Prof. Ben Koop
Fellow
Current Employer
University of Victoria
Election Year
2009
Academy
Academy of Science
Discipline
Molecular Biology and Genetics
Department
Department of Biology
Keywords
genetics, Evolution, Immunology, Genomics, Molecular Biology
Professor Ben Koop is one of Canada's leading evolutionary geneticists. His career has spanned diverse topics, including the genes of the human immune system and genome duplication in salmonids. He has developed genomic resources to answer questions of great economic and social importance to aquaculture, conservation, and the environment.
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KOOP, Ben –Department of Biology, University of Victoria
Professor Ben Koop is one of Canada's leading evolutionary geneticists. His career has spanned diverse topics, including the genes of the human immune system and genome duplication in salmonids. Using novel bioinformatics technologies, he succeeded in identifying a new pattern of DNA sequence conservation which suggested very different mutation rates over different genomic regions and led to the proposal of a "Mosaic Model of Genomic Evolution." A project leader of the multinational consortium for Genomic Research in All Salmon (cGRASP), he has developed genomic resources to answer questions of great economic and social importance to aquaculture, conservation, and the environment.
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KOOP, Ben –Department of Biology, University of Victoria
Professor Ben Koop is one of Canada's leading evolutionary geneticists. His career has spanned diverse topics, including the genes of the human immune system and genome duplication in salmonids. Using novel bioinformatics technologies, he succeeded in identifying a new pattern of DNA sequence conservation which suggested very different mutation rates over different genomic regions and led to the proposal of a "Mosaic Model of Genomic Evolution." A project leader of the multinational consortium for Genomic Research in All Salmon (cGRASP), he has developed genomic resources to answer questions of great economic and social importance to aquaculture, conservation, and the environment.
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