Greg Barsh，男，1984年获美国华盛顿大学临床医学和人类疾病遗传学博士学位，1990年起任教于美国斯坦福大学医学院，现任美国斯坦福大学医学院遗传学教授，遗传系副主任，斯坦福大学医学院科研人员培训项目主任，美国国立卫生研究院人类健康和疾病遗传学研究分部主席及HudsonAlpha生物技术研究所研究员。Dr. Barsh及其团队致力于人类和哺乳动物眼睛、毛发和皮肤颜色变化的遗传学机制和细胞传导通路研究，现任美国科学院理事会遗传学分会名誉教授，斯坦福大学Bio-X会员，泛美协会色素细胞研究分会主席和《PLoS Genetics》杂志主编，以第一作者/通讯作者发表SCI论文105篇，其中17篇被《Nature》、《Science》、《Nat Genet》等顶尖杂志收录。鉴于其在该领域的突出贡献，Dr. Barsh分别获得儿科研究协会颁发的E Mead Johnson奖，国际色素细胞研究协会颁发的Takeuchi and Seiji奖及美国皮肤协会成就奖。

代表论文:

[1] Hong LZ, Li J, Schmidt-Küntzel A, Warren WC, Barsh GS. Digital gene expression for non-model organisms. Genome Res, 2011, 21(11):1905-1915.

[2] McGowan KA, Li JZ, Park CY, Beaudry V, Tabor HK, Sabnis AJ, Zhang W, Fuchs H, de Angelis MH, Myers RM, Attardi LD, Barsh GS. Ribosomal mutations cause p53-mediated dark skin and pleiotropic effects. Nat Genet, 2008, 40(8): 963-970.

[3] Candille SI, Kaelin CB, Cattanach BM, Yu B, Thompson DA, Nix MA, Kerns JA, Schmutz SM, Millhauser GL, Barsh GS. A -defensin mutation causes black coat color in domestic dogs. Science, 2007, 318(5855):1418-1423.

[4] Kerns JA, Cargill EJ, Clark LA, Candille SI, Berryere TG, Olivier M, Lust G, Todhunter RJ, Schmutz SM, Murphy KE, Barsh GS. Linkage and segregation analysis of black and brindle coat color in domestic dogs. Genetics, 2007, 176(3):1679-1689.

[5] Barsh G, Attardi LD. A healthy tan? N Engl J Med, 2007, 356(21):2208-2210.

[6] Xu AW, Kaelin CB, Morton GJ, Ogimoto K, Stanhope K, Graham J, Baskin DG, Havel P, Schwartz MW, Barsh GS. Effects of hypothalamic neuro- degeneration on energy balance. PLoS Biol, 2005, 3(12):e415.

[7] Xu AW, Kaelin CB, Takeda K, Akira S, Schwartz MW, Barsh GS. PI3K integrates the action of insulin and leptin on hypothalamic neurons. J Clin Invest, 2005, 115(4):951-958.

[8] Van Raamsdonk CD, Fitch KR, Fuchs H, de Angelis MH, Barsh GS. Effects of G-protein mutations on skin color. Nat Genet, 2004, 36(9):961-968.

[9] Candille SI, Van Raamsdonk CD, Chen C, Kuijper S, Chen-Tsai Y, Russ A, Meijlink F, Barsh GS. Dorsoventral patterning of the mouse coat by Tbx15. PLoS Biol, 2004, 2(1):E3.

[10] Barsh GS. What controls variation in human skin color? PLoS Biol, 2003, 1(1):E27.

[11] He L, Lu XY, Jolly AF, Eldridge AG, Watson SJ, Jackson PK, Barsh GS, Gunn TM. Spongiform degeneration in mahoganoid mutant mice. Science, 2003, 299(5607):710-712.

[12] Fitch KR, McGowan KA, van Raamsdonk CD, Fuchs H, Lee D, Puech A, Hérault Y, Threadgill DW, Hrabé de Angelis M, Barsh GS. Genetics of dark skin in mice. Genes Dev, 2003, 17(2):214-228.

[13] Barsh GS, Schwartz MW.Genetic approaches to studying energy balance: Perception and integration. Nat Rev Genet, 2002, 3(8):589-600.

[14] He L, Gunn TM, Bouley DM, Lu XY, Watson SJ, Schlossman SF, Duke-Cohan JS, Barsh GS. A biochemical function for attractin in agouti-induced pigmentation and obesity. Nat Genet, 2001, 27(1):40-47.

[15] Barsh GS, Farooqi IS, O'Rahilly S. Genetics of body-weight regulation. Nature, 2000, 404(6778):644-651.

[16] Newton JM, Wilkie AL, He L, Jordan SA, Metallinos DL, Holmes NG, Jackson IJ, Barsh GS. Melanocortin 1 receptor variation in the domestic dog. Mamm Genome, 2000, 11(1):24-30.

[17] Ollmann MM, Wilson BD, Yang YK, Kerns JA, Chen Y, Gantz I, Barsh GS.Antagonism of central melanocortin receptors in vitro and in vivo by Agouti-related protein. Science, 1997, 278(5335):135-138.