Carl R. Woese

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign — United States

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies(146), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms(92), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology(81), RNA modifications and cancer(42), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology(22)

Publications277 total

Spatially graded hydrogels for preclinical testing of glioblastoma anticancer therapeutics
MRS Communications·2017· 32 citedOpen Access
Complete genome sequence of the Antarctic Halorubrum lacusprofundi type strain ACAM 34
Standards in Genomic Sciences·2016· 27 citedOpen Access
Cool our climate and strengther our ecosystems
2016· 3 cited
An archaeal genomic sigi
2016
The Archaea: an Invitation to Evolution<sup>†</sup>
Archaea·2014· 6 cited
Discovering the Real Microbial World
ASM Press eBooks·2014
How We Do, Don’t, and Should Look at Bacteria and Bacteriology
2013· 15 cited
Role of horizontal gene transfer as a control on the coevolution of ribosomal proteins and the genetic code
2011Open Access
Life is Physics: Evolution as a Collective Phenomenon Far From Equilibrium
Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics·2011· 273 citedOpen Access
Genomic Characterization of Methanomicrobiales Reveals Three Classes of Methanogens
PLoS ONE·2009· 121 citedOpen Access
A collective mechanism for phase variation in biofilms
Bulletin of the American Physical Society·2009
How the Microbial World Saved Evolution from the Scylla of Molecular Biology and the Charybdis of the Modern Synthesis
Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews·2009· 90 citedOpen Access
GUEST COMMENTARY How the Microbial World Saved Evolution from the Scylla of Molecular Biology and the Charybdis of the Modern Synthesis
2009
The complete genome sequence of Staphylothermus marinus reveals differences in sulfur metabolism among heterotrophic Crenarchaeota
BMC Genomics·2009· 32 citedOpen Access
La prochaine révolution en biologie
Le Débat·2008
A collective mechanism for phase variation in biofilms
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2008· 37 citedOpen Access
Molecular signatures of ribosomal evolution
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2008· 111 citedOpen Access
The Birth of the Archaea: A Personal Retrospective
Archaea·2006· 6 cited
The archaeal concept and the world it lives in: a retrospective
Advances in photosynthesis and respiration·2006· 2 cited
Collective evolution and the genetic code
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2006· 374 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

George E. Fox(8), Gary J. Olsen(6), Linda J. Magrum(5), Ross Overbeek(5), Robin R. Gutell(5), Harry F. Noller(5), Ramesh C. Gupta(5), R. S. Wolfe(4), Claudia I. Reich(3), G J Olsen(3), Karl O. Stetter(3), David A. Stahl(3), G. E. Fox(2), Lixin Zhou(2), Robert Fleischmann(2), Granger G. Sutton(2), Rebecca A. Clayton(2), Jeannine D. Gocayne(2), Anthony R. Kerlavage(2), Brian Dougherty(2)