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.[1]

Research

The Carlson lab studies insect chemosensation using the model organism Drosophila.[2] Significant contributions to the field include discovery of the olfactory receptor genes in insects using the Drosophila genome, called the Odorant Receptor (Or)[3] gene family, followed by the discovery of the insect taste receptor genes, called the Gustatory Receptor (Gr) [4] gene family, a system to deorphanize insect odorant receptors referred to as the "empty neuron" system,[5] using which a study identified ligands for most of the Drosophila Olfactory Receptor (Or) repertoire[6] and a similar study that characterized the Or repertoire of the Anopheles gambiae mosquito.[7] Carlson lab research has also been featured in Scientific American.[8]

Biography

Carlson earned his A.B. at Harvard University in 1977 and his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1982.[9][10]

Honors

Carlson is a member of the National Academy of Sciences,[11] and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[12] Carlson was awarded the 2011 Genetics Society of America Medal.[13] He is also a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "John R Carlson".
  2. ↑ "Chemosensory Perception in Insects".
  3. ↑ Clyne, P. J.; Warr, C. G.; Freeman, M. R.; Lessing, D.; Kim, J.; Carlson, J. R. (February 1999). "A novel family of divergent seven-transmembrane proteins: candidate odorant receptors in Drosophila". Neuron. 22 (2): 327–338. doi:10.1016/S0896-6273(00)81093-4. ISSN 0896-6273. PMID 10069338.
  4. ↑ Clyne, P. J.; Warr, C. G.; Carlson, J. R. (2000-03-10). "Candidate taste receptors in Drosophila". Science. 287 (5459): 1830–1834. doi:10.1126/science.287.5459.1830. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 10710312.
  5. ↑ Dobritsa, Anna A.; van der Goes van Naters, Wynand; Warr, Coral G.; Steinbrecht, R. Alexander; Carlson, John R. (2003-03-06). "Integrating the molecular and cellular basis of odor coding in the Drosophila antenna". Neuron. 37 (5): 827–841. doi:10.1016/S0896-6273(03)00094-1. ISSN 0896-6273. PMID 12628173.
  6. ↑ Hallem, Elissa; Carlson, John (April 2006). "Coding of Odors by a Receptor Repertoire". Cell. 125 (1): 143–160. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2006.01.050. PMID 16615896.
  7. ↑ Carey, Alison; Wang G; Su CY; Zwiebel LJ; Carlson JR. (March 4, 2010). "Odorant reception in the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae". Nature. 464 (7285): 66–71. doi:10.1038/nature08834. PMC 2833235. PMID 20130575.
  8. ↑ Carlson, John; Alison Carey (July 2011). "Scent of a Human: The Battle against Mosquitoes". Scientific American. 305 (1): 76–79. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0711-76. PMID 21717963.
  9. ↑ "John Carlson".
  10. 1 2 "John Carlson - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation". Archived from the original on 2012-05-07.
  11. ↑ "NAS Members and Foreign Associates Elected". National Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on May 4, 2012. Retrieved May 2, 2012.
  12. ↑ "New 2012 Academy Members by Alphabetical Index" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 22, 2012. Retrieved May 2, 2012.
  13. ↑ Anholt, Robert (April 2011). "The 2011 Genetics Society of America Medal: John Carlson". Genetics. 187 (4): 991. doi:10.1534/genetics.111.127845. PMC 3070535. Retrieved May 2, 2012.


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