Arthur S. Edison, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and AMRIS Director
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
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Arthur S. Edison, Ph.D. |
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Chemical Communication and Defense Our laboratory is interested in discovering small molecules that are used by organisms for chemical communication and defense. We utilize several techniques including NMR, mass spectrometry, circular dichroism, chemical separation, and bioassays to isolate and identify bioactive signaling molecules. Interesting in their own right to help define chemical ecology, these molecules also have significant potential for human and agricultural therapeutics. Our major focus is currently on nematodes, the most abundant animal on earth.
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Status: Accepting New Students This Year Contact Information: office: MBI LG-187 lab: MBI LG-150 phone: (352) 392-4535 email: aedison@ufl.edu Home Page Biography: Arthur S. Edison obtained a B.S. in chemistry from the University of Utah where he studied monoterpenes in southern Utah sagebrush by NMR. He completed his Ph.D. in biophysics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he developed and applied NMR methods for protein structural studies under the supervision of John Markley and Frank Weinhold. In 1993, Dr. Edison joined the laboratory of Anthony O. W. Stretton at the University of Wisconsin as a Jane Coffin Childs postdoctoral fellow where he investigated the role of neuropeptides in the nervous system of the parasitic nematode Ascaris suum. He joined the faculty at the University of Florida in 1996. Dr. Edison is the recipient of the 1997 American Heart Association Robert J. Boucek Award, a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation in 1999, and, with his postdoctoral scientist Aaron Dossey, the Beal award for the best publication of the year in the Journal of Natural Products in 2007. |
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