Nadav Shai
@nadavshai.bsky.social
Cell and Molecular Neurobiologist of Mosquitoes | Senior Scientist at Vosshall lab HHMI/RockefellerUniv | PhD WeizmannScience
October 30, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Takeshi Morita: When mosquitoes lose their sense of smell, they become better human-hunters by enhancing their heat-seeking abilities. Sensory compensation = deadlier predators.
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Cross-modal sensory compensation increases mosquito attraction to humans
Mosquitoes enhance sensitivity to human body heat by a sensory compensation mechanism when their sense of smell is disrupted.
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June 3, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Takeshi Morita: When mosquitoes lose their sense of smell, they become better human-hunters by enhancing their heat-seeking abilities. Sensory compensation = deadlier predators.
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
@oliviagoldman.net (and I) published the first comprehensive Mosquito Single Cell Atlas. Analyzing 367,000+ cells! We found some cool stuff about sexual dimorphism and blood feeding.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Mosquito Cell Atlas: A single-nucleus transcriptomic atlas of the adult Aedes aegypti mosquito
The female mosquito’s remarkable ability to hunt humans and transmit pathogens relies on her unique biology. Here, we present the Mosquito Cell Atlas (MCA), a comprehensive single-nucleus RNA sequenci...
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June 3, 2025 at 3:38 PM
@oliviagoldman.net (and I) published the first comprehensive Mosquito Single Cell Atlas. Analyzing 367,000+ cells! We found some cool stuff about sexual dimorphism and blood feeding.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@leahhouri.bsky.social : Female mosquitoes actively control mating via genital "lock-and-key" mechanics! Asian tiger mosquitoes can "pick the lock" of yellow fever mosquitoes, driving extinctions.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org
June 3, 2025 at 3:38 PM
@leahhouri.bsky.social : Female mosquitoes actively control mating via genital "lock-and-key" mechanics! Asian tiger mosquitoes can "pick the lock" of yellow fever mosquitoes, driving extinctions.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Congratulations Maya!
March 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Congratulations Maya!