Christopher Potter PhD

Professor of Neuroscience
Co-Director of the Neuroscience Training Program




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Konopka JK, Task D, Poinapen D, Potter CJ (2023).  Neurogenetic identification of mosquito sensory neurons. iScience, 26:5:106690.  Link

Raji JI, Konopka JK, Potter CJ (2023).  A spatial map of antennal-expressed ionotropic receptors in the malaria mosquito. Cell Reports, 10;42:112101.  Link

Konopka JK, Task D, Poinapen D, Potter CJ (2022). Neurogenetic identification of mosquito sensory neurons. bioRxiv 2022.11.22.517370. Link  

Matinyan, N, Potter, CJ. “Chapter 29: Perspectives on the genetic manipulation of mosquitoes: advancements in studying sensory biology in vector insects” Sensory Ecology of Disease Vectors. Eds. R. Ignell, C.R. Lazzari, M.G. Lorenzo, S.R. Hill. Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2022. 743-771. Link

Raji JI, Potter CJ (2022). Chemosensory Ionotropic Receptors in Human Host-Seeking Mosquitoes. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 54:100967. doi:10.1016/j.cois.2022.100967. Link

Afify A, Potter CJ (2022). Calcium Imaging of Anopheles coluzzii Mosquito Antennae Expressing the Calcium Indicator GCaMP6f. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols doi:10.1101/pdb.prot107918. Link

Afify A, Potter CJ (2022). Genetically Encoded Calcium Indicators for Functional Imaging of Mosquito Olfactory Neurons. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols doi:10.1101/pdb.top107683. Link

Task D, Lin C-C, Vulpe A, Afify A, Ballou S, Brbic M, Schlegel P, Raji J, Jefferis GSXE, Li H, Menuz K, Potter CJ (2022). Chemoreceptor Co-Expression in Drosophila melanogaster Olfactory Neurons. eLife 2022;11:e72599. Link

Maguire SE, Afify A, Goff LA, Potter CJ (2022). Odorant-receptor-mediated regulation of chemosensory gene expression in the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae. Cell Reports, 38:110494. Link

Marr E, Potter CJ (2021). Base Editing of Somatic Cells Using CRISPR-Cas9 in Drosophila. The CRISPR Journal, Nov 23 2021. doi: 10.1089/crispr.2021.0062. Link

Task DLin C-CVulpe AAfify ABallou SBrbic MSchlegel PJefferis GSXELi HMenuz KPotter CJ (2021). Chemoreceptor Co-Expression in Drosophila Olfactory Neurons. bioRxiv, July 28. Link

Potter CJ (2021). Unlocking pan-neuronal expression in mosquitoes. (Preview) Cell Reports Methods, Volume 1, Issue 3, 100051. Link

Raji JI, Potter CJ (2021). The number of neurons in Drosophila and mosquito brains. PLOS ONE 16(5): e0250381. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250381. Link

Task, D, Potter, CJ (2021). Rapid degeneration of Drosophila olfactory neurons in Orco mutant maxillary palps. microPublication Biology. 10.17912/micropub.biology.000398. Link

Konopka JK, Task D, Afify A, Raji J, Deibel K, Maguire S, Lawrence R, Potter CJ (2021). Olfaction in Anopheles mosquitoes. Chemical Senses, bjab021. Link

Melo N, Capek M, Arenas OM, Afify A, Potter CJ, Laminette PJ, Para A, Gallio M, Stensmyr MC (2021). The irritant receptor TRPA1 mediates the mosquito repellent effect of catnip. Current Biology. 2021; 31:1-7. Link

Marr E, Potter CJ (2021). Base editing using CRISPR/Cas9 in Drosophila. bioRxiv 2021.03.24.436868. Link

Task D, Lin C-C, Afify A,  Li H, Vulpe A,  Menuz M, Potter CJ (2020). Widespread Polymodal Chemosensory Receptor Expression in Drosophila Olfactory Neurons. bioRxiv, Nov 8. Link

Maguire SE, Afify A, Goff LA, Potter CJ (2020). A Feedback Mechanism Regulates Odorant Receptor Expression in the Malaria Mosquito, Anopheles gambiae. bioRxiv, July 24. Link

Afify A and Potter CJ (2020). Insect Repellents Mediate Species-Specific Olfactory Behaviours in Mosquitoes. Malaria Journal. https://malariajournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12936-020-03206-8.

Afify A, Betz JF, Riabinina O, Lahondère C, Potter CJ (2019). Commonly used insect repellents hide human odors from Anopheles mosquitoes. Current Biology. DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2019.09.007. https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(19)31167-4

Maguire SE, Potter CJ (2019) Diet Drugs Trick Mosquitoes into Feeling Full.  Trends in Pharmacol Sci S0165-6147(19)30093-8. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165614719300938?via%3Dihub

Potter CJ (2019) Olfaction: Mosquitoes Love your Acid Odors.  Current Biology 29(8), R282–R284. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982219303082

Chin SG, Maguire SE, Huoviala P, Jefferis GSXE, Potter CJ (2018) Olfactory Neurons and Brain Centers Directing Oviposition Decisions in Drosophila.  Cell Reports 24, 1667-1678 https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(18)31108-2

Potter CJ. (2018) Shining a Light on Olfactory Circuits. Neuron 98, 1061-1063 https://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(18)30488-4

Riabinina, O, Task, D, Marr, E, Lin, C-C, Alford R, O'Brochta, DA, Potter, CJ (2016) Organization of Olfactory Centers in the Malaria Mosquito Anopheles gambiae. Nature Communications 7, 1–12. http://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13010

Lin, C-C, Potter, CJ (2016) Non-Mendelian Dominant Maternal Effects Caused by CRISPR/Cas9 Transgenic Components in Drosophila melanogaster.  G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics  Early Online September 16, 2016, doi: 10.1534/g3.116.034884;  http://www.g3journal.org/content/6/11/3685.full

Lin, C-C, Potter, CJ (2016) Editing Transgenic DNA Components by Inducible Gene Replacement in Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics  203(4) 1613-1628; DOI: 10.1534/genetics.116.191783;  http://www.genetics.org/content/203/4/1613

Lin, C-C, Riabinina, O., Potter, C. J. (2016) Olfactory Behaviors Assayed by Computer Tracking Of Drosophila in a Four-quadrant Olfactometer. J. Vis. Exp. (114), e54346, doi:10.3791/54346 JoVE

Lin, C-C., Prokop-Prigge, KA, Preti, G and Potter CJ (2015) Food odors trigger Drosophila males to deposit a pheromone that guides aggregation and female oviposition decisions. eLife. http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.08688

Lin, C-C. and Potter, CJ (2015) Re-classification of Drosophila melanogaster Trichoid and Intermediate Sensilla Using Fluorescence-guided Single Sensillum Recording.  PLoS ONE, http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0139675

Riabinina, O., Luginbuhl, D., Marr, E., Liu, S., Wu, M.N., Luo, L., and Potter, C.J (2015) Improved and expanded Q-system reagents for genetic manipulations. Nature Methods, 12:219-222. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.3250

Potter, CJ (2014) Stop the Biting: Targeting a Mosquito’s Sense of Smell (review). Cell 156:878-881.