Contact Info:

Department of Entomology
320 Morrill Hall
505 S. Goodwin Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801
217-265-0309 phone
217-244-3499 fax
generobi@uiuc.edu

Related Links:

Robinson Lab Web Page

Neuroscience Program

Gene E. Robinson

Professor, Department of Entomology

Ph.D., Cornell University

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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