Gene E. Robinson, Date of Birth

Gene E. Robinson

American entomologist

Date of Birth: 09-Jan-1955

Profession: zoologist, entomologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Gene Ezia Robinson (born January 9, 1955) is an American entomologist, Director of the Carl R.
Woese Institute for Genomic Biology and National Academy of Sciences member.
He pioneered the application of genomics to the study of social behavior and led the effort to sequence the honey bee genome.
On February 10, 2009, his research was famously featured in an episode of The Colbert Report whose eponymous host referred to the honey Dr.
Robinson sent him as "pharmaceutical-grade hive jive".