John Carlson (biologist)

John R. Carlson is an American biologist and professor. He currently holds the Eugene Higgins Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology at Yale University.[1]

Research

The Carlson lab studies insect chemosensation using the model organism Drosophila.[2] Significant contributions to the field include a study that identified ligands for most of the Drosophila Olfactory Receptor (Or) repertoire[3] and a similar study that characterized the Or repertoire of the Anopheles gambiae mosquito.[4] Carlson lab research has also been featured in Scientific American.[5]

Biography

Carlson earned his A.B. at Harvard University in 1977 and his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1982.[6][7]

Honors

Carlson is a member of the National Academy of Sciences,[8] and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[9] Carlson was awarded the 2011 Genetics Society of America Medal.[10] He is also a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "John R Carlson".
  2. ↑ "Chemosensory Perception in Insects".
  3. ↑ Hallem, Elissa; Carlson, John (April 2006). "Coding of Odors by a Receptor Repertoire". Cell 125 (1): 143–160. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2006.01.050. PMID 16615896.
  4. ↑ Carey, Alison; Wang G; Su CY; Zwiebel LJ; Carlson JR. (March 4, 2010). "Odorant reception in the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae". Nature 464 (7285): 66–71. doi:10.1038/nature08834. PMC 2833235. PMID 20130575.
  5. ↑ Carlson, John; Alison Carey (July 2011). "Scent of a Human: The Battle against Mosquitoes". Scientific American 305 (1): 76–79. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0711-76. PMID 21717963.
  6. ↑ "John Carlson".
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "John Carlson - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation".
  8. ↑ "May 1, 2012: NAS Members and Foreign Associates Elected". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 5/2/2012. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  9. ↑ "New 2012 Academy Members by Alphabetical Index". American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 5/2/2012. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  10. ↑ Anholt, Robert (April 2011). "The 2011 Genetics Society of America Medal: John Carlson". Genetics 187 (4): 991. doi:10.1534/genetics.111.127845. Retrieved 5/2/2012. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)