Publications of Bill S. Hansson

Arumugam, S.; Rihani, K.; Venkateswaran, V.; Shiota, Y.; Thiagarajan, D.; Hansson, B. S.; Knaden, M.; Sachse, S.: Effects of elevated ozone on life history traits, olfactory detection, and behavior in Drosophila. Science of the Total Environment 1036, 181864 (2026)

Ismaieel, A. R.; Stieber, R.; Hansson, B. S.; Bisch-Knaden, S.: Hawkmoths can smell with grooming organs on their legs. Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology 212, pp. 197 - 209 (2026)

Ismaieel, A. R.; Stieber, R.; Hansson, B. S.; Bisch-Knaden, S.: Noses on the wing: the olfactory capacity of hawkmoth wings. The Journal of Experimental Biology 229 (14), jeb252047 (2026)

Jiang, N.-J.; Bhat, B. A.; Briceño Aguilar, E.; Lehmann, A.; Ulrich, Y.; Hansson, B. S.; Knaden, M.: Oxidizing pollutants can disrupt nestmate recognition in ants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 123 (6), e2520139123 (2026)

Khallaf, M. A.; Hart, D. W.; Luo, W.; Murad, F.; Pereira, F. C.; Mendez-Aranda, D.; Hagenah, N.; Rossi, A.; Bégay, V.; Okrouhlík, J. et al.; Krautwurst, D.; Ngalameno, M. K.; Ganswindt, A.; Barker, A. J.; Šumbera, R.; Knaden, M.; Pezet, S.; Woehler, A.; Hansson, B. S.; Bennett, N. C.; Lewin, G. R.: A queen odour mediates reproductive suppression in a eusocial mammal. Nature 656, pp. 390 - 398 (2026)

Unni, A. P.; Rihani, K.; Sachse, S.; Hansson, B. S.; Knaden, M.: Drosophila melanogaster fly odors alone are not sufficient to attract other flies. Journal of Chemical Ecology 52, 72 (2026)

Yuan, J.; Nie, L.; Shang, L.; Jia, Z.; Shan, S.; Zhang, X.; Shi, L.; Zeng, Y.; Hong, B.; Cheng, X. et al.; Wang, G.; Hansson, B. S.; Chang, H.: Microbial signaling coordinates group oviposition and predator defense in migratory locusts. Cell 189, pp. 1 - 17 (2026)

Acharya, N.; Wiesel, E.; Selcho, M.; Ehmann, N.; Hansson, B. S.; Wicher, D.; Kittel, R. J.: Type-specific molecular signaling architectures and synaptic plasticity of Drosophila olfactory sensory neurons. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience 19, 1579821 (2025)

Briceño-Aguilar, E.; Wiehler, M.; Hansson, B. S.; Knaden, M.: Constancy versus flexibility in oviposition: host choice behavior in a hawkmoth. The Journal of Experimental Biology 228 (17), jeb250600 (2025)

Chen, Q.; Chang, H.; Ma, B.; Guo, M.; Cao, S.; Li, B.; Wang, X.; Berg, B.; Chu, X.; Zhang, T. et al.; Hansson, B. S.; Liu, Y.; Wang, G.: Carbon dioxide drives oviposition in Helicoverpa armigera. National Science Review 12 (12), nwaf270 (2025)

Gruber, L.; Cantera, R.; Pleijzier, M. W.; Niebergall, M.; Steinert, M.; Pertsch, T.; Hansson, B. S.; Rybak, J.: The unique synaptic circuitry of specialized olfactory glomeruli in Drosophila melanogaster. eLife 12, RP88824 (2025)

He, Y.; Yan, Q.; Hou, J.-H.; Li, Y.; Wei, Z.-Q.; Guo, J.-M.; Liu, N.-Y.; Knaden, M.; Hansson, B. S.; Dong, S.-L. et al.; Zhang, J.: Male-derived PBP4 is essential for sperm competition by mediating sperm motility in moths. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 122 (44), e2510155122 (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)

Krishnan, S.; Karpe, S. D.; Kumar, H.; Nongbri, L. B.; Venkateswaran, V.; Sowdhamini, R.; Grosse-Wilde, E.; Hansson, B. S.; Borges, R. M.: Sensing volatiles throughout the body: geographic- and tissue-specific olfactory receptor expression in the fig wasp. Insect Science 32 (3), pp. 861 - 880 (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)

Otárola-Jiménez, J. A.; Spehr, R.; Hansson, B. S.; Knaden, M.: How sugar quality and concentration influence oviposition preference in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Chemical Ecology 51, 67 (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)

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)