Yi
  • Laurent Duret
  • Yoko Satta
  • Marta Wayne
  • Harmit Malik
  
2012 Charles Aquadro Sudhir Kumar Ken Wolfe Manyuan Long Aoife McLysaght
  • Robin Bush
  • Soojin Yi
  • Laurent Duret
  • Yoko Satta
  
2011 Ken Wolfe Charles Aquadro Jody Hey Manyuan Long John Archibald
  • Dan Graur
  • Robin Bush
  • Soojin Yi
  
2010 Jody Hey Ken Wolfe Michael Lynch Manyuan Long John Archibald
  • Ziheng Yang
  • Dan Graur
  • Robin Bush
  
2009 Michael Lynch Jody Hey Paul Sharp George Zhang John Archibald
  • Laura Landweber
  • Ziheng Yang
  • Dan Graur
  
2008 Paul Sharp Michael Lynch Deborah Charlesworth George Zhang Marta L. Wayne
  • Charles Aquadro
  • Laura Landweber
  • Ziheng Yang
  
2007 Deborah Charlesworth Paul Sharp Montserrat Aguade George Zhang Marta L. Wayne
  • Michael Lynch
  • Charles Aquadro
  • Laura Landweber
  
2006 Montserrat Aguade Deborah Charlesworth Jeffrey R. Powell Sudhir Kumar Marta L. Wayne
  • Laura Katz
  • Michael Lynch
  • Charles Aquadro
  
2005 Jeffrey R. Powell Montserrat Aguade John C. Avise Sudhir Kumar Marta L. Wayne
  • Jody Hey
  • Laura Katz
  • Michael Lynch
  
2004 John C. Avise Jeffrey R. Powell Naoyuki Takahata Sudhir Kumar Marta L. Wayne
  • Brian Golding
  • Jody Hey
  • Laura Katz
  
2003 Naoyuki Takahata John C. Avise Michael T. Clegg Marcy K. Uyenoyama Marta L. Wayne
  • Howard Ochman
  • Brian Golding
  • Jody Hey
  
2002 Michael T. Clegg Naoyuki Takahata Daniel L. Hartl Marcy K. Uyenoyama Richard C. Hudson
  • Montserrat Aguade
  • Howard Ochman
  • Brian Golding
  
2001 Daniel L. Hartl Michael T. Clegg Wen-Hsiung Li Marcy K. Uyenoyama Richard C. Hudson
  • Tomoko Ohta
  • Montserrat Aguade
  • Howard Ochman
  
2000 Wen-Hsiung Li Daniel L. Hartl Andrew G. Clark Marcy K. Uyenoyama Richard C. Hudson
  • Pekka Pamilo
  • Tomoko Ohta
  • Montserrat Aguade
  
1999 Andrew G. Clark Wen-Hsiung Li Richard C. Lewontin Marcy K. Uyenoyama Richard C. Hudson
  • Wilfred W. de Jong
  • Pekka Pamilo
  • Tomoko Ohta
  
1998 Richard C. Lewontin Andrew G. Clark David Penny Linda D. Strausbaugh Richard C. Hudson
  • W. Ford Doolittle
  • Wilfred W. de Jong
  • Pekka Pamilo
  
1997 David Penny Richard C. Lewontin Margaret G. Kidwell Linda D. Strausbaugh Richard C. Hudson
  • Maryellen Ruvolo
  • W. Ford Doolittle
  • Wilfred W. de Jong
  
1996 Margaret G. Kidwell David Penny Wesley M. Brown Linda D. Strausbaugh Richard C. Hudson
  • Ross A. Crozier
  • Maryellen Ruvolo
  • W. Ford Doolittle
  
1995 Wesley M. Brown Margaret G. Kidwell Masatoshi Nei Linda Maxson Richard C. Hudson
  • Ross A. Crozier
  • Maryellen Ruvolo
  
1994 Masatoshi Nei Wesley M. Brown Walter M. Fitch Linda Maxson Linda Maxson Ross A. Crozier  
1993 Walter M. Fitch Masatoshi Nei Linda Maxson Linda Maxson Caro-Beth Stewart  

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<span class="paragraphSection">Phylogenetic relationships among seed plant taxa, especially within the gymnosperms, remain contested. In contrast to angiosperms, for which several genomic, transcriptomic and phylogenetic resources are available, there are few, if any, molecular markers that allow broad comparisons among gymnosperm species. With few gymnosperm genomes available, recently obtained transcriptomes in gymnosperms are a great addition to identifying single-copy gene families as molecular markers for phylogenomic analysis in seed plants. Taking advantage of an increasing number of available genomes and transcriptomes, we identified single-copy genes in a broad collection of seed plants and used these to infer phylogenetic relationships between major seed plant taxa. This study aims at extending the current phylogenetic toolkit for seed plants, assessing its ability for resolving seed plant phylogeny, and discussing potential factors affecting phylogenetic reconstruction. In total, we identified 3,072 single-copy genes in 31 gymnosperms and 2,156 single-copy genes in 34 angiosperms. All studied seed plants shared 1,469 single-copy genes, which are generally involved in functions like DNA metabolism, cell cycle, and photosynthesis. A selected set of 106 single-copy genes provided good resolution for the seed plant phylogeny except for gnetophytes. Although some of our analyses support a sister relationship between gnetophytes and other gymnosperms, phylogenetic trees from concatenated alignments without 3rd codon positions and amino acid alignments under the CAT + GTR model, support gnetophytes as a sister group to Pinaceae. Our phylogenomic analyses demonstrate that, in general, single-copy genes can uncover both recent and deep divergences of seed plant phylogeny.</span>