Romain Libbrecht
Principal Investigator
- Project: Project 11.1, Project 11.2, Project A.02
- Research Group
- Address: iomE, Hanns-Dieter-Hüsch-Weg 15 (Biozentrum I, Room 01.476), 55128 Mainz; now: Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de l'Insecte, Avenue Monge, Parc de Grandmont, 37200 Tours, France
- Phone: +49 (0)6131 - 39 27852
"With the GenEvo research training group, I hope to pass on my passion for evolutionary biology to a new generation of students."
- Since 2016: Assistant professor / Group leader, University of Mainz, Germany
- 2016: Postdoctoral researcher, University of Lausanne (Keller lab), Switzerland
- 2013-2015: Marie Curie postdoctoral fellow - outgoing phase, The Rockefeller University (Kronauer lab), New York, USA
- 2012: Postdoctoral researcher, University of Lausanne (Keller lab), Switzerland
Education:
- 2012: PhD, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
- 2007: MSc, University of Rennes, France
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Caminer MA, Libbrecht R, Majoe M, Ho DV, Baumann P, Foitzik S (2023)
Task-specific odorant receptor expression in worker antennae indicates that sensory filters regulate division of labor in ants Communications Biology, 6:1004 -
Sistermans T, Hartke J, Stoldt M, Libbrecht R, Foitzik S (2023)
The influence of parasite load on transcriptional activity and morphology of a cestode and its ant intermediate host Molecular Ecology, 1-15 -
Mier P, Fontaine JF, Stoldt M, Libbrecht R, Martelli C, Foitzik S, Andrade-Navarro MA (2022)
Annotation and Analysis of 3902 Odorant Receptor Protein Sequences from 21 Insect Species Provide Insights into the Evolution of Odorant Receptor Gene Families in Solitary and Social Insects Genes, 13(5):919 -
Psalti MN, Gohlke D, Libbrecht R (2021)
Experimental increase of worker diversity benefits brood production in ants BMC Ecology and Evolution, 21:1-10 -
Scharf I, Stoldt M, Libbrecht R, Höpfner AL, Jongepier E, Kever M, Foitzik S (2021)
Social isolation causes downregulation of immune and stress response genes and behavioural changes in a social insect Molecular Ecology, 30(10):2378-2389 -
Majoe M, Libbrecht R, Foitzik S and Nehring V (2021)
Queen loss increases worker survival in leaf-cutting ants under paraquat-induced oxidative stress Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B, 376(1823):20190735 -
Korb J, Meusemann K, Aumer, D, Bernadou A, Elsner D, Feldmeyer B, Foitzik S, Heinze J, Libbrecht S, Lin S, Majoe M, Kuhn JMM, Nehring V, Negroni MA, Paxton RJ, Séguret AC, Stoldt M, Flatt T and the So-Long consortium (2021)
Comparative transcriptomic analysis of the mechanisms underpinning ageing and fecundity in social insects Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B, 376(1823):20190728 -
Kramer BH, Nehring V, Buttstedt A, Heinze J, Korb J, Libbrecht R, Meusemann K, Paxton RJ, Séguret A, Schaub F and Bernadou A (2021)
Oxidative stress and senescence in social insects: a significant but inconsistent link? Phil. Trans. R. Soc., 376:20190732 -
Choppin M, Graf S, Feldmeyer B, Libbrecht R, Menzel F and Foitzik S (2021)
Queen and worker phenotypic traits are associated with colony composition and environment in Temnothorax rugatulus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), an ant with alternative reproductive strategies Myrmecological News, 31:61-69 -
Teggers EM, Deegener F and Libbrecht R (2021)
Fecundity determines the outcome of founding queen associations in ants Scientific Reports, 11:2986 -
Libbrecht R, Nadrau D, Foitzik S (2020)
A Role of Histone Acetylation in the Regulation of Circadian Rhythm in Ants iScience, 23(2):100846 -
Psalti MN, Libbrecht R (2020)
Caste Differentiation Encyclopedia of Social Insects -
Körner M, Vogelweith F, Libbrecht R, Foitzik S, Feldmeyer B, Meunier J (2020)
Offspring reverse transcriptome responses to maternal deprivation when reared with pathogens in an insect with facultative family life Proc R Soc B Biol Sci, 1926