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Dr. John Glendinning
Title Associate Professor
Affiliation/Department Department of Biological Sciences, Barnard College
Telephone (212) 854-4749
email jglendinning@barnard.edu
Professional degree Ph.D., University of Florida, 1989
Research Keywords Sensory Physiology; Animal Behavior; Plant-Herbivore Interactions
Research Description I am interested in the chemosensory mechanisms that control the feeding behavior of insects and mammals. Most of my recent projects have focused on how herbivorous aimals cope with the unpalatable and potentially toxic compounds present in many plant tissues. I have been examining the contribution of taste and viscerosensory response mechanisms to this coping process. I study these phenomena wtih a combination of behavioral, electrophysiological and molecular appoaches.
Representative Publications

Glendinning JI, Davis A, Ramaswamy S (2002) Contribution of different taste cells and signaling pathways to the discrimination of ‘bitter’ taste stimuli by an insect. The Journal of Neuroscience 22(16): 7281-7287

Glendinning JI. (2002) How do herbivorous insects cope with noxious secondary plant compounds in their diet? Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 104(1): 15-25

Glendinning JI, Domdom S, Long E (2001) Selective adaptation to noxious foods by a herbivorous insect. The Journal of Experimental Biology 204: 3355-3367

Glendinning JI, Brown H, Capoor M, Davis A, Gbedemah A, Long E (2001) A peripheral mechanism for behavioral adaptation to specific "bitter" taste stimuli in an insect. The Journal of Neuroscience 21(10): 3688-3696

Vitazkova S, Long E, Paul A & Glendinning JI (2001) Mice suppress a malaria infection by sampling a ‘bitter’ chemotherapy agent. Animal Behaviour 61: 887-894