Joanne Sarah Boden

This study traces the evolution of microbial alkaline phosphatases and shows their role in phosphorus recycling through geological time, highlighting their expansion during the Neoproterozoic and their association with specific metabolic strategies.

This study identifies the timing of gene evolution related to multicellularity in cyanobacteria leading up to the Great Oxidation Event.

This study uses phylogenomic analysis to trace the timing of nutrient limitation genes across Earth's history, showing phosphorus genes emerged early, nitrogen later, and iron-related siderophores possibly as early as the Archean.

This study shows microbial exoenzymes played a key role in Earth's oxygenation by enhancing nutrient recycling and supporting cyanobacterial productivity.

This study uses phylogenomic analysis to show that molybdenum-dependent enzymes existed as early as 3.4 billion years ago, suggesting Mo was bioavailable in ancient oceans.