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Leslie B. Vosshall and Matteo Carandini
Editorial Overview for the August 2009 Issue: Sensory Systems
Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. 19:343-344 (2009).

Takao Nakagawa and Leslie B. Vosshall
Controversy and consensus: noncanonical signaling mechanisms in the insect olfactory system
Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. 19:284-292 (2009).

Kazushige Touhara and Leslie B. Vosshall
Sensing Odorants and Pheromones with Chemosensory Receptors.
Ann. Rev. Physiol. 71:307-332 (2009).

Kenta Asahina*, Matthieu Louis*, Silvia Piccinotti, and Leslie B. Vosshall
A circuit supporting concentration-invariant odor perception in Drosophila.
J. Biol. 8:9 (2009).
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Minireview by Kim and Wang
Faculty of 1000 Biology Evaluation: F1000 Factor 6.0 (Must Read) (Jan. 26, 2009)
Featured in Nature Research Highlights (Feb. 5, 2009)

Richard Benton, Kirsten S. Vannice, Carolina Gomez-Diaz, and Leslie B. Vosshall
Variant Ionotropic Glutamate Receptors as Chemosensory Receptors in Drosophila.
Cell 136:149-162 (2009).
Supplemental Data
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Faculty of 1000 Biology Evaluation: F1000 Factor 9.0 (Exceptional) (Jan. 15, 2009)

Leslie B. Vosshall
Genetics of chemosensory transduction: taste and smell.
in Bier, E. (ed.), The Legacy of Drosophila Genetics: From 'defining the gene' to 'analyzing genome function'
The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection
Henry Stewart Talks Ltd., London (2008)

Andreas Keller and Leslie B. Vosshall
Better smelling through genetics: mammalian odor perception
Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. 18:364-369 (2008).

Leslie B. Vosshall
Minireview: Scent of a Fly.
Neuron 59:685-689 (2008).

Kenta Asahina, Viktoryia Pavlenkovich, and Leslie B. Vosshall
The survival advantage of olfaction in a competitive environment.
Current Biology 2008 July 30 [Epub ahead of print].
Supporting Online Material

Koji Sato, Maurizio Pellegrino, Takao Nakagawa, Tatsuro Nakagawa, Leslie B. Vosshall, Kazushige Touhara
Insect olfactory receptors are heteromeric ligand-gated ion channels.
Nature 452:1002-1006 (2008).
Supporting Online Material
Preview by Ha and Smith
Faculty of 1000 Biology Evaluation: F1000 Factor 6.0 (Must Read) (May 13, 2008)

Mathias Ditzen, Maurizio Pellegrino, and Leslie B Vosshall
Insect odorant receptors are molecular targets of the insect repellent DEET.
Science 319:1838-1842 (2008).
Supporting Online Material
Faculty of 1000 Biology Evaluation: F1000 Factor 6.4 (Must Read) (April 1-17, 2008)

Matthieu Louis, Silvia Piccinotti & Leslie B Vosshall
High-resolution measurement of odor-driven behavior in Drosophila larvae.
Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE). Published online: 3 January 2008

Matthieu Louis, Thomas Huber, Richard Benton, Thomas P Sakmar & Leslie B Vosshall
Bilateral olfactory sensory input enhances chemotaxis behavior.
Nature Neuroscience 11:187-199 (2008).
Supplementary Figures

Silke Sachse, Erroll Rueckert, Andreas Keller, Ryuichi Okada, Nobuaki K. Tanaka, Kei Ito, & Leslie B. Vosshall
Activity-Dependent Plasticity in an Olfactory Circuit.
Neuron 56:838-850 (2007).
Supplementary Figures

Leslie B. Vosshall
Into the mind of a fly.
Nature 450:193-197 (2007).

