Gene
E. Robinson
Professor,
Department of Entomology
Ph.D.,
Cornell University
Overview:
- Joined
faculty in 1989
- Affiliations:
Cell/Structural Biology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Illinois Natural
History Survey, Biotechnology Center
- Research
Interests: Physiological regulation of division of labor in honey bees
Current
Research:
- Social and
pheromonal regulation of endocrine-mediated maturation and division of labor
- Changes in
honey bee brain structure associated with behavioral maturation and division
of labor (with the laboratory of Dr. Susan Fahrbach)
- Changes in
honey bee brain chemistry associated with behavioral development and division
of labor (especially biogenic amines)
- Learning and
memory in relation to division of labor in honey bees
- Sociogenomics:
Genes influencing behavioral maturation and division of labor in honey bees
Collaborators:
- Prof. Susan
Fahrbach, Entomology, University of Illinois (UIUC)
- Prof. Hugh
Robertson, Entomology, UIUC
- Prof. Kim
Hughes, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, UIUC
- Prof. Herman
Lehman, Biology, Hamilton College
- this list
is not exhaustive, but here as an example
For
more information: http://www.life.uiuc.edu/robinson