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Stephen Liberles is a molecular neuroscientist at Harvard University and Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute .[ 1] undergraduate degree in chemistry at Harvard University, he remained in the Chemistry Department for his Ph.D. , working with Stuart Schreiber . He received postdoctoral training with Linda B. Buck , where he characterized trace amine-associated receptors and formyl peptide receptors .
As an independent scientist, he has made advances in understanding olfactory and pheromone signaling in mammalian systems as well as uncovering the roles of the vagus nerve.[ 2] hummingbirds in joint work with Maude Baldwin and Scott V. Edwards .[ 3] molecular evolution characterized the compounds rodents recognize to avoid carnivore predators.[ 4] interoception .[ 5]
Liberles currently runs an active research group. His trainees include current faculty members at the Max Planck Institute , Yale University , and the Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine .[ 6]
^ "Stephen D. Liberles, PhD | Investigator Profile | 2018-Present" . www.hhmi.org . Retrieved 2024-07-16 .^ "Stephen Liberles Rersearch Group Research Description" .^ Baldwin, M W; Toda, Y; Nakagita, T; O'Connell, M J; Klasing, K C; Misaka, T; Edwards, S V; Liberles, S D (2014). "Evolution of sweet taste perception in hummingbirds by transformation of the ancestral umami receptor" . Science 345 (6199): 929–933. Bibcode :2014Sci...345..929B . doi :10.1126/science.1255097 . PMC 4302410 PMID 25146290 . ^ Ferrero, D. M.; Lemon, J. K.; Fluegge, D.; Pashkovski, S. L.; Korzan, W. J.; Datta, S. R.; Spehr, M.; Fendt, M.; Liberles, S. D. (2011). "Detection and avoidance of a carnivore odor by prey" (PDF) . Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 108 (27): 11235–40. doi :10.1073/pnas PMC 3131382 PMID 21690383 . ^ "Making Sense of Interoception | Harvard Medicine Magazine" . magazine.hms.harvard.edu . Retrieved 2024-07-16 .^ "Stephen Liberles Research Group Personnel Page" .
