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Our study on the repellent activity of binary VUAA volatiles just published at Pest Management Science! This marks Luis’s first publication as lead author and the first publications for Ahmed and Enzo- we are especially proud of our undergraduate researchers.

Sep. 18, 2024—

Ferguson, etal’s study linking age, task allocation and olfaction in the carpenter ant is published in special issue of Insects.

Jul. 26, 2023—

Highlighting Ant Olfaction in “The Conversation”

May. 16, 2023—

Our mosquito larvae grace the cover of CSH Protocols, May 2023!

May. 3, 2023—

Our study on olfaction and behavior in eusocial ants highlighting the differences between ‘brawny’ Majors and ‘brainy’ minor worker castes just published in BMC Biology

Jan. 9, 2023—

Our study on the Ionotropic Co-receptor Ir76b in Anopheles coluzzii just out in PNAS! Preprint available online at bioRxiv

Apr. 20, 2022—Anopheline mosquitoes rely on their highly sensitive chemosensory apparatus to detect diverse chemical stimuli that drive the host-seeking and blood-feeding behaviors required to vector pathogens for malaria and other diseases. This process incorporates a variety of chemosensory receptors and transduction pathways. We have used advanced in vivo gene-editing and -labelling approaches to localize and functionally...

Our transcriptome profiling study with JHMRI colleagues on the synergistic effects of biologically relevant Plasmodium falciparum infection of Anopheles mosquitoes published in Nature Scientific Reports

Nov. 19, 2021—

Zi Ye and LJZ’s collaboration with the Dimopoulos Lab at JHMRI studying Odorant Binding Proteins in Aedes aegypti just published in mBio!

Oct. 14, 2021—

Our study on Larval Olfaction in Anopheles published in Cell Reports

Aug. 17, 2021—We are pleased and proud that our behavioral and electrophysiological examination of larval olfaction has just been published in Cell Reports! This is a comprehensive and rigorous study that reveals Anopheline larvae have complex olfactory responses that integrate sensory inputs across multiple receptor neurons to drive highly selective and sensitive behavioral responses in this “immature”...

2 New VUAA US Patents issued

Apr. 21, 2021—We are pleased to note that 2 new US Patents have recently been issued for our VUAA work!” U. S. Patent 10,791,739 (issued October 6, 2020) U.S. Patent 10,813,355 (issued October 27, 2020)