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Cornelia Bargmann

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Cornelia Isabella "Cori" Bargmann (born January 1, 1961) is an American neurobiologist. She is known for her work on the genetic and neural circuit mechanisms of behavior using C. elegans, particularly the mechanisms of olfaction in the worm. She has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences and had been a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator at UCSF and then Rockefeller University from 1995 to 2016. She was the Head of Science at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative from 2016 to 2022. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Cornelia Bargmann is the 1,097th most popular biologist, the 17,429th most popular biography from United States and the 190th most popular American Biologist.

Cornelia Bargmann is an American neurobiologist renowned for her research on the neural circuits that control behavior, particularly in the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans). She has made significant contributions to understanding how sensory information is processed in the nervous system.

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Among biologists, Cornelia Bargmann ranks 1,097 out of 1,097. Before her are David Bellamy, Peter Piot, Magnus Manske, Lubna Tahtamouni, PZ Myers, and Suzana Herculano-Houzel. After her are Pardis Sabeti, Gretchen Daily, Riin Tamm, Maria Van Kerkhove, Feng Zhang, and Valerie Masson-Delmotte.

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Among people born in United States, Cornelia Bargmann ranks 17,436 out of 20,380. Before her are Summer Walker (1996), Adrienne Frantz (1978), DJ Quik (1970), Jordan Burroughs (1988), Thad Luckinbill (1975), and Chris Savino (1962). After her are Lori Alan (1966), John Pizzarelli (1960), Tiffany Alvord (1992), Judah Friedlander (1969), Shawne Fielding (1969), and Cheryl Miller (1964).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Cornelia Bargmann ranks 190. Before her are Joan A. Steitz (1941), Peter Dodson (1946), Jill Bolte Taylor (1959), Ben Barres (1954), Neil Shubin (1960), and PZ Myers (1957). After her are Gretchen Daily (1964), Maria Van Kerkhove (1977), Sean B. Carroll (1960), David Reich (1974), Karl Deisseroth (1971), and Kim Cobb (null).

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