Lab Publications
Lab Publications
Upcoming Papers in Preprint on bioRxiv
Vainer, Y., Wang, Y., Huff, R. M., Ghaninia, M., Coutinho-Abreu, I. V., Sar-Shalom, E., Ruiz, C., Perets, D., Yakir, E., Rajamanickam, D., Warburg, A., Papathanos, P., Akbari, O. S., Ignell, R., Riffell, J. A., Pitts, R. J., & Bohbot, J. D. (2023) The evolution of borneol repellency in culicine mosquitoes. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.08.01.548337
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Lindsley, H. P., Huff, R. M., Boyi, J., & Pitts, R. J. (2024) Odorant receptors for floral- and plant-derived volatiles in the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae). PLoS ONE, 19(5). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0302496
Lindsley, H. P., Bartlett-Miller, A., & Pitts, R. J. (2023) Diols and sugar substitutes in attractive toxic sugar baits targeting Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) mosquitoes. Journal of Medical Entomology, 60(5), 1022-1029. https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjad072
Huff, R. M., & Pitts, R.J. (2022). Functional conservation of Anopheline linalool receptors through 100 million years of evolution. Chemical Senses, 47. https://doi.org/10.1093/chemse/bjac032
Ray, G., Huff, R. M., Castillo, J. S., Bellantuono, A. J., DeGennaro, M., & Pitts, R.J. (2022). Carboxylic acids that drive mosquito attraction to humans activate ionotropic receptors. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 17(6). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011402
Mann, J. G., & Pitts, R. J. (2022). PrimedSherlock: A tool for rapid design of highly specific CRISPR-Cas12 crRNAs. BMC Bioinformatics, 23(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12859-022-04968-5
Lindsley, H. P., Lyons, H. B., Leon-Noreña, M., & Pitts, R. J. (2022). Survivorship-Reducing Effect of Propylene Glycol on Vector Mosquito Populations and Its Potential Use in Attractive Toxic Sugar Baits. Insects, 13(7). https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13070595
Sames, W. J., Hamik, J., Mann, J. G., Bast, J. D., & Pitts, R. J. (2022). AEDES JAPONICUS JAPONICUS IN NEBRASKA AND TEXAS. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 38(2), 92–95. https://doi.org/10.2987/21-7048
Pitts, R. J., Huff, R. M., Shih, S. J., & Bohbot, J. D. (2021). Identification and functional characterization of olfactory indolergic receptors in Musca domestica. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 139. Scopus. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibmb.2021.103653
Ye, Z., Liu, F., Ferguson, S. T., Baker, A., Pitts, R. J., & Zwiebel, L. J. (2021). Ammonium transporter AcAmt mutagenesis uncovers reproductive and physiological defects without impacting olfactory responses to ammonia in the malaria vector mosquito Anopheles coluzzii. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibmb.2021.103578
Sames, W. J., Mann, J. G., Kelly, R., Evans, C. L., Varnado, W. C., Bosworth, A. B., Noden, B. H., Ramberg, F. B., Riles, M. T., Killingsworth, D., Doyle, M. S., & Pitts, R. J. (2021). Distribution of culex coronator in the USA. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 37(1), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.2987/21-6995.1
Huff, R. M., & Pitts, R. J. (2020). Carboxylic acid responses by a conserved odorant receptor in culicine vector mosquitoes. Insect Molecular Biology, 29(6), 523–530. Scopus. https://doi.org/10.1111/imb.12661
Mann, J. G., Washington, M., Guynup, T., Tarrand, C., Dewey, E. M., Fredregill, C., Duguma, D., & Pitts, R. J. (2020). Feeding habits of vector mosquitoes in Harris County, TX, 2018. Journal of Medical Entomology, 57(6), 1920–1929. https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjaa117
Young, K. I., Medwid, J. T., Azar, S. R., Huff, R. M., Drumm, H., Coffey, L. L., Pitts, R. J., Buenemann, M., Vasilakis, N., Perera, D., & Hanley, K. A. (2020). Identification of mosquito bloodmeals collected in diverse habitats in Malaysian borneo using COI barcoding. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 5(2). https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed5020051
Ye, Z., Liu, F., Sun, H., Barker, M., Pitts, R. J., & Zwiebel, L. J. (2020). Heterogeneous expression of the ammonium transporter AgAmt in chemosensory appendages of the malaria vector, Anopheles gambiae. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibmb.2020.103360
Huff, R. M., & Jason Pitts, R. (2019). An odorant receptor from Anopheles gambiae that demonstrates enantioselectivity to the plant volatile, linalool. PLoS ONE, 14(11). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225637
Saveer, A. M., Pitts, R. J., Ferguson, S. T., & Zwiebel, L. J. (2018). Characterization of Chemosensory Responses on the Labellum of the Malaria Vector Mosquito, Anopheles coluzzii. Scientific Reports, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-23987-y