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Brett J Baker is an Associate Professor in the Department of Marine Science at the University of Texas at Austin. His research focuses on the application of DNA sequencing technologies and computational analyses to uncover the genomes and transcriptomes of uncultured marine microbial populations. He has developed and implemented environmental omics methodologies to study the metaproteomic aspects of microbial communities, which include fine-scale evolutionary processes. His laboratory leverages contemporary advances in metagenomics, transcriptomics, and proteomics to advance understanding of marine microbial ecology and the evolutionary histories of these organisms. In particular, Baker’s work is significant for discovering marine microbes that are difficult to culture in laboratory settings, thus contributing valuable insights into microbial diversity and function in marine environments.
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