Research Publications

Non-canonical odor coding in the mosquito.

Herre M.*, Goldman O.V.*, Lu T-C., Caballero-Vidal G., Qi Y., Gilbert Z.N., Gong Z., Morita T., Rahiel S., Ghaninia M., Ignell R., Matthews B.J., Li H., Vosshall L.B, Younger M.A.*. Cell (2022) bioRxiv (2020; 2022) (*denotes equal contribution)

Featured in “Best of Cell 2022” by CellPress.

Mosquito brains encode unique features of human odour to drive host seeking.

Zhao Z, Zung JL, Hinze A, Kriete AL, Iqbal A, Younger MA, Matthews BJ, Merhof D, Thiberge S, Ignell R, Strauch M, McBride CS. Nature (2022) bioRxiv (2020).

PMID: 35508661

The ion channel ppk301 controls freshwater egg-laying in the mosquito Aedes aegypti.

Matthews BJ*, Younger MA*, Vosshall LB. eLife (2019) bioRxiv (2018). (*denotes equal contribution)

PMID: 31112133

(Image from Insight Article by W Daniel Tracey)

Composition and control of a Deg/ENaC channel during presynaptic homeostatic plasticity.

Orr BO, Gorczyca D, Younger MA, Jan LY, Jan YN, Davis GW. Cell Reports (2017)

PMID: 28834749

A presynaptic ENaC channel drives homeostatic plasticity.

Younger MA, Mueller M, Tong A, Pym EC, Davis GW. Neuron (2013).

PMID: 23973209

Distinct visual pathways mediate larval light avoidance and circadian clock entrainment.

Keene AC, Mazzoni EO, Zhen J, Younger MA, Yamaguchi S, Blau J, Desplan C, Sprecher SG. J Neurosci (2011)

PMID: 21525293

Potent Block of Cx36 and Cx50 gap junction channels by mefloquine.

Cruikshank SJ, Hopperstad M, Younger M, Connors BW, Spray DC, Srinivas M. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA (2004).

PMID: 15297615