Romain Honorio
@r-honorio.bsky.social
Assistant professor at the LEEC, University of Sorbonne Paris Nord. Research about sociality and anthropogenic pressures 🐜
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Harmony in the hive? Think again! 🐝⚔️
Insect societies are famous for cooperation, but beneath the surface lies a brutal conflict over who gets to wear the crown!
Our new review in Biological Reviews explores the evolutionary battleground caused by such caste fate conflict. 🧵
Insect societies are famous for cooperation, but beneath the surface lies a brutal conflict over who gets to wear the crown!
Our new review in Biological Reviews explores the evolutionary battleground caused by such caste fate conflict. 🧵
November 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Harmony in the hive? Think again! 🐝⚔️
Insect societies are famous for cooperation, but beneath the surface lies a brutal conflict over who gets to wear the crown!
Our new review in Biological Reviews explores the evolutionary battleground caused by such caste fate conflict. 🧵
Insect societies are famous for cooperation, but beneath the surface lies a brutal conflict over who gets to wear the crown!
Our new review in Biological Reviews explores the evolutionary battleground caused by such caste fate conflict. 🧵
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📢I would like to share with you two opportunities to work in urban ecology with birds. The urban group at University of Granada is looking for a PhD candidate and a postdoc. More info in the attachments! #urbanEcology #birds #PhDcandidate #Postdoc #ResearchOpportunities
November 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
📢I would like to share with you two opportunities to work in urban ecology with birds. The urban group at University of Granada is looking for a PhD candidate and a postdoc. More info in the attachments! #urbanEcology #birds #PhDcandidate #Postdoc #ResearchOpportunities
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Nouvel article dans "Peer Community Journal"
Date(s) : le 7 novembre 2025
Cheutin,M.-C.;Honorio,R.; @jmeunierearwig.bsky.social.
Family life and cadmium ingestion independently shape offspring microbiomes in a subsocial insect. Peer Community Journal
doi.org/10.24072/pcj...
Date(s) : le 7 novembre 2025
Cheutin,M.-C.;Honorio,R.; @jmeunierearwig.bsky.social.
Family life and cadmium ingestion independently shape offspring microbiomes in a subsocial insect. Peer Community Journal
doi.org/10.24072/pcj...
November 12, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Nouvel article dans "Peer Community Journal"
Date(s) : le 7 novembre 2025
Cheutin,M.-C.;Honorio,R.; @jmeunierearwig.bsky.social.
Family life and cadmium ingestion independently shape offspring microbiomes in a subsocial insect. Peer Community Journal
doi.org/10.24072/pcj...
Date(s) : le 7 novembre 2025
Cheutin,M.-C.;Honorio,R.; @jmeunierearwig.bsky.social.
Family life and cadmium ingestion independently shape offspring microbiomes in a subsocial insect. Peer Community Journal
doi.org/10.24072/pcj...
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Join our Student Course in Behavioral Biology in Paris. 5 invited talks on exciting topics in animal behavior, and round table discussion on AI. Free of charge, registration before 31 Oct (in person) and 12 Nov (online participation). Please RT.
www-leec.univ-paris13.fr/pages/IFE.20...
www-leec.univ-paris13.fr/pages/IFE.20...
October 12, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Join our Student Course in Behavioral Biology in Paris. 5 invited talks on exciting topics in animal behavior, and round table discussion on AI. Free of charge, registration before 31 Oct (in person) and 12 Nov (online participation). Please RT.
www-leec.univ-paris13.fr/pages/IFE.20...
www-leec.univ-paris13.fr/pages/IFE.20...
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Ever wondered how pollution affects insect parenting? 👀
Our new paper in Current Opinion in Insect Science digs into this question, highlights what we don’t know (yet), and lays out five priorities to push the field forward.
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Our new paper in Current Opinion in Insect Science digs into this question, highlights what we don’t know (yet), and lays out five priorities to push the field forward.
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Hormonal regulation of parental care in insects: a call for exploring vulnerabilities to anthropogenic pollutants
Global insect populations are declining at an alarming rate, threatening biodiversity and the ecosystem services on which humans depend. One potential…
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October 13, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Ever wondered how pollution affects insect parenting? 👀
Our new paper in Current Opinion in Insect Science digs into this question, highlights what we don’t know (yet), and lays out five priorities to push the field forward.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Our new paper in Current Opinion in Insect Science digs into this question, highlights what we don’t know (yet), and lays out five priorities to push the field forward.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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⚠️ ⚠️ New paper out! 🚨 🚨
🦗 New paper in Animal Behaviour! We tested if family life shields earwig juveniles from cadmium… spoiler: it doesn’t! 😅 But social interactions still shaped many juvenile traits. Fourth paper from @r-honorio.bsky.social's ATER project at @irbi-tours.bsky.social
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Does group living protect offspring from the toxic effects of cadmium ingestion in juvenile earwigs?
In general, group living can protect offspring against a wide range of environmental risks, such as predation, extreme temperature and pathogen infect…
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September 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
⚠️ ⚠️ New paper out! 🚨 🚨
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We are delighted that our Winter Meeting 2025 in Leuven 🇧🇪 is approaching!
Abstract submissions now open: www.iussi-nweurope.org/meetings
Date: December 18-19
Abstract deadline: October 15
Host: Laboratory of Socioecology and Social Evolution at KU Leuven
Plenary: Ido Pen & @rmash.bsky.social
Abstract submissions now open: www.iussi-nweurope.org/meetings
Date: December 18-19
Abstract deadline: October 15
Host: Laboratory of Socioecology and Social Evolution at KU Leuven
Plenary: Ido Pen & @rmash.bsky.social
September 13, 2025 at 7:22 AM
We are delighted that our Winter Meeting 2025 in Leuven 🇧🇪 is approaching!
Abstract submissions now open: www.iussi-nweurope.org/meetings
Date: December 18-19
Abstract deadline: October 15
Host: Laboratory of Socioecology and Social Evolution at KU Leuven
Plenary: Ido Pen & @rmash.bsky.social
Abstract submissions now open: www.iussi-nweurope.org/meetings
Date: December 18-19
Abstract deadline: October 15
Host: Laboratory of Socioecology and Social Evolution at KU Leuven
Plenary: Ido Pen & @rmash.bsky.social
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🪲 Stage M2 – Évolution de la vie de famille chez les insectes
IRBI (Université de Tours / CNRS) | Janv. 2026
La vie de famille est partout dans la nature… mais comment et pourquoi est-elle apparue ? Viens étudier cette question fascinante avec nous!
Info 👉 joelmeunier.wixsite.com/researchpage...
IRBI (Université de Tours / CNRS) | Janv. 2026
La vie de famille est partout dans la nature… mais comment et pourquoi est-elle apparue ? Viens étudier cette question fascinante avec nous!
Info 👉 joelmeunier.wixsite.com/researchpage...
September 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM
🪲 Stage M2 – Évolution de la vie de famille chez les insectes
IRBI (Université de Tours / CNRS) | Janv. 2026
La vie de famille est partout dans la nature… mais comment et pourquoi est-elle apparue ? Viens étudier cette question fascinante avec nous!
Info 👉 joelmeunier.wixsite.com/researchpage...
IRBI (Université de Tours / CNRS) | Janv. 2026
La vie de famille est partout dans la nature… mais comment et pourquoi est-elle apparue ? Viens étudier cette question fascinante avec nous!
Info 👉 joelmeunier.wixsite.com/researchpage...
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🇫🇷 Nous recrutons un IE en biologie cellulaire, sur un modèle d'étude fascinant : le blob ! N'hésitez pas à partager !
🇬🇧 We are recruiting a research engineer in cell biology, working on an exciting model: the blob! Feel free to share!
👉 emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
🇬🇧 We are recruiting a research engineer in cell biology, working on an exciting model: the blob! Feel free to share!
👉 emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
Portail Emploi CNRS - Offre d'emploi - Ingénieur d'étude (H/F) en biologie cellulaire, modèle d'étude : Myxomycètes (blob)
emploi.cnrs.fr
July 1, 2025 at 8:12 AM
🇫🇷 Nous recrutons un IE en biologie cellulaire, sur un modèle d'étude fascinant : le blob ! N'hésitez pas à partager !
🇬🇧 We are recruiting a research engineer in cell biology, working on an exciting model: the blob! Feel free to share!
👉 emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
🇬🇧 We are recruiting a research engineer in cell biology, working on an exciting model: the blob! Feel free to share!
👉 emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
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8ème International Entomophagous Insects Conference (IEIC)
Date(s) : du 1 juillet 2025 au 4 juillet 2025
IEIC2025 : ieic2025.sciencesconf.org
1-4 juillet 2025 Tours (France)
Date(s) : du 1 juillet 2025 au 4 juillet 2025
IEIC2025 : ieic2025.sciencesconf.org
1-4 juillet 2025 Tours (France)
May 20, 2025 at 7:16 AM
8ème International Entomophagous Insects Conference (IEIC)
Date(s) : du 1 juillet 2025 au 4 juillet 2025
IEIC2025 : ieic2025.sciencesconf.org
1-4 juillet 2025 Tours (France)
Date(s) : du 1 juillet 2025 au 4 juillet 2025
IEIC2025 : ieic2025.sciencesconf.org
1-4 juillet 2025 Tours (France)
Yesterday, JC Sandoz gave the perfect opening speech at the IUSSI French-speaking section conference 🤩 talking about olfaction in honey bees from an evolutionary neuroethology perspective 🐝
June 19, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Yesterday, JC Sandoz gave the perfect opening speech at the IUSSI French-speaking section conference 🤩 talking about olfaction in honey bees from an evolutionary neuroethology perspective 🐝
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New paper out: "Alternative reproductive strategies in two cryptic species of the European earwig complex" rdcu.be/eqfpM
F. dentata invests before egg-laying, F. auricularia after. Same egg number, different trade-offs -> hidden paths to reproductive success. @irbi-tours.bsky.social
F. dentata invests before egg-laying, F. auricularia after. Same egg number, different trade-offs -> hidden paths to reproductive success. @irbi-tours.bsky.social
June 10, 2025 at 5:33 AM
New paper out: "Alternative reproductive strategies in two cryptic species of the European earwig complex" rdcu.be/eqfpM
F. dentata invests before egg-laying, F. auricularia after. Same egg number, different trade-offs -> hidden paths to reproductive success. @irbi-tours.bsky.social
F. dentata invests before egg-laying, F. auricularia after. Same egg number, different trade-offs -> hidden paths to reproductive success. @irbi-tours.bsky.social
Derniers jours pour s’inscrire !
Le site pour le colloque 2025 de l'Union Internationale pour l'Etude des Insectes Sociaux est en ligne : iussi-sf-2025.sciencesconf.org
Au plaisir de vous retrouver à Condorcet du 18 au 20 juin !! 😃
Au plaisir de vous retrouver à Condorcet du 18 au 20 juin !! 😃
June 4, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Derniers jours pour s’inscrire !
Plus que quelques jours pour s'inscrire : iussi-sf-2025.sciencesconf.org
May 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Plus que quelques jours pour s'inscrire : iussi-sf-2025.sciencesconf.org
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Du 4 au 6 juin le congrès de la Société pour l’Histoire des médias ! Au @campuscondorcet.bsky.social !
May 24, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Du 4 au 6 juin le congrès de la Société pour l’Histoire des médias ! Au @campuscondorcet.bsky.social !
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Special Issue 🦋
A glimpse into a little-known world: Organisms associated with social arthropods
Deadline for submission: 31 March 2026
link.springer.com/journal/40/u...
A glimpse into a little-known world: Organisms associated with social arthropods
Deadline for submission: 31 March 2026
link.springer.com/journal/40/u...
Insectes Sociaux
Insectes Sociaux is a journal dedicated to the biology and evolution of social insects and other Arthropods.
The official journal of the International Union ...
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May 12, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Special Issue 🦋
A glimpse into a little-known world: Organisms associated with social arthropods
Deadline for submission: 31 March 2026
link.springer.com/journal/40/u...
A glimpse into a little-known world: Organisms associated with social arthropods
Deadline for submission: 31 March 2026
link.springer.com/journal/40/u...
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🚨 Save the date! 🚨
Symposium on "INSECT PARENTAL CARE" at the next European Congress of Entomology #ECE2026 (29 June–2 July, Tours 🇫🇷) 🐞🪲🪰
Our goal? To lay the foundation for a recurring meeting on this fascinating topic.
Interested? Feel free to reach out—and stay tuned for more! 👀
Symposium on "INSECT PARENTAL CARE" at the next European Congress of Entomology #ECE2026 (29 June–2 July, Tours 🇫🇷) 🐞🪲🪰
Our goal? To lay the foundation for a recurring meeting on this fascinating topic.
Interested? Feel free to reach out—and stay tuned for more! 👀
May 12, 2025 at 9:46 AM
🚨 Save the date! 🚨
Symposium on "INSECT PARENTAL CARE" at the next European Congress of Entomology #ECE2026 (29 June–2 July, Tours 🇫