Lisa Stowers is an American neuroscientist studying pheromone signaling and

response. She is a professor in the Department of Neuroscience at Scripps Research.

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Contents
1 Early life and education
2 Career and research
3 Awards and honors
4 References
Early life and education
Stowers completed her PhD at Harvard University in Molecular and Cellular Biology
in 1997.[1]

Career and research

Stowers became an associate professor at Scripps Research in 2002. She initially
had a joint appointment in the Cell Biology and Neuroscience departments and later
became a part of the Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience departments. She gained
tenure and was promoted to full professor in 2016.[1]

Stowers' research focuses on how neurons sense and respond to pheromones,

especially the molecular pathways in mouse neurons that lead to predictable
behaviors.[2] She has made several discoveries connecting pheromone sensing and
emotional and behavioral response in mice, including scent compounds that lead to
fear, aggression, mating, or pup suckling.[3][4][5]

Awards and honors