About
Carlos Chacón Cordon is a Postgraduate Associate in Pharmacology at the Yale School of Medicine, Yale University. His research focuses on molecular mechanisms underlying sensory detection in insects and drug signaling pathways in cancer. He collaborates with prominent researchers such as Barbora Salovska, Joel Butterwick, and Yansheng Liu.
Education: BS in Biochemistry from the University of Illinois at Chicago (2023).
Key Research Themes: Molecular biology of insect taste receptors, phosphoproteomic analysis of metformin’s anticancer effects. His work bridges basic science and translational medicine, contributing to drug development and understanding cellular signaling.
Recent Publications (2023-2024): Two peer-reviewed articles in Nature and Clinical and Translational Medicine, addressing sugar detection mechanisms and metformin’s therapeutic potential in colorectal cancer.
Collaborations: Active collaborations with multidisciplinary teams at Yale, focusing on pharmacological and oncological research.