Social Insect Research Group
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Gro Amdam
Physiological and genetic dispositions affecting division of labor in social insects.
Carsten Duch
Developmental neurobiology in Drosophila and social insect species.
Jennifer Fewell
Division of labor in honeybees and ants. Sociogenesis and modeling of division of labor systems; caste determination.
Jürgen Gadau
Sociogenetics and population genetics of insect societies; Genetics of caste development; speciation.
Jon Harrison
Ecological physiology and energetics in insects, particularly in social insects.
Bert Hölldobler
Communication in ant societies; chemical signals regulating division of labor; territorial strategies; conflict resolutions; life cycle studies.
Robert Johnson
Sytematics, faunistics, ecology of ant communities.
Jürgen Liebig
Organizations of primitive ant societies; fertility signals; Division of labor in primitive and advanced insect societies; modeling of patterns of social evolution.
Robert Page
Genetics physiology and evolution of division of labor in honey bees; genetics of reproductive behavior; genetics of caste and sex determination.
Stephen Pratt
Collective decision making in social insects; patterns of self organizations and emergent properties.
Brian Smith
Sensory and neurophysiology of chemical communication in Social insects, mainly honey bees; learning in social insects, Behavior and neurobiology; neuroethology of social insects.