Gregory Jefferis

(@jefferis) ?
Group Leader at MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge - United Kingdom
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Research activity

Neural circuit basis of innate olfactory behaviour

olfaction, neural circuits, neuroanatomy, electrophysiology, multiphoton imaging, image analysis

Representative publications

  • Grosjean Y, Rytz R, Farine JP, Abuin L, Cortot J, Jefferis GS, Benton R. An olfactory receptor for food-derived odours promotes male courtship in Drosophila. Nature. 2011 Sep 28;478(7368):236-40. PMID: 21964331.
  • Cachero S, Ostrovsky AD, Yu JY, Dickson BJ, Jefferis GS. Sexual dimorphism in the fly brain. Curr Biol. 2010 Sep 28;20(18):1589-601. PMID: 20832311.
  • Yu JY, Kanai MI, Demir E, Jefferis GS, Dickson BJ. Cellular organization of the neural circuit that drives Drosophila courtship behavior. Curr Biol. 2010 Sep 28;20(18):1602-14. PMID: 20832315.
  • Masse NY, Turner GC, Jefferis GS. Olfactory information processing in Drosophila. Curr Biol. 2009 Aug 25;19(16):R700-13. PMID: 19706282.
  • Jefferis GS, Potter CJ, Chan AM, Marin EC, Rohlfing T, Maurer CR Jr, Luo L. Comprehensive maps of Drosophila higher olfactory centers: spatially segregated fruit and pheromone representation. Cell. 2007 Mar 23;128(6):1187-203. PMID: 17382886.
  • Jefferis GS, Marin EC, Stocker RF, Luo L. Target neuron prespecification in the olfactory map of Drosophila. Nature. 2001 Nov 8;414(6860):204-8. PMID: 11719930.


Job openings

ERC/MRC Funded Post-doc and Research Assistant positions available. Please contact me for details.