William Browne

Assistant Professor

201 Cox Science Center, Dept. of Biology
1301 Memorial Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33124

Office:(305) 284-3319
Lab: (305) 284 -8557

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Education and Professional Experience

  • 1994, B.A. in Biological Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
  • 2003, Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
  • 2003-2007, Postdoctoral fellow in Kewalo Marine Lab, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
  • 2007-2009, Assistant Researcher in Kewalo Marine Lab, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
  • 2009-present, Assistant Professor, University of Miami Biology Department

Awards

  • 1991-94, Prince Fellow, Division of Fishes, Field museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL.
  • 2000-03, Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystems Program Grant for field research.
  • 2003, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Postdoctoral Visiting Scientist award.
  • 2004, FASEB/MARC presentation travel award, SDB meeting.
  • 2005, INBRE presentation travel award, SICB meeting.

Grants

  • 1999, NASA Life Sciences Grant (NAG-6033, PI-Nipam H. Patel, symposium grant).
  • 2000-2004 Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystems Program Grant for field research.
  • 2003 NSF DBI-0310269 Postdoctoral Fellow.
  • 2003 Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Postdoctoral Visiting Scientist award.
  • 2006 NAS/NRC Ford Postdoctoral Fellow.
  • 2007 NIH 1 R03 HD054621-01A1 (coPI).
  • 2007 NSF IOS-0718975.

Areas of Focus

  • Development and Neuroscience

Research Interests

Research in the Browne Lab is focused on investigating patterns of change underlying organismal diversity. We employ a multidisciplinary experimental approach to explore the relationships between genotype and phenotype from both developmental and evolutionary perspectives. Developmental studies in the lab use three species as models; the amphipod crustacean Parhyale hawaiensis, the anthozoan cnidarian Nematostella vectensis, and the lobate ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi. Evolutionary investigations include work on a range of species affiliated with these three taxa.

Publications

  • TETRASPORE is required for male meiotic cytokinesis in Arabidopsis thaliana. Spielman, M., Preuss, D., Li, F-L., Browne, W. E., Scott, R. J.. (1997) Development 124, 2645-2657.
  • Assaying genome-wide recombination and centromere functions with Arabidopsis tetrads. Copenhaver, G. P., Browne, W. E., Preuss, D.. (1998) PNAS 95, 247-252. Ancestors and variants: tales from the cryptic. Browne, W. E., Davis, G. K., McClintock, J. M.. (2000) Evolution and Development 2, 130-132.
  • Molecular genetics of crustacean feeding appendage development and diversification. Browne, W. E., Patel, N. H.. (2000) Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology 11, 427-435.
  • Cell lineage analysis of the amphipod crustacean, Parhyale hawaiensis, reveals an early restriction of cell fates. Gerberding, M., Browne, W. E., Patel, N. H.. (2002)Development 129, 5789-5801.
  • Gene duplication and speciation in Drosophila: evidence from the Odysseus locus. Ting, C.-T., Tsaur, S.-C., Sun, S., Browne, W. E., Chen, Y.-C., Patel, N. H., Wu, C.-I.. (2004) PNAS 101, 12232-12235.
  • Molecular genetic and developmental studies on malacostracan Crustacea. Browne, W. E.. (2004) Atoll Research Bulletin 522, 1-21.
  • Stages of embryonic development in the amphipod crustacean, Parhyale hawaiensis. Browne, W. E., Price, A. L., Gerberding, M., Patel, N. H.. (2005) Genesis 42, 124-149.
  • Neuroanatomy of sea spiders implies an appendicular origin of the protocerebral segment. Maxmen, A., Browne, W. E., Martindale, M. Q., Giribet, G.. (2005) Nature 437, 1144-1148.
  • Expression of otd orthologs in the amphipod crustacean, Parhyale hawaiensis. Browne, W. E., Schmid, B. G. M., Wimmer, E. A., Martindale, M. Q.. (2006) Development, Genes, and Evolution 216, 581-595.
  • Phylogenetic analysis of lineage relationships among hyperiid amphipods as revealed by examination of the mitochondrial gene, cytochrome oxidase I (COI). Browne, W. E., Haddock, S. H. D., Martindale, M. Q.. (2007) Integrative and Comparative Biology 47, 815-830.
  • Broad taxon sampling improves resolution of the animal tree of life in phylogenomic analyses. Dunn, C. W., Hejnol, A., Matus, D. Q., Pang, K., Browne, W. E., Smith, S. A., Seaver, E., Rouse, G. W., Obst, M., Edgecombe, G. D., Sørensen, M. V., Haddock, S. H. D., Schmidt-Rhaesa, A., Okusu, A., Kristensen, R., Wheeler, W. C., Martindale, M. Q., Giribet, G.. (2008) Nature 452, 745-749.
  • Conservation of arthropod midline netrin accumulation revealed with a cross-reactive antibody provides evidence for midline cell homology. Simanton, W., Clark, S., Clemons, A., Jacowski, C., Farrell-VanZomeren, A., Beach, P., Browne, W. E., Duman-Scheel, M.. (2009) Evolution and Development 11, 260-268.
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