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Joel Butterwick, PhD

Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
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Assistant Professor of Pharmacology

Biography

Joel obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of Alberta, Canada, and his Ph.D. from Columbia University. He received postdoctoral training in the MacKinnon and Ruta Laboratories at The Rockefeller University before joining the Department of Pharmacology at Yale in 2020. As a postdoc, Joel used single-particle cryo-electron microscopy to determine the first high-resolution structure of an olfactory receptor, the insect Orco. At Yale, Joel is continuing to study smell and taste receptors to elucidate the elementary principles of chemosensory detection.

Appointments

Education & Training

Research Associate
The Rockefeller University (2020)
Postdoctoral Associate
The Rockefeller University (2014)
PhD
Columbia University, Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics (2006)
BSc
University of Alberta, Biochemistry (1999)

Research

Overview

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Biochemistry; Biophysics; Cryoelectron Microscopy; Electrophysiology; Ligand-Gated Ion Channels; Neurosciences; Pharmacology; Smell; Taste

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Joel Butterwick's published research.

Publications

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Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

  • honor

    Whitehall Foundation Research Grant

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Administrative Support

Locations

  • Dr. Butterwick's Office

    Academic Office

    Sterling Hall of Medicine, B-Wing

    333 Cedar Street, Ste SHM B326C

    New Haven, CT 06510

  • Butterwick Lab

    Lab

    Sterling Hall of Medicine, B-Wing

    333 Cedar Street, Ste SHM B334

    New Haven, CT 06510