The Ancient Language of Scent

Olfaction is one of the old languages of life.

In organisms such as the fruit fly, smell helps turn environmental chemistry into biological orientation.

Researchers showed that a fruit fly odorant receptor could be functionally expressed in the lab to study it in more detail 1. Making scent biology measurable receptor by receptor without using live test subjects.

At AMATRIUS, scent is not treated as decoration. It is a sensory language of atmosphere and awareness.

Do you think scent is one of our oldest ways of reading the world?

In memory of Prof. Dr. Hanns Hatt's research on olfactory neuroscience, and of our deep friendship - a friendship that lasts longer than life.

Reference
1. Wetzel, C. H., Behrendt, H. J., Gisselmann, G., Stortkuhl, K. F., Hovemann, B. & Hatt, H. Functional expression and characterization of a Drosophila odorant receptor in a heterologous cell system. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 98(16), 9377-9380 (2001). doi:10.1073/pnas.161302898.