Catherine Dulac

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Alma mater	University of Paris
Known for	mammalian pheromones
Notable awards	Lounsbery Prize

Catherine Dulac is a biologist notable for research on the molecular biology of olfactory signaling in mammals, particularly including pheromones. She developed a novel screening strategy based on screening cDNA libraries from single neurons and a new method of cloning genes from single neurons. As a postdoc, Dulac discovered the first family of mammalian pheromone receptors with Nobel laureate Richard Axel. Dulac is an Howard Hughes Medical Investigator at Harvard University's Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology.

1 Biography
2 Notable papers
3 Other publications of note
4 Awards
5 Industry positions
6 Notes
7 Further reading
8 External links

[edit] Biography

Dulac grew up in Montpellier, France, and graduated from the École Normale Supérieure de la rue d'Ulm, Paris, and earned a Ph.D. in developmental biology from the University of Paris in 1992. She worked with Nicole Le Douarin on developmental mechanisms, and did a postdoc with Richard Axel at Columbia University where she identified the first genes encoding mammalian pheromone receptors.

Dulac joined the faculty of Harvard in 1996,^[1] and was promoted to associate professor in 2000 and full professor in 2001. She is currently an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

[edit] Notable papers

Kimchi T., Xu, J., and Dulac, C. "A Functional Circuit Underlying Male Sexual Behaviour in the Female Mouse Brain," Nature, v.448, pp. 1009-1014 (2007).
Pantages, E., and Dulac, C. "A New Family of Candidate Pheromone Receptors in Mammals," Neuron, v.28, pp. 835-845 (2000).
Liman, E., Corey, D., and Dulac, C. "TRP2: A Candidate Transduction Channel for Mammalian Pheromone Sensory Signaling", PNAS, v.96, pp. 5791-5796 (1999).
Belluscio, L., Koentges, G., Axel, R., and Dulac, C., "A Map of Pheromone Receptor Activation in the Mammalian Brain," Cell, v.97, pp. 209-220 (1999).
Dulac C. and Axel R., "A Novel Family of Genes Encoding Putative Pheromone Receptors in Mammals," Cell, v.83, pp. 195-206 (1995).

[edit] Other publications of note

Dulac, C. "Sex and the Single Splice," Cell, v.121, pp. 664-666 (2005).
Dulac, C. and Grothe, B. "Editorial: Sensory Systems." Current Opinion in Neurobiology, v.14, pp. 403-406 (2004).
Dulac, C. and Torello, A.T., Review, "Molecular Detection of Pheromone Signals in Mammals: From Genes to Behaviour." Nature Reviews Neuroscience, v. 4, pp. 1-13 (2003)
Dulac, C. "The Physiology of Taste, Vintage 2000", Cell, v.100, pp. 607-610 (2000).