"What kingdom, phylum, subphylum, class order, family, genus, and species are vertebrates in?"
Steven Benner
Email benner@chem.ufl.edu Institution University of Florida Telephone 352-392-7773 Fax 352-392-7918 Address University of Florida
Foundation for Scientific Inquiry
Gainesville, FL 32611-7200
USA Past NAI Teams Arizona State University (CAN1)
Scripps Research Institute (CAN1)
University of Washington (CAN2)
Projects
exobiologyExploring Plausibly Prebiotic Routes to Ribonucleosides. Borate minerals, water-poor environments, and organic chemistry that connect the interstellar medium to the RNA world.exobiologyResurrecting Src Homology 2 Domains Near the Origin of Multicellularity. Resurrecting Phosphotyrosine-Binding Proteins and Their Binding Phosphorylated Partners. Co-Evolution of Signal Transduction Paths Involved in Metazoan MulticellularityexobiologyReconstructing Ancient LifeNAI UW (2006)Impacts and extinctionNAI UW (2005)Causes of mass extinctions: testing impact models_WardNAI UW (2005)Darwinian ChemistryNAI (2005)Evolutionary Genomics Focus GroupNAI (2004)Evolutionary Genomics Focus GroupNAI SRI (2003)Benner - Self-Reproducing Molecular Systems and Darwinian ChemistryNAI SRI (2003)Using functional genomics to infer the biology and chemistry of the Last Common Ancestor
NAI (2003)Mars Focus GroupNAI (2003)Evolutionary Genomics Focus GroupNAI (2003)TitanNAI UW (2003)Executive Summary--UWNAI (2002)Evolutionary Genomics Focus GroupNAI (2002)The Astrobiological Exploration of Titan focus groupNAI SRI (2002)Benner - Self-Reproducing Molecular Systems and Darwinian ChemistryNAI SRI (2002)Using functional genomics to infer the biology and chemistry of the Last Common AncestorNAI SRI (2001)Self-Replicating (BL) Molecular Systems and Darwinian Chemistry - Benner's LaboratoryNAI SRI (2001)Using Functional Genomics to Infer the Biology and Chemistry of the Last Common Ancestor --Post Doc ProjectNAI ASU (2000)Mars Focus GroupNAI SRI (2000)Benner's Laboratory
Publications
Gaucher, E.A., Miyamoto, M.M. & Benner, S.A. (2003). Evolutionary, structural and biochemical evidence for a new interaction site of the leptin obesity protein. Genetics, 163(4): 1549-1553.