Publications

Freire, M.; Oberweiser, M. M.; Bollig, A.; Kunert, G.; Knaden, M.: How a salt pan ant Cataglyphis fortis navigates artificially complex environments. Journal of Experimental Biology 228 (4), JEB249369 (2025)

Keesey, I.; Doll, G.; Das Chakraborty, S.; Baschwitz, A.; Lemoine, M.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Svatoš, A.; Sachse, S.; Knaden, M.; Hansson, B. S.: Neuroecology of alcohol risk and reward: Methanol boosts pheromones and courtship success in Drosophila melanogaster. Science Advances 11 (14), eadi9683 (2025)

Ma, B.; Chang, H.; Guo, M.; Ai, D.; Wang, J.; Chen, R.; Liu, X.; Ren, B.; Hansson, B. S.; Wang, G.: Yeast-derived volatiles orchestrate an insect-yeast mutualism with oriental armyworm moths. Nature Communications 16, 1479 (2025)

Moreira-Soto, R. D.; Hansson, B. S.; Knaden, M.: Oviposition dynamics and niche utilization in two sympatric Drosophila species. Journal of Chemical Ecology 51, 21 (2025)

Pal Mahadevan, V.; Galagovsky, D.; Knaden, M.; Hansson, B. S.: Preference for and resistance to a toxic sulfur volatile opens up a unique niche in Drosophila busckii. Nature Communications 16, 767 (2025)

Shigaki, S.; Gillen, J. G.; Neumann, P. P.; Shiota, Y.; Kurabayashi, D.: Special issue on robot olfaction. Advanced Robotics 39 (9), 471 (2025)

Shiota, Y.; Shigaki, S.: Decoding olfactory mechanisms: molecular functions and robotic applications for odor source localization. Advanced Robotics 39 (9), pp. 472 - 490 (2025)

Varma, M.; Winter, G.; Ebeling, A.; Lehmann, A.; Cabon, L.; Gimenez, O. M. P.; Pratap, N.; Schielzeth, H.: Few genetic loci control the green-brown color polymorphism in the meadow grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus. Journal of Evolutionary Biology (accepted)

Voegeli, B.; Sommer, S.; Knaden, M.; Wehner, R.: Vector-based navigation in desert ants: the significance of path-integration vectors. Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology 211, pp. 209 - 220 (2025)

Zhang, J.; Liu, W.; Chang, H.; Wang, Q.; Yuan, J.; Liu, L.; Liu, C.; Zhang, Y.; Ru, C.; Yan, S. et al.; Hansson, B. S.; Wang, G.: Methyl eugenol regulates mating behavior in oriental fruit flies by enhancing lek attractiveness. National Science Review 12 (3), nwae294 (2025)

Baleba, S. B. S.; Jiang, N.-J.; Hansson, B. S.: Temperature-mediated dynamics: Unravelling the impact of temperature on cuticular hydrocarbon profiles, mating behaviour, and life history traits in three Drosophila species. Heliyon 10 (17), e36671 (2024)

Diaz-Morales, M.; Khallaf, M. A.; Stieber, R.; Alali, I.; Hansson, B. S.; Knaden, M.: The ortholog receptor Or67d in Drosophila bipectinata is able to detect two different pheromones. Journal of Chemical Ecology 50, pp. 610 - 619 (2024)

Dzialo, M. C.; Arumugam, S.; Piampongsant, S.; Cool, L.; Vanderaa, C.; Herrera-Malaver, B.; Opsomer, T.; Dehaen, W.; Wenseleers, T.; Roncoroni, M. et al.; Alawamleh, A.; Wäckers, F.; Lievens, B.; Hansson, B. S.; Voordeckers, K.; Sachse, S.; Verstrepen, K. J.: Drosophila suzukii and Drosophila melanogaster prefer distinct microbial and plant aroma compounds in a complex fermented matrix. iScience 25 (11), 111141 (2024)

Galagovsky, D.; Depetris-Chauvin, A.; Kunert, G.; Knaden, M.; Hansson, B. S.: Shaping the environment – Drosophila suzukii larvae construct their own niche. iScience 27 (12), 111341 (2024)

Getahun, M. N.; Baleba, S. B. S.; Ngiela, J.; Ahuya, P.; Masiga, D.: Multimodal interactions in Stomoxys navigation reveal synergy between olfaction and vision. Nature Communications 14, 17724 (2024)

Halty-deLeon, L.; Pal Mahadevan, V.; Wiesel, E.; Hansson, B. S.; Wicher, D.: Response plasticity of Drosophila olfactory sensory neurons. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 25 (13), 7125 (2024)

Jain, K.; Prelic, S.; Hansson, B. S.; Wicher, D.: Expression of Drosophila melanogaster V-ATPases in olfactory sensillum support cells. Insects 15 (12), 1016 (2024)

Jiang, L.; Xie, X. B.; Zhang, L.; Tang, Y.; Zhu, X.; Huang, Y.; Hong, Y.; Hansson, B. S.; Cui, Z. J.; Han, Q.: Activation of the G protein-coupled sulfakinin receptor inhibits blood meal intake in the mosquito Aedes aegypti. Faseb Journal 38 (15), e23864 (2024)

Jiang, N.-J.; Dong, X.; Veit, D.; Hansson, B. S.; Knaden, M.: Elevated ozone disrupts mating boundaries in drosophilid flies. Nature Communications 15, 2872 (2024)

Jiang, X.; Dimitriou, E.; Grabe, V.; Sun, R.; Chang, H.; Zhang, Y.; Gershenzon, J.; Rybak, J.; Hansson, B. S.; Sachse, S.: Ring-shaped odor coding in the antennal lobe of migratory locusts. Cell 187 (15), pp. 13973 - 3991.e24 (2024)