User:Neil R Gottel

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• Neil R Gottel
• University of Texas at Austin
• Welch 4.228
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I'm a second year microbiology grad student in the Barrick Lab, studying the evolution of microbial genomes. Specifically, I'm interested in the use of evolution to evolve a "minimal genome" for E. coli. I'm also interested in gene transfer agents (GTAs), they're really weird!

Before coming to Texas, I worked in the Kent Lab at UIUC and the Plant Microbe Interfaces group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Now I stick to research that doesn't require subjecting myself to poison ivy and mosquitoes.

Education

• 2009, BS, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Research interests

1. Microbial Evolution
2. Gene Transfer Agents
3. Synthetic Biology

Distractions

Replace all Youtube comments with Richard Feynman quotes

Overly honest methods in science

Most important article after 1953

Publications

1. Gottel NR, Castro HF, Kerley M, Yang Z, Pelletier DA, Podar M, Karpinets T, Uberbacher E, Tuskan GA, Vilgalys R, Doktycz MJ, and Schadt CW. . pmid:21764952. PubMed HubMed [Populus]
2. Hodkinson BP, Gottel NR, Schadt CW, and Lutzoni F. . pmid:21906220. PubMed HubMed [Lichen]
3. Sullivan TS, Gottel NR, Basta N, Jardine PM, and Schadt CW. . pmid:22729539. PubMed HubMed [FiringRangeSoil]