Bogdan Sieriebriennikov

The paper characterizes the sensitivity of odorant receptors in the Indian jumping ant to cuticular hydrocarbons, finding that multiple receptors across subfamilies contribute to CHC detection.

The paper investigates how Kenyon cells in insect mushroom bodies form combinatorial connections with olfactory projection neurons through spatial and molecular mechanisms.

The paper shows that in ants, orco mutations cause ORN apoptosis, but some ORNs survive by expressing Ir genes, suggesting chemosensory receptors mediate activity-dependent survival.

The paper uses long-read RNA sequencing to improve genome annotations in ants, revealing new gene expression patterns and enhancing single-cell RNA-seq analysis.

The paper identifies conserved nuclear receptors that regulate fast-evolving genes involved in morphological changes in nematodes.

The paper compares the neuroanatomy and connectivity of the chemosensory system in two nematode species, finding conservation in neuronal number and position but divergence in ciliary morphology and synaptic wiring.