Search Results - "Dweck, Hany K.M."

A Conserved Dedicated Olfactory Circuit for Detecting Harmful Microbes in Drosophila by Stensmyr, Marcus C., Dweck, Hany K.M., Farhan, Abu, Ibba, Irene, Strutz, Antonia, Mukunda, Latha, Linz, Jeanine, Grabe, Veit, Steck, Kathrin, Lavista-Llanos, Sofia, Wicher, Dieter, Sachse, Silke, Knaden, Markus, Becher, Paul G., Seki, Yoichi, Hansson, Bill S.

“…Flies, like all animals, need to find suitable and safe food. Because the principal food source for Drosophila melanogaster is yeast growing on fermenting…”
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Olfactory Preference for Egg Laying on Citrus Substrates in Drosophila by Dweck, Hany K.M., Ebrahim, Shimaa A.M., Kromann, Sophie, Bown, Deni, Hillbur, Ylva, Sachse, Silke, Hansson, Bill S., Stensmyr, Marcus C.

“…Egg-laying animals, such as insects, ensure the survival of their offspring by depositing their eggs in favorable environments. To identify suitable…”
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Elucidating the Neuronal Architecture of Olfactory Glomeruli in the Drosophila Antennal Lobe by Grabe, Veit, Baschwitz, Amelie, Dweck, Hany K.M., Lavista-Llanos, Sofia, Hansson, Bill S., Sachse, Silke

“…Olfactory glomeruli are morphologically conserved spherical compartments of the olfactory system, distinguishable solely by their chemosensory repertoire,…”
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Activation of Latent Courtship Circuitry in the Brain of Drosophila Females Induces Male-like Behaviors by Rezával, Carolina, Pattnaik, Siddharth, Pavlou, Hania J., Nojima, Tetsuya, Brüggemeier, Birgit, D’Souza, Luis A.D., Dweck, Hany K.M., Goodwin, Stephen F.

“…Courtship in Drosophila melanogaster offers a powerful experimental paradigm for the study of innate sexually dimorphic behaviors [1, 2]. Fruit fly males…”
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Drosophila Avoids Parasitoids by Sensing Their Semiochemicals via a Dedicated Olfactory Circuit by Ebrahim, Shimaa A M, Dweck, Hany K M, Stökl, Johannes, Hofferberth, John E, Trona, Federica, Weniger, Kerstin, Rybak, Jürgen, Seki, Yoichi, Stensmyr, Marcus C, Sachse, Silke, Hansson, Bill S, Knaden, Markus

“…Detecting danger is one of the foremost tasks for a neural system. Larval parasitoids constitute clear danger to Drosophila, as up to 80% of fly larvae become…”
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Olfactory Proxy Detection of Dietary Antioxidants in Drosophila by Dweck, Hany K.M., Ebrahim, Shimaa A.M., Farhan, Abu, Hansson, Bill S., Stensmyr, Marcus C.

“…Dietary antioxidants play an important role in preventing oxidative stress. Whether animals in search of food or brood sites are able to judge the antioxidant…”
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The Olfactory Logic behind Fruit Odor Preferences in Larval and Adult Drosophila by Dweck, Hany K.M., Ebrahim, Shimaa A.M., Retzke, Tom, Grabe, Veit, Weißflog, Jerrit, Svatoš, Ales, Hansson, Bill S., Knaden, Markus

“…Despite the comprehensive knowledge on odor coding, our understanding of the relationship between sensory input and behavioral output in Drosophila remains…”
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Molecular Logic and Evolution of Bitter Taste in Drosophila by Dweck, Hany K.M., Carlson, John R.

“…Taste systems detect a vast diversity of toxins, which are perceived as bitter. When a species adapts to a new environment, its taste system must adapt to…”
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Hany K.M. Dweck by Dweck, Hany K.M.

