Dr Eran Tauber

Dr Eran Tauber
Lecturer in Molecular Evolution

Tel: +44 (0)116 252 3455
Fax: +44 (0)116 252 3378

E-Mail: et22@le.ac.uk

BSc, MSc, PhD, Jerusalem

Background

Eran Tauber earned his PhD in evolutionary biology (1999), at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, studying sensory physiology and evolutionary aspects of insects behaviour. Later, he shifted his focus to genetic and molecular aspects of behaviour, working with deaf Drosophila mutants at the University of Iowa. In 2000, he joined the Department of Genetics at the University of Leicester as a Marie-Curie fellow, where he engaged in studying the circadian clock system in Drosophila. In 2005 he was appointed a lecturer in molecular evolution. His work has been funded by NERC, BBSRC and the Royal Society. He serves as an ad-hoc referee for various journals and funding bodies, and is a member of the BBSRC Pool of Experts, and NERC Peer Review College. He teaches various topics in Genetics and Bioinformatics. His research focuses on evolutionary and molecular mechanisms of behaviour, and involves broad range of techniques, from molecular biology to population genetics and bioinformatics.