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Marc Zimmer

Marc Zimmer (born July 26, 1961) is the Jean Tempel '65 Professor of Professor of Chemistry at Connecticut College. He has published seven books, written articles on science and medicine for the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, the Huffington Post, etc. He has been interviewed or quoted in the Economist, Science, Nature etc.

Zimmer curates the GFP website, tweets about GFP (@lightUpScience) and he has published over 60 research papers about cow flatulence, computational chemistry and bioluminescence in fireflies and jellyfish. Zimmer is the initiator and director of the Connecticut College Science Leaders program, a program to increase the number of women and minority students graduating from the college with a degree and research experience in the sciences.

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Bibliography

Books

  • “Glowing Genes: A Revolution in Biotechnology.” Prometheus Books, Amherst, New York, 2005. ().
  • “光る遺伝子 オワンクラゲと緑色蛍光タンパク質GFP (単行本).” Maruzen Publishers, Tokyo, 2009. ().
  • “Illuminating Disease.” Oxford University Press, New York, 2015. ()
  • "Solutions for a Cleaner, Greener Planet: Environmental Chemistry." Twenty First Century Books, Minneapolis, 2019 ().
  • “Bioluminescence Nature and Science at Work.” Twenty First Century Books, Minneapolis, 2016 ().
  • "Lighting Up the Brain: The Science of Optogenetics." Twenty First Century Books, Minneapolis, 2018 ().
  • "発光する生物の謎 (生命ふしぎ図鑑)." Nishimura Shoten, Matsusaka, 2017 ().
  • "Solutions for a Cleaner, Greener Planet: Environmental Chemistry." Twenty First Century Books, Minneapolis, 2019 ().
  • "The State of Science: What the Future Holds and the Scientists Making It Happen." Prometheus Books, 2020 ().
  • "Science and the Skeptic: Discerning Fact from Fiction." Twenty First Century Books, Minneapolis, 2022 ().
  • “The Conversation on Biotechnology” edited by Marc Zimmer, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2023 ().
  • "Diseases Without Borders: Plagues, Pandemics, and Beyond," Lerner Publishing Group, Minneapolis, 2026 ().

Recent articles

  • “A Colorful Answer To Pregnancy Puzzle. A Eureka Moment For Chemists: Answer Found In Fruit Fly Poop.” M. Zimmer Hartford Courant, February 6, 2011.
  • “Optogenetics: Three not-so-blind (anymore) mice” M. Zimmer Providence Journal, May 7, 2011.
  • “Lighting Up Chickens to Prevent Bird Flu Pandemics” Huffington Post, November 28, 2012.
  • “Dengue Fever vs. Glowing Mosquitoes” USA Today, February 22, 2013.
  • “Luminescent Eel Muscles Fluorescent Protein Revolution into Clinic.” Huffington Post, June 18, 2013.
  • “Mending Broken Hearts: Using Embryonic Stem Cells to Repair the Damage Caused by Heart Attacks.” Huffington Post, May 9, 2014.
  • "6 tips to help you detect fake science news" The Conversation, March 15, 2021.
  • "From CRISPR to glowing proteins to optogenetics – scientists’ most powerful technologies have been borrowed from nature." The Conversation, August 5, 2021.
  • "AI makes huge progress predicting how proteins fold – one of biology’s greatest challenges – promising rapid drug development." The Conversation, December 2, 2020.

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