Behavioral Ecology and Social Evolution Research Groups @unimainz.bsky.social
Social Insects Lab - JGU Mainz
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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! 🐜
Macit, @socialinsectlab.bsky.social investigated selection in response to climate and a geographic mosaic of coevolution between two ant species, a social parasite and its host.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf293
#evobio #molbio #coevolution
3-year PhD position in insect ecophysiology and land-use intensity with PD Dr. Florian Menzel (@unimainz.bsky.social) and Prof. Dr. Thomas Schmitt ( #Würzburg ). Application deadline: February 4th, 2026. More info here: www.blogs.uni-mainz.de/fb10-evoluti... #insects #ecophysiology #land-use #CHCs
Deadline alert: early bird registration ends next Tuesday (March 31)!
XX. International Congress of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects
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Apply to our Master Evolutionary Biology
We are hiring!! #job Interested in #Ageing #Evolution #Ants #Single-cell 🐜🧬 Check our call, we offer a PhD position at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz! check the link
www.blogs.uni-mainz.de/fb10-evoluti...
Our paper is now out in Proceedings of the Royal Society B 🧬🐜
Explore how tissue- and caste-specific DNA methylation relates to gene expression, while parasite-induced transcriptional changes occur independently of DNA methylation.
👉 doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
Thanks to @socialinsectlab.bsky.social
Abstract. The role of DNA methylation in regulating transcriptional activity and post-transcriptional modifications in insects, particularly in social inse
When a small side project about the observation of "queens" going outside the artificial nest turns into a full story featuring the elusive vampire ant Stigmatomma pallipes: doi.org/10.1111/mec....
Very grateful to have one of my PhD chapters published. More to come!
Insect societies show a reproductive division of labor between egg-laying queens and workers that fulfil all non-reproductive tasks. Polygyny, the coexistence of several queens in a colony, has evolv...
