John R Carlson
Eugene Higgins Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Departments & Organizations
Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental BiologyBiological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Neuroscience | Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics and Development
Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program
Neurodevelopment
Research Interests
Drosophila, olfaction, taste, Anopheles, mosquito
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Education
- AB, Harvard College
- Ph.D., Stanford University
Selected Publication
- Su, C.-Y., Menuz, K., Reisert, J. and Carlson, J. (2012) Non-synaptic inhibition between grouped neurons in an olfactory circuit, Nature 492, 66-71.
Latest Honor and Recognition
- Member, National Academy of Sciences, 2012
Articles
July/August 2010
Grad student lauded for malaria mosquito research
Allison Carey, M.D., Ph.D., who just completed her doctoral studies in Yale’s Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program,...
June 2012
Two Yale scientists are inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Two Yale scientists have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Richard P. Lifton, M.D., Ph.D.,...
Jan/Feb 2010
Sniffing out a strategy to defeat malaria
Humans spend $10 billion per year on deodorants, but to mosquitoes — including Anopheles gambiae, carriers of malaria...
June 2012
Scientists honored for research unveiling molecular machines
The month of May brought the good news that two School of Medicine scientists, each of whom have done pathbreaking work...
Aug/Sept 2005
Finding new perfumes to foil a femme fatale
With the notable exception of the West Nile virus, the industrialized world is blessedly free of mosquito-borne...
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