Female mosquitoes use chemical and physical cues, including vision, smell, heat, and
humidity, to orient toward hosts. Body odors are produced by skin resident bacteria that …

There are 3559 species of mosquitoes in the world (Harbach 2018) but, so far, only a
handful of them have been a focus of olfactory neuroscience and neurobiology research …

Some people are more attractive to mosquitoes than others, but the mechanistic basis of this
phenomenon is poorly understood. We tested mosquito attraction to human skin odor and …

To reproduce and to transmit disease, female mosquitoes must obtain blood meals and
locate appropriate sites for egg laying (oviposition). While distinct sensory cues drive each …

Recognition of environmental cues is essential for the survival of all organisms.
Transcriptional changes occur to enable the generation and function of the neural circuits …

Drosophila melanogaster olfactory neurons have long been thought to express only one
chemosensory receptor gene family. There are two main olfactory receptor gene families in …

As vectors of disease, mosquitoes are a global threat to human health. The Anopheles
mosquito is the deadliest mosquito species as the insect vector of the malaria-causing …

Predatory animals pursue prey in a noisy sensory landscape, deciding when to continue or
abandon their chase. The mosquito Aedes aegypti is a micropredator that first detects …

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 …

Two large families of olfactory receptors, the Odorant Receptors (ORs) and Ionotropic
Receptors (IRs), mediate responses to most odors in the insect olfactory system. Individual …