Barry G.
Hall
The author of Phylogenetic Trees Made Easy, I retired from the University
of Rochester as Emeritus Professor of Biology in 2003. As Director of the
Bellingham Research Institute I continue to work in the area of phylogenetics
of antibiotic resistance.
Most of my career was devoted to experimental evolution of new enzyme
functions using E. coli as a model system. My study of the Ebg system
remains a classic in that field. I also spent periods working on Cryptic
Genes in microorganisms and on the phenomenon of Adaptive Mutagenesis.
In 1999 I developed an interest in two new fields: phylogenetics and
antibiotic resistance. During 2000-2003 I developed a method for experimentally
predicting the evolution of antibiotic resistance genes and a method for
detecting cryptic antibiotic resistance genes in ghe genomes of antibiotic-sensitive
microorganisms. A patent has been awarded for the former method, and the
latter is the subject of a pending patent application. During the same
period I published phylogenies of severeal antibiotc resistance genes.
Those phylogenies are posted to this web site.
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