Richard Benton, Kirsten S. Vannice & Leslie B. Vosshall
An essential role for a CD36-related receptor in pheromone detection in Drosophila.
Nature 450:289-293 (2007).
Supplementary Materials

Andreas Keller*, Hanyi Zhuang*, Qiuyi Chi, Leslie B. Vosshall & Hiroaki Matsunami (*equal contribution)
Genetic variation in a human odorant receptor alters odour perception.
Nature 449:468-472 (2007).
Supplementary Materials
Faculty of 1000 Biology Evaluation: F1000 Factor 6.4 (Must Read) (Oct.-Nov. 2007)

Leslie B. Vosshall and Reinhard F. Stocker
Molecular architecture of smell and taste in Drosophila.
Ann. Rev. Neurosci. 30:505-533 (2007).

Kenta Asahina and Richard Benton
Smell and taste on a high: Symposium on Chemical Senses: From Genes to Perception.
EMBO Rep. 8:634-638 (2007).

Jennifer E. Mehren
Mate Recognition: Should Fly Stay or Should Fly Go?
Curr Biol. 17:R240-242 (2007).

Philippe P. Laissue and Leslie B. Vosshall
The Olfactory Sensory Map in Drosophila.
Chapter in "Brain Development in Drosophila," edited by G. Technau.

Andreas Keller and Leslie B. Vosshall
Influence of odorant receptor repertoire on odor perception in humans and fruit flies.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 104:5614-9 (2007).
Supplemental Figures, Methods, and Tables
Supplemental Movie 1
Supplemental Movie 2
Supplemental Movie 3

Andreas Keller
Drosophila melanogaster's history as a human commensal.
Curr Biol. 17:R77-81 (2007).

Walton D. Jones WD, Pelin Cayirlioglu, Ilona Grunwald Kadow, and Leslie B. Vosshall
Two chemosensory receptors together mediate carbon dioxide detection in Drosophila.
Nature 445:86-90 (2007).
Supplementary Data
News & Views
Faculty of 1000 Biology Evaluation: F1000 Factor 6.4 (Must Read) (Jan.-Feb. 2007)

Richard Benton, Silke Sachse, Stephen W. Michnick, and Leslie B. Vosshall
Atypical membrane topology and heteromeric function of Drosophila odorant receptors in vivo.
PLoS Biol. 4:e20 (2006).
Faculty of 1000 Biology Evaluation: F1000 Factor 6.8 (Must Read) (March-Nov. 2006)

Richard Benton
On the ORigin of smell: odorant receptors in insects.
Cell Mol Life Sci. 63:1579-1585 (2006).

Elane Fishilevich, Ana I. Domingos, Kenta Asahina, Félix Naef, Leslie B. Vosshall, and Matthieu Louis
Chemotaxis Behavior Mediated by Single Larval Olfactory Neurons in Drosophila
Curr. Biol. 15:2086-2096 (2005).
Supplemental Data

Elane Fishilevich & Leslie B. Vosshall.
Genetic and Functional Subdivison of the Drosophila Antennal Lobe.
Curr. Biol. 15:1548-1553 (2005).
Supplemental Z-stack Movies from Figure 2

Leslie B. Vosshall.
Social Signals: The Secret Language of Mice.
Curr. Biol. 15:R255-257 (2005).

Walton D. Jones, Thuy-Ai T. Nguyen, Brian Kloss, Kevin J. Lee, and Leslie B. Vosshall.
Functional conservation of an insect odorant receptor gene across 250 million years of evolution
Curr. Biol. 15:R119-121 (2005).

Leslie B. Vosshall & Marcus C. Stensmyr.
Wake up and Smell the Pheromones.
Neuron. 45:179-81(2005).

Leslie B. Vosshall.
Olfaction: attracting both sperm and the nose.
Curr. Biol. 14:R918-20 (2004).

