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  • 2015 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Leslie B. Vosshall is affiliated with Rockefeller University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Genetics, Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's research topics encompass a range of areas focused on insects and their physiology, behavior, and ecological interactions. Major themes in their publications include:

  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering

Frequent co-authors with whom Vosshall has collaborated include Takeshi Morita, Margaret Herre, Olivia V. Goldman, Benjamin J. Matthews, and Yanyan Qi. The scientist's work is often published in the following venues:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Science
  • Cell
  • eLife

Recent published papers by Leslie B. Vosshall include:

  • "Non-canonical odor coding in the mosquito," 2022, Cell
  • "How to turn an organism into a model organism in 10 'easy' steps," 2020, Journal of Experimental Biology
  • "Differential mosquito attraction to humans is associated with skin-derived carboxylic acid levels," 2022, Cell
  • "Sensory Discrimination of Blood and Floral Nectar by Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes," 2020, Neuron
  • "Fruitless mutant male mosquitoes gain attraction to human odor," 2020, eLife

Leslie B. Vosshall has received recognition in the form of awards such as the Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2015 and Fellowship of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2014.

Best Publications

  • Small molecule drug screening in Drosophila identifies the 5HT2A receptor as a feeding modulation target

    Gabriel Gasque;Stephen Conway;Juan Huang;Yi Rao

  • Comparative Genomics of the Eukaryotes

    Gerald M. Rubin;Mark D. Yandell;Jennifer R. Wortman;George L. Gabor

  • Or83b encodes a broadly expressed odorant receptor essential for Drosophila olfaction.

    Mattias C. Larsson;Ana I. Domingos;Walton D. Jones;M.Eugenia Chiappe

  • Topographic organization of sensory projections to the olfactory bulb

    Robert Vassar;Steve K. Chao;Raquel Sitcheran;Jennifer M. Nuñez

  • Variant ionotropic glutamate receptors as chemosensory receptors in Drosophila.

    Richard Benton;Kirsten S. Vannice;Carolina Gomez-Diaz;Leslie B. Vosshall;Leslie B. Vosshall

  • A spatial map of olfactory receptor expression in the Drosophila antenna.

    Leslie B Vosshall;Hubert Amrein;Pavel S Morozov;Andrey Rzhetsky

  • An olfactory sensory map in the fly brain

    Leslie B Vosshall;Allan M Wong;Richard Axel

  • Insect olfactory receptors are heteromeric ligand-gated ion channels

    Koji Sato;Maurizio Pellegrino;Takao Nakagawa;Takao Nakagawa;Tatsuro Nakagawa

  • Atypical Membrane Topology and Heteromeric Function of Drosophila Odorant Receptors In Vivo

    Richard Benton;Silke Sachse;Stephen W Michnick;Leslie B Vosshall

  • Humans can discriminate more than 1 trillion olfactory stimuli

    C. Bushdid;M. O. Magnasco;L. B. Vosshall;L. B. Vosshall;A. Keller

  • Molecular Architecture of Smell and Taste in Drosophila

    Leslie B. Vosshall;Reinhard F. Stocker

  • Two-Photon Calcium Imaging Reveals an Odor-Evoked Map of Activity in the Fly Brain

    Jing W. Wang;Allan M. Wong;Jorge Flores;Leslie B. Vosshall

  • Two chemosensory receptors together mediate carbon dioxide detection in Drosophila

    Walton D. Jones;Pelin Cayirlioglu;Ilona Grunwald Kadow;Ilona Grunwald Kadow;Leslie B. Vosshall

  • Genetic variation in a human odorant receptor alters odour perception

    Andreas Keller;Hanyi Zhuang;Qiuyi Chi;Leslie B. Vosshall

  • Genetic and Functional Subdivision of the Drosophila Antennal Lobe

    Elane Fishilevich;Leslie B. Vosshall

  • A Systematic Nomenclature for the Insect Brain

    Kei Ito;Kazunori Shinomiya;Masayoshi Ito;J. Douglas Armstrong

  • Sensing odorants and pheromones with chemosensory receptors.

    Kazushige Touhara;Leslie B. Vosshall

  • An essential role for a CD36-related receptor in pheromone detection in Drosophila

    Richard Benton;Kirsten S. Vannice;Kirsten S. Vannice;Leslie B. Vosshall

  • Evolution of mosquito preference for humans linked to an odorant receptor

    Carolyn S. McBride;Felix Baier;Aman B. Omondi;Sarabeth A. Spitzer

  • Multimodal Integration of Carbon Dioxide and Other Sensory Cues Drives Mosquito Attraction to Humans

    Conor J. McMeniman;Román A. Corfas;Benjamin J. Matthews;Scott A. Ritchie

Frequent Co-Authors

Joel D. Mainland
Joel D. Mainland Monell Chemical Senses Center
Michael W. Young
Michael W. Young Rockefeller University
Nicholas Katsanis
Nicholas Katsanis Galatea Bio Inc
Martin J. Blaser
Martin J. Blaser Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Cornelia I. Bargmann
Cornelia I. Bargmann Rockefeller University
Daniel E. Neafsey
Daniel E. Neafsey Broad Institute
Hugh M. Robertson
Hugh M. Robertson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Amita Sehgal
Amita Sehgal University of Pennsylvania
Richard S. Mann
Richard S. Mann Columbia University
Adam M. Phillippy
Adam M. Phillippy National Institutes of Health

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