Norbert Perrimon

Norbert Perrimon
Born (1958-10-24) October 24, 1958
NationalityFrench
CitizenshipFrance, United States
Alma materUniversity of Paris
Known forGAL4/UAS system
AwardsGeorge W. Beadle Award (2004)
Scientific career
Institutions
ThesisAnalyse Clonale de Mutations en Lignee Germinale chez la Drosophile (1983)
Academic advisorsMadeleine Gans
Notable studentsSara Cherry
Website

Norbert Perrimon is a French geneticist and developmental biologist. He is the James Stillman Professor of Developmental Biology in the Department of Genetics at Harvard Medical School, an Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and an Associate of the Broad Institute. He is known for developing a number of techniques for used in genetic research with Drosophila melanogaster, as well as specific substantive contributions to signal transduction, developmental biology and physiology.

Perrimon has authored over 400 peer-reviewed publications, with an H-index exceeding 150.