Charles Zuker

Charles S. Zuker is an American geneticist and neurobiologist of Chilean descent who has contributed to the understanding of the mechanisms by which taste receptors operate. Prior to working on mammalian taste, his lab focused on signal transduction pathways in vision, using Drosophila genetics. Zuker is a member of the National Academy of Science and a member of the AAAS. He is an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. His laboratory is located at the University of California, San Diego.