Laurence J. Zwiebel

This study examines how age and task affect olfactory sensitivity in minor and major worker castes of Florida carpenter ants, finding age-related shifts in minors and stable responses in majors.

This study uses RNAseq to analyze transcriptomes of Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes with low-level Plasmodium infections, finding increased olfactory and fitness-related gene expression.

This study investigates the electrophysiological response of the larval sensory cone in Anopheles coluzzii mosquitoes to various odorants, revealing its ability to discriminate between chemical compounds.

This study characterizes the role of AcIr76b in Anopheles coluzzii, showing its impact on olfaction, blood feeding, and mating through functional and expression analyses.

This study mutates the ammonium transporter AcAmt in Anopheles coluzzii and finds it affects reproduction, eclosion, and ammonia sensing differently than in Drosophila.

This study shows that knocking out Orco in Anopheles coluzzii mosquitoes impairs their olfactory function, reducing their attraction to human odors and affecting oviposition behavior.

This study uses CRISPR/Cas9 to examine the roles of Gr22, Gr23, and Gr24 in CO2 sensing in Anopheles coluzzii, finding that Gr23 and Gr24 are essential while Gr22 modulates sensitivity.

This study uses CRISPR to knock out the Orco gene in ants, showing its role in olfaction, social behavior, and neural plasticity.