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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1992 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1988 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

John H. Law is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the broad domain of Social Sciences, with a focus on several interconnected subfields including Demography, Health, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Aging, and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems.

Their recent scholarly output covers a range of topics centered around migration, aging, and tourism studies, as well as health disparities and outcomes. Additional focal areas include sleep and related disorders, genetics, aging, and longevity in model organisms, circadian rhythm and melatonin, urban, neighborhood, and segregation studies, and urban transport and accessibility.

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Perceived neighborhood characteristics and activity engagement among racially and ethnically diverse older adults" (2025), published in The Gerontologist
  • "From Ordinary to Extraordinary: the Stylistic Transformation of Zhangzhou Export Porcelain in Late Ming Era" (2025), published in Ming Qing Yanjiu
  • "Family Health Stress and Insomnia Symptoms Among Older Adults: The Moderating Role of Activity Engagement" (2025), published in Journal of Applied Gerontology
  • "The conditions of system failure" (2020), published in IPPR Progressive Review
  • "Table of Contents" (2022), published in Gastro Hep Advances

Their frequent collaborators include Jeffrey E. Stokes, Jeffrey A. Burr, Jaqueline Avila, Annemarie Mol, and Karel Williams.

John H. Law's work has appeared in the following publication venues:

  • The Gerontologist
  • IPPR Progressive Review
  • Gastro Hep Advances
  • Ming Qing Yanjiu
  • Journal of Applied Gerontology

Their contributions span several thematic research areas:

  • Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
  • Urban Transport and Accessibility

John H. Law has been recognized as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences since 1992 and as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 1988.

Best Publications

  • ASSAY OF POLY-β-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID

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  • Comparative genome and proteome analysis of Anopheles gambiae and Drosophila melanogaster.

    Evgeny M. Zdobnov;Christian Von Mering;Ivica Letunic;David Torrents

  • Activation of CB2 cannabinoid receptors by AM1241 inhibits experimental neuropathic pain: Pain inhibition by receptors not present in the CNS

    Mohab M. Ibrahim;Hongfeng Deng;Alexander Zvonok;Debra A. Cockayne

  • Insect Haemolymph Proteins

    M. R. Kanost;J. K. Kawooya;J. H. Law;R. O. Ryan

  • Iron metabolism in insects.

    Helen Nichol;John H. Law;Joy J. Winzerling

  • Structural studies on lipophorin, an insect lipoprotein.

    J P Shapiro;P S Keim;J H Law

  • Molecular structure of an apolipoprotein determined at 2.5-A resolution.

    Deborah R. Breiter;Michael R. Kanost;Matthew M. Benning;Gary Wesenberg

  • Lipid transport in insects.

    J P Shapiro;J H Law;M A Wells

  • The molecular structure of insecticyanin from the tobacco hornworm Manduca sexta L. at 2.6 A resolution.

    H. M. Holden;W. R. Rypniewski;J. H. Law;I. Rayment

  • Role of lipophorin in lipid transport to the insect egg.

    J K Kawooya;J H Law

  • Catalysis by Adsorbed Enzymes THE HYDROLYSIS OF TRIPROPIONIN BY PANCREATIC LIPASE ADSORBED TO SILICONIZED GLASS BEADS

    Howard L. Brockman;John H. Law;Ferenc J. Kézdy

  • Proenzyme of Manduca sexta phenol oxidase: purification, activation, substrate specificity of the active enzyme, and molecular cloning

    Martin Hall;Timothy Scott;Manickam Sugumaran;Kenneth Soderhall

  • Insects as biochemical models.

    J H Law;M A Wells

  • BIOCHEMICAL INSIGHTS DERIVED FROM INSECT DIVERSITY

    John H. Law;José M. C. Ribeiro;Michael A. Wells

  • Mosquito transferrin, an acute-phase protein that is up-regulated upon infection

    Toyoshi Yoshiga;Vida P. Hernandez;Ann M. Fallon;John H. Law

  • Arylphorin, a new protein from Hyalophora cecropia: Comparisons with calliphorin and manducin

    William H. Telfer;Pamela S. Keim;John H. Law

  • Juvenile hormone-specific esterases in the haemolymph of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta

    Larry L. Sanburg;Karl J. Kramer;Ferenc J. Kézdy;John H. Law

  • Drosophila melanogaster transferrin. Cloning, deduced protein sequence, expression during the life cycle, gene localization and up-regulation on bacterial infection.

    Toyoshi Yoshiga;Teodora Georgieva;Boris C. Dunkov;Nedjalka Harizanova

  • Role of juvenile hormone esterases and carrier proteins in insect development

    L L Sanburg;K J Kramer;F J Kezdy;J H Law

  • The Juvenile Hormone Binding Protein in the Hemolymph of Manduca sexta Johannson (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)

    Karl J. Kramer;Larry L. Sanburg;Ferenc J. Kézdy;John H. Law

  • Purification and properties of manducin, an amino acid storage protein of the haemolymph of larval and pupal Manduca sexta

    Steven J. Kramer;Eric C. Mundall;John H. Law

  • Mosquito transferrin, an acute-phase protein that is up-regulated upon infection (cloningysequenceycellsyimmunity)

    Toyoshi Yoshiga;Vida P. Hernandez;M. Fallon;John H. Law

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert O. Ryan
Robert O. Ryan University of Nevada Reno
Michael A. Wells
Michael A. Wells University of Arizona
Karl J. Kramer
Karl J. Kramer Kansas State University
Fotis C. Kafatos
Fotis C. Kafatos Harvard University
Hazel M. Holden
Hazel M. Holden University of Wisconsin–Madison
Ivan Rayment
Ivan Rayment University of Wisconsin–Madison
John N. Galgiani
John N. Galgiani University of Arizona
Jerker Porath
Jerker Porath University of Arizona
Kenneth Söderhäll
Kenneth Söderhäll Uppsala University
Michael R. Kanost
Michael R. Kanost Kansas State University

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