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Evolution and Genetic Dynamics

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Ivan Aksamentov
SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
2
Zhiqiang Gou
Southwest University
3
Katharine L. Korunes
Gad Consulting Services (United States)
4
Giorgio Bianchini
University of Bristol
5
Fritz Obermeyer
Intarcia Therapeutics (United States)
6
Xukang Shen
Princeton University
7
Jason Yang
California Institute of Technology
8
Lejla Daruka
HUN-REN Szegedi Biológiai Kutatóközpont
9
Chang‐Yu Chang
University of Pennsylvania
10
Vivak Soni
Arizona State University

Papers

1
<scp>TreeViewer</scp>: Flexible, modular software to visualise and manipulate phylogenetic trees
Ecology and Evolution|2024
240 cit.
2
Publication in Nature Communications (2025) [81 citations, W4406425222]
Nature Communications|2025
81 cit.
3
Publication in Nature Microbiology (2025) [78 citations, W4406334052]
Nature Microbiology|2025
78 cit.
4
Stochastic Character Mapping, Bayesian Model Selection, and Biosynthetic Pathways Shed New Light on the Evolution of Habitat Preference in Cyanobacteria
Systematic Biology|2024
20 cit.
5
Further Evidence for Strong Nonneutrality of Yeast Synonymous Mutations
Molecular Biology and Evolution|2024
6 cit.
6
Genome of <i>Rhodovulum iodosum</i> , a marine photoferrotroph
Microbiology Resource Announcements|2025
2 cit.
7
NIH Applicant Assistance Program counteracts decades of underrepresentation in SBIR grant awardees
Nature Biotechnology|2024
0 cit.
8
Biogeographic and Genomic Signatures of Thermal Adaptation in Facultative Symbionts
Microbial Ecology|2025
0 cit.
9
Publication in Nature Microbiology (2026) [W7128089982]
Nature Microbiology|2026
0 cit.
10
Publication in Repository of the Academy's Library (Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences) (2025) [W7128662424]
Repository of the Academy's Library (Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences)|2025
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Omar O. Abudayyeh
Brigham and Women's Hospital
2
Maximilian Haeussler
University of California, Santa Cruz
3
Scott C. Tadler
Michigan State University
4
Andrea Sottoriva
Institute of Cancer Research
5
Seth Rakoff-Nahoum
Broad Institute
6
Edze R. Westra
University of Exeter
7
Lea M. Starita
University of Washington
8
James A. Gagnon
University of Utah
9
Gregory M. Findlay
The Francis Crick Institute
10
Kieran Samuk
University of California, Riverside

Papers

1
The UCSC Genome Browser database: 2025 update
Nucleic Acids Research|2024
579 cit.
2
The UCSC Genome Browser database: 2024 update
Nucleic Acids Research|2023
358 cit.
3
The gut microbiome
Current Biology|2022
182 cit.
4
Rapid in silico directed evolution by a protein language model with EVOLVEpro
Science|2024
156 cit.
5
The co-evolution of the genome and epigenome in colorectal cancer
Nature|2022
125 cit.
6
Programmable eukaryotic protein synthesis with RNA sensors by harnessing ADAR
Nature Biotechnology|2022
109 cit.
7
Strain-level fitness in the gut microbiome is an emergent property of glycans and a single metabolite
Cell|2022
90 cit.
8
Immune selection determines tumor antigenicity and influences response to checkpoint inhibitors
Nature Genetics|2023
79 cit.
9
The UCSC Genome Browser database: 2026 update
Nucleic Acids Research|2025
72 cit.
10
Contribution of pks+ E. coli mutations to colorectal carcinogenesis
Nature Communications|2023
62 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Sudhir Kumar
World Healthal Trust
2
Koichiro Tamura
Tokyo Metropolitan University
3
Keith A. Crandall
George Washington University Virginia Campus
4
Richard E. Lenski
Michigan State University
5
Martin A. Nowak
Harvard University
6
Wen‐Hsiung Li
Nanjing Normal University
7
Peter E. Smouse
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
8
James J. Collins
Broad Institute
9
Dieter Ebert
University of Basel
10
James Watmough
University of New Brunswick

Papers

1
MEGA6: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Version 6.0
Molecular Biology and Evolution|2013
47.9k cit.
2
MEGA7: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Version 7.0 for Bigger Datasets
Molecular Biology and Evolution|2016
45.6k cit.
3
MEGA5: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Using Maximum Likelihood, Evolutionary Distance, and Maximum Parsimony Methods
Molecular Biology and Evolution|2011
40.3k cit.
4
MEGA X: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis across Computing Platforms
Molecular Biology and Evolution|2018
38.8k cit.
5
MEGA4: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis (MEGA) Software Version 4.0
Molecular Biology and Evolution|2007
28.8k cit.
6
MEGA11: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Version 11
Molecular Biology and Evolution|2021
22.1k cit.
7
MODELTEST: testing the model of DNA substitution.
Bioinformatics|1998
20.1k cit.
8
<scp>genalex</scp> 6: genetic analysis in Excel. Population genetic software for teaching and research
Molecular Ecology Notes|2005
16.7k cit.
9
GenAlEx 6.5: genetic analysis in Excel. Population genetic software for teaching and research—an update
Bioinformatics|2012
13.2k cit.
10
MEGA3: Integrated software for Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis and sequence alignment
Briefings in Bioinformatics|2004
11.8k cit.

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