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<p><b>Rob D. Knight</b> (* <a href="1976" title="1976">1976</a> in <a href="Dunedin" title="Dunedin">Dunedin</a>, <a href="Neuseeland" title="Neuseeland">Neuseeland</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ist ein Biologe an der <a href="University_of_California%2C_San_Diego" title="University of California, San Diego">University of California, San Diego</a> (UCSD). Er beschäftigt sich mit großangelegten <a href="Mikrobiom" title="Mikrobiom">Mikrobiom</a>-Analysen und den Beziehungen zwischen verschiedenen Mikrobiomen, Mikrobiomen und ihrer Umwelt und Mikrobiomen und Krankheiten.
</p><p>Knight erwarb 1996 an der <a href="University_of_Otago" title="University of Otago">Otago University</a> einen <a href="Bachelor" title="Bachelor">Bachelor</a> in <a href="Biochemie" title="Biochemie">Biochemie</a> und 2001 an der <a href="Princeton_University" title="Princeton University">Princeton University</a> einen <a href="PhD" class="mw-redirect" title="PhD">PhD</a> in <a href="%C3%96kologie" title="Ökologie">Ökologie</a> und <a href="Evolutionsbiologie" title="Evolutionsbiologie">Evolutionsbiologie</a>. Als Postdoktorand arbeitete an der <a href="University_of_Colorado_Boulder" title="University of Colorado Boulder">University of Colorado Boulder</a>, wo er auch 2004 eine erste Professur erhielt. Von 2009 bis 2014 war er <i>Early Career Scientist</i> für das <a href="Howard_Hughes_Medical_Institute" title="Howard Hughes Medical Institute">Howard Hughes Medical Institute</a> (HHMI).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Seit 2015 ist er an der University of California, San Diego.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Er hat an der medizinischen Fakultät der UCSD eine Professur (für Kinderheilkunde) inne und zusätzlich eine an der dortigen <i>Jacobs School of Engineering</i> (für Informatik).
</p><p>Knight ist Mitbegründer des Earth Microbiome Project, das hunderttausende von Mikrobiomen der Erde sequenziert, des mittels <a href="Crowdfunding" title="Crowdfunding">Crowdfunding</a> finanzierten <i>American Gut Project</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> das Analysen der Mikrobiome des Magen-Darm-Trakts von so vielen Personen wie möglich vornimmt, und des Unternehmens <i>Biota Inc</i>, das <a href="Prospektion_(Geologie)" title="Prospektion (Geologie)">Ölsuche</a> anhand der DNA von Mikroorganismen unterhalb der Erdoberfläche betreibt.
</p><p>2012 wurde Knight zum <i>Fellow</i> der <a href="American_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Science" title="American Association for the Advancement of Science">American Association for the Advancement of Science</a> gewählt. 2015 erhielt er den <i>Vilceck Prize in Creative Promise for the Life Sciences</i>, für 2017 wurde ihm der <a href="Massry-Preis" title="Massry-Preis">Massry-Preis</a> zugesprochen.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2022 erhielt Knight die mit 10.000 Euro dotierte <i><a href="Karl_August_M%C3%B6bius" title="Karl August Möbius">Karl August Möbius</a> Fellowship</i> des Kieler <i>Collaborative Research Centre 1182</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2024 wurde er zum Mitglied der <a href="National_Academy_of_Engineering" title="National Academy of Engineering">National Academy of Engineering</a> gewählt.
</p><p>Rob Knight hat laut <a href="Google_Scholar" title="Google Scholar">Google Scholar</a> einen <a href="H-Index" title="H-Index">h-Index</a> von 235,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> laut Datenbank <a href="Scopus_(Datenbank)" title="Scopus (Datenbank)">Scopus</a> einen von 203<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (jeweils Stand Februar 2024).
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Quellen_und_Verweise">Quellen und Verweise</h2></div>
<p><b>Weblinks</b>
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://knightlab.ucsd.edu/">Knightlab</a> bei der <a href="University_of_California%2C_San_Diego" title="University of California, San Diego">University of California, San Diego</a> (ucsd.edu)</li></ul>
<p><b>Literatur</b>
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<ul><li>Virginia Gewin: <cite class="lang" lang="en" dir="auto" style="font-style:italic">Microbes en masse: The sequencing machine</cite>. In: <cite class="lang" lang="en" dir="auto" style="font-style:italic">Nature</cite>. <span style="white-space:nowrap">Band<span style="display:inline-block;width:.2em"> </span>487</span>, <span style="white-space:nowrap">Nr.<span style="display:inline-block;width:.2em"> </span>7406</span>, 11. Juli 2012, <span style="white-space:nowrap">S.<span style="display:inline-block;width:.2em"> </span>156–158</span>, <a href="Digital_Object_Identifier" title="Digital Object Identifier">doi</a>:<span class="uri-handle" style="white-space:nowrap"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1038/487156a">10.1038/487156a</a></span> (englisch).<span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rfr_id=info:sid/de.wikipedia.org:Rob+Knight&rft.atitle=Microbes+en+masse%3A+The+sequencing+machine&rft.au=Virginia+Gewin&rft.date=2012-07-11&rft.doi=10.1038%2F487156a&rft.genre=journal&rft.issue=7406&rft.jtitle=Nature&rft.pages=156-158&rft.volume=487" style="display:none"> </span></li></ul>
<p><b>Einzelnachweise</b>
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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite">Juliette Irmer: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://derstandard.at/2000047179118/Das-Mikrobiom-im-Darm-hat-an-Vielfalt-verloren"><i>Das Mikrobiom im Darm hat an Vielfalt verloren.</i></a> In: <i><a href="Der_Standard" title="Der Standard">derstandard.at</a>.</i> 9. November 2016,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 30. August 2017</span>.</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3ARob+Knight&rft.title=Das+Mikrobiom+im+Darm+hat+an+Vielfalt+verloren&rft.description=Das+Mikrobiom+im+Darm+hat+an+Vielfalt+verloren&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fderstandard.at%2F2000047179118%2FDas-Mikrobiom-im-Darm-hat-an-Vielfalt-verloren&rft.creator=Juliette+Irmer&rft.date=2016-11-09"> </span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hhmi.org/scientists/rob-knight"><i>Rob Knight, PhD.</i></a> In: <i>hhmi.org.</i><span class="Abrufdatum"> Abgerufen am 30. August 2017</span> (englisch).</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3ARob+Knight&rft.title=Rob+Knight%2C+PhD&rft.description=Rob+Knight%2C+PhD&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hhmi.org%2Fscientists%2Frob-knight&rft.date=&rft.language=en"> </span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite">Gary Robbins: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/science/sdut-ucsd-hire-knight-2015jan11-story.html"><i>UCSD hires star biologist Rob Knight.</i></a> In: <i>sandiegouniontribune.com.</i> 11. Januar 2015,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 30. August 2017</span> (englisch).</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3ARob+Knight&rft.title=UCSD+hires+star+biologist+Rob+Knight&rft.description=UCSD+hires+star+biologist+Rob+Knight&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sandiegouniontribune.com%2Fnews%2Fscience%2Fsdut-ucsd-hire-knight-2015jan11-story.html&rft.creator=Gary+Robbins&rft.date=2015-01-11&rft.language=en"> </span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/feature/american_gut_project_crowdfunds_1_million_to_study_the_human_microbiome"><i>American Gut Project Crowdfunds $1 Million to Study the Human Microbiome.</i></a> In: <i>ucsdnews.ucsd.edu.</i> 29. Oktober 2015,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 30. August 2017</span> (englisch).</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3ARob+Knight&rft.title=American+Gut+Project+Crowdfunds+%241+Million+to+Study+the+Human+Microbiome&rft.description=American+Gut+Project+Crowdfunds+%241+Million+to+Study+the+Human+Microbiome&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fucsdnews.ucsd.edu%2Ffeature%2Famerican_gut_project_crowdfunds_1_million_to_study_the_human_microbiome&rft.date=2015-10-29&rft.language=en"> </span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite">Heather Buschman, Ph D: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://health.ucsd.edu/news/releases/Pages/2017-08-09-2017-massry-prize-honors-microbiome-pioneers.aspx"><i>2017 Massry Prize Honors Microbiome Research Pioneers.</i></a> In: <i>health.ucsd.edu.</i> 9. August 2017,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 30. August 2017</span> (englisch).</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3ARob+Knight&rft.title=2017+Massry+Prize+Honors+Microbiome+Research+Pioneers&rft.description=2017+Massry+Prize+Honors+Microbiome+Research+Pioneers&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fhealth.ucsd.edu%2Fnews%2Freleases%2FPages%2F2017-08-09-2017-massry-prize-honors-microbiome-pioneers.aspx&rft.creator=Heather+Buschman%2C+Ph+D&rft.date=2017-08-09&rft.language=en"> </span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-6">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.otago.ac.nz/biochemistry/news/otago659499.html"><i>Department of Biochemistry alumnus wins Massry Prize.</i></a> In: <i>otago.ac.nz.</i> 15. August 2017,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 30. August 2017</span> (englisch).</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3ARob+Knight&rft.title=Department+of+Biochemistry+alumnus+wins+Massry+Prize&rft.description=Department+of+Biochemistry+alumnus+wins+Massry+Prize&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.otago.ac.nz%2Fbiochemistry%2Fnews%2Fotago659499.html&rft.date=2017-08-15&rft.language=en"> </span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-7">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Eva Sittig: <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://idw-online.de/de/news800918">Professor Rob Knight mit Kieler Möbius-Preis geehrt.</a></i> Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Pressemitteilung vom 8. September 2022 beim <a href="Informationsdienst_Wissenschaft" title="Informationsdienst Wissenschaft">Informationsdienst Wissenschaft</a> (idw-online.de), abgerufen am 8. September 2022.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-8">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=_e3QL94AAAAJ&hl=de"><i>Rob Knight – Google Scholar Citations.</i></a> In: <i>scholar.google.de.</i><span class="Abrufdatum"> Abgerufen am 7. Februar 2024</span> (englisch).</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3ARob+Knight&rft.title=Rob+Knight+%E2%80%93+Google+Scholar+Citations&rft.description=Rob+Knight+%E2%80%93+Google+Scholar+Citations&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fscholar.google.de%2Fcitations%3Fuser%3D_e3QL94AAAAJ%26hl%3Dde&rft.language=en"> </span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-9">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57202526255"><i>Knight, Rob D.</i></a> In: <i>scopus.com.</i> <a href="Scopus_(Datenbank)" title="Scopus (Datenbank)">Scopus</a>,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 7. Februar 2024</span> (englisch).</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3ARob+Knight&rft.title=Knight%2C+Rob+D.&rft.description=Knight%2C+Rob+D.&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scopus.com%2Fauthid%2Fdetail.uri%3FauthorId%3D57202526255&rft.publisher=%5B%5BScopus+%28Datenbank%29%7CScopus%5D%5D&rft.language=en"> </span></span>
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