Denis Fournier

Moving to: | Evolutionary biologist | social insects • ants • termites | genetic and reproductive systems • biological invasions

[Denis Fournier @denisfournierdf]

Leaving X soon, follow me on BlueSky instead:
https://t.co/5odvznha77

[Denis Fournier @denisfournierdf]

The Biggest Surprise of the Paris Olympics: Even the French Have Nothing to Complain About - WSJ https://t.co/4dV9pxgfZs

[Denis Fournier @denisfournierdf]

LncRNA gene ANTSR coordinates complementary sex determination in the Argentine ant | Science Advances https://t.co/0I7TNT5DXD

[Jeremiah Johnson 🌐 @JeremiahDJohns]

Google's new AI search results are having quite the week. Here's a thread with some of my favorite answers:

[NeoBiota @NeobiotaJournal]

Invasive #termites may soon threaten homes around the world as climate change and globalisation push them into new territories. 🌎

🔗 Read more on the @Pensoft blog: https://t.co/Zb2YHgKnP0

#invasivespecies

[Denis Fournier @denisfournierdf]

Disruption of an ant-plant mutualism shapes interactions between lions and their primary prey | Science https://t.co/Rk1EpnEBOy

[Hugo Darras @hgdarras]

Six days remaining to apply!

PhD position available on the evolution and organization of olfactory systems in ants 🐜🧬

[Daniel Kronauer @DanielKronauer]

Our paper on how ants regulate transcription of odorant receptor genes at large genomic tandem arrays is featured on the cover of @CurrentBiology today.

https://t.co/pUpUNkOwU0

[Denis Fournier @denisfournierdf]

Mating without intromission in a bat: Current Biology https://t.co/U7VR8ZjPrO

[Tom Kay @Tomas_A_Kay]

Ant workers exhibit stress-related behaviour and quickly die when they are socially isolated (😢🐜☠️). New research led by Akiko Koto shows why - https://t.co/NZSYOVYRNh 1/3

[Denis Fournier @denisfournierdf]

Ant phylogenomics reveals a natural selection hotspot preceding the origin of complex eusociality: Current Biology https://t.co/3gAVl3sLaa

[nature @Nature]

Nature research paper: Projected decline in European bumblebee populations in the twenty-first century https://t.co/U8aj7sTAG4

[Mattia Menchetti @MattiaMenchetti]

The ant we would not have liked to discover: the fire ant Solenopsis invicta arrived in Europe!
Check out our article just published in Current Biology: https://t.co/0jIPnqZFXB
https://t.co/gqyuy6mptF

#IAS #invasive #ant

[Tom Kay @Tomas_A_Kay]

Our latest paper (https://t.co/7p232IGn8x) reports a strikingly strong association between social network position and brain-wide patterns of gene expression in a species of carpenter ant (📸 @bartjzijlstra)

[Tatsuya Amano @tatsuya_amano]

How hard is it to do science in a language that’s not your first language? We quantified the severity of #languagebarriers for non-native English speakers when reading/publishing papers and attending/presenting at international conferences.
https://t.co/Z6za22rMgg
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[Natalia S. Araujo @nat2bee]

Another mithondrial anecdote from stingless bees: In a single individual we found 6 different control regions!
In this new paper led by @elaine_francoso we show evidences of multiple mtgenome haplotypes in a single bee
https://t.co/WOT0wShBuJ

[Mark E. Hauber @cowbirdlab]

Now online!! The evolutionary ecology of nests! https://t.co/S2Na6XVrlu

[Denis Fournier @denisfournierdf]

royal food of termites shows king and queen specificity | PNAS Nexus | Oxford Academic https://t.co/ops1mJttcE

[Daniel Kronauer @DanielKronauer]

Our first neurogenetic study of ants survived peer review and just appeared OA in its final form @CellCellPress @CellPressNews: https://t.co/RJj0eas8a1. @teraxurato & team @RockefellerUniv created the first transgenic ants and identified a sensory hub for alarm behavior. 1/8

[Eisuke Tasaki @EisukeTasaki]

Where are the termite kings and queens during the winter?
冬場、シロアリの王と女王はどこにいるのか？

https://t.co/7btbId1qLL