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
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

Autumn 2005
A “perfume” to prevent disease
Early in 1999 John R. Carlson, Ph.D., the Eugene Higgins Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology,...
Spring 2007
Four named AAAS fellows
Four Yale faculty members have been elevated to the rank of fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of...

Autumn 2012
Two named to National Academy of Sciences
Two Yale professors were elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in May. Jorge Galán, Ph.D., D.V.M., the...

Autumn 2008
Is the straight road too narrow?
Demands for cures and a flat NIH budget are putting pressure on scientists to produce findings that go right to the...
Spring 2004
Divining the scent of a human: for mosquito, it’s a molecular event
To most people perspiration ranks low on lists of attractive features, but one creature finds the smell of human sweat...
Summer 2000
Why are we so tasty to bugs? A genetic basis emerges in the lab.
Insects devour up to 40 percent of the world’s crops and spread disease to hundreds of millions of humans and livestock...
Autumn 2005
Researchers discover odor receptor genes in fruit flies
In a finding with profound implications for controlling insect pests that spread disease and cause crop blights,...



