Paul Garrity

The paper identifies core brain thermosensors in Drosophila larvae that regulate thermoregulation by modulating the behavioral response to peripheral temperature inputs.

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

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

The paper identifies Warming Cells and Cooling Cells in Drosophila that use cross-inhibition to regulate thermal homeostasis through coordinated behavioral responses.

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.