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Aim of this project is to understand how social insects, particularly ants, collectively defend their colonies from disease and prevent epidemics in their societies; we seek new approaches to determine… Read more

In this work, we teamed up with physiologists of the Medical University of Vienna to understand the role of inotocins – the oxytocin/vasopressin system of insects ­– on ant individual… Read more

SocialVaccines: Social vaccination in ant colonies: from individual mechanisms to society effects In this project we studied the social immunisation in ants. We found that social contact to pathogen-exposed individuals… Read more

Disease recognition and collective defence in insect societies Natural and experimental coevolution between the invasive garden ant and its parasites Read more