Hong Lei

Research Grants:

NSF Collaborative Research: Investigation of Odor-triggered Neuronal Dynamics and

Experience-induced Olfactory Learning. Funding source: $488,678 from NSF DMS; Principal Investigators: Aaditya Rangan (Courant Institute, New York University) and Hong Lei (Department of Neuroscience, University of Arizona), 2012-16

University of Arizona: Dynamical Modeling and Analysis of Olfactory Decision-making Circuit in Manduca sexta. Center for Insect Science, University of Arizona, 2010-11. Funding: $10,000; Role: principal investigator

CAS Major International (Regional) Joint Research Project: Olfactory and molecular mechanisms underlying aggregation behavioral plasticity in Locusta migratoria. Funding source: $557,142 from NSF China; Principal Investigators: Kang Le (Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences) and Hong Lei (Department of Neuroscience, University of Arizona), 2013-16

Invited academic seminars:

Lei H, December 15, 2015. Neurobiological mechanisms of olfactory behaviors: a case study in a sphinx moth. Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China

Lei H, December 12, 2015. Neurobiological mechanisms of olfactory behaviors: a case study in a sphinx moth. Huanan Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Chinn

Lei H, October 25-27, 2014. Odor mixture processing in the olfactory system of a moth. The 10th Conference of the Chinese Association of Chemical Ecology. Nanchang, China.

Lei H, July 11-16, 2013. Neurobiological mechanisms of chemical Communication in a Moth. The 4th Annual Workshop on Theories and Technologies in Insect Science. Beijing, China.

Lei H, September 9, 2013. Applications of chemoreception principles in insect quarantine and inspection. The 2nd Annual International Conference of Inspection and Quarantine in China. Beijing, China.

Lei H, July 20, 2012. A new understanding of inhibitory mechanisms that shape neuronal responses in the antennal lobe of Manduca sexta. International Symposium on Olfaction in Insects under Debate: from Receptors to Behavior. University of Wuerzburg, Germany.

Lei H, Oct.9-11, 2011. GABAergic feedback pathway underlying intermittency coding in moth antennal lobe. The 1st China-US Symposium on Insect Chemical Communication. Beijing Institute of Life Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.

Lei H, Oct.12-15, 2011. Preservation and enhancement of stimulus intermittency in moth antennal lobe. The 6th Asian-Pacific Conference of Chemical Ecology. Beijing, China.

Lei H, Feb 22, 2011. Homeostatic maintenance of intermittency coding in antennal lobe. DFG-Schwerpunkt-meeting. University of Kassel, Kassel, Germany.

Lei H, July, 2010. Dynamical regulation of an insect olfactory circuit in response to a wide range of odor concentrations. Dynamical Olfactory Workshop. Brighton, UK.

Lei H, July, 2008. Probing a neural code for the stimulus intermittency of natural olfactory stimulus. Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Lei H, July, 2008. Probing a neural code for the stimulus intermittency of natural olfactory stimulus. Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, China

Lei H, July 22-26, 2007, Deciphering a neural code for stimulus intermittency. 23rd ISCE Annual Meeting of International Society of Chemical Ecology. Jena, Germany.

Lei H, 2005. Pharmacological dissection of the inhibitory interactions in the glomerular network of the moth, Manduca sexta. 9th European Symposium for Insect Taste and Olfaction (9th E.S.I.T.O.) September 24-30, 2005 – Villasimius (Cagliari), Italy

Lei H, 2005-7-5. Olfactory information processing in a moth brain: an example of integration of spatial and temporal coding mechanisms. Host: Dr. Luo, Minmin, Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China 

Lei H, 2005-7-11. Central processing of olfactory information in the antennal lobes of the tobacco hawk moth, Manduca sexta. Host: Prof. Yuan, WuZou, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China

Lei H, 2005-7-7. Neural mechanisms for processing dynamic odor stimuli in the antennal lobe of Manduca sexta. Host: Dr. Wang, ChenZhu, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Lei H, 2003. Central coding of olfactory information through transient non-oscillatory synchronization. XXV AChemS Annual Meeting, Sarasota, FL

Lei H, van Lenteren JC, Tjallingii WF, 1998. Analysis of resistance in tomato and sweet pepper against the greenhouse whitefly through electrically monitored and visually observed probing and feeding behavior. 2nd International Workshop on Bemisia and Geminiviruses. San Juan, Puerto Rico

Lei H, Tjallingii WF, van Lenteren JC, 1996. Recent studies on whitefly’s EPG. EPG Summer School, Lyon, France

Conference posters:

Lei H, Yu YX, Hildebrand JG and Rangan A, 2014. Both Instrinsic and circuit mechansisms regulate the afterhyperpolarization phase of projection neurons in the moth antennal lobe. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Washington DC, USA, Nov.15-19, 2014.

Fletcher J, Zhang JL, Hildebrand JG, Lei H, 2014. Single-cell recordings to elucidate neuronal dynamics of pheromone detection in Manduca sexta. 2014 Pacific Branch Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ, USA.

