Michael Eisen
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| Born | April 13, 1967 Boston, MA |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Biology |
| Institutions | University of California, Berkeley |
| Alma mater | Harvard College |
| Doctoral advisor | Don C. Wiley |
| Known for | Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
| Notable awards | Benjamin Franklin Award (Bioinformatics) |
Michael Eisen (born April 13, 1967) is an American biologist. He is currently an Investigator in the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Associate Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development at University of California, Berkeley.[1][2] His academic research focuses on the evolution of gene regulation.[3][4]
Throughout his career he has been a forceful advocate for open science - the free release of the material and intellectual product of the scientific research. He is a leading advocate of open access scientific publishing,[5][6][7] and is co-Founder of Public Library of Science (PLoS). He serves on the PLoS board, and is an advisor to Science Commons. His brother Jonathan Eisen is also a biologist.
[edit] Promotion of open access
In 2012 Michael Eisen began protesting against the Research Works Act as part of his appeal to promote open access to information.[8]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.eisenlab.org/eisen/ Michael Eisen lab
- ^ http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog Michael Eisen's Blog
- ^ Eisen, M.; Spellman, P.; Brown, P.; Botstein, D. (1998). "Cluster analysis and display of genome-wide expression patterns". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 95 (25): 14863–14868. doi:10.1073/pnas.95.25.14863. PMC 24541. PMID 9843981. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=24541.
- ^ Alizadeh, A. A.; Eisen, M. B.; Davis, R. E.; Ma, C.; Lossos, I. S.; Rosenwald, A.; Boldrick, J. C.; Sabet, H. et al (2000). "Distinct types of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma identified by gene expression profiling". Nature 403 (6769): 503–511. doi:10.1038/35000501. PMID 10676951.
- ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/opinion/story/0,12981,1058578,00.html Publish and Be Praised (Guardian, UK)]
- ^ Brown, P. O.; Eisen, M. B.; Varmus, H. E. (2003). "Why PLoS Became a Publisher". PLoS Biology 1: 1. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0000036.
- ^ http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.04/rave_pr.html 2004 Wired Magazine Rave Awards "For cracking the spine of the science cartel"
- ^ Dobbs, David (6 January 2012). "Congress Considers Paywalling Science You Already Paid For". wired.com. http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/01/congress-considers-paywalling-science-you-already-paid-for/. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
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