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Monash University: Melbourne, AU

2024-08-12 to present | Research Fellow (Biochemistry and Molecular Biolofy)
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Luis Enrique Valentin-Alvarado

Innovative Genomics Institute: CA, CA, US

2018-02-02 to 2024-07-31 | Graduate student (Microbiology)
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Luis Enrique Valentin-Alvarado

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: MA, MA, US

2016-06-04 to 2018-05-02 | Research Assistant (Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry)
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Luis Enrique Valentin-Alvarado

Education and qualifications (2)

University of California Berkeley: Berkeley, CA, US

2018-08-07 to 2024-02-14 | PhD in Microbiology (Plant and Microbial Biology)
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Luis Enrique Valentin-Alvarado

Universidad de Puerto Rico en Humacao: Humacao, PR

2011-08-14 to 2016-05-05 | Microbiology/BS and minor in Chemistry (Biology)
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Luis Enrique Valentin-Alvarado

Works (15)

Convergent evolution of viral-like Borg archaeal extrachromosomal elements and giant eukaryotic viruses

2024-11-06 | Preprint
Contributors: Jillian F. Banfield; Luis E. Valentin-Alvarado; Ling-Dong Shi; Colin Michael Robinson; Rebecca S. Bamert; Fasseli Coulibaly; Zachary K. Barth; Frank O. Aylward; Marie C Schoelmerich; Shufei Lei et al.
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Complete genomes of Asgard archaea reveal diverse integrated and mobile genetic elements

Genome Research
2024-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Luis E. Valentin-Alvarado; Ling-Dong Shi; Kathryn E. Appler; Alexander Crits-Christoph; Valerie De Anda; Benjamin A. Adler; Michael L. Cui; Lynn Ly; Pedro Leão; Richard J. Roberts et al.
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Asgard archaea modulate potential methanogenesis substrates in wetland soil

Nature Communications
2024-07-31 | Journal article
Contributors: Luis E. Valentin-Alvarado; Kathryn E. Appler; Valerie De Anda; Marie C. Schoelmerich; Jacob West-Roberts; Veronika Kivenson; Alexander Crits-Christoph; Lynn Ly; Rohan Sachdeva; Chris Greening et al.
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Minimal and hybrid hydrogenases are active from archaea

Cell
2024-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0092-8674
Contributors: Chris Greening; Princess R. Cabotaje; Luis E. Valentin Alvarado; Pok Man Leung; Henrik Land; Thiago Rodrigues-Oliveira; Rafael I. Ponce-Toledo; Moritz Senger; Max A. Klamke; Michael Milton et al.
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Luis Enrique Valentin-Alvarado

Archaeal genomes used in the study "<b>Unique minimal and hybrid hydrogenases are active from anaerobic archaea</b>".

2024-04-11 | Dataset | Author
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Contributors: Luis Enrique Valentin-Alvarado; Chris Greening
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Characterization of sediment and granite hosted deep underground research laboratories reveals diverse microbiome functions, limited temporal variation and substantial genomic conservation

2024-03-28 | Preprint
Contributors: Yuki Amamo; Rohan Sachdeva; Daniel Gittins; Karthik Anantharaman; Shufei Lei; Luis E Valentin Alvarado; Spencer Diamond; Hikari Beppu; Teruki Iwatsuki; Akihito Mochizuki et al.
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Genetic elements and defense systems drive diversification and evolution in Asgard archaea

2024-03-23 | Preprint
Contributors: Luis E. Valentin-Alvarado; Ling-Dong Shi; Kathryn E. Appler; Alexander Crits-Christoph; Michael Cui; Valerie De Anda; Pedro Leão; Benjamin A. Adler; Richard J. Roberts; Rohan Sachdeva et al.
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Autotrophic biofilms sustained by deeply sourced groundwater host diverse bacteria implicated in sulfur and hydrogen metabolism

Microbiome
2024-01-26 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2049-2618
Contributors: Luis E. Valentin-Alvarado; Sirine C. Fakra; Alexander J. Probst; Jonathan R. Giska; Alexander L. Jaffe; Luke M. Oltrogge; Jacob West-Roberts; Joel Rowland; Michael Manga; David F. Savage et al.
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Luis Enrique Valentin-Alvarado

Asgard archaea modulate potential methanogenesis substrates in wetland soil

2023-11-22 | Preprint
Contributors: Luis E. Valentin-Alvarado; Kathryn E. Appler; Valerie De Anda; Marie C. Schoelmerich; Jacob West-Roberts; Veronika Kivenson; Alexander Crits-Christoph; Lynn Ly; Rohan Sachdeva; David F. Savage et al.
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Giant genes are rare but implicated in cell wall degradation by predatory bacteria

2023-11-22 | Preprint
Contributors: Jacob West-Roberts; Luis Valentin-Alvarado; Susan Mullen; Rohan Sachdeva; Justin Smith; Laura A. Hug; Daniel S. Gregoire; Wentso Liu; Tzu-Yu Lin; Gabriel Husain et al.
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Rubisco Function, Evolution, and Engineering

Annual Review of Biochemistry
2023-06-20 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0066-4154
Part of ISSN: 1545-4509
Contributors: Noam Prywes; Naiya R. Phillips; Owen T. Tuck; Luis E. Valentin-Alvarado; David F. Savage
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Autotrophic biofilms sustained by deeply-sourced groundwater host diverse CPR bacteria implicated in sulfur and hydrogen metabolism

2022-11-17 | Preprint
Contributors: Luis E. Valentin Alvarado; Sirine C. Fakra; Alexander J. Probst; Jonathan R. Giska; Alexander L. Jaffe; Luke M. Oltrogge; Jacob West-Roberts; Joel Rowland; Michael Manga; David F. Savage et al.
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Borgs are giant genetic elements with potential to expand metabolic capacity

Nature
2022-10-27 | Journal article
Contributors: Basem Al-Shayeb; Marie C. Schoelmerich; Jacob West-Roberts; Luis E. Valentin-Alvarado; Rohan Sachdeva; Susan Mullen; Alexander Crits-Christoph; Michael J. Wilkins; Kenneth H. Williams; Jennifer A. Doudna et al.
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Patterns of gene content and co-occurrence constrain the evolutionary path toward animal association in CPR bacteria

2021-03-03 | Preprint
Contributors: Alexander L. Jaffe; Christine He; Ray Keren; Luis E. Valentin-Alvarado; Patrick Munk; Keith Bouma-Gregson; Ibrahim F. Farag; Yuki Amano; Rohan Sachdeva; Patrick T. West et al.
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Discovery and characterization of a novel family of prokaryotic nanocompartments involved in sulfur metabolism

2020-05-25 | Other
Contributors: Robert J. Nichols; Benjamin LaFrance; Naiya R. Phillips; Luke M. Oltrogge; Luis E. Valentin-Alvarado; Amanda J. Bischoff; Eva Nogales; David F. Savage
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Peer review (3 reviews for 2 publications/grants)

Review activity for Communications earth & environment. (1)
Review activity for The ISME journal (2)