All organisms have evolved a mechanism to recognize olfactory information in the environment and transmit it to the brain, where it is processed to create an internal representation of the external world. We are interested in the mechanism by which these representations translate stimulus features into appropriate innate and learned behaviors.
The lab
Image Credits
First image: Input to the Drosophila mushroom body. Green: kenyon cells (alpha/beta), magenta: projection neurons (DA1). Credit: Yoshinori Aso, Daisuke Hattori
Second image: Drosophila female lower reproductive tract and ovipositor. Cyan: muscle actin filaments, yellow: sperm heads, orange: autofluorescence. Credit: Kevin Cury