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John R. Carlson

John R. Carlson

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Neuroscience

D-Index
79
Citations
29058
World Ranking
1658
National Ranking
812

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
79
Citations
27596
World Ranking
4244
National Ranking
2078

Overview

John R. Carlson is affiliated with Yale University in the United States. Their research spans several fields, primarily focusing on Neuroscience, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work includes detailed studies in several subfields such as Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Insect Science, Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Immunology. Their research topics cover a broad range of interests including Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques, Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms, Insect Utilization and Effects, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Insect behavior and control techniques, and Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies.

John R. Carlson has published in multiple reputable scientific venues, most frequently in Current Biology and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, each having four publications. Other publication venues include Cell Reports, eLife, and Nature Communications.

Their recent papers include the following:

  • "Ir56b is an atypical ionotropic receptor that underlies appetitive salt response in Drosophila" (2022, Current Biology)
  • "Evolutionary shifts in taste coding in the fruit pest Drosophila suzukii" (2021, eLife)
  • "Meeting a threat of the Anthropocene: Taste avoidance of metal ions by Drosophila" (2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "The mosquito taste system and disease control" (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "Sight of parasitoid wasps accelerates sexual behavior and upregulates a micropeptide gene in Drosophila" (2021, Nature Communications)

Frequent co-authors working alongside John R. Carlson include:

  • Gaëlle J.S. Talross (13 joint publications)
  • Hany K. M. Dweck (7 joint publications)
  • Shimaa A. M. Ebrahim (4 joint publications)
  • Wanyue Wang (3 joint publications)
  • Lisa Soyeon Baik (3 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Channel Expansion Theory and the Experiential Nature of Media Richness Perceptions

    John R. Carlson;Robert W. Zmud

  • Coding of Odors by a Receptor Repertoire

    Elissa A. Hallem;John R. Carlson

  • The molecular basis of odor coding in the Drosophila antenna.

    Scott A. Kreher;Jae Young Kwon;John R. Carlson

  • A novel family of divergent seven-transmembrane proteins: candidate odorant receptors in Drosophila.

    Peter J. Clyne;Coral G. Warr;Marc R. Freeman;Derek Lessing

  • Odor Coding in the Drosophila Antenna

    Marien de Bruyne;Kara Foster;John R. Carlson

  • Molecular evolution of the insect chemoreceptor gene superfamily in Drosophila melanogaster.

    Hugh M. Robertson;Coral G. Warr;Coral G. Warr;John R. Carlson

  • Candidate Taste Receptors in Drosophila

    Peter J. Clyne;Coral G. Warr;John R. Carlson

  • Odorant reception in the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae

    Allison F. Carey;Guirong Wang;Chih-Ying Su;Laurence J. Zwiebel

  • Integrating the Molecular and Cellular Basis of Odor Coding in the Drosophila Antenna

    Anna A. Dobritsa;Wynand van der Goes van Naters;Coral G. Warr;Coral G. Warr;R.Alexander Steinbrecht

  • Olfactory Perception: Receptors, Cells, and Circuits

    Chih-Ying Su;Karen Menuz;John R. Carlson

  • Two Gr genes underlie sugar reception in Drosophila.

    Anupama Dahanukar;Ya-Ting Lei;Jae Young Kwon;John R. Carlson

  • Insect odor and taste receptors.

    Elissa A. Hallem;Anupama Dahanukar;John R. Carlson

  • The molecular basis of CO2 reception in Drosophila.

    Jae Young Kwon;Anupama Dahanukar;Linnea A. Weiss;John R. Carlson

  • The Molecular and Cellular Basis of Bitter Taste in Drosophila

    Linnea A. Weiss;Anupama Dahanukar;Anupama Dahanukar;Jae Young Kwon;Jae Young Kwon;Diya Banerjee

  • Odor coding in a model olfactory organ: the Drosophila maxillary palp.

    Marien de Bruyne;Peter J. Clyne;John R. Carlson

  • The Molecular Basis of Odor Coding in the Drosophila Larva

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  • Receptors and Neurons for Fly Odors in Drosophila

    Wynand van der Goes van Naters;John R. Carlson

  • Drosophila Chemoreceptors: A Molecular Interface Between the Chemical World and the Brain.

    Ryan M. Joseph;John R. Carlson

  • Molecular basis of odor coding in the malaria vector mosquito Anopheles gambiae

    Guirong Wang;Allison F. Carey;John R. Carlson;Laurence J. Zwiebel

  • Putative Drosophila pheromone-binding proteins expressed in a subregion of the olfactory system.

    M.P. McKenna;D.S. Hekmat-Scafe;P. Gaines;J.R. Carlson

  • Odor Coding in the Maxillary Palp of the Malaria Vector Mosquito Anopheles gambiae

    Tan Lu;Yu Tong Qiu;Guirong Wang;Jae Young Kwon

Frequent Co-Authors

Laurence J. Zwiebel
Laurence J. Zwiebel Vanderbilt University
Junhyong Kim
Junhyong Kim University of Pennsylvania
Aravinthan D. T. Samuel
Aravinthan D. T. Samuel Harvard University
Hugh M. Robertson
Hugh M. Robertson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Marc R. Freeman
Marc R. Freeman Oregon Health & Science University
Serap Aksoy
Serap Aksoy Yale University
Stephen L. Helfand
Stephen L. Helfand Brown University
Erik L. L. Sonnhammer
Erik L. L. Sonnhammer Stockholm University
Charalambos P. Kyriacou
Charalambos P. Kyriacou University of Leicester
Fotis C. Kafatos
Fotis C. Kafatos Harvard University

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