Evan E. Eichler
{{short description|American geneticist}}
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| fields = Genomics
Segmental duplication
Copy-number variation
Autism spectrum disorder
Developmental delay
Gene duplication
| workplaces = University of Washington
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
University of Saskatchewan
Baylor College of Medicine
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
University of Saskatchewan
| alma_mater = University of Saskatchewan (B.Sc.)
Baylor College of Medicine (Ph.D.)
| doctoral_advisor = David Nelson{{citation needed|date=June 2013}}
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| awards = Newcomb Cleveland Prize
Curt Stern Award (2008)
Member of the National Academy of Sciences
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Evan E. Eichler is an investigator at Howard Hughes Medical Institute studying human genome evolution, genome variation and their role in diseases. He is also a Professor of Genome Sciences at the University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle.{{Google Scholar id|name=Evan Eichler}}{{cite news |title=New methods detect subtleties in human genomes' repetitive landscapes |url=http://www.physorg.com/news/2010-10-methods-subtleties-human-genomes-repetitive.html |work=PhysOrg.com |date=27 October 2010 |access-date=27 June 2011 }}[http://www.gs.washington.edu/faculty/eichler.htm Faculty profile], U. Washington Genome Sciences, retrieved 2011-07-14.{{AcademicSearch|3232292}}{{DBLP|name=Evan E. Eichler}}
Education
Eichler was educated at the University of Saskatchewan and Baylor College of Medicine where he was awarded his PhD in 1995{{cite web|url=http://eichlerlab.gs.washington.edu/evan.html |title=Eichler Lab |archive-date=2013-05-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521030743/http://eichlerlab.gs.washington.edu/evan.html |url-status=dead }} for work on the FMR1 gene.{{Cite journal | last1 = Eichler | first1 = E. E. | last2 = Richards | first2 = S. | last3 = Gibbs | first3 = R. A. | last4 = Nelson | first4 = D. L. | title = Fine structure of the human FMR1 gene | doi = 10.1093/hmg/2.8.1147 | journal = Human Molecular Genetics | volume = 2 | issue = 8 | pages = 1147–1153 | year = 1993 | pmid = 8401496}}
Research
Eichler is considered one of the experts in genome instability studies,{{Cite journal | last1 = Gitschier | first1 = J. | title = Stable in a Genome of Instability: An Interview with Evan Eichler | doi = 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000124 | journal = PLOS Genetics | volume = 4 | issue = 7 | pages = e1000124 | year = 2008 | pmid = 18654618| pmc =2442658 | doi-access = free }} {{open access}} segmental duplication and structural variation.{{Cite journal | last1 = Manolio | first1 = T. A. | last2 = Collins | first2 = F. S. | last3 = Cox | first3 = N. J. | last4 = Goldstein | first4 = D. B. | last5 = Hindorff | first5 = L. A. | last6 = Hunter | first6 = D. J. | last7 = McCarthy | first7 = M. I. | last8 = Ramos | first8 = E. M. | last9 = Cardon | first9 = L. R. | doi = 10.1038/nature08494 | last10 = Chakravarti | first10 = A. | last11 = Cho | first11 = J. H. | last12 = Guttmacher | first12 = A. E. | last13 = Kong | first13 = A. | last14 = Kruglyak | first14 = L. | last15 = Mardis | first15 = E. | last16 = Rotimi | first16 = C. N. | last17 = Slatkin | first17 = M. | last18 = Valle | first18 = D. | last19 = Whittemore | first19 = A. S. | last20 = Boehnke | first20 = M. | last21 = Clark | first21 = A. G. | last22 = Eichler | first22 = E. E. | last23 = Gibson | first23 = G. | last24 = Haines | first24 = J. L. | last25 = MacKay | first25 = T. F. C. | last26 = McCarroll | first26 = S. A. | last27 = Visscher | first27 = P. M. | title = Finding the missing heritability of complex diseases | journal = Nature | volume = 461 | issue = 7265 | pages = 747–753 | year = 2009 | pmid = 19812666| pmc =2831613 | bibcode = 2009Natur.461..747M }}
Awards
- Eichler is an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[http://www.washington.edu/news/archive/uweek/28486 Nine named AAAS Fellows], University week, University of Washington, November 30, 2006. Accessed July 14, 2011
- Eichler received the 2008 Curt Stern Award from the American Society of Human Genetics.[http://www.ashg.org/pages/awards_pastrecipients.shtml#stern Past ASHG Award Recipients] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141003163707/http://www.ashg.org/pages/awards_pastrecipients.shtml#stern |date=2014-10-03 }}, American Society of Human Genetics. Accessed July 14, 2011
- He was a co-recipient of the 2010 Newcomb Cleveland Prize by the American Association for the Advancement of Science as one of the co-authors of the May 2010 paper in Science{{Cite journal | last1 = Green | first1 = R. E. | last2 = Krause | first2 = J. | last3 = Briggs | first3 = A. W. | last4 = Maricic | first4 = T. | last5 = Stenzel | first5 = U. | last6 = Kircher | first6 = M. | last7 = Patterson | first7 = N. | last8 = Li | first8 = H. | last9 = Zhai | first9 = W. | last10 = Fritz | doi = 10.1126/science.1188021 | first10 = M. H. Y. | last11 = Hansen | first11 = N. F. | last12 = Durand | first12 = E. Y. | last13 = Malaspinas | first13 = A. S. | last14 = Jensen | first14 = J. D. | last15 = Marques-Bonet | first15 = T. | last16 = Alkan | first16 = C. | last17 = Prüfer | first17 = K. | last18 = Meyer | first18 = M. | last19 = Burbano | first19 = H. A. | last20 = Good | first20 = J. M. | last21 = Schultz | first21 = R. | last22 = Aximu-Petri | first22 = A. | last23 = Butthof | first23 = A. | last24 = Höber | first24 = B. | last25 = Höffner | first25 = B. | last26 = Siegemund | first26 = M. | last27 = Weihmann | first27 = A. | last28 = Nusbaum | first28 = C. | last29 = Lander | first29 = E. S. | last30 = Russ | first30 = C. | title = A Draft Sequence of the Neandertal Genome | journal = Science | volume = 328 | issue = 5979 | pages = 710–722 | year = 2010 | pmid = 20448178 | pmc = 5100745| bibcode = 2010Sci...328..710G }} on draft sequencing of the Neanderthal genome.[http://www.aaas.org/aboutaaas/awards/newcomb/newcomb_winners.shtml Newcomb Cleveland Prize Recipients] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023152927/http://www.aaas.org/aboutaaas/awards/newcomb/newcomb_winners.shtml |date=2012-10-23 }}, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Accessed July 14, 2011[http://news.aaas.org/2011_annual_meeting/02162010-aaas-newcomb-cleveland-prize.shtml Draft Sequence of Neandertal Genome Wins the 2010 Newcomb Cleveland Prize, Supported by Affymetrix], American Association for the Advancement of Science. Accessed July 14, 2011
- Eichler is also a member of the National Academy of Sciences.[https://web.archive.org/web/20120504002407/http://www.nasonline.org/news-and-multimedia/news/2012_05_01_NAS_Election.html National Academy of Sciences Members and Foreign Associates Elected], "NAS News", 2012
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Category:Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
Category:Howard Hughes Medical Investigators
Category:Human Genome Project scientists
Category:Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Category:University of Washington faculty