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Trevor Sorrells, PhD

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Assistant Professor of Genetics
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Yale School of Medicine

PO Box 208005

New Haven, CT 06520-8005

United States

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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 Subject Headings (MeSH)

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
1,121Citations

Publications

2022

2020

2018

2015

2013

2012

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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Mailing Address

Yale School of Medicine

PO Box 208005

New Haven, CT 06520-8005

United States

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