Lei H, Martin JP, Riffell JA, Chiu HY and Hildebrand JG 2013 Neuronal synchrony as a mechanism to encode concentration ratios in the olfactory system of Manduca sexta. The 35th AChemS Annual Meeting, April 16-20, 2013, Huntington Beach, CA, USA.

Lei H, Chiu HY and Hildebrand JG 2010 Dynamic control of odor-induced responses to a wide range of odor concentrations. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, San Diego, USA.

Lei H, Reisenman C, Wilson C, Gabbur P, and Hildebrand JG 2008 Spike bursting as an indicator for neuronal sensitivity in an insect olfactory network. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Washington DC, USA

Lei H, Riffell JA, Gage S, Hildebrand JG 2007 Odor-source seeking behavior of Manduca sexta is disrupted by pharmacological manipulation of projection neurons’ capability to follow intermittent stimuli. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.  

Lei H, Reisenman C, Christensen TA and Hildebrand JG 2004 Lateral inhibition: it makes scents as a neuronal coding strategy in olfaction. XXVI AChemS conference, Sarasota, FL.

Lei H, Christensen TA and Hildebrand JG 2003 Spatiotemporal dynamics of olfactory ensemble coding in the antennal lobe of the moth Manduca sexta. 33rd Annual Meeting of Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA.

Lei H, Christensen TA, Pawlowski VM and Hildebrand JG 2002 Analysis of odor selectivity in the moth antennal lobe using neural-ensemble recording. XXIV AChemS conference, Sarasota, FL.

Christensen TA, Lei H and Hildebrand JG 2002 Parallel mapping of multiple stimulus features using multichnnel recording arrays in the insect antennal lobe. XXIV AChemS conference, Sarasota, FL.

Lei H, Christensen TA, Collemann CC, Pawlowski VM, Nighorn A and Hildebrand JG 2001 Nitric oxide modulates odor-evoked activity patterns in the glomeruli of the moth antennal lobe. XXIII AchemS conference, Sarasota, FL.

Lei H, Christensen TA, Wilson CH and Hildebrand JG 2001 Effects of interglomerular interactions on odor representations in the moth antennal lobe. 31st Annual Meeting of Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA.

Lei H, Christensen TA, Pawlowski VM and Hildebrand JG 2000. Odor-evoked synchronization of olfactory networks: Comparison of output neurons innervating the same and different glomeruli in the antennal lobe of male Manduca Sexta. 30th Annual Meeting of Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA.

Daly KC, Christensen TA, Pawlowski VM, Lei H, Smith BH and Hildebrand JG 2000 Olfactory discrimination in Manduca sexta: Differential conditioning produces evolution of odor-specific neural ensemble patterns in the antennal lobe. 30th Annual Meeting of Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA.

Lei H, Christensen TA and Hildebrand JG 2000 Transient synchrony of output neurons evoked by stimulation in Manduca sexta. XXII AchemS conference, Sorasota, Florida.

Hildebrand JG, Christensen TA, Mechaber W, Willis M, Cray J, Lei H, Pawlowski VM, Crary S, Najuli K, Smith BH and Daly K 2000 Olfactory control of insect flight behavior – Strategic exploitation of a controlled biological system. III DARPA CBS conference, San Antonio, TX.

Lei H and Hansson BS, Aug 1998 Central processing of pulsatile pheromone signal in male Agrotis segetum. The 5th International Congress of Neuroethology. Aug. 22-28, San Diego, California.

Lei H and Hansson BS, May 1998 How is a pulsatile signal processed in moth CNS? The 2nd Neuroscience Day in Lund University, Sweden.

Lei H and Hansson BS, April 1998 Central processing of pulsed pheromone signals by antennal lobe interneurons in male Agrotis segetum. The 2nd International Symposium on Insect Pheromones, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

Lei H and Hansson BS, September 1997 Resolution of pheromone pulses in antennal lobe interneurons of the male turnip moth, Agrotis segetum. The 5th International conference on Invertebrate Neurochemistry & Neurophysiology (ICINN), Eilat, Israel.

Lei H and Hansson BS, May 1997. Dynamic response to sex pheromone pulses in antennal lobe interneurons of the male turnip moth, Agrotis segetum. Neuroscience Day in Lund University, Sweden.

Lei H and Hansson BS 1997 Pulsed plant odors as orientation cues to plant source by turnip moth. The 39th Symposium of British Ecology Society. Wageningen, The Netherlands.

Lei H and Van Lenteren 1995 Tomato resistance against the greenhouse whitefly. IOBC workshop, Arhnem, The Netherlands.

Lei H and Xu R, 1992 Relationships of feeding behaviors and honeydew production of greenhouse whitefly on food plants. The XIX International Conference of Entomology. Beijing, China.

Lei H and Xu R, 1991. Honeydew excretion of greenhouse whitefly and impairment on host plant. The 4th National Congress of Ecology Society of China. Nanjing, China.