Patrick John Keeling is a biologist and professor in the Department of Botany at the University of British Columbia.[6][3][7] His research investigates the phylogeny, genomics and molecular evolution of protists and his work has led to numerous advances in assembling the eukaryotic tree of life. He has also identified several cases of horizontal gene transfer.[5][8][9]
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| Born | Patrick John Keeling 1969 (age 54–55) |
| Alma mater | University of Western Ontario (BSc) Dalhousie University (PhD) |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship (2011)[1] Gilbert Morgan Smith Medal (2021)[2] |
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| Fields | Evolution Microbiology Protists[3] |
| Institutions | University of British Columbia University of Melbourne Indiana University Bloomington |
| Thesis | Studies on the prokaryote-eukaryote transition (1996) |
| Doctoral advisor | Ford Doolittle[4] |
| Other academic advisors | Jeffrey D. Palmer (postdoc)[5] |
| Website | www |
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- ^ "Two UBC Science Researchers Awarded Guggenheims". Archived from the original on 2019-06-18. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
- ^ "2021 NAS Awards Recipients Announced".
- ^ a b Patrick J. Keeling publications indexed by Google Scholar
- ^ "Evolution Tree - Patrick J. Keeling". academictree.org.
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- ^ "People - Keeling Lab". Botany.ubc.ca. Archived from the original on 2010-08-31. Retrieved 2010-08-25.
- ^ Patrick J. Keeling publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
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