“…Interview with Hany Dweck, who works on Drosophila chemoreception at Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station…”
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A volatile sex attractant of tsetse flies by Ebrahim, Shimaa A M, Dweck, Hany K M, Weiss, Brian L, Carlson, John R

“…Tsetse flies transmit trypanosomes-parasites that cause devastating diseases in humans and livestock-across much of sub-Saharan Africa. Chemical communication…”
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Ir56b is an atypical ionotropic receptor that underlies appetitive salt response in Drosophila by Dweck, Hany K.M., Talross, Gaëlle J.S., Luo, Yichen, Ebrahim, Shimaa A.M., Carlson, John R.

“…Salt taste is one of the most ancient of all sensory modalities. However, the molecular basis of salt taste remains unclear in invertebrates. Here, we show…”
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Cross-generation pheromonal communication drives Drosophila oviposition site choice by Zhang, Liwei, Sun, Huiwen, Grosse-Wilde, Ewald, Zhang, Long, Hansson, Bill S., Dweck, Hany K.M.

“…In a heterogeneous and changing environment, oviposition site selection strongly affects the survival and fitness of the offspring.1,2 Similarly, competition…”
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Large-scale characterization of sex pheromone communication systems in Drosophila by Khallaf, Mohammed A., Cui, Rongfeng, Weißflog, Jerrit, Erdogmus, Maide, Svatoš, Aleš, Dweck, Hany K. M., Valenzano, Dario Riccardo, Hansson, Bill S., Knaden, Markus

“…Insects use sex pheromones as a reproductive isolating mechanism to attract conspecifics and repel heterospecifics. Despite the profound knowledge of sex…”
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Pheromones mediating copulation and attraction in Drosophila by Dweck, Hany K M, Ebrahim, Shimaa A M, Thoma, Michael, Mohamed, Ahmed A M, Keesey, Ian W, Trona, Federica, Lavista-Llanos, Sofia, Svatoš, Aleš, Sachse, Silke, Knaden, Markus, Hansson, Bill S

“…Intraspecific olfactory signals known as pheromones play important roles in insect mating systems. In the model Drosophila melanogaster , a key part of the…”
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Evolution of insect olfactory receptors by Missbach, Christine, Dweck, Hany Km, Vogel, Heiko, Vilcinskas, Andreas, Stensmyr, Marcus C, Hansson, Bill S, Grosse-Wilde, Ewald

“…The olfactory sense detects a plethora of behaviorally relevant odor molecules; gene families involved in olfaction exhibit high diversity in different animal…”
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Host plant-driven sensory specialization in Drosophila erecta by Linz, Jeanine, Baschwitz, Amelie, Strutz, Antonia, Dweck, Hany K. M., Sachse, Silke, Hansson, Bill S., Stensmyr, Marcus C.

“…Finding appropriate feeding and breeding sites is crucial for all insects. To fulfil this vital task, many insects rely on their sense of smell. Alterations in…”
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Evolutionary shifts in taste coding in the fruit pest Drosophila suzukii by Dweck, Hany Km, Talross, Gaëlle Js, Wang, Wanyue, Carlson, John R

“…Although most species lay eggs in overripe fruit, the agricultural pest lays eggs in ripe fruit. We found that changes in bitter taste perception have…”
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The subapical labial sensory organ of spotted lanternfly Lycorma delicatula by Dweck, Hany K M, Rutledge, Claire E

“…Deciphering how spotted lanternfly (SLF), an invasive polyphagous planthopper in North America, engages with its environment is a pressing issue with…”
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A Drosophila female pheromone elicits species-specific long-range attraction via an olfactory channel with dual specificity for sex and food by Lebreton, Sebastien, Borrero-Echeverry, Felipe, Gonzalez, Francisco, Solum, Marit, Wallin, Erika A, Hedenström, Erik, Hansson, Bill S, Gustavsson, Anna-Lena, Bengtsson, Marie, Birgersson, Göran, Walker, 3rd, William B, Dweck, Hany K M, Becher, Paul G, Witzgall, Peter

“…Mate finding and recognition in animals evolves during niche adaptation and involves social signals and habitat cues. Drosophila melanogaster and related…”
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Diverse mechanisms of taste coding in Drosophila by Dweck, Hany K M, Carlson, John R

“…Taste systems encode chemical cues that drive vital behaviors. We have elucidated noncanonical features of taste coding using an unconventional kind of…”
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