Carolina DiazA, PhD

Molecular Biologist and Microbiologist

Research Expertise

Molecular evolution
microbiology
origins of life
mutagenesis
RNA

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Publications

Diminishing-returns epistasis decreases adaptability along an evolutionary trajectory
Nature Ecology & Evolution
2017
Genetic background affects epistatic interactions between two beneficial mutations
Biology Letters
2013
Benefit of transferred mutations is better predicted by the fitness of recipients than by their ecological or genetic relatedness
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2016
Mechanisms and selection of evolvability: experimental evidence
FEMS Microbiology Reviews
2013
Quasispecies-like behavior observed in catalytic RNA populations evolving in a test tube
BMC Evolutionary Biology
2010
Accumulation of Deleterious Mutations in Small Abiotic Populations of RNA
Genetics
2007
Darwin’s concepts in a test tube: Parallels between organismal and in vitro evolution
The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology
2009
Complexity through Recombination: From Chemistry to Biology
Entropy
2010
Gel purification of radiolabeled nucleic acids via phosphorimaging: Dip-N-Dot
Analytical Biochemistry
2009
The Continuous Evolution In Vitro Technique
Current Protocols in Nucleic Acid Chemistry
2010
Partitioning the Fitness Components of RNA Populations Evolving In Vitro
PLoS ONE
2013
Ribozyme Mutagenic Evolution: Mechanisms of Survival
Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres
2021
1.6. 39th General assembly of the International Astronautical Federation: COSPAR statement
COSPAR Information Bulletin
1989
Evolutionary Dynamics in Molecular Populations of Ligase Ribozymes
Unknown Venue
2000
Primary and secondary structures of "UR-RNA", a first self-replicating RNA organism co-ancestral to virusoids, tRNAs and 5S rRNAs
Origins of life and evolution of the biosphere
1989
Correction: Partitioning the Fitness Components of RNA Populations Evolving In Vitro
PLoS ONE
2014
Correction: Partitioning the Fitness Components of RNA Populations Evolving In Vitro
PLoS ONE
2014
ChemInform Abstract: Complexity Through Recombination: From Chemistry to Biology
ChemInform
2012

Education

Portland State University

PhD Biology, Biology / March, 2010

Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Universidad Nacional de Colombia

B.S. Biology, Biology / February, 2003

Bogota, D.C.

Experience

Yale University

Research Associate

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology

Postdoctoral researcher / October, 2014September, 2017

Portland State University

Short term visiting researcher / January, 2014July, 2014

New Cambridge School

Science teacher / July, 2013December, 2013

University of Houston

Postdoctoral researcher / July, 2010June, 2012

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