Adam Blake

@ajblake05.bsky.social

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Postdoc at University of Washington focusing on insect vision. My current project is looking at olfaction and vision in mosquitos. Website: https://www.ajblake.info/

Title Slide: Odors can shift mosquitocolor preference evenin stimuli of equal brightness Adam J. Blake1, Gregor Belušič2, Jeffrey A. Riffell1 1Department of Biology, University of Washington 2Department of Biology, University of Ljubljana Image: Side view of a female Aedes aegypti mosquito with a single hind leg raised.
A lit jack-o'-lantern with a jumping spider design in a dark room with an orange glow.
A picture of me crouching and pointing at a squashed spotted lanternfly
Three panel figure, with preference index on the y-axis, and wavelength in (nm) on the x-axis. Below the x-axis are circle diagrams showing the control stimuli (all grey circles) and the test stimuli (colors ranging from purple to a dark red). The top panel is labeled with a cloud of CO2 and a diagram of a flower. The middle panel is labeled with a cloud of CO2 and a diagram of a foot. The bottom panel is labeled with a cloud of CO2 and a jar of green liquid (oviposition lure). All three panels have a dotted line representing preference with CO2 alone. This line dips down in the green. In each figure there is an additional line representing the odor overlayed, with the area in between the two lines colored according to wavelength. There are also arrows labeling areas where there are significant shift in preference. In all cases there is a significant positive shift in preference in the green wavelengths.
Title Slide Title: The spectral sensitivity of mosquito photoreceptors can explain behavioral preferences for colored stimuli Authors: Adam J. Blake1, Gregor Belušič2, Jeffrey A. Riffell1 1Department of Biology, University of Washington 2Department of Biology, University of Ljubljana Image: Macro image of a female Aedes aegypti
2024’s desiccated lemon pig
Varied thrush perching on a branch covered in frost
Sourdough loaf
Twin towers helmet kick gif
Blue-eyed Darner in flight, side view
Me wearing the bird t-shirt and holding one of the cloaca mugs.
Me in front of the #entsoc24 sign
Title Slide Title: The spectral sensitivity of mosquito photoreceptors can explain behavioral preferences for colored stimuli Authors: Adam J. Blake1, Gregor Belušič2, Jeffrey A. Riffell1 1Department of Biology, University of Washington 2Department of Biology, University of Ljubljana Image: macro image of a female Ae. aegypti
Riffell lab - SICB 2024 Friday (1/5) Adam Blake: Angela Rouyar: Interplay of visual and olfactory cues in mosquitos (602) Promising mutant lines as a new neurogenetic tool to study the olfaction neural basis in Aedes aegypti (Exhibit Hall 4A) Classification of Odor derived EAGs with Machine Learning (Exhibit Hall 4A) Josh Swore: Saturday (1/6) Carlos Ruiz: Decoding Chemosensory Signaling in Aedes aegypti: Insights from Glomerular Activity Mapping (615) Pramod KC: Grace Van Susteren: Uncovering the odor transformation from antennal lobe neurons to descending neurons in the hawkmoth (615) Spectral and bi-modal learning in the yellow-fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti (615) Anand Patil: Olfactogenetic approach to understanding odor detection in Manduca sexta (615) UNIVERSITY of WASHINGTON
Title slide showing a macro photo of a female Ae. aegypti Title: Interplay of visual and olfactory cues in mosquitoes. Authors: Adam J. Blake, Jeffrey A. Riffell Dept. of Biology, UW
Culex pipiens mosquito with rainbow eye reflection