Mosquito heat seeking is driven by an ancestral cooling receptor C Greppi, WJ Laursen, G Budelli, EC Chang, AM Daniels, L Van Giesen, ... Science 367 (6478), 681-684, 2020 | 108 | 2020 |
Low-cost functional plasticity of TRPV1 supports heat tolerance in squirrels and camels WJ Laursen, ER Schneider, DK Merriman, SN Bagriantsev, EO Gracheva Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113 (40), 11342-11347, 2016 | 104 | 2016 |
Species-specific temperature sensitivity of TRPA1 WJ Laursen, EO Anderson, LJ Hoffstaetter, SN Bagriantsev, EO Gracheva Temperature 2 (2), 214-226, 2015 | 104 | 2015 |
Connectomics analysis reveals first-, second-, and third-order thermosensory and hygrosensory neurons in the adult Drosophila brain EC Marin, L Büld, M Theiss, T Sarkissian, RJV Roberts, R Turnbull, ... Current Biology 30 (16), 3167-3182. e4, 2020 | 90 | 2020 |
Neuronal mechanism for acute mechanosensitivity in tactile-foraging waterfowl ER Schneider, M Mastrotto, WJ Laursen, VP Schulz, JB Goodman, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111 (41), 14941-14946, 2014 | 81 | 2014 |
TORC1 regulators Iml1/GATOR1 and GATOR2 control meiotic entry and oocyte development in Drosophila Y Wei, B Reveal, J Reich, WJ Laursen, S Senger, T Akbar, T Iida-Jones, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111 (52), E5670-E5677, 2014 | 64 | 2014 |
Neuronal UCP1 expression suggests a mechanism for local thermogenesis during hibernation WJ Laursen, M Mastrotto, D Pesta, OH Funk, JB Goodman, DK Merriman, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112 (5), 1607-1612, 2015 | 57 | 2015 |
TRPA1 channels: chemical and temperature sensitivity WJ Laursen, SN Bagriantsev, EO Gracheva Current topics in membranes 74, 89-112, 2014 | 53 | 2014 |
Humidity sensors that alert mosquitoes to nearby hosts and egg-laying sites WJ Laursen, G Budelli, R Tang, EC Chang, R Busby, S Shankar, ... Neuron 111 (6), 874-887. e8, 2023 | 41 | 2023 |
Copper-binding properties of the BIR2 and BIR3 domains of the X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein Y Liang, PM Ewing, WJ Laursen, VT Tripp, S Singh, KE Splan Journal of inorganic biochemistry 140, 104-110, 2014 | 18 | 2014 |
Structural basis of ligand specificity and channel activation in an insect gustatory receptor HM Frank, S Walujkar, RM Walsh, WJ Laursen, DL Theobald, PA Garrity, ... Cell reports 43 (4), 2024 | 8 | 2024 |
Hunting with heat: thermosensory-driven foraging in mosquitoes, snakes and beetles WJ Laursen, R Tang, PA Garrity Journal of Experimental Biology 226 (13), jeb229658, 2023 | 7 | 2023 |
Heat and humidity sensors that alert mosquitoes to nearby human hosts WJ Laursen, G Budelli, EC Chang, R Gerber, R Tang, C Greppi, ... bioRxiv, 2022.04. 05.487046, 2022 | 6 | 2022 |
Functional dissection of mosquito humidity sensing reveals distinct Dry and Moist Cell contributions to blood feeding and oviposition R Tang, R Busby, WJ Laursen, G T. Keane, PA Garrity Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121 (35), e2407394121, 2024 | 1 | 2024 |
DMKPs provide a generalizable strategy for studying genes required for reproduction or viability in nontraditional model organisms WJ Laursen, R Busby, T Sarkissian, EC Chang, PA Garrity Genetics 224 (2), iyad057, 2023 | 1 | 2023 |
Molecular adaptations to extreme thermogenesis in mammalian hibernators WJ Laursen, O Funk, J Goodman, DK Merriman, NT Ingolia, ... Biophysical Journal 106 (2), 337a, 2014 | 1 | 2014 |
Data from: Functional dissection of mosquito humidity sensing reveals distinct dry and moist cell contributions to blood feeding and oviposition P Garrity, R Tang, R Busby, W Laursen, G Keane Dryad, 2024 | | 2024 |
Structure of an insect gustatory receptor HM Frank, S Walujkar, RM Walsh Jr, WJ Laursen, DL Theobald, ... bioRxiv, 2023 | | 2023 |
Sterile organisms, methods of making, and methods of use thereof PA Garrity, WJ Laursen US Patent App. 18/246,250, 2023 | | 2023 |
A divalent boost from magnesium WJ Laursen, PA Garrity Elife 10, e65359, 2021 | | 2021 |