2023

Multisite imaging of neural activity using a genetically encoded calcium sensor in the honey bee

Conifer-killing bark beetles locate fungal symbionts by detecting volatile fungal metabolites of host tree resin monoterpenes

2021

Cell cycle-dependent and independent mating blocks ensure fungal zygote survival and ploidy maintenance

A novel terpene synthase controls differences in anti-aphrodisiac pheromone production between closely related Heliconius butterflies

Modulation of fatty acid elongation in cockroaches sustains sexually dimorphic hydrocarbons and female attractiveness

2020

The smell of hunger: Norway rats provision social partners based on odour cues of need

Ratiometric quorum sensing governs the trade-off between bacterial vertical and horizontal antibiotic resistance propagation

Interhemispheric connections between olfactory bulbs improve odor detection

2019

Chemosensory sensilla of the Drosophila wing express a candidate ionotropic pheromone receptor

Asymmetric diversification of mating pheromones in fission yeast

Ratiometric GPCR signaling enables directional sensing in yeast

"Drosophila melanogaster cloak their eggs with pheromones, which prevents cannibalism"

Environment-induced same-sex mating in the yeast Candida albicans through the Hsf1-Hsp90 pathway

The PLOS Biology XV Collection: 15 Years of Exceptional Science Highlighted across 12 Months

Spermine in semen of male sea lamprey acts as a sex pheromone

Intact but empty forests? Patterns of hunting-induced mammal defaunation in the tropics

2016

Honey Bee Inhibitory Signaling Is Tuned to Threat Severity and Can Act as a Colony Alarm Signal

2015

Drosophila Avoids Parasitoids by Sensing Their Semiochemicals via a Dedicated Olfactory Circuit

2014

Phytoplasma effector SAP54 hijacks plant reproduction by degrading MADS-box proteins and promotes insect colonization in a RAD23-dependent manner

2013

Ligands for pheromone-sensing neurons are not conformationally activated odorant binding proteins

2012

A modular library of small molecule signals regulates social behaviors in Caenorhabditis elegans

Hormonal signal amplification mediates environmental conditions during development and controls an irreversible commitment to adulthood

Hyperparasitoids use herbivore-induced plant volatiles to locate their parasitoid host

Trophic complexity and the adaptive value of damage-induced plant volatiles

Steroids as central regulators of organismal development and lifespan

2011

Alternative mating type configurations (a/alpha versus a/a or alpha/alpha) of Candida albicans result in alternative biofilms regulated by different pathways

2010

Pheromonal and behavioral cues trigger male-to-female aggression in Drosophila

A novel neural substrate for the transformation of olfactory inputs into motor output

Tec1 mediates the pheromone response of the white phenotype of Candida albicans: insights into the evolution of new signal transduction pathways

2009

Host niches and defensive extended phenotypes structure parasitoid wasp communities

Rapid evolution of sex pheromone-producing enzyme expression in Drosophila

2007

The scent of the waggle dance

2006

Plants tell caterpillars when it's safe to forage

2005

Structure of a pheromone receptor-associated MHC molecule with an open and empty groove

Ultrasonic songs of male mice

2004

Nicotine's defensive function in nature