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The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Science
Bloch Guy
Prof. Guy Bloch
Sociobiology, Chronobiology & Physiology of Bees
Ecology, Evolution & Behavior
Personal Information
Research Interests
We study the evolution and mechanisms underlying sociality and social behavior, using bees as a model. Our main research focuses are:
- The interplay between circadian rhythms and social behavior.
- Size-related division of labor in bumblebees.
- The social evolution of juvenile hormone signaling.
- The interplay between sleep and social behavior.
- The involvement of non-coding RNA and RNA editing in behavioral plasticity.
- Hormones and social behavior.
- social and molecular mechanisms regulating body size and caste differentiation in bees.
Dissertation Topics
- The interplay between biological clocks, sleep, and social behavior
- The temporal organization of insect societies
- The adaptive significance of circadian clocks
- What does it take to make a social insect? Using the comparative approach to understand the molecular, physiological, and neuronal modifications during the evolution of insect societies
- Social, hormonal, and molecular mechanisms controlling body size and their influence on the social organization of bumblebees
- Hormones and social behavior in bees
- The involvement of RNA editing and mircoRNA in the regulation of complex behavior in bees
- Social and molecular mechanisms regulating body size and caste differentiation in bumblebees
