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Willem J. Laursen

Brandeis UniversityORCID 0000-0002-0952-317XUnclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Neuroscience· 2 Biochemistry· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Organism:Drosophila· 1 Assay:electronic health records· 1 Assay:protein structure· 1 Research Focus:protein structure prediction· 1 Research Focus:spatial domain detection· 1

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BiochemistryCell ReportsPeer-reviewedApr 1, 2024

Structure of an insect gustatory receptor

Heather M. Frank, Sanket Walujkar, Richard M. Walsh…·Rachelle Gaudet

The paper determines the structure of BmGr9, an insect gustatory receptor, and compares it to olfactory receptors to understand ligand specificity.

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protein structureexperimental assay

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NeurosciencebioRxivPreprintApr 5, 2022

Heat and humidity sensors that alert mosquitoes to nearby human hosts

Willem J. Laursen, Gonzalo Budelli, Elaine C. Chang…·Paul Garrity

The paper identifies Ir93a as essential for mosquito attraction to human hosts through heat and humidity sensing, revealing parallel sensory pathways for host detection.

8 citations

experimental assay

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NeuroscienceCurrent BiologyPeer-reviewedJul 2, 2020

Connectomics analysis reveals first, second, and third order thermosensory and hygrosensory neurons in the adult Drosophila brain

Elizabeth C. Marin, Laurin Büld, Maria Theiss…·Gregory S.X.E. Jefferis

The paper identifies new thermosensory and hygrosensory glomeruli and neurons in the Drosophila brain using connectomics, revealing their connections to higher brain centers and circadian clock circuits.

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Drosophilaelectronic health records

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