Keene AC, M Stratmann, A Keller, PN Perrat, LB Vosshall, and S Waddell.
Diverse odor-conditioned memories require uniquely timed dorsal paired medial neuron output.
Neuron. 44:521-533 (2004).
Faculty of 1000 Biology Evaluation: F1000 Factor 3.0 (Recommended) (April 1, 2005)

Keller, A and LB Vosshall. 2004.
Human olfactory psychophysics.
Curr. Biol. 14:R875-878 (2004).

Mattias Larsson, Ana I. Domingos, Walton D. Jones, M. Eugenia Chiappe, Hubert Amrein, & Leslie B. Vosshall.
Or83b encodes a broadly expressed odorant receptor essential for Drosophila olfaction.
Neuron. 43:703-714 (2004).
Faculty of 1000 Biology Evaluation: F1000 Factor 3.2 (Recommended) (Sept.-Oct. 2004)

Leslie B. Vosshall.
Diversity and expression of odorant receptors in Drosophila.
In Insect Pheromone Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. (eds. G.J. Blomquist and R.G. Vogt), pp. 567-591, Elsevier Academic Press, London (2003).

Andreas Keller & Leslie B Vosshall
A psychophysical test of the vibration theory of olfaction
Nature Neurosci. 4:337-338 (2004)
Nature Neuroscience editorial about our paper (April 2004).

Lauren Giarratani and Leslie B. Vosshall
Toward a Molecular Description of Pheromone Perception
Neuron 39:881-883 (2003)

Vosshall LB
Putting Smell on the Map.
Trends Neurosci. 26:169-170 (2003)

Keller A, Vosshall LB
Decoding Olfaction in Drosophila
Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. 13:103-110 (2003)

Wang JW, Wong AM, Flores J, Vosshall LB, Axel R.
Two-photon calcium imaging reveals an odor-evoked map of activity in the fly brain.
Cell 112:271-282 (2003)
Faculty of 1000 Biology Evaluation: F1000 Factor 8.2 (Exceptional) (Feb.-April 2003)

Hummel T, Vasconcelos ML, Clemens JC, Fishilevich Y, Vosshall LB, Zipursky SL.
Axonal targeting of olfactory receptor neurons in Drosophila is controlled by dscam.
Neuron 37:221-31 (2003)

Vosshall LB
How the Brain Sees Smells
Dev. Cell 1: 588-590 (2001)

Vosshall LB
The Molecular Logic of Olfaction in Drosophila
Chem. Senses 26: 207-213 (2001)

Vosshall LB
Olfaction in Drosophila
Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. 10:498-503 (2000)

Vosshall LB, Wong AM, Axel R.
An Olfactory Sensory Map in the Fly Brain
Cell 102: 147-159 (2000)

Rubin, GM, MD Yandell, JR Wortman, GLG Miklos, CR Nelson, IK Hariharan, ME Fortini, PW Li, R Apweiler, W Fleischmann, JM Cherry, S Henikoff, MP Skupski, S Misra, M Ashburner, E Birney, MS Boguski, T Brody, P Brokstein, SE Celniker, SA Chervitz, D Coates, A Cravchik, A Gabrielian, RF Galle, WM Gelbart, RA George, LSB Goldstein, NL Harris, B Hay, RA Hoskins, RO Hynes, SJM Jones, PM Kuehl, B Lemaitre, JT Littleton, DK Morrison, C Mungall, P O'Farrell, OK Pickeral, C Shue, LB Vosshall, J Zhang, R Gibbs, MD Adams, JC Venter, and S Lewis.
Comparative Genomics of the Eukaryotes.
Science 287:2204-2215 (2000).

Vosshall LB, Amrein H, Morozov PS, Rzhetsky A, Axel R
A Spatial Map of Olfactory Receptor Expression in the Drosophila Antenna
Cell 96: 725-736 (1999)

Vassar, R, SK Chao, R Sitcheran, J Nunez, LB Vosshall, and R Axel.
Topographic Organization of Sensory Projections to the Olfactory Bulb.
Cell 79:981-991 (1994)