Pellen, @shaggyschrader.bsky.social @eyalprivman.bsky.social et al. analyse the most comprehensive ant odorant receptor dataset to date, showing that worker polymorphism involves extensive adaptation of chemical communication.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msag103
#evobio #molbio #ant
📣 Funded* #PhD position (4 years)
Wood #Ant #conservation project in Ireland🐜
@maynoothuniversity.ie
Application close: 3 June 2026
More info: dirilgenecology.com/contact/
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💶🧿 Value illusions in insects 🐝🐜🦗
Insects make many of the same weird choices we do, and fall for many of the same marketing tricks - but not all!
A very short piece by Tanya Latty and me
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📄 Beyond formic acid: Peptides in carpenter ant venoms aid in disease protection 🐜🧪
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www.science.org/doi/full/10....
Our PhD student Max Bolder @boldest-ant.bsky.social published a very fascinating story about the vampire #ants Stigmatomma pallipes. Queens may look alike but they differ in behavior and gene expression. Do you want to know more? Check below! 🐜
SAVE THE DATE
5th Cold Spring Harbor Meeting on Social Insects
31.3.- 4.3. 3027
Keynote speakers:
Shelley Berger
Margarita López-Uribe
Christopher Jernigan
Brock Harpur
Qiaowei Pan
Nathalie Stroeymeyt
Philipp Brand
Orit Peleg
Ofer Feinerman
Abstract submission: 1.7. 2026 - 17.1.2027
my paper on pogonomyrmex harvester ant biogeography with bob johnson and @corriemoreau.bsky.social came out today! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/MEB3T9...
🎉New paper out from the lab, led by @baptistepiqueret.bsky.social: ant larvae chemically suppress the reproduction of their caregivers. bit.ly/4t8uZLG
An example of how social interactions are regulated at the molecular level. The work was made possible by the unique environment @mpi-ce.bsky.social
Great to see these results finally published! Data Blanca (@bioivanezb.bsky.social) and I collected during my master’s research in Peruvian cacao agroforestry systems, where you can learn more about the favorite food of leafcutter ants and how herbivory damage strongly depends on distance! 🐜