Faculty Profile

Fields of Study

Microbial Evolutionary Genetics

Areas of Focus

Biochemistry

Research Interest

Biochemistry.

About Julian Adams

Dr. Adams’ laboratory studies a range of problems in the population genetics and evolution of microorganisms. Current projects concern (1) the analysis of the role of transposable elements and gross chromosomal rearrangements in the generation of adaptive genetic change in populations of S. cerevisiae, (2) the analysis of the evolutionary dynamics and physiological basis of polymorphisms arising in evolving populations of E. coli and S. cerevisiae, and (3) molecular and biochemical characterization of the process of adaptation in microbial populations. Dr. Adams also has interests in human population genetics; he is currently working with the genetic and demographic structure of human isolates.

Academic Background
Dr. Adams received his Ph.D. degree from the University of California at Davis. He has held visiting appointments at universities in Brazil and Germany. In 1996 he received a Faculty Recognition Award by the University. From 1996 until 2001 he was Chair of the Department of Biology. He serves as Associate Editor for the journals Molecular Biology and Evolution and Genetica and was Chair of the 1997 Gordon Research Conference on Microbial Population Biology.

Publications

J. Adams (2005). "Nuclear and Mitochondrial DNA in the courtroom." J. Law and Policy 13: 69-97.

J. Adams (2005). "Evolution of complexity in microbial populations." In: Perspectives on Adaptation in Natural and Artificial Systems Eds. L. Booker, S. Forrest, M. Mitchell, and R. Riolo. Pp. 199-212. Oxford University Press.

D. Faure, R. Frederick, D. Wloch, P. Portier, M. Blot, J. Adams (2004). "Genomic Changes arising in long term stab cultures of Escherichia coli." J. Bacteriol. October; 186(19): 6437-6442. Read Publication.

J. Adams (2004). "Microbial Evolution in Laboratory Environments." Res. Microbial. In press.

L. Booker, S. Forrest, M. Mitchell, and R. Riolo (2004). Blanc V.M. and J. Adams (2004). "Ty1 insertions in intergenic regions of the genome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae transcribed by RNA polymerase III have no detectable selective effect." FEMS Yeast Research 4: 487-491.

Blanc V.M. and J. Adams (2003). "Evolution in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: identification of mutations increasing fitness in laboratory populations." Genetics 165: 975-983.

Dunham, M.J., H. Badrane, T. Ferea, J. Adams, P.O. Brown, R.F. Rosenzweig, D. Botstein (2002). "Characteristic genome rearrangements accompany experimental evolution of S. cerevisiae." Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 99: 16144-16149.

Balliet, G., E.E. Castilla, J. Adams, I.M. Orioli, V. Martínez, S.M. Richard, N.O. Bianchi (2001). "Correlation between Molecular and conventional genealogies in Aicuña; a rural population from Northwestern Agentina." Hum. Hered. 51: 150-159.

Treves, D.S., S. Manning, and J. Adams (1998). "Repeated Evolution of an acetate cross-feeding polymorphism in long-term populations of Escherichia coli." Mol. Biol. & Evol 15: 789-797.

Castilla, E.E. and J. Adams (1996). "enealogical Information and the Structure of Rural Latin American Populations: Reality and Fantasy." Hum. Hered. 46: 241-255.

Rosenzweig, R.F., R.R.Sharp, D.S. Treves, and J. Adams (1994). "Microbial evolution in a simple unstructured environment: Genetic differentiation in Escherichia coli." Genetics 137: 903-917.

Wilke, C.M. and J. Adams (1992). "Fitness effects of Ty transposition in Saccharomyces cerevisiae." Genetics 131: 31-42.

Johnson, R. and J. Adams (1992). "The ecology and evolution of tetracycline resistance." Trends in Ecology and Evolution 7: 295-299.