Catherine Peichel is an American geneticist who works at the Division Evolutionary Ecology department of the University of Bern. Her research focuses on the genetic bases of speciation, adaptation, and phenotypic diversity, as well as the evolution of sex chromosomes. Much of her research uses three-spined stickleback fish (Gasterosteus aculeatus) as models, both in the lab and in wild populations.[1] She was awarded the Burroughs Wellcome Career Award in the Biomedical Sciences in 2003 for her significant contributions in developing the stickleback as a model system for evolutionary genetics.[2][3]
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| Thesis | Genetic and Molecular Analysis of the Mouse Ulnaless Locus (1991) |
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| Discipline | Biology |
| Sub-discipline | Evolutionary biology, Genetics |
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Peichel was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2020,[4] and the National Academy of Sciences in 2023.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Prof. Dr. Catherine (Katie) Peichel". unibe.ch. 2023-08-09. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
- ^ "Catherine Peichel – John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation..." Retrieved 2024-09-27.
- ^ Burroughs Wellcome Fund (2002). 2002 Annual Report (PDF) (Report). Retrieved 2024-09-27.
- ^ "Catherine L. Peichel | American Academy of Arts and Sciences". www.amacad.org. 2024-09-27. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
- ^ "Catherine L. Peichel – NAS". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved 2024-09-27.