Rachel Wilson (neurobiologist)
- Rachel Wilson (neurobiologist)
Rachel Wilson is an assistant professor of neurobiology at Harvard Medical School.[cite web|url=http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.4537295/|title=2008 MacArthur Fellows:Rachel Wilson|date=2008|publisher=MacArthur Foundation] ]Biography
Wilson was born in Kansas City, Missouri. She received an A.B. from Harvard University and a Ph.D. from the University of California, San Francisco. She was a postdoctoral fellow at CalTech before her appointment at Harvard.Career
In 2007 Wilson won Science and Eppendorf AG's Grand Prize in Neurobiology for her work on the olfactory function of fruit flies Drosophila melanogaster, [cite news|publisher=Medical News Today|title=Young Neurobiologist Honored For Research Into The Fruit-Fly's 'Smell' Circuit|date=2007-10-26|url=http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/86805.php] to understand how the brain recognizes odors from patterns of impulses from olfactory receptor neurons. [cite news|url=http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-10/aaft-mtf101807.php|date=200710-25|publisher=American Association for the Advancement of Science|title=Mapping the fruit-fly's 'smell' circuit wins Eppendorf/Science Prize:Young neurobiologists honored for research]
In 2008 she won a MacArthur Fellowship. [cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2008/09/23/local_scientists_honored_boosted_by_genius_grants/|publisher=Boston Globe|title=Local scientists honored, boosted by 'genius' grants: MacArthur fellowships stun winners|dat2008-09-23|author= Carolyn Y. Johnson]
References
External links
* [http://wilson.med.harvard.edu/ Wilson Lab] at Harvard University
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