George Tyson
University of California, Berkeley · Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Active 1995–2024
About
George Tyson is a Lecturer in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of California Berkeley. He has a background in chemical engineering with BS and MS degrees from UC Berkeley and an MBA with a finance emphasis from San Jose State University. His professional experience includes roles such as Head of Operations and Engineering at Novartis, General Manager of Bay Area Operations at Johnson & Johnson, and Vice President of Manufacturing/Pharmaceutical Sciences at three different biotech start-ups. Tyson has also served as a consultant in pharmaceutical development and manufacturing since 2010. In addition to his academic role, George Tyson is actively involved in community and energy initiatives, serving as Director of Silicon Valley Clean Energy, Vice-Mayor of the Town of Los Altos Hills, and holding positions as a board member and treasurer for local organizations such as the Los Altos Hills County Fire District and the Community Health Awareness Council. His teaching includes courses such as CBE 160 - Chemical Process Design, and his professional focus combines extensive industry experience with his academic responsibilities, contributing to the education of future chemical engineers.
Research topics
- Computer Science
- Genetics
- Biology
- Computational biology
- Evolutionary biology
- Astronomy
- Data science
- Ecology
- Library science
- World Wide Web
Selected publications
Author Correction: A genomic catalog of Earth’s microbiomes
Nature Biotechnology · 2021 · 19 citations
- Computer Science
- Computational biology
- Biology
A Correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-021-00898-4.
A genomic catalog of Earth’s microbiomes
Nature Biotechnology · 2020 · 963 citations
- Biology
- Evolutionary biology
- Ecology
The reconstruction of bacterial and archaeal genomes from shotgun metagenomes has enabled insights into the ecology and evolution of environmental and host-associated microbiomes. Here we applied this approach to >10,000 metagenomes collected from diverse habitats covering all of Earth's continents and oceans, including metagenomes from human and animal hosts, engineered environments, and natural and agricultural soils, to capture extant microbial, metabolic and functional potential. This comprehensive catalog includes 52,515 metagenome-assembled genomes representing 12,556 novel candidate species-level operational taxonomic units spanning 135 phyla. The catalog expands the known phylogenetic diversity of bacteria and archaea by 44% and is broadly available for streamlined comparative analyses, interactive exploration, metabolic modeling and bulk download. We demonstrate the utility of this collection for understanding secondary-metabolite biosynthetic potential and for resolving thousands of new host linkages to uncultivated viruses. This resource underscores the value of genome-centric approaches for revealing genomic properties of uncultivated microorganisms that affect ecosystem processes.
Publisher Correction: A genomic catalog of Earth’s microbiomes
Nature Biotechnology · 2020 · 26 citations
- Computer Science
- Computational biology
- Biology
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.
Frequent coauthors
- 136 shared
Philip Hugenholtz
- 94 shared
Ben J. Woodcroft
Translational Research Institute
- 75 shared
Simon Jon McIlroy
Queensland University of Technology
- 63 shared
Donovan H. Parks
- 61 shared
Virginia I. Rich
The Ohio State University
- 52 shared
Jillian F. Banfield
University of California, Berkeley
- 49 shared
Andy O Leu
Queensland University of Technology
- 43 shared
S. R. Saleska
University of Arizona
Education
- 2006
PhD, Community Genomics, Environmental Science Policy and Management
University of California Berkeley
- 2001
Bachelor of Science (Hons.), Microbiology, Microbiology and Parasitology
University of Queensland
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