Venkatesh Pal Mahadevan

The paper compares olfactory coding in three drosophilid species to assess conservation of peripheral detection and behavioral valence across evolutionary divergent subgenera.

This study identifies Drosophila busckii's tolerance and use of dimethyldisulfide (DMDS) as an olfactory cue for host selection, linking it to an insensitive cytochrome c oxidase.

The paper investigates whether sensitization occurs in different Drosophila olfactory sensory neuron types and identifies mitochondrial involvement in this process.

The paper investigates the co-expression of gustatory receptor Gr64b with olfactory receptors in Drosophila OSNs and finds no functional role for Gr64b in odor detection.

This study investigates the functional interaction between Drosophila olfactory sensory neurons and their support cells, revealing that support cells actively participate in odor processing.