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Silke Sachse is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Neuroscience, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields, including Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Genetics, Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, as well as Sensory Systems.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas focused on neurobiology and insect physiology, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, insect utilization and effects, olfactory and sensory function studies, animal behavior and reproduction, plant and animal studies, and insect and pesticide research.

Recent papers authored by Silke Sachse include the following:

  • An ammonium transporter is a non-canonical olfactory receptor for ammonia (2021, Current Biology)
  • Mate discrimination among subspecies through a conserved olfactory pathway (2020, Science Advances)
  • Olfactory processing in the lateral horn of Drosophila (2021, Cell and Tissue Research)
  • Multimodal Information Processing and Associative Learning in the Insect Brain (2022, Insects)
  • Higher-order olfactory neurons in the lateral horn support odor valence and odor identity coding in Drosophila (2022, eLife)

The scientist frequently publishes in several venues including bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Current Biology, Science Advances, Cell and Tissue Research, and iScience.

They collaborate regularly with a group of coauthors, with prominent frequent collaborators being Bill S. Hansson, Markus Knaden, Veit Grabe, Sudeshna Das Chakraborty, and Hetan Chang.

Best Publications

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

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

  • A Conserved Dedicated Olfactory Circuit for Detecting Harmful Microbes in Drosophila

    Marcus C. Stensmyr;Hany K.M. Dweck;Abu Farhan;Irene Ibba

  • Role of Inhibition for Temporal and Spatial Odor Representation in Olfactory Output Neurons: A Calcium Imaging Study

    Silke Sachse;C. Giovanni Galizia

  • The glomerular code for odor representation is species specific in the honeybee Apis mellifera

    C. Giovanni Galizia;Silke Sachse;Angelika Rappert;Randolf Menzel

  • Olfactory Preference for Egg Laying on Citrus Substrates in Drosophila

    Hany K.M. Dweck;Shimaa A.M. Ebrahim;Sophie Kromann;Deni Bown

  • The spatial representation of chemical structures in the antennal lobe of honeybees: steps towards the olfactory code.

    Silke Sachse;Angelika Rappert;Cosmas Giovanni Galizia

  • Pheromones mediating copulation and attraction in Drosophila

    Hany K. M. Dweck;Shimaa A. M. Ebrahim;Michael Thoma;Ahmed A. M. Mohamed

  • The coding of odour-intensity in the honeybee antennal lobe: local computation optimizes odour representation.

    Silke Sachse;C. Giovanni Galizia

  • Genetically Expressed Cameleon in Drosophila melanogaster Is Used to Visualize Olfactory Information in Projection Neurons

    André Fiala;Thomas Spall;Sören Diegelmann;Beate Eisermann

  • Activity-Dependent Plasticity in an Olfactory Circuit

    Silke Sachse;Erroll Rueckert;Andreas Keller;Ryuichi Okada

  • Spatial Representation of Odorant Valence in an Insect Brain

    Markus Knaden;Antonia Strutz;Jawaid Ahsan;Silke Sachse

  • Drosophila Avoids Parasitoids by Sensing Their Semiochemicals via a Dedicated Olfactory Circuit.

    Shimaa A. M. Ebrahim;Hany K. M. Dweck;Johannes Stökl;John E. Hofferberth

  • A Deceptive Pollination System Targeting Drosophilids through Olfactory Mimicry of Yeast

    Johannes Stökl;Johannes Stökl;Antonia Strutz;Amots Dafni;Ales Svatos

  • Elucidating the Neuronal Architecture of Olfactory Glomeruli in the Drosophila Antennal Lobe

    Veit Grabe;Amelie Baschwitz;Hany K.M. Dweck;Sofia Lavista-Llanos

  • Decoding odor quality and intensity in the Drosophila brain

    Antonia Strutz;Jan Soelter;Amelie Baschwitz;Abu Farhan

  • Physiological and morphological characterization of local interneurons in the Drosophila antennal lobe

    Yoichi Seki;Jiirgen Rybak;Dieter Wicher;Silke Sachse

  • Fundamental principles of the olfactory code.

    Veit Grabe;Silke Sachse

  • Digital in vivo 3D atlas of the antennal lobe of Drosophila melanogaster.

    Veit Grabe;Antonia Strutz;Amelie Baschwitz;Bill S. Hansson

  • Host plant-driven sensory specialization in Drosophila erecta

    Jeanine Linz;Amelie Baschwitz;Antonia Strutz;Hany K. M. Dweck

  • Odor-driven attractor dynamics in the antennal lobe allow for simple and rapid olfactory pattern classification

    Roberto Fdez Galán;Silke Sachse;C. Giovanni Galizia;Andreas V. M. Herz

  • Relationship of visual and olfactory signal parameters in a food-deceptive flower mimicry system

    C. Giovanni Galizia;Jan Kunze;Andreas Gumbert;Anna-Karin Borg-Karlson

Frequent Co-Authors

Bill S. Hansson
Bill S. Hansson Max Planck Society
C. Giovanni Galizia
C. Giovanni Galizia University of Konstanz
Ian T. Baldwin
Ian T. Baldwin Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
André Fiala
André Fiala University of Göttingen
Randolf Menzel
Randolf Menzel Freie Universität Berlin
Leslie B. Vosshall
Leslie B. Vosshall Rockefeller University
Hanna Mustaparta
Hanna Mustaparta Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Peter Witzgall
Peter Witzgall Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Anna-Karin Borg-Karlson
Anna-Karin Borg-Karlson Royal Institute of Technology
Toru Shimada
Toru Shimada Gakushuin University

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