Publications

• Liu F, Yao H, Qi Q, Gou D, Liang S, Ferguson ST, Zhang H, Ye Z. “Unveiling the Developmental Dynamics and Functional Role of Odorant Receptor Co-receptor (Orco) in Aedes albopictus: A Novel Mechanism for Regulating Tuning Odorant Receptor Expression,” submitted, 2025. 

• Edwards ND, de Jong E, Liu F, Ferguson ST. “Graphing Methods for Visualizing Kendall’s τ,” in review, 2024. 

• Ferguson ST, Bakis I, Edwards ND, Zwiebel LJ. “Age and Task Modulate Olfactory Sensitivity in the Florida Carpenter Ant, Camponotus Floridanus,” Insects, vol. 14, no. 724, 2023. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14090724 

• Ferguson ST, Bakis I, Edwards ND, Zwiebel LJ. “Olfactory sensitivity differentiates morphologically distinct worker castes in Camponotus floridanus,” BMC Biology, vol. 21, no. 3, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-022-01505-x 

• Ye Z, Liu F, Sun H, Ferguson ST, Baker A, Ochieng S, Zwiebel LJ. “Discrete Roles of Ir76b Ionotropic Coreceptor Impact Olfaction, Blood Feeding, and Mating in the Malaria Vector 1Mosquito Anopheles coluzzii,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 119, no. 23, 2022. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2112385119 

• Ye Z, Liu F, Ferguson ST, Baker A, Pitts RJ, Zwiebel LJ. “Ammonium Transporter AcAmt Mutagenesis Uncovers Reproductive and Physiological Defects without Impacting Olfactory Responses to Ammonia in the Malaria Vector Mosquito Anopheles coluzzii,” Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, vol. 134, no. 103578, 2021. doi: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2021.103578 

• Ferguson ST, Bakis I, Zwiebel LJ. “Advances in the Study of Olfaction in Eusocial Ants,” Insects, vol. 12, no. 3, pages 252, 2021. doi: 10.3390/insects12030252 

• Ferguson ST, Ray A, Zwiebel LJ. “Olfactory Genomics of Eusociality within the Hymenoptera,” in G. Blomquist and R. Vogt. (Eds.), Insect Pheromone Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2nd Edition, 2020. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Academic Press. 

• Ferguson ST, Park KY, Ruff A, Bakis I, Zwiebel LJ. “Odor Coding of Nestmate Recognit.