2023

Rapid identification of mosquito species and age by mass spectrometric analysis

Increased paternal corticosterone exposure influences offspring behaviour and expression of urinary pheromones

Olfactory sensitivity differentiates morphologically distinct worker castes in Camponotus floridanus

Chromosome-level genome assembly of Murraya paniculata sheds light on biosynthesis of floral volatiles

"A green leaf volatile, (Z)-3-hexenyl-acetate, mediates differential oviposition by Spodoptera frugiperda on maize and rice"

2022

Release of moth pheromone compounds from Nicotiana benthamiana upon transient expression of heterologous biosynthetic genes

Mutagenesis of the odorant receptor co-receptor (Orco) reveals severe olfactory defects in the crop pest moth Helicoverpa armigera

Pheromone sensing in Drosophila requires support cell-expressed Osiris 8

Sex-specific expression of pheromones and other signals in gravid starfish

Intradiol ring cleavage dioxygenases from herbivorous spider mites as a new detoxification enzyme family in animals

2021

Putative ligand binding sites of two functionally characterized bark beetle odorant receptors

Parental energy-sensing pathways control intergenerational offspring sex determination in the nematode Auanema freiburgensis

Evolution of the codling moth pheromone via an ancient gene duplication

Honeybee communication during collective defence is shaped by predation

2020

"The genome sequence of the grape phylloxera provides insights into the evolution, adaptation, and invasion routes of an iconic pest"

2019

The impact of skin care products on skin chemistry and microbiome dynamics

2018

Alarm pheromone and kairomone detection via bitter taste receptors in the mouse Grueneberg ganglion

Communicating through scents: an interview with Jane Hurst

Individual odour signatures that mice learn are shaped by involatile major urinary proteins (MUPs)

2017

A Drosophila female pheromone elicits species-specific long-range attraction via an olfactory channel with dual specificity for sex and food

2015

A herbivore-induced plant volatile interferes with host plant and mate location in moths through suppression of olfactory signalling pathways

Pregnancy and estrogen enhance neural progenitor-cell proliferation in the vomeronasal sensory epithelium

2014

Deconstructing pheromone-mediated behavior one layer at a time

Defense suppression benefits herbivores that have a monopoly on their feeding site but can backfire within natural communities

A wide range of pheromone-stimulated sexual and reproductive behaviors in female mice depend on G protein Galphao

2012

"A carboxylesterase, Esterase-6, modulates sensory physiological and behavioral response dynamics to pheromone in Drosophila"

Parasitic wasp responses to symbiont-based defense in aphids

2010

Darcin: a male pheromone that stimulates female memory and sexual attraction to an individual male's odour

On the scent of sexual attraction

To signal or not to signal? Chemical communication by urine-borne signals mirrors sexual conflict in crayfish

Bed bug deterrence

Nymphs of the common bed bug (Cimex lectularius) produce anti-aphrodisiac defence against conspecific males

2009

Candidate chemoreceptor subfamilies differentially expressed in the chemosensory organs of the mollusc Aplysia

A genome-wide synthetic dosage lethality screen reveals multiple pathways that require the functioning of ubiquitin-binding proteins Rad23 and Dsk2

"Concerted evolution of male and female display traits in the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis"

Genetic determinants of mate recognition in Brachionus manjavacas (Rotifera)

2008

The Caenorhabditis chemoreceptor gene families

2007

Reciprocal diversification in a complex plant-herbivore-parasitoid food web

Male urine signals social rank in the Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus)