Gerald Joyce

Gerald Joyce
Born1956 (age 67–68)
Kansas, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Chicago
University of California, San Diego
SpouseNancy McTigue
Scientific career
InstitutionsSalk Institute for Biological Studies
The Scripps Research Institute
Websitewww.salk.edu/scientist/gerald-joyce/

Gerald Francis "Jerry" Joyce (born 1956) is president and professor at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and was previously the director of the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation. He is best known for his work on in vitro evolution, for the discovery of the first DNA enzyme (deoxyribozyme), for his work in discovering potential RNA world ribozymes, and more in general for his work on the origin of life.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Lincoln, T. A.; Joyce, G. F. (2009). "Self-Sustained Replication of an RNA Enzyme". Science. 323 (5918): 1229–1232. Bibcode:2009Sci...323.1229L. doi:10.1126/science.1167856. PMC 2652413. PMID 19131595.
  2. ^ Wilson da Silva, "Life-like evolution in a test tube" Archived 2012-04-02 at the Wayback Machine, Cosmos Magazine Online
  3. ^ “Salk Institute names Gerald Joyce senior vice president and chief science officer”