Lucas, Christophe

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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

CNRS Research Scientist, Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de l'Insecte, UMR 7261 CNRS – Université de Tours, 37200 Tours, France

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PUBLICATIONS

31. Ruhland F, Gabant G, Toussaint T, Nemcic M, Cadène M, Lucas C (2023). Reproductives signature revealed by protein profiling and behavioral bioassays in termite. Scientific Reports 13:7070.

30. Berville L, Lucas C, Haouzi M, Khalil A, Gévar J, Bagnères AG, Darrouzet E (2023). Chemical profiles of venom glands in queens, foundresses, pre-wintering gynes, and workers in the hornet Vespa velutina nigrithorax. Comptes Rendus Chimie 26(2): 1-16.

29. Haouzi M*, Cheng Y*, Berville L, Lucas C, Tam K, Darrouzet E (2023). Callows have their own odour but not for long: Fast acquisition of the chemical signature in the yellow-legged hornet, Vespa velutina nigrithorax. Entomologia Generalis online.

28. Esparza-Mora MA, Mazumdar T, Jiang S, Radek R, Thiem JN, Feng L, Petrašiūnaitė V, Banasiak R, Golian M, Gleske M, Lucas C, Springer A, Buellesbach J, McMahon DP (2023). Defensive behavior is linked to altered surface chemistry following infection in a termite society. Scientific Reports 13:20606.

27. Fouche Q, Charabidze D, Lucas C (2022). Synomones in necrophagous larvae of the blow flies Lucilia sericata and Calliphora vomitoria. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 2022:1-6.

26. Pailler L, Matte A, Groseiller A, Eyer PA, Ruhland F, Lucas C (2022). High exploration behavior of termite propagules can enhance invasiveness. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10:840105.

25. Lucas C, Ben-Shahar Y (2021). The foraging gene as a modulator of division of labour in social insects. Journal of Neurogenetics 35(3): 168-178.

24. Pailler L, Desvignes S, Ruhland F, Pineirua M, Lucas C (2021). Vibratory behaviour produces different vibration patterns in presence of reproductives in a subterranean termite species. Scientific Reports 11:9902.

23. Vidal M, Königseder F, Giehr J, Schrempf A, Lucas C, Heinze J (2021). Worker ants promote outbreeding by transporting young queens to alien nests. Communications Biology 10.1038/s42003-021-02016-1.

22. Ruhland F, Moulin M, Choppin M, Meunier J, Lucas C (2020). Reproductives and eggs trigger worker vibration in a subterranean termite. Ecology and Evolution 10(12): 5892-5898.

21. Brossette L, Meunier J, Dupont S, Bagnères AG, Lucas C (2019). Unbalanced biparental care during colony foundation in two subterranean termites. Ecology and Evolution 9 (1): 192-200.

20. Lucas C, Brossette L, Lefloch L, Dupont S, Christidès JP, Bagnères AG (2018). When predator odour makes groups stronger: effects on behavioral and chemical adaptations in two termite species. Ecological Entomology 43 (4): 513-524.

19. Brossette L, Bagnères AG, Millot A, Blanchard S, Dupont S, Lucas C (2017). Termite’s royal cradle: does colony foundation success differ between two subterranean species? Insectes Sociaux 64 (4): 515-523.

18. Csata E*, Timuș N*, Witek M*, Casacci LP*, Lucas C, Bagnères AG, Sztencel-Jabłonka A, Barbero F, Bonelli S, Rákosy L, Markó B (2017). Lock-picks: fungal infection facilitates the intrusion of strangers into ant colonies. Scientific Reports 7: 46323.

17. Elia M, Blancato G, Picchi L, Lucas C, Bagnères AG*, Lorenzi MC* (2017). Nest signature changes throughout colony cycle and after social parasite invasion in social wasps. PLoS ONE (12): e0190018.

16. Lucas C, Nicolas M, Keller L (2015). Expression of foraging and Gp-9 are associated with social organization in the fire ant Solenopsis invicta. Insect Molecular Biology 24 (1): 93-104.

15. Chirault M, Lucas C, Goubault M, Chevrier C, Bressac C, Lécureuil C (2015). A combined approach to heat stress effect on male fertility in Nasonia vitripennis: from the physiological consequences on spermatogenesis to the reproductive adjustment of females mated with stressed males. PLoS ONE 10(3): e0120656.

14. Manfredini F, Lucas C, Nicolas M, Keller L, Shoemaker DW, Grozinger C (2014). Molecular and social regulation of worker division of labor in fire ants. Molecular Ecology 23 (3): 660-672.

13. Wong JWY*, Meunier J*, Lucas C, Kölliker M (2014). Paternal signature in kin recognition cues of a social insect: Concealed in juveniles, revealed in adults. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 281 (1793): 20141236.

12. Wong JWY, Lucas C, Kölliker M (2014). Cues of maternal condition influence offspring selfishness. PLoS ONE 9 (1): e87214.

11. Meunier J, Delémont O, Lucas C (2011). Recognition in ants: social origin matters. PLoS ONE 6 (5): e19347.

10. Lucas C, Kornfein R, Chatterjee M, Schonfeld J, Geva N, Sokolowski MB, Ayali, A (2010). The locust foraging gene. Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology 74 (1): 52-66.

9. Lucas C, Hugson NB, Sokolowski MB (2010). Job switching in ants: role of a kinase. Communicative & Integrative Biology 3 (1): 6-8.

8. Lucas C, Sokolowski MB (2009). Molecular basis for changes in behavioral state in ant social behaviors.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 106 (15): 6351-6356.

7. Krupp J, Kent C, Billeter JC, So T, Azanchi R, Smith BP, Schonfeld JA, Lucas C, Levine JD (2008). Social experience modifies pheromone expression and mating behavior in male Drosophila melanogaster. Current Biology 18 (18): 1373-1383.

6. Ejima A, Smith BPC, Lucas C, van der Goes van Naters W, Miller CJ, Carlson JR, Levine JD, Griffith LC (2007). Generalization of courtship learning in Drosophila is mediated by cis-Vaccenyl Acetate. Current Biology 17 (7): 599-605.

5. Lucas C, Pho DB, Jallon JM, Fresneau D (2005). Role of cuticular hydrocarbons in the chemical recognition between ant species in the Pachycondyla villosa species complex. Journal of Insect Physiology 51 (10): 1148-1157.

4. Ejima A, Smith BPC, Lucas C, Levine JD, Griffith LC (2005). Sequential learning of pheromonal cues modulates memory consolidation in trainer-specific associative courtship conditioning. Current Biology 15 (3): 194-206.

3. Lucas C, Pho DB, Fresneau D, Jallon JM (2004). Hydrocarbon circulation and colonial signature in Pachycondyla villosa. Journal of Insect Physiology 50 (7): 595-607.

2. Soroker V, Lucas C, Simon T, Fresneau D, Durand JL, Hefetz A (2003). Hydrocarbon distribution and colony odour homogenisation in Pachycondyla apicalis. Insectes Sociaux 50 (3): 212-217.

1. Lucas C, Fresneau D, Kolmer K, Heinze J, Delabie JHC, Pho DB (2002). A multidisciplinary approach to discriminating different taxa in the species complex Pachycondyla villosa (Formicidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 75 (2): 249-259.


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