Hellemans S, Bourguignon T, 2024. Genome-scale phylogenies and their use in Blattodea. 27th International Congress of Entomology (ICE). Kyoto, Japan: 25-30 August 2024. Oral communication: August 26th, 2024.
Hellemans S, 2024. Termites' phylogenomic islands and sex chromosomes. DBO Seminar Series. Université libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium. Oral communication: May 21st, 2024.
Hellemans S., 2024. Genome phylogenetic signal and sex chromosomes in termites. 2nd Termite Genomics Workshop. BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, Berlin, Germany: 15-19 January 2024. Oral communication: January 16th, 2024.
Hellemans, S., 2022. Towards a lasting higher-level classification of termites from genomic snapshots. OIST Mini Symposium "Phylogeny and Classification of Termites". Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University, Okinawa, Japan: 29 November — 1 December 2022. Oral communication: November 29th, 2022.
Hellemans, S., Bourguignon, T., Roisin, Y., 2022. Patterns of population sex ratio across Isoptera. 19th Congress of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects (IUSSI). San Diego, California, the USA: 3-7 July 2022. Invited talk: 5 July 2022.
Hellemans, S., Marynowska, M., Drouet, T., Lepoint, G., Fournier, D., Calusinska, M., Roisin, Y., 2020. Characterizing the feeding behaviour of a generalist inquiline termite. The 13th conference of the Pacific-Rim Termite Research Group (PRTRG). Taipei, Taïwan: 12-13 February 2020. Poster.
Hellemans, S., Marynowska, M., Drouet, T., Lepoint, G., Fournier, D., Calusinska, M., Roisin, Y., 2019. An integrative ecological and genetical framework reveals the feeding behaviour of a Neotropical termite. 30ème congrès de l’Union Internationale pour l’Etude des Insectes Sociaux – Section Française (UIEIS-SF). Avignon, France: 28-30 August 2019. Oral communication: August 28th, 2019.
Hellemans, S., Marynowska, M., Drouet, T., Lepoint, G., Fournier, D., Calusinska, M., Roisin, Y. 2018. Ecological measures and gut microbiota unravel the feeding behaviour of the parthenogenetic termite Cavitermes tuberosus. 18th Congress of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects (IUSSI). Guarujá, São Paulo, Brazil: 5-10 August 2018. Oral communication: August 9th, 2018.
Hellemans, S., 2018. Ecology and reproduction of the neotropical termite Cavitermes tuberosus. I Encontro Paraibano de Termitologia e Mirmecologia. UFPB, João Pessoa, Brazil. Plenary talk: July 30th, 2018.
Hellemans, S., Kaczmarek, N., Roisin, Y., Fournier, D., 2017. Symbiosis between Wolbachia and the Neotropical termite Cavitermes tuberosus. 16th Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB). Groningen, the Netherlands: 20-25 August 2017. Poster.
Hellemans, S., Kaczmarek, N., Roisin, Y., Fournier, D., 2017. Wolbachia: a puppet master in the parthenogenesis of the Neotropical termite Cavitermes tuberosus? 2nd European Conference of Tropical Ecology. Brussels, Belgium: 6-10 February 2017. Oral communication: February 10th, 2017.
Hellemans, S., Fournier, D., Hanus, R., Roisin, Y., 2016. Investigating key traits for AQS emergence in Termitinae. 6th European Meeting of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects. Helsinki, Finland: 8-11 August 2016. Oral communication: August 9th, 2016.
Hellemans, S., 2015. Reproductive strategies and sex ratio in the termite Cavitermes tuberosus. 22nd Benelux Congress of Zoology. Amsterdam, the Netherlands: 8-9 October 2015. Plenary talk: October 9th, 2015.
Hellemans, S., Hanus, R., Roisin, Y., Fournier, D., 2015. Particularities of Asexual Queen Succession in the soil-feeding termite Cavitermes tuberosus (Termitidae: Termitinae). 28ème congrès de l’Union Internationale pour l’Etude des Insectes Sociaux – Section Française (UIEIS-SF). Tours, France: 26-28 August 2015. Oral communication: August 27th, 2015.
Hellemans, S., Fournier, D., Hanus, R., Roisin, Y., 2015. Implications of Asexual Queen Succession in termites on population sex-ratio. 28èmecongrès de l’Union Internationale pour l’Etude des Insectes Sociaux – Section Française (UIEIS-SF). Tours, France: 26-28 August 2015. Poster.
Mizumoto N., Hellemans S., Engel M. S., Bourguignon T., Buček A. 2024. Fossil and living termites reveal the evolution of termite tandem running. Entomology 2024 (Entomological Society of America). Phoenix (Arizona), the USA: 10-13 November 2024. Oral communication: November 10th, 2024.
Fontaine N., Hellemans S., Roisin Y. 2024. Genetics and morphology reveal cryptic species hidden within the first termite described (Termes fatalis Linnaeus 1758). 27th International Congress of Entomology (ICE). Kyoto, Japan: 25-30 August 2024. Poster: August 28th, 2024.
Prokhorova A., Emilianenko V., Barawi S., Hellemans S., Tokuda G., Bourguignon T. 2024. Complete genomes reconstructed with HiFi metagenomic reveal the function of the dominant gut bacteria of a Nasute termite. 27th International Congress of Entomology (ICE). Kyoto, Japan: 25-30 August 2024. Oral communication: August 26th, 2024.
Timmermans J., Hellemans S., Fontaine N., Roisin Y. 2024. How inquilinism shapes reproductive systems within an inquiline-host relationship in termites. 27th International Congress of Entomology (ICE). Kyoto, Japan: 25-30 August 2024. Oral communication: August 29th, 2024.
Wang M., Hellemans S., Bourguignon . 2024. Diversification of Neotropical termites. 27th International Congress of Entomology (ICE). Kyoto, Japan: 25-30 August 2024. Poster: August 26th, 2024.
Kalleshwaraswamy C.M., Hellemans S., Kaymak E., Bourguignon T., 2024. Revision of Indian termite taxonomy based on mitogenome data. 84th Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of Japan (ESJ). Sendai (Miyagi), Japan: 28-31 March 2024. Oral communication: March 24th, 2024.
Mizumoto N., Kikuchi K., Hellemans S., Bourguignon T., Bailey N. 2023. Evolution of leader-follower role in termite tandem runs. Entomology 2023 (Entomological Society of America). National Harbor (Maryland), the USA: 5-8 November 2023. Oral communication: November 7th, 2023.
Fontaine, N., Hellemans, S., Roisin, Y. 2023. Un complexe d’espèces cryptiques dans le premier genre de termites décrit (Termes Linné 1758). 31ème congrès de l’Union Internationale pour l’Etude des Insectes Sociaux – Section Française (UIEIS-SF). Toulouse, France: 28-30 August 2023. Oral communication: August 28th, 2023.
Timmermans, J., Hellemans, S., Fontaine, N., Roisin, Y. 2023. Comment l’inquilinisme façonne les systèmes de reproduction au sein d’une relation inquiline-hôte chez les termites. 31ème congrès de l’Union Internationale pour l’Etude des Insectes Sociaux – Section Française (UIEIS-SF). Toulouse, France: 28-30 August 2023. Oral communication: August 30th, 2023.
Roisin, Y., Timmermans, J., Hellemans, S., 2022. Functions of facultative Asexual Queen Succession in inquiline termites. 19th Congress of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects (IUSSI). San Diego, California, the USA: 3-7 July 2022. Invited talk: 5 July 2022.
Babczenko, P., Legrand, C., Kaczmarek, N., Hellemans, S., Lepoint, G., Roisin, Y., 2019. Effet de lisière sur une communauté de termites : transects d’échantillonnage et isotopes stables. 30ème congrès de l’Union Internationale pour l’Etude des Insectes Sociaux – Section Française (UIEIS-SF). Avignon, France: 28-30 August 2019. Poster.
Clitheroe, C., Hellemans, S., Roisin, Y., Fournier, D., Bourguignon, T., 2019. Genome sequence of Cavitermes tuberosus and its associated Wolbachia symbiont. 56th Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC). Antananarivo, Madagascar: 30 July — 3 August 2019. Oral communication: August 3rd, 2019.
Hellemans, S., Marynowska, M., Drouet, T., Lepoint, G., Fournier, D., Calusinska, M., Roisin, Y., 2019. Do inquiline termites actually feed on their host’s nest material? 56th Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC). Antananarivo, Madagascar: 30 July — 3 August 2019. Poster.
Roisin, Y., Hellemans, S., Hanus, R., Fournier, D., 2018. Why does asexual queen succession accommodate balanced alate sex ratio in neotropical soil-feeding termites? 18th Congress of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects (IUSSI). Guarujá, Brazil: 5-10 August 2018. Oral communication: August 6th, 2018.
Kaczmarek, N., Hellemans, S., Roisin, Y., Fournier, D., 2017. Sex or food, what matters the most in the intimate relationship between Wolbachia and the parthenogenetic termite Cavitermes tuberosus? 4th Young Natural History Scientists’ Meeting. Paris, France: 7-11 February 2017. Oral communication: February 9th, 2017.
Kaczmarek, N., Hellemans, S., Roisin, Y., Fournier, D., 2016. Maternally inherited bacteria in the parthenogenetic termite Cavitermes tuberosus: master manipulator or obligate mutualist? 6th Symposium of the Royal Belgian Entomological Society, Entomology in Belgium 2016. Brussels, Belgium. Oral communication: December 2nd, 2016.
Roisin, Y., Hanus, R., Hellemans, S., Fournier, D., 2015. Asexual Queen Succession in neotropical soil-feeding termites. III Simpósio Brasileiro de Termitologia. João Pessoa (Paraíba), Brazil: 19-23 October 2015. Oral communication.