Rickard Ignell

Circadian oscillation of perireceptor events influence olfactory sensitivity in diurnal and nocturnal mosquitoes

This study identifies circadian-regulated perireceptor events that influence olfactory sensitivity in diurnal and nocturnal mosquitoes through RNA-sequencing and functional assays.

De novo transcriptome sequencing of the northern fowl mite, Ornithonyssus sylviarum, shed light into parasitiform poultry mites evolution and its chemoreceptor repertoires

The paper reports the first transcriptome of the northern fowl mite, identifies chemoreceptor genes, and compares them with the poultry red mite to study parasitiform mite evolution.

Non-canonical odor coding in the mosquito

Aedes aegypti olfactory neurons often co-express OR, IR and sometimes GR receptors; in the maxillary palp, one neuron type responds to odorants via both OR and IR pathways.

Comparative morphological and transcriptomic analyses reveal novel chemosensory genes in the poultry red mite, Dermanyssus gallinae and knockdown by RNA interference