Sequential origin of an alternative colony founding strategy driven by two supergenes in Temnothorax ants academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...

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The iussi West-Eberhard Award goes to our section member Dr. Luisa María Jaimes Niño for her work on ant ageing. www.blogs.uni-mainz.de/fb10-evoluti...

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

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In particular, my talk is at 12:30 (going into lunch 😱), but that means ✨ *no other talks at the same time!* ✨ Room 131+132! “How metabolic division of labour is key to ratcheting in cooperation”

Last round of posters for our group today at @eseb2025.bsky.social ! Go and check for Clarita (@clariona.bsky.social) a the poster 047, you will found out more about cool ant brains! She will be there from 5 pm onwards! Bring a glass of sangria and your questions! 🐜🧠🍷 #ESEB #ESEB2025

A bunch of inspiring talks this morning! Chromatin loops (identified with Micro-C) in cephalopods; odorant receptors in slave ants; chromosome inversions in a beetle, the genetics of critically endangered bellinger river turtle +the importance of MHC; genetic load in the helmet honeyeater #eseb2025

Watch out! @eseb2025.bsky.social Supergenes in Formica w/ @giuliascarparo.bsky.social ! #ESEB #ESEB2025

The second day at @eseb2025.bsky.social was full of talks and posters from our group! If you missed Tom, Amir and Luisa (@jaimesnino.bsky.social) go and search for them! They have still a lot to say about their research! 🐜🪱💀🐜 #ESEB #ESEB2025

Check out our new paper showing that if you are with infected group members you pay a price doi.org/10.1093/evol... #ants #parasites #evolution

It's a cat! It's an ant! It's our group 🇮🇹🇩🇪🇨🇴🇳🇱🇮🇳🇮🇷 at @eseb2025.bsky.social enjoying the city! #ESEB2025 🇪🇸🐜

Small and large queens super genes are everywhere