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Overview

Joel D. Mainland is affiliated with the Monell Chemical Senses Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience and engineering, with a particular emphasis on sensory systems and biomedical engineering. Additionally, their work spans nutrition and dietetics, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and insect science, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to the study of sensory function.

The main topics of their scientific investigation include:

  • Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
  • Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies
  • Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Insect Pheromone Research and Control
  • Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization
  • Respiratory and Cough-Related Research

Joel D. Mainland has contributed to numerous publications, with several recent papers highlighting different aspects of olfactory perception and sensory disorders. Notable recent papers include:

  • A principal odor map unifies diverse tasks in olfactory perception, 2023, published in Science
  • The perception of odor pleasantness is shared across cultures, 2022, published in Current Biology
  • Prevalence and correlates of parosmia and phantosmia among smell disorders, 2021, published in Chemical Senses
  • Transport features predict if a molecule is odorous, 2022, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Identifying Treatments for Taste and Smell Disorders: Gaps and Opportunities, 2020, published in Chemical Senses

The scientist collaborates frequently with a group of coauthors, including:

  • Richard C. Gerkin (11 joint publications)
  • Robert Pellegrino (6 joint publications)
  • Luís R. Saraiva (6 joint publications)
  • Emily J. Mayhew (4 joint publications)
  • Kelsie A. Little (4 joint publications)

Their work is regularly published in specialized scientific venues, with the most frequent including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) - 11 publications
  • Chemical Senses - 3 publications
  • Current Biology - 2 publications
  • Science - 1 publication
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - 1 publication

Joel D. Mainland's contributions involve interdisciplinary research that integrates sensory system analysis with engineering techniques, supporting advancements in understanding olfactory mechanisms, chemical sensing, and related biomedical applications.

Best Publications

  • Odor coding by a mammalian receptor repertoire

    Harumi Saito;Qiuyi Chi;Hanyi Zhuang;Hiroaki Matsunami

  • The sniff is part of the olfactory percept.

    Joel Mainland;Noam Sobel

  • Attentional modulation in human primary olfactory cortex.

    Christina Zelano;Moustafa Bensafi;Jess Porter;Joel Mainland

  • The missense of smell: functional variability in the human odorant receptor repertoire

    Joel D Mainland;Andreas Keller;Yun R Li;Ting Zhou

  • Anosmia-A Clinical Review.

    Sanne Boesveldt;Elbrich M Postma;Duncan Boak;Antje Welge-Luessen

  • Predicting human olfactory perception from chemical features of odor molecules

    Andreas Keller;Richard C. Gerkin;Yuanfang Guan;Amit Dhurandhar

  • Olfactomotor activity during imagery mimics that during perception

    Moustafa Bensafi;Jessica Porter;Sandra Pouliot;Joel Mainland

  • Probing ion permeation and gating in a K+ channel with backbone mutations in the selectivity filter.

    Tao Lu;Alice Y. Ting;Joel Mainland;Lily Y. Jan

  • Functional Evolution of Mammalian Odorant Receptors

    Kaylin A. Adipietro;Joel D. Mainland;Hiroaki Matsunami

  • Genetic variation across the human olfactory receptor repertoire alters odor perception

    Casey Trimmer;Andreas Keller;Nicolle R. Murphy;Lindsey L. Snyder

  • Rapid Olfactory Processing Implicates Subcortical Control of an Olfactomotor System

    Bradley N. Johnson;Joel D. Mainland;Noam Sobel;Noam Sobel

  • A principal odor map unifies diverse tasks in olfactory perception

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  • Human olfactory receptor responses to odorants

    Joel D Mainland;Yun R Li;Ting Zhou;Wen Ling L Liu

  • Genetic Variation in the Odorant Receptor OR2J3 Is Associated with the Ability to Detect the “Grassy” Smelling Odor, cis-3-hexen-1-ol

    Jeremy F. McRae;Joel D. Mainland;Joel D. Mainland;Sara R. Jaeger;Kaylin A. Adipietro

  • The perception of odor pleasantness is shared across cultures

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  • Olfactory plasticity: One nostril knows what the other learns

    Joel D. Mainland;Elizabeth A. Bremner;Natasha Young;Brad N. Johnson

  • The prevalence of androstenone anosmia.

    Elizabeth A. Bremner;Joel D. Mainland;Rehan M. Khan;Noam Sobel

  • Sex-steroid derived compounds induce sex-specific effects on autonomic nervous system function in humans.

    M. Bensafi;W. M. Brown;T. Tsutsui;J. D. Mainland

  • From molecule to mind: an integrative perspective on odor intensity

    Joel D. Mainland;Joel D. Mainland;Johan N. Lundström;Johan N. Lundström;Johan N. Lundström;Johannes Reisert;Graeme Lowe

  • Variation in olfactory neuron repertoires is genetically controlled and environmentally modulated

    Ximena Ibarra-Soria;Thiago S. Nakahara;Jingtao Lilue;Yue Jiang

  • Genetic variation of an odorant receptor OR7D4 and sensory perception of cooked meat containing androstenone.

    Kathrine Lunde;Bjørg Egelandsdal;Ellen Skuterud;Joel D. Mainland

  • Olfactory impairments in patients with unilateral cerebellar lesions are selective to inputs from the contralesional nostril.

    Joel D. Mainland;Bradley N. Johnson;Rehan Khan;Richard B. Ivry

Frequent Co-Authors

Noam Sobel
Noam Sobel Weizmann Institute of Science
Leslie B. Vosshall
Leslie B. Vosshall Rockefeller University
Johan N. Lundström
Johan N. Lundström Karolinska Institute
John C. Marioni
John C. Marioni European Bioinformatics Institute
Moustafa Bensafi
Moustafa Bensafi Grenoble Alpes University
Yun Li
Yun Li University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Nicholas Katsanis
Nicholas Katsanis Galatea Bio Inc
Thomas Hummel
Thomas Hummel TU Dresden
Thomas M. Keane
Thomas M. Keane European Bioinformatics Institute
Peter Mombaerts
Peter Mombaerts Rockefeller University

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