Gene E. Robinson

Gene E. Robinson
Born (1955-01-09) January 9, 1955 (age 69)[2]
Alma materCornell University
AwardsFulbright scholar
Member of the United States National Academy of Sciences
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign[1]

Gene Ezia Robinson (born January 9, 1955) is an American entomologist, Director of the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology and National Academy of Sciences member. He pioneered the application of genomics to the study of social behavior and led the effort to sequence the honey bee genome.[3] On February 10, 2009, his research was famously featured in an episode of The Colbert Report whose eponymous host referred to the honey Dr. Robinson sent him as "pharmaceutical-grade hive jive".

  1. ^ Robinson, G. E. (1992). "Regulation of Division of Labor in Insect Societies". Annual Review of Entomology. 37: 637–665. doi:10.1146/annurev.en.37.010192.003225. PMID 1539941.
  2. ^ "Gene E. Robinson Curriculum Vitae. Retrieved March 13, 2015". Archived from the original on August 2, 2015. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
  3. ^ Zagorski, N. (2006). "Profile of Gene E. Robinson". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103 (44): 16065–16067. Bibcode:2006PNAS..10316065Z. doi:10.1073/pnas.0608392103. PMC 1637537. PMID 17065325.