	Robert K. Jansen Sidney F. and Doris Blake Centennial Professor, Section of Integrative Biology see also the Center for Computational Biology & Bioinformatics
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E-mail: jansen@mail.utexas.edu Admin Office: BIO 404 , (512) 232-5661 fax (512) 232-9529 Academic Office: BIO 212, (512) 471-8827 Lab: BIO 225 (512) 471-8854	Education B.S., Biology, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 1976, cum laude Ph.D., Botany, Ohio State University, 1982 Postdoc, University of Michigan, 1984-1987 Research Interests Dr. Jansen studies molecular systematics and evolution, evolution and systematics of the Asteraceae and Campanulaceae, chloroplast genome evolution, and the origin and evolution of oceanic island floras. More information - see a more detailed description of Dr. Jansen's research interests. Research Group Tim Chumley, tchumley@mail.utexas.edu Chris Blazier, chrisblazier@yahoo.com Zhengqiu Cai, caizhq@mail.utexas.edu Sontee Dastidar, sayantani@mail.utexas.edu Barbara Goodson, bgoodson@mail.utexas.edu Mary Guisinger, mary.guisinger@mail.utexas.edu Debra Hansen, drhansen@mail.utexas.edu Katie Hansen, k.hansen@mail.utexas.edu Taylor Quedensley, quedensley@mail.utexas.edu Elizabeth Ruck, eruck@mail.utexas.edu Roxi Steele, roxisteele@mail.utexas.edu More information - see also a list of past graduate students on Dr. Jansen's CV. Instruction FS 301 - Genetically Modified Organisms BOT 419 - Native Plants BIO 384K - Chloroplast Genomics More information - see list of courses taught at UT on Dr. Jansen's CV. Awards/Honors Sigma Xi member, 1977-present ISI Highly cited Publications Cosner, M.E., L.A. Raubeson, and R.K. Jansen. 2004. Chloroplast DNA rearrangements in Campanulaceae: phylogenetic utility of highly rearranged genomes. BMC Evolutionary Biology 4: 27. (pdf) Wyman, S.K., J.L. Boore, and R.K. Jansen. 2004. Automatic annotation of organellar genomes with DOGMA. Bioinformatics 20: 3252-3255. (pdf) Kim, K.-J., K.-S. Choi, and R. K. Jansen. 2005. Two chloroplast DNA inversions originated simultaneously during the early evolution of the sunflower family (Asteraceae). Molecular Biology and Evolution 22: 1783-1792. (pdf) Jansen, R.K., L. A. Raubeson, J.L. Boore, C.W. dePamphilis, T.W. Chumley, R.C. Haberle, S.K. Wyman, A.J. Alverson, R.Peery, S.J. Herman, H.M. Fourcade, J.V. Kuehl, J.R. McNeal, J. Leebens-Mack, and L. Cui. 2005. Methods for obtaining and analyzing chloroplast genome sequences. Methods in Enzymology 395: 348-384. (pdf) Leebens-Mack, J., L.A. Raubeson, L. Cui, J. Kuehl, M. Fourcade, T. Chumley, J.L. Boore, R.K. Jansen, and C.W. dePamphilis. 2005. Identifying the basal angiosperms in chloroplast genome phylogenies: Sampling one's way out of the Felsenstein zone. Molecular Biology and Evolution 22: 1948-1963. (pdf) Saski, C., S. Lee, H. Daniell, T. Wood, J. Tomkins, H.-G. Kim, and R.K. Jansen. 2005. Complete chloroplast genome sequence of Glycine max and comparative analyses with other legume genomes. Plant Molecular Biology 59:309-322. (pdf) Cui, L., N. Veeraraghavan, K. Wall, R.K. Jansen, J. Leebens-Mack, I. Makalowska, C. W. dePamphilis. 2006. ChloroplastDB: the chloroplast genome database. Nucleic Acids Research 34:D692-D696. (pdf) Goodson, B.E., A. Santos-Guerra, and R.K. Jansen. 2006. Molecular systematics of Descurainia (Brassicaceae) in the Canary Islands: biogeographic and taxonomic implications. Taxon 55: 671-682. (pdf) Chumley, T.W., J.D. Palmer, J.P. Mower, J.L. Boore, H.M. Fourcade, P.J. Caile, and R.K. Jansen. 2006. The completed chloroplast genome sequence of Pelargonium x hortorum: Organization and evolution of the largest and most highly rearranged chloroplast genome of land plants. Molecular Biology and Evolution 23: 1-16. (pdf) Jansen, R.K., C. Kaittanis, C. Saski, S-B. Lee, J. Tompkins, A. J. Alverson, and, H. Daniell. 2006. Phylogenetic analyses of Vitis (Vitaceae) based on complete chloroplast genome sequences: Effects of taxon sampling and phylogenetic methods on resolving relationships among Rosids. BMC Evolutionary Biology 6: 32. (pdf) Hansen, A. K., L. E. Gilbert, B. B. Simpson, S. R. Downie, A. C. Cervi, and R. K. Jansen. 2006. Phylogenetic relationships and chromosome evolution in tropical Passiflora based on cpDNA trnL/trnT intergenic spacer sequences and distribution of the chloroplast rpoC1 intron. Systematic Botany 31: 138-150. (pdf) Cai, Z., C. Penaflor, J.V. Kuehl, J. Leebens-Mack, J. Carlson, C.W. dePamphilis, and R.K. Jansen. 2006. Complete plastid genome sequences of Drimys, Liriodendron, and Piper: Implications for the phylogeny of magnoliids. BMC Evolutionary Biology 6:77. (pdf) More information - see also a full publication list on Dr. Jansen's CV.

Robert K. Jansen

Sidney F. and Doris Blake Centennial Professor, Section of Integrative Biology
see also the Center for Computational Biology & Bioinformatics

Lab Web Page

E-mail:
jansen@mail.utexas.edu
Admin Office:
BIO 404 ,
(512) 232-5661
fax (512) 232-9529
Academic Office:
BIO 212,
(512) 471-8827
Lab:
BIO 225
(512) 471-8854

Education

B.S., Biology, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 1976, cum laude
Ph.D., Botany, Ohio State University, 1982
Postdoc, University of Michigan, 1984-1987

Research Interests

Dr. Jansen studies molecular systematics and evolution, evolution and systematics of the Asteraceae and Campanulaceae, chloroplast genome evolution, and the origin and evolution of oceanic island floras.

More information - see a more detailed description of Dr. Jansen's research interests.

Research Group

Tim Chumley, tchumley@mail.utexas.edu
Chris Blazier, chrisblazier@yahoo.com
Zhengqiu Cai, caizhq@mail.utexas.edu
Sontee Dastidar, sayantani@mail.utexas.edu
Barbara Goodson, bgoodson@mail.utexas.edu
Mary Guisinger, mary.guisinger@mail.utexas.edu
Debra Hansen, drhansen@mail.utexas.edu
Katie Hansen, k.hansen@mail.utexas.edu
Taylor Quedensley, quedensley@mail.utexas.edu
Elizabeth Ruck, eruck@mail.utexas.edu
Roxi Steele, roxisteele@mail.utexas.edu

More information - see also a list of past graduate students on Dr. Jansen's CV.

Instruction

FS 301 - Genetically Modified Organisms
BOT 419 - Native Plants
BIO 384K - Chloroplast Genomics

More information - see list of courses taught at UT on Dr. Jansen's CV.

Awards/Honors

Sigma Xi member, 1977-present
ISI Highly cited

Publications

Cosner, M.E., L.A. Raubeson, and R.K. Jansen. 2004. Chloroplast DNA rearrangements in Campanulaceae: phylogenetic utility of highly rearranged genomes. BMC Evolutionary Biology 4: 27. (pdf)
Wyman, S.K., J.L. Boore, and R.K. Jansen. 2004. Automatic annotation of organellar genomes with DOGMA. Bioinformatics 20: 3252-3255. (pdf)
Kim, K.-J., K.-S. Choi, and R. K. Jansen. 2005. Two chloroplast DNA inversions originated simultaneously during the early evolution of the sunflower family (Asteraceae). Molecular Biology and Evolution 22: 1783-1792. (pdf)
Jansen, R.K., L. A. Raubeson, J.L. Boore, C.W. dePamphilis, T.W. Chumley, R.C. Haberle, S.K. Wyman, A.J. Alverson, R.Peery, S.J. Herman, H.M. Fourcade, J.V. Kuehl, J.R. McNeal, J. Leebens-Mack, and L. Cui. 2005. Methods for obtaining and analyzing chloroplast genome sequences. Methods in Enzymology 395: 348-384. (pdf)
Leebens-Mack, J., L.A. Raubeson, L. Cui, J. Kuehl, M. Fourcade, T. Chumley, J.L. Boore, R.K. Jansen, and C.W. dePamphilis. 2005. Identifying the basal angiosperms in chloroplast genome phylogenies: Sampling one's way out of the Felsenstein zone. Molecular Biology and Evolution 22: 1948-1963. (pdf)
Saski, C., S. Lee, H. Daniell, T. Wood, J. Tomkins, H.-G. Kim, and R.K. Jansen. 2005. Complete chloroplast genome sequence of Glycine max and comparative analyses with other legume genomes. Plant Molecular Biology 59:309-322. (pdf)
Cui, L., N. Veeraraghavan, K. Wall, R.K. Jansen, J. Leebens-Mack, I. Makalowska, C. W. dePamphilis. 2006. ChloroplastDB: the chloroplast genome database. Nucleic Acids Research 34:D692-D696. (pdf)
Goodson, B.E., A. Santos-Guerra, and R.K. Jansen. 2006. Molecular systematics of Descurainia (Brassicaceae) in the Canary Islands: biogeographic and taxonomic implications. Taxon 55: 671-682. (pdf)
Chumley, T.W., J.D. Palmer, J.P. Mower, J.L. Boore, H.M. Fourcade, P.J. Caile, and R.K. Jansen. 2006. The completed chloroplast genome sequence of Pelargonium x hortorum: Organization and evolution of the largest and most highly rearranged chloroplast genome of land plants. Molecular Biology and Evolution 23: 1-16. (pdf)
Jansen, R.K., C. Kaittanis, C. Saski, S-B. Lee, J. Tompkins, A. J. Alverson, and, H. Daniell. 2006. Phylogenetic analyses of Vitis (Vitaceae) based on complete chloroplast genome sequences: Effects of taxon sampling and phylogenetic methods on resolving relationships among Rosids. BMC Evolutionary Biology 6: 32. (pdf)
Hansen, A. K., L. E. Gilbert, B. B. Simpson, S. R. Downie, A. C. Cervi, and R. K. Jansen. 2006. Phylogenetic relationships and chromosome evolution in tropical Passiflora based on cpDNA trnL/trnT intergenic spacer sequences and distribution of the chloroplast rpoC1 intron. Systematic Botany 31: 138-150. (pdf)
Cai, Z., C. Penaflor, J.V. Kuehl, J. Leebens-Mack, J. Carlson, C.W. dePamphilis, and R.K. Jansen. 2006. Complete plastid genome sequences of Drimys, Liriodendron, and Piper: Implications for the phylogeny of magnoliids. BMC Evolutionary Biology 6:77. (pdf)

More information - see also a full publication list on Dr. Jansen's CV.