☨: equal contribution. *: corresponding author.

Reviews on circuit evolution

Zhao, Z.*, & McBride, C. S.* (2020). Evolution of olfactory circuits in insects. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00359-020-01399-6

Parrot research

Zhao, Z., Teoh, H. K., Carpenter, J., Nemon, F., Kardon, B., Cohen, I., & Goldberg, J. H. (2023). Anterior forebrain pathway in parrots is necessary for producing learned vocalizations with individual signatures. Current Biology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.11.014. Available at bioRxiv, 05/04/2023.

Mosquito research

Zhao, Z.*, Zung, J. L., Hinze, A., Kriete, A. L., Iqbal, A., Younger, M. A., Matthews, B. J., Merhof, D., Thiberge, S., Ignell, R., Strauch, M., & McBride, C. S.* (2022). Mosquito brains encode unique features of human odour to drive host seeking. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04675-4. Available at bioRxiv, 11/02/2020.

Zhao, Z., Weiss, L., & McBride, C. S.* (2022). GCaMP imaging in mosquitoes: central nervous system. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. https://doi.org/10.1101/pdb.top107682

Zhao, Z., Weiss, L., & McBride, C. S.* (2022). Two-photon calcium imaging in the brain of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. https://doi.org/10.1101/pdb.prot108070

Zhao, Z., Tian D., & McBride C. S.* 2021. Development of a pan-neuronal genetic driver in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Cell Reports Methods. 1 (3): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crmeth.2021.100042. Available at bioRxiv, 08/22/2020.

Jové, V., Gong, Z.☨, Hol, F. J. H.☨, Zhao, Z. ☨, Sorrells, T. R., Carroll, T. S., Prakash, M., McBride, C. S., & Vosshall, L. B.* (2020). Sensory discrimination of blood and floral nectar by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Neuron. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2020.09.019. Available on BioRxiv, 02/27/2020.

Matthews, B. J.*, Dudchenko, O., Kingan, S. B., Koren, S. et al. (2018). Improved reference genome of Aedes aegypti informs arbovirus vector control. Nature, 563(7732), 501–507. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0692-z

Undergraduate research

Luo, J., Wang, Y., Yuan, J., Zhao, Z., & Lu, J.* (2018). MicroRNA duplication accelerates the recruitment of new targets during vertebrate evolution. RNA, 24(6), 787–802. https://doi.org/10.1261/rna.062752.117

Jackman, J. A., Tabaei, S. R., Zhao, Z., Yorulmaz, S., & Cho, N.-J.* (2015). Self-assembly formation of lipid bilayer coatings on bare aluminum oxide: overcoming the force of interfacial water. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 7(1), 959–968. https://doi.org/10.1021/am507651h

Jackman, J. A., Zan, G. H., Zhao, Z., & Cho, N.-J.* (2014). Contribution of the hydration force to vesicle adhesion on titanium oxide. Langmuir, 30(19), 5368–5372. https://doi.org/10.1021/la404581d

Jackman, J. A., Zhao, Z., Zhdanov, V. P., Frank, C. W., & Cho, N.-J.* (2014). Vesicle adhesion and rupture on silicon oxide: influence of freeze–thaw pretreatment. Langmuir, 30(8), 2152–2160. https://doi.org/10.1021/la404582n