Dr Edmund Moody
BSc, MSc, PhD
Expertise
Dr. Moody works on the evolution of early life, focusing on prokaryotes and the evolution of key enzymes, using comparative genomics and phylogenetic methods.
Current positions
Senior Research Associate
School of Chemistry
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Publications
Selected publications
01/09/2024The nature of the last universal common ancestor and its impact on the early Earth system
Nature Ecology and Evolution
An estimate of the deepest branches of the tree of life from ancient vertically-evolving genes
eLife
Structure of the endosomal Commander complex linked to Ritscher-Schinzel syndrome
Cell
Recent publications
19/12/2025A geological timescale for bacterial evolution and oxygen adaptation
Science
Asgard archaea reveal the conserved principles of ESCRT-III membrane remodeling
Science Advances
Persistence-selection between simulated biogeochemical cycle variants for their distinct effects on the Earth-system
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
The emergence of metabolisms through Earth history and implications for biospheric evolution
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Molecular Dating of the Teleost Whole Genome Duplication (3R) Is Compatible With the Expectations of Delayed Rediploidization
Genome Biology and Evolution
Thesis
Protein evolution and the early history of life
Supervisors
Award date
21/06/2022
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