Professor Gene Tyson

Faculty of Health,
School of Biomedical Sciences
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Biography
Over the last 15 years, Professor Tyson has established himself as an internationally recognised expert in the development and application of meta-omic and bioinformatic approaches to understand microbial communities in clinical and environmental systems. His research has had substantial reach and significance, including papers demonstrating the development and application of metagenomics (Nature, 2004), metatranscriptomics (PNAS, 2008; Nature 2009), and metaproteomics (Science, 2005) to microbial communities. These approaches bypass traditional cultivation bottlenecks, and have revolutionised how the structure and function of microbial communities is studied. This research has paved the way for numerous important discoveries in microbiology, including work by CI Tyson’s team which has led to identifying important microbial lineages that regulate the Earth’s carbon cycle (Nature, 2015; Science 2018), previously unknown bacterial and archaeal lineages (Nature Microbiology, 2016; Nature Microbiology, 2017), and characterisation of novel microbial metabolic functions (Nature, 2013; Nature, 2018). Professor Tyson's team has also made important contributions to the development of novel bioinformatic tools for the analysis of meta-omic data (Nature Methods, 2012; Nucleic Acids, 2013, Bioinformatics, 2014; Genome Research, 2015; Nucleic Acids, 2018). These widely used and highly cited bioinformatic tools (>5,000 citations) have undoubtedly helped the widespread adoption of meta-omics in microbiology.Contact
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Personal details
Positions
- Professor of Microbial Genomics
Faculty of Health,
School of Biomedical Sciences- Kelvin Grove Q Block Membership
Institute of Health Biomedical Innovation (IHBI),
IHBI Health Projects - Kelvin Grove Q Block Membership
Discipline
Microbiology, Genetics, Medical Microbiology
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- PhD
Experience
In addition to the knowledge impacts of Professor Tyson’s academic research, significant economic impact for Australia have been achieved through commercialisation of his research. Recognising the potential of meta-omics to understand the role of the microbiome in human health and disease, Professor Tyson co-founded Microba, a microbial biotechnology company aimed at developing microbiome-derived diagnostics and therapeutics. Microba currently employs 50+ people in Australia and the United States, with operations in seven different countries.
Selected publications
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Gene, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).