Jonathan A. Eisen

University of California Davis Medical Center

Full Professor(heuristic)

Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies · Molecular Biology

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Publications793

Citations75,201

Grants

7 total · 2 active

NIH #5R01GM157739-02

Environmental forces shape the ecology of virulent parasites in coastal ecosystems

Active

Amount: $685K
Period: 2024-09-01 → 2028-08-31
PIs: 4
Est. capacity / PI: ~1 students

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS

NIH #1R01GM157739-01

Environmental forces shape the ecology of virulent parasites in coastal ecosystems

Active

Amount: $663K
Period: 2024-09-01 → 2028-08-31
PIs: 4
Est. capacity / PI: ~1 students

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS

NIH #7R01GM067012-04

Tetrahymena Genome Sequencing Project

Amount: $640K
Period: 2003-04-01 → 2009-03-31
PIs: 1
Est. capacity / PI: ~0 students

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS

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New paper: Metagenome-assembled genomes recovered from the gut microbiomes of simian immunodeficiency virus-infected rhesus macaques (Microbiology Resource Announcements)2026-06-22
New preprint: Microbiome Assembly in Zostera marina during early host development: An EcoFAB 2.0 Application for Aquatic Plant-Microbe Interactions2025-08-27
New NIH award: $685K — Environmental forces shape the ecology of virulent parasites in coastal ecosystems2024-09-01
New NIH award: $663K — Environmental forces shape the ecology of virulent parasites in coastal ecosystems2024-09-01

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Publications as of 2026-07-01
Grants as of 2026-06-30

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ORCID: 0000-0002-0159-2197

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Metagenome-assembled genomes recovered from the gut microbiomes of simian immunodeficiency virus-infected rhesus macaques
Microbiology Resource Announcements · 2026-06-22
Convergent lignocellulose degradation in terrestrial crabs is driven by distinct host genus-specific microbial communities
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2026-04-25
Corrigendum: Teredinibacter haidensis sp. nov., Teredinibacter purpureus sp. nov. and Teredinibacter franksiae sp. nov., marine, cellulolytic endosymbiotic bacteria isolated from the gills of the wood-boring mollusc Bankia setacea (Bivalvia: Teredinidae) and emended description of the genus Teredinibacter
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY · 2026-04-07
Metagenome-Assembled Genomes Recovered from the Gut Microbiomes of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Infected Rhesus Macaques
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2026-04-01
Metagenome-Assembled Genomes Recovered from the Gut Microbiomes of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Infected Rhesus Macaques
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2026-04-01
Microbiota characterization of Zostera marina seeds at early stage development
Microbiology Resource Announcements · 2026-03-20
Evaluating the impact of a longitudinal, integrated climate change, health, and environment curriculum in undergraduate medical training at Harvard Medical School
PLOS Climate · 2025-12-01 · 1 citations
Microbiome Assembly in Zostera marina during early host development: An EcoFAB 2.0 Application for Aquatic Plant-Microbe InteractionsPreprint
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2025-08-27
Skin microbiomes of frogs vary among body regions, revealing differences that reflect known patterns of chytrid infection
Frontiers in Microbiology · 2025-05-13 · 2 citations
Eukaryotic MAGs recovered from deep metagenomic sequencing of the seagrass, Zostera marina, include a novel chytrid in the order LobulomycetalesPreprint
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2025-02-11 · 1 citations
Skin microbiomes of frogs vary among individuals and body regions, revealing differences that reflect known patterns of chytrid infectionPreprint
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2025-02-08 · 1 citations
Nutritional niches of potentially endemic, facultatively anaerobic heterotrophs from an isolated Antarctic terrestrial hydrothermal refugium elucidated through metagenomics
Environmental Microbiome · 2024-12-18 · 2 citations
Genomic streamlining of seagrass-associated Colletotrichum sp. may be related to its adaptation to a marine monocot hostPreprint
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2024-12-17 · 1 citations
Nutritional niches of endemic, facultatively anaerobic heterotrophs from an isolated Antarctic terrestrial hydrothermal refugium elucidated through metagenomicsPreprint
Research Square · 2024-08-22 · 2 citations

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