Legacy of Thomas Hunt Morgan
Reflections on T.H. Morgan
by John M. Rawls (Morgan School Director, 1989-95)
Thomas Hunt Morgan-Biological Sciences
History
The Thomas Hunt Morgan School of Biological Sciences was formed in 1966 from the Departments of Botany, Microbiology, and Zoology. The school and the biology building were named for the prominent Nobel Laureate geneticist and alum, T.H. Morgan.
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"Cells and Molecules for Touch, Pain and Interoception"
Dr. Alexander Chesler | Chesler Lab
Bio:
Dr. Chesler received his degrees from Bard College (B.A., 1995) and Columbia University (Ph.D., 2005). His graduate study, in the laboratory of Dr. Stuart Firestein, was focused on the function and development of olfactory sensory neurons. He did his postdoctoral training in the laboratory of Dr. David Julius at the University of California, San Francisco, where he combined physiological, anatomical, and behavioral approaches to study the pharmacology of somatosensory neurons. He joined the NIH intramural pain program (NCCIH) in 2013 where his laboratory now employs multidisciplinary approaches to study how sensory stimuli (such temperature, touch, and environmental irritants) are detected and encoded by the somatosensory system.
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