Disclosures

Jonathan Eisen’s major disclosures from April 2021

  • Employment
    • I am a Professor at the University of California, Davis and hold an Adjunct Appointment at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the DOE Joint Genome Institute.
    • Previously I worked at The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) in Rockville, MD and had an Adjunct Faculty appointment in the Biology Department at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore MD
  • Education
    • I was a PhD student at Stanford University in the lab of Philip C. Hanawalt
    • I was an undergraduate at Harvard College where I worked in the labs of Colleen M. Cavanaugh and Fakhri A. Bazzaz.
  • Corporate disclosures (Advisory Boards, Stock Options, Funding)
    • I am a scientific advisor to Phylagen and get stock options as compensation.
    • I am a scientific advisor to Animal Biome and get stock options as compensation.
    • I am a scientific advisor to Zymo Research and get paid an annual fee for this
    • My wife worked for Mendel Biotechnology many years ago and we still own a small amount of their stock.
    • I was a on the Scientific Advisory Board of uBiome and got some stock options as compensation. I stepped down form their SAB in 2016.
    • I was on the Scientific Advisory Board of Indigo Agriculture (previously known as Symbiota) and got some stock options as compensation.
    • I am a scientific advisor to Unicorn Meat and Powergut, two very very early start ups.
    • I have performed occasional consulting at an hourly fee for miscellaneous companies through the Guidepoint Global Advisors program.  
  • Research funding
    • I received money from ~2010-2016 for research from the MARS Corporation (they funded two projects in the lab) and they have filed patents related to one of the projects.
    • I have received grants for my research from DOE, NIH, NSF, USDA, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, DARPA, and the Office of Naval Research.
  • Scientific Publishing
    • I have been involved with the Public Library of Science in multiple ways, and my brother Michael Eisen was a co-founder. I receive no money from them (although in theory I can get compensated for expenses). At PLOS Biology, I was the Academic Editor in Chief  and then the Chair of the Advisory Board and now am just a regular Academic Editor.  I also was an Academic Editor at PLOS Computational Biology and have reviewed for other PLOS Journals.
    • I am on the Editorial and/or Advisory Board of a variety of scientific publications including mSystems, PeerJ, and bioRxiv.
  • Other financial disclosures
    • I make some money (some $300 last year) from sales of my Evolution textbook.
  • A detailed CV of mine is here.

Jonathan Eisen’s major disclosures from October 2019

  • Employment
    • I am a Professor at the University of California, Davis and hold an Adjunct Appointment at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the DOE Joint Genome Institute.
    • Previously I worked at The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) in Rockville, MD and had an Adjunct Faculty appointment in the Biology Department at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore MD
  • Education
    • I was a PhD student at Stanford University in the lab of Philip C. Hanawalt
    • I was an undergraduate at Harvard College where I worked in the labs of Colleen M. Cavanaugh and Fakhri A. Bazzaz.
  • Corporate disclosures (Advisory Boards, Stock Options, Funding)
    • My wife worked for Mendel Biotechnology many years ago and we still own a small amount of their stock.
    • I was a on the Scientific Advisory Board of uBiome and got some stock options as compensation. I stepped down in 2016.
    • I am on the Scientific Advisory Board of Indigo Agriculture (previously known as Symbiota) and got some stock options as compensation. I now get paid an honorarium for being on the SAB.
    • I am a scientific advisor to Phylagen and get some stock options as compensation.
    • I am a scientific advisor to Animal Biome and get some stock options as compensation.
    • I am a scientific advisor to Zymo Research and get paid an annual fee for this.
    • I am a scientific advisor to Unicorn Meat and Powergut, to very very early start ups.
    • I have performed occasional consulting at an hourly fee for miscellaneous companies through the Guidepoint Global Advisors program.  I do not really do this often anymore.
  • Research funding
    • I have received money for research from the MARS Corporation (they funded two projects in the lab) and they have filed patents related to one of the projects.
    • I have received grants for my research from DOE, NIH, NSF, USDA, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, DARPA, and the Office of Naval Research.
  • Scientific Publishing
    • I have been involved with the Public Library of Science in multiple ways, and my brother Michael Eisen was a co-founder. I receive no money from them (although in theory I can get compensated for expenses). At PLOS Biology, I was the Academic Editor in Chief  and then the Chair of the Advisory Board and now am just a regular Academic Editor.  I am also an Academic Editor at PLOS Computational Biology and have received for other PLOS Journals.
    • I am on the Editorial and/or Advisory Board of a variety of scientific publications including mSystems, PeerJ, PLOS Computational Biology, and bioRxiv.
  • Other financial disclosures
    • I make some money (some $300 last year) from sales of my Evolution textbook.
  • A detailed CV of mine is here.

Jonathan Eisen’s major disclosures from 2018

  • Employment
    • I am a Professor at the University of California, Davis and hold an Adjunct Appointment at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the DOE Joint Genome Institute.
    • Previously I worked at The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) in Rockville, MD and had an Adjunct Faculty appointment in the Biology Department at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore MD
  • Education
    • I was a PhD student at Stanford University in the lab of Philip C. Hanawalt
    • I was an undergraduate at Harvard College where I worked in the labs of Colleen M. Cavanaugh and Fakhri A. Bazzaz.
  • Corporate disclosures (Advisory Boards, Stock Options, Funding)
    • My wife worked for Mendel Biotechnology many years ago and we still own a small amount of their stock.
    • I was a on the Scientific Advisory Board of uBiome and got some stock options as compensation.
    • I am on the Scientific Advisory Board of Indigo Agriculture and got some stock options as compensation.
    • I am a scientific advisor to Phylagen and get some stock options as compensation.
    • I am a scientific advisor to Zymo Research and get paid an annual fee for this.
    • I have performed occasional consulting at an hourly fee for miscellaneous companies through the Guidepoint Global Advisors program.  This totals ~10 hours per year.
  • Research funding
    • I have received money for research from the MARS Corporation (they funded two projects in the lab) and they have filed patents related to one of the projects.
    • I have received grants for my research from DOE, NIH, NSF, USDA, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, DARPA, and the Office of Naval Research.
  • Scientific Publishing
    • I have been involved with the Public Library of Science in multiple ways, and my brother Michael Eisen was a co-founder. I receive no money from them (although in theory I can get compensated for expenses). At PLOS Biology, I was the Academic Editor in Chief  and then the Chair of the Advisory Board and now am just a regular Academic Editor.  I am also an Academic Editor at PLOS Computational Biology and have received for other PLOS Journals.
    • I am on the Editorial and/or Advisory Board of a variety of scientific publications including mSystems, PeerJ, PLOS Computational Biology, and bioRxiv.
  • Other financial disclosures
    • I make some money (some $300 last year) from sales of my Evolution textbook.
  • A detailed CV of mine is here.

Many misc. and other disclosures will be added via comments to this page.

Jonathan Eisen’s major disclosures from 2016

  • I am a Professor at the University of California, Davis and hold an Adjunct Appointment at the DOE Joint Genome Institute.
  • Previously I worked at The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) and had an Adjunct Faculty appointment at Johns Hopkins University
  • I am involved with the Public Library of Science in multiple ways, and my brother was a co-founder. I receive no money from them (although in theory I can get compensated for expenses). I was the Academic Editor in Chief of PLOS Biology and then the Chair of the Advisory Board of PLOS Biology and now am just a regular Academic Editor.
  • My wife worked for Mendel Biotechnology many years ago and we still own a small amount of their stock.
  • I make some money from sales of my Evolution textbook.
  • I am on the Scientific Advisory Board of uBiome and get some stock options as compensation.
  • I am on the Scientific Advisory Board of Symbiota and get some stock options as compensation.
  • I am a scientific advisory to Phylagen and get some stock options as compensation.
  • I have received money for research from the MARS Corporation (they funded two projects in the lab) and they have filed patents related to one of the projects
  • I have received grants for my research from DOE, NIH, NSF, USDA, the Sloan Foundtion, The Moore Foundation, DARPA, and ONR.

Many misc. and other disclosures will be added via comments to this page.

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