Name John Carlson Role Biologist | Education Harvard College (1977) | |
Awards Guggenheim Fellowship for Natural Sciences, US & Canada | ||
Biology of sawfishes john carlson noaa national marine fisheries service
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.
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- Biology of sawfishes john carlson noaa national marine fisheries service
- Research
- Biography
- Honors
- References
Research
The Carlson lab studies insect chemosensation using the model organism Drosophila. Significant contributions to the field include a study that identified ligands for most of the Drosophila Olfactory Receptor (Or) repertoire and a similar study that characterized the Or repertoire of the Anopheles gambiae mosquito. Carlson lab research has also been featured in Scientific American.
Biography
Carlson earned his A.B. at Harvard University in 1977 and his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1982.
Honors
Carlson is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Carlson was awarded the 2011 Genetics Society of America Medal. He is also a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow.