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Sean B. Carroll

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American biologist (born 1960)

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Sean Brendan Carroll is an American evolutionary developmental biologist, author, educator and executive producer. He is a distinguished university professor at the University of Maryland and professor emeritus of molecular biology and genetics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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2012Benjamin Franklin Medal
2008A.O. Kovalevsky Medal
Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Sean Brendan Carroll is an American evolutionary developmental biologist, author, educator and executive producer. He is a distinguished university professor at the University of Maryland and professor emeritus of molecular biology and genetics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His studies focus on the evolution of cis-regulatory elements in the regulation of gene expression in the context of biological development, using Drosophila as a model system. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, of the American Philosophical Society (2007), of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Association for Advancement of Science. He is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator.

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Born 1960 · age 66
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