Willem J. Laursen

Mosquito heat seeking is driven by an ancestral cooling receptor

Chloé Greppi, Willem J. Laursen, Gonzalo Budelli et al. · Science · 2020 · 155 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Entomology, Molecular Biology +17

Connectomics Analysis Reveals First-, Second-, and Third-Order Thermosensory and Hygrosensory Neurons in the Adult Drosophila Brain

Elizabeth C. Marin, Laurin Büld, Tatevik Sarkissian et al. · Current Biology · 2020 · 124 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Entomology, Neuroscience +16

Low-cost functional plasticity of TRPV1 supports heat tolerance in squirrels and camels

Willem J. Laursen, Eve R. Schneider, Dana K. Merriman et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2016 · 100 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Neuroscience, Physiology +17

Humidity sensors that alert mosquitoes to nearby hosts and egg-laying sites

Willem J. Laursen, Gonzalo Budelli, Ruocong Tang et al. · Neuron · 2023 · 87 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Entomology, Insect Behavior +16

Neuronal mechanism for acute mechanosensitivity in tactile-foraging waterfowl

Eve R. Schneider, Marco Mastrotto, Willem J. Laursen et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2014 · 81 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Neuroscience, Zoology +17