Paul Keim
	Telephone: 928-523-1078 Email:Paul.Keim@nau.edu Office:BBC235 More info: www.kgl.nau.edu Research/Teaching Interests: genetic analysis of diverse organisms including bacteria, fungi, birds, plants and animals Academic Highlights: Facutly: Northern Arizona University, 1989 Postdoctoral Fellow: Iowa State University, 1987-1988 Postdoctoral Fellow/Research Assistant Professor: University of Utah, 1981-1987 PhD:University of Kansas, Plant Biochemistry, 1981 BS: Northern Arizona University, Biology and Chemistry, 1977
Dr. Keim works on the molecular genetic analysis of diverse organisms including bacteria, fungi, birds, plants and animals. This primarily focused on defining population structure or addressing systematic issue. In a few cases, this approach has been used in forensic investigations of criminal acts.

 

Selected publications

Pearson, Talima, Joseph Busch, Jacques Ravel, Tim Read, Shane Rhoton, Jana U’Ren, Tatum Simonson, Sergey Kachur, Rebecca Leadem, Michelle Cardon, Matthew VanErt, Lynn Huynh, Claire Fraser and Paul Keim. Phylogenetic discovery bias in Bacillus anthracis using single nucleotide polymorphisms from whole genome sequencing. In press. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA). Johansson*, Anders, Jason Farlow*, Pär Larsson, Meghan Dukarich, Elias Chambers, Mona Byström, James Fox, May Chu, Mats Forsman, Anders Sjöstedt, And Paul Keim. 2004. World-Wide Genetic Relationships Among Francisella tularensis Isolates Using Multiple-Locus Variable-Number Tandem Repeat Analysis (MLVA). J. Bacteriology 186:5808-5818. Girard*, Jessica M., David M. Wagner*, Amy J. Vogler, Christine Keys, Christopher J. Allender, Lee C. Drickamer, Paul Keim. 2004. Plague Population Genetic Structure is Determined by Transmission Dynamics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA). 101:8409-8413. (cover photo). Keim, Paul, Matthew Van Ert, Talima Pearson, Amy Vogler, Lynn Hyunh, and David Wagner. 2004. Anthrax Molecular Epidemiology and Forensics: Using Different Markers for the Appropriate Evolutionary Scales. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 4:205-213. Read, TD, S.L. Salzberg, M. Pop, M. Shumway, L. Umayam, L. Jiang, E. Holtzapple, J. Busch, K.L. Smith, J.M. Schupp, D. Solomon, P. Keim, C.M. Fraser. 2002. Comparative Genome Sequencing for Discovery of Novel Polymorphisms in Bacillus anthracis. Science. 296:2028-2033.