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    Trevor Sorrells, PhD

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    Assistant Professor of Genetics
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    Contact Info

    Yale School of Medicine

    PO Box 208005

    New Haven, CT 06520-8005

    United States

    About

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    Assistant Professor of Genetics

    Biography

    Trevor Sorrells received his B.S. in Biology from Stanford University in 2009. He completed his PhD in the lab of Alexander Johnson at the University of California, San Francisco where he pioneered molecular biological and genomic approaches in non-model yeast species to understand how transcription regulatory networks evolve. This work provided a mechanistic understanding of how network architecture and molecular function dictate the ways in which biological systems change over time. As a postdoctoral fellow with Leslie Vosshall at Rockefeller University, Trevor discovered a persistent behavioral state in the mosquito Aedes aegypti that sustains their pursuit of humans over time. To do this, he introduced optogenetics to study the brain of this important vector of disease. The Sorrells lab studies the neural circuits that control the ability of mosquitoes to bite humans and how this behavior evolved from their non-biting ancestors.

    Appointments

    Education & Training

    Postdoctoral Fellow
    Rockefeller University (2022)
    PhD
    University of California, San Francisco (2016)
    BS
    Stanford University (2009)

    Research

    Overview

    Medical Research Interests

    Behavior, Animal; Biological Evolution; Gene Regulatory Networks; Genetics, Behavioral; Genomics; Mosquito Vectors; Neurobiology; Optogenetics

    Research at a Glance

    Publications Timeline

    A big-picture view of Trevor Sorrells's research output by year.
    10Publications
    1,140Citations

    Publications

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    2011

    Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

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      HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholar

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      NIAID New Innovator Award

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      Bohmfalk Scholar

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      Polak Young Investigator Award

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      Harold M. Weintraub Award

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    Contacts

    Mailing Address

    Yale School of Medicine

    PO Box 208005

    New Haven, CT 06520-8005

    United States

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