Friday Lectures
Friday, March 03, 2017 3:45 p.m.
Caspary Auditorium
Leslie B. Vosshall, Ph.D.
Robin Chemers Neustein Professor and Head,
Laboratory of Neurogenetics and Behavior,
The Rockefeller University
NEUROBIOLOGY OF THE WORLD’S MOST DANGEROUS ANIMAL
Recommended Readings:
Bezzina A. Malaria infection smells irresistible to mosquitoes. Cosmos. Feb 9 2017
Hurd H. Afraid of malaria? Get a chicken. BMC Blogs Network (blog). Aug 16 2016
Matthews, Benjamin J.; McBride, Carolyn S.; DeGennaro, Matthew; et al. (2016). The neurotranscriptome of the Aedes aegypti mosquito. BMC GENOMICS. 17(32)
Kistler, Kathryn E.; Vosshall, Leslie B.; Matthews, Benjamin J. (2015). Genome Engineering with CRISPR-Cas9 in the Mosquito Aedes aegypti. CELL REPORTS. 11(1): 51-60
McBride, Carolyn S.; Baier, Felix; Omondi, Aman B.; et al. (2014). Evolution of mosquito preference for humans linked to an odorant receptor. NATURE. 515(7526): 222-U151
McMeniman, Conor J.; Corfas, Roman A.; Matthews, Benjamin J.; et al. (2014). Multimodal Integration of Carbon Dioxide and Other Sensory Cues Drives Mosquito Attraction to Humans. CELL. 156(5): 1060-1071
