Yeast cells are often employed in industrial fermentation processes for their ability to
efficiently convert relatively high concentrations of sugars into ethanol and carbon dioxide …

The insect gustatory system senses taste information from environmental food substrates
and processes it to control feeding behaviors. Drosophila melanogaster has been a …

Whereas progress has been made in the identification of neural signals related to rapid,
cued decisions,–, less is known about how brains guide and terminate more ethologically …

Innate behaviors are frequently comprised of ordered sequences of component actions that
progress to satisfy essential drives. Progression is governed by specialized sensory cues …

The ability to find and consume nutrient-rich diets for successful reproduction and survival is
fundamental to animal life. Among the nutrients important for all animals are polyamines, a …

Taste systems encode chemical cues that drive vital behaviors. We have elucidated
noncanonical features of taste coding using an unconventional kind of electrophysiological …

The odour of acids has a distinct quality that is perceived as sharp, pungent and often
irritating. How acidity is sensed and translated into an appropriate behavioural response is …

Background Egg-laying animals, such as insects, ensure the survival of their offspring by
depositing their eggs in favorable environments. To identify suitable oviposition sites …

Animals host multi-species microbial communities (microbiomes) whose properties may
result from inter-species interactions; however, current understanding of host-microbiome …

Detecting danger is one of the foremost tasks for a neural system. Larval parasitoids
constitute clear danger to Drosophila, as up to 80% of fly larvae become parasitized in …