Faculty and Research

Hubert Amrein, PhD
Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies

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Representative Publications:

Reviews

  • Matsunami, H. and Amrein, H. (2004). Taste perception: how to make a gourmet mouse. Current Biology 14:R118-R120.

  • Amrein, H. (2004). Pheromone perception and behavior in Drosophila melanogaster. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 14:435-442.


  • Matsunami, H. and Amrein, H. (2003). Taste and pheromone perception in mammals and flies. Genome Biology 4:220.1-220.9


  • Matsunami, H. and Amrein, H. (2003). Taste and pheromone perception in mammals and flies. Genome Biology 4:220.1-220.9


  • Thorne, N. and Amrein, H. (2003). Vomeronasal Organ: Pheromone recognition with a twist. Current Biology 13:R220-R222.


  • Amrein H. and Bray, S. (2003).  Bitter-sweet solution in taste transduction.Cell 112:283-287.


  • Amrein, H. (2000). Multiple RNA-protein interactions in Drosophila dosage compensation. Genomebiology 1:1030.1-1030.5.

Primary Papers

  • Larson, M. C., Domingos, A. I., Jones, W. D., Chiappe, M. E., Amrein, H., and Vosshall, L. B.(2004). Or83b encodes an odorant receptor essential for Drosophila olfaction. Neuron 43: 703-712.


  • Thorne, N., Chromey, C., Bray, S. and Amrein, H. (2004). Taste perception and coding in Drosophila. Current Biology 14: 1065-1079.


  • Bray, S. and Amrein, H. (2003). A putative Drosophila pheromone receptor expressed in male-specific taste neurons is required for efficient courtship. Neuron 39:1019-1029.


  • Fujii, S. and Amrein, H. (2002). Genes expressed in the Drosophila head reveal a role for fat cells in sex-specific physiology. EMBO J. 21:5353-5363.


  • Dunipace, L., Meister, S., McNealy, C. and Amrein, H. (2001). Spatially restricted expression of candidate taste receptors in the Drosophila gustatory system. Current Biology 11:822-835.


  • Vosshall, L.B., Amrein, H., Morozov, P.S., Rzhetsky, A., and Axel, R. (1999). A spatial map of olfactory receptor expression in the Drosophila antenna. Cell 96, 725-736.


  • Amrein, H., and Axel, R. (1997). Genes expressed in neurons of adult male Drosophila. Cell 88, 459-469.


  • Hilfiker, A., Amrein, H., Dubendorfer, A., Schneiter, R, and Nothiger, R. (1995). The gene virilizer is required for female-specific splicing controlled by Sxl, the master gene for sexual development in Drosophila. Development 121, 4017-4026.


  • Hedley, M.L., Amrein, H., and Maniatis, T. (1995). An amino acid sequence motif sufficient for subnuclear localization of an arginine/serine rich splicing factor. Proc. Natl. Sci. USA 92, 11524-11428.