MATHIEU LIHOREAU

I am interested in the evolutionary relationships between brains, cognitive capacities and societies. What are the cognitive demands imposed by social life? How much information must be treated and processing power required? I use a comparative approach to answer these questions in insects exhibiting a wide range of social complexities, such as bees, cockroaches and  fruit flies.

Research profiles:  Google Scholar  –  Research Gate –  Publons                              

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Current Projects

2017-21 : ANR – Pollinator networks in a changing world                                           2016-18 : IDEX Toulouse – Tracking bee movements in space and time                              2015-16 : FYSSEN Research grant – Trapline foraging in honeybees

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2014-now : CNRS researcher, University Paul Sabatier (Toulouse)                          2011-13 : Postdoc, The University of Sydney                                                                   2009-10 : Postdoc, Queen Mary University of London                                                 2005-09 : PhD, University of Rennes                                                                               _____________________________________________________________________________

CRISTIAN PASQUARETTA (Postdoc – IDEX fellow)

I am an ethologist using network tools to study complex phenomena. My research focuses on social information transfer in animal groups and its consequences on social interactions. My current project aims at evaluating and modeling the role of social and competitive interactions on resource partitioning in bees.

Email: cristian.pasquaretta@univ-tlse3.fr                                                                              Phone: +33 5 61 55 84 44                                                                                         Door: 205, building 4R3                                                                                               Web: http://cristianpasquaretta.strikingly.com/

Research profiles: Google Scholar – Research Gate 

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TAMARA GOMEZ-MORACHO (Postdoc – Fyssen fellow)

I am interested in host-parasite interactions. My research focuses on honeybee parasites such as Nosema. My current project aims to evaluate the effects of pathogens on the behaviour, cognition and physiological development of bees.

Email: tamaragomezmoracho@gmail.com                                                                           Phone: +33 5 61 55 84 44                                                                                         Door: 205, building 4R3

Research profiles: Research Gate

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SIMON KLEIN (PhD student, MRT fellow)

I study spatial cognition in bees (honeybees, bumblebees, Osmia). My research aims at disentangling the influence of individual factors (such as age and foraging experience) and ecological factors (such as the contact with pesticides) in the navigation performances of major pollinators. I work in  co-tutelle between Toulouse and Sydney (Macquary University).

Email: simon.klein@univ-tlse3.fr                                                                                  Phone: +33 5 61 55 84 44                                                                                         Door: 209, building 4R3

Publications:

Jin N, Klein S, Leiming F, Bischoff G, Menzel R (2015). The neonicotinoid clothianidin interferes with navigation of the solitary bee Osmia cornuta in a laboratory test. Journal of Experimental Biology. 218:2821-2825 PDF

Jin N, Landgraf T, Klein S, Menzel R (2014). Walking bumblebees memorize panorama and local cues in a laboratory test of navigation. Animal Behaviour. 97:13-23 PDF

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ANA MORAN (Undergrad)

I am interested in how organisms interact within ecosystems. My project aims at understanding how bees interact on flowers and whether these interactions impact their future foraging decisions in complex and dynamic environments.

Email: ana.moran@univ-tlse3.fr                                                            Phone: +33 5 61 55 84 44                              Door: 209, building 4R3

 

 

 

 

Master students:

THIBAULT DUBOIS (M2 Toulouse, co-supervision Cristian Pasquaretta)

STEPHANE KRAUS (M2 Toulouse, co-supervision Audrey Dussutour)

MELANIE ALLAIN (M2 Toulouse, co-supervision Guillaume Isabel)

CINDY STREIFF (M2 Reims, co-supervision Philipp Heeb)

ALEXANDRA FAURE (M1 Toulouse)

THIABUD SIBBOUNI (M1 Toulouse, co-supervision Aurore Avargues)

 

Former Master students

2016

ANAÏS DESHAYE (M1 Rennes), STEPHANE KRAUS (M1 Toulouse), TRISTAN DURAND (M1 Toulouse), MORGANE COLOM (M1 Toulouse)

2015

ALEXIS BUATOIS (M2 Toulouse), BASTIEN LE PERON (M1 Tours), LORENE PACHIELLO (M1 Rennes), FLORIAN MARQUET (M1 Toulouse, co-supervision Raphaël Jeanson)

2014

MARGO BRENNEUR (M1 Toulouse, co-supervision Audrey Dussutour )

2013

IRENI CLARKE (Honours University of Sydney, co-supervision Stephen Simpson), FLORIAN  LAMOUCHE (M1 ENS Lyon)

2008

Charlotte SINDING (M2 Rennes, co-supervision Colette Rivault)

2007

Mickael BOJADOS (M2 Rennes, co-supervision Colette Rivault), LOIC BREPSON (M1 Rennes, co-supervision Colette Rivault), CHRISTOPHE CAILLAREC (M1 Rennes, co-supervision Colette Rivault)

2006

Cédic ZIMMER (M2 Rennes, co-supervision Colette Rivault)