Leslie Vosshall's guest appearances

Leslie Vosshall

Person Place Thing with Randy Cohen

Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda

The Inner Scientist

The Joy of x

Neil Shubin

Steven Strogatz

Anna Deavere Smith

Bonnie Bassler

Sheila Nevins

Cori Bargmann

Bryan Stevenson

Robert Sapolsky

Malcolm Gladwell

Jared Diamond

Alan Alda

Chris Voss

David Sedaris

Kevin Bacon

Sarah Ruhl

OwlTail

Female mosquitoes need your blood to live and breed. So figuring out who among us attracts them and why can not only help in avoiding annoying bites but also help stop the spread of deadly diseases.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid

Female mosquitoes need your blood to live and breed. So figuring out who among us attracts them and why can not only help in avoiding annoying bites but also help stop the spread of deadly diseases.<a href="https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid</a>

Leslie Vosshall – Why Mosquitoes Choose You

Events take an interesting turn after the neurogeneticist Leslie Vosshall speaks with host Steven Strogatz about ways to make mosquitoes less deadly and the obstacles facing educational inclusiveness.            The post Leslie Vosshall on Designer Mosquitoes and Dude Walls first appeared on Quanta Magazine

Events take an interesting turn after the neurogeneticist Leslie Vosshall speaks with host Steven Strogatz about ways to make mosquitoes less deadly and the obstacles facing educational inclusiveness. The post <a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/leslie-vosshall-on-designer-mosquitoes-and-dude-walls-20200204/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Leslie Vosshall on Designer Mosquitoes and Dude Walls</a> first appeared on <a href="https://api.quantamagazine.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quanta Magazine</a>

Leslie Vosshall on Designer Mosquitoes and Dude Walls

Dr. Leslie Vosshall from the Rockefeller University discusses her work that led  to the discovery of odorant receptors in the fruit fly D. melanogaster, with the unexpected finding that these receptors are not GPCRs. She also talks about her group's subsequent transition from studying odorant pathways in flies to analyzing the molecular genetics underlying chemosensory behaviors in mosquitos. We discuss her pioneering work on mosquito-host selection, the molecular biology of mosquito-borne illnesses, as well as various truths and myths about why mosquitos prefer certain people as a blood source. It's a wide ranging and fascinating conversation. Enjoy!

Dr. Leslie Vosshall

This neurogeneticist esteems Rita Levi-Montalcini, who won a Nobel Prize for her work on human growth factor. She experimented with eggs, and then she ate the eggs. Science during wartime. In hiding. In a basement lab. Great stories at KGB’s Red Room, produced with Lori Schwarz. Music from Leslie Goshko.

This neurogeneticist esteems Rita Levi-Montalcini, who won a Nobel Prize for her work on human growth factor. She experimented with eggs, and then she ate the eggs. Science during wartime. In hiding. In a basement lab. Great stories at KGB’s Red Room, produced with Lori Schwarz. Music from Leslie Goshko.