Albert Erives

Albert Erives
Born
Adalberto Jorge Erives

(1972-03-04)March 4, 1972
Alma materCalifornia Institute of Technology, University of California, Berkeley
Known forGene regulation, molecular evolution, genomics
AwardsNSF CAREER award
Scientific career
FieldsBiology
InstitutionsUniversity of Iowa, Dartmouth College
Doctoral advisorMichael Levine

Albert Erives (born March 4, 1972) is a developmental geneticist who studies transcriptional enhancers underlying animal development and diseases of development (cancers). Erives also proposed the pacRNA model for the dual origin of the genetic code and universal homochirality. He is known for work at the intersection of genetics, evolution, developmental biology, and gene regulation. He has worked at the California Institute of Technology, University of California, Berkeley, and Dartmouth College, and is an associate professor at the University of Iowa.

Erives has shown how genes of the nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses inform on intermediate steps in the evolution of the linear, chromatinized eukaryotic chromosome and its mechanisms of gene regulation.