Program

• Sociobiology: biology and life history of social insects

Organization principles of insect societies; the sociobiology of ants, bees, termites, wasps

• Sociogenomics: genomic underpinning of social variation

Comparative Genomics and the evolution of novelties - from genes to domains

• Sociophysiology: hormonal and neuronal bases of social behavior

Hormones and neurons as links between genes and social behavior

• SocioEvoDevo: Indirect Genetic Effects

Behavioral and gene regulatory networks; social parasites and the loss of the worker cast; IGEs and their effect on social evolution

• Emerging tools / new frontiers

CRISPR/CAS9, miRNA, epigenetics, microbiomes

Lectures will be accompanied by hands-on tutorials on bioinformatics of omics data.

Detailed schedule below.

Crouse materials (lectures and tutorials): https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1dgaOIeY3_aljaefDrKP5D5MIGQ-aFcdf