Link to publications on Google Scholar:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=U9wqOa0AAAAJ
Link to Laursen publications on Pubmed:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/willem.laursen.1/bibliography/public/
Tang, R; Busby, R; Laursen, WJ; Keane, GT; Garrity, PA. (2024) Functional dissection of mosquito humidity sensing reveals distinct Dry and Moist Cell contributions to blood feeding and oviposition. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 121(35), e2407394121. doi:10.1073/pnas.2407394121.
Frank, HM; Walujkar, S; Walsh, RM; Laursen, WJ; Theobald, DL; Garrity, PA; Gaudet, R. (2023) Structural basis of ligand specificity and channel activation in an insect gustatory receptor. Cell reports. 43(4). doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114035
Laursen, WJ; Tang, R; Garrity, PA. (2023) Hunting with heat: Thermosensory-driven foraging in mosquitoes, snakes, and beetles. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 226(13). doi: 10.1242/jeb.229658. Invited review.
Laursen, WJ*; Busby, R*; Sarkissian, T; Chang, EC; Garrity, PA. (2023) DMKPs provide a generalizable strategy for studying genes required for reproduction or viability in non-traditional model organisms. Genetics. 224(2). doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyad057 *co-first authorship.
Laursen, WJ; Budelli, G; Tang, R; Chang, EC; Busby, R; Shankar, S; Gerber, R; Greppi, C; Albuquerque, R; Garrity, PA. (2023) Humidity sensors that alert mosquitoes to nearby hosts and egg-laying sites. Neuron. 111(6):874-887.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2022.12.025.
Laursen, WJ; Garrity, PA. (2021) A divalent boost from magnesium. Elife. 10:e65359. doi: 10.7554/eLife.65359. Comment.
Marin, EC; Buld, L; Theiss, M; Sarkissian, T; Roberts, RJV; Turnbull, R; Tamimi, IFM; Pleijzier, MW; Laursen, WJ; Drummond, N; Schlegel, P; Bates, AS; Li, F; Landgraf, M; Costa, M; Bock, DD; Garrity, PA; Jefferis, GSXE. (2020) Connectomics analysis reveals first-, second-, and third-order thermosensory and hygrosensory neurons in the adult drosophila brain. Current Biology. S0960-9822(20)30844-7. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.06.028.
Greppi, C*; Laursen, WJ*; Budelli, G; Chang, EC; Daniels, AM; van Giesen, L; Smidler, AL; Catteruccia, F; Garrity, PA. (2020) Mosquito heat-seeking is driven by an ancestral cooling receptor. Science. (6478):681-684. doi: 10.1126/science.aay9847. *co-first authorship.
Laursen, WJ; Schneider, ER; Merriman, DK; Bagriantsev, SN; Gracheva, EO. (2016) Low-cost functional plasticity of TRPV1 supports heat tolerance in squirrels and camels. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 113(40): 11342-11347. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1604269113.
Laursen, WJ; Anderson, EO; Hoffstaetter, LJ; Bagriantsev, SN; Gracheva, EO. (2015) Species-specific temperature sensitivity of TRPA1. Temperature 2(2) 214-226. doi: 10.1080/23328940.2014.1000702.invited review. Honorable mention (2nd place) 2015 Editor-in-Chief Award for Best Article.
Laursen, WJ; Mastrotto, M; Pesta, D; Funk, OH; Goodman, JB; Merriman, DK; Ingolia, N; Shulman, GI; Bagriantsev, SN; Gracheva, EO. (2015) Neuronal UCP1 expression suggests a mechanism for local thermogenesis during hibernation. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 112(5): 1607-1612. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1421419112.
Wei, Y; Reveal, B; Reich, J; Laursen, WJ; Senger, S; Akbar, T; Iida-Jones, T; Cai, W; Jarnik, M; Lilly, MA. (2014) TORC1 regulators Iml1/GATOR1 and GATOR2 control meiotic entry and oocyte development in Drosophila. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 111(52):E5670-5677. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1419156112.
Schneider, ER; Mastrotto, M; Laursen, WJ; Schulz, VP; Goodman, JB; Funk, OH; Gallagher, PG; Gracheva, EO; Bagriantsev, SN. (2014) Neuronal mechanism for acute mechanosensitivity in tactile-foraging waterfowl. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 111(41): 14941-14946. doi:10.1073/pnas.1413656111. Cover.
Liang, Y; Ewing, PM; Laursen, WJ; Tripp, VT; Singh, S.; Splan, KE. (2014). Copper-binding properties of the BIR2 and BIR3 domains of the X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein. J Inorg Biochem 140: 104-110. doi:10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2014.07.010.
Book Chapters
Laursen, WJ; Bagriantsev, SN; Gracheva, EO. (2014). TRPA1 Channels: Chemical and Temperature sensitivity. Current Topics in Membranes, volume 74, chapter 4. Elsevier Inc., 89-112. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-800181-3.00004-X.