Robert Margolskee | |
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 Margolskee at Monell Chemical Senses Center | |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Known for | Mammalian taste transduction |
| Awards | IFF Award, Monell Mastertaste-Manheimer Award |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biology, molecular genetics |
| Institutions | Monell Chemical Senses Center |
| Doctoral advisor | Daniel Nathans |
Robert F. Margolskee is an American academic. He is the director of the Monell Chemical Senses Center and adjunct professor in the Department of Neuroscience at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Margolskee is also the a co-founder of Redpoint Bio. Margolskee has been a pioneer in the application of molecular biology and transgenic animal models to the study of taste transduction and chemosensation. He has made numerous seminal discoveries in the taste field, including the identification and molecular cloning of taste specific receptors, G proteins, channels and other taste signal transduction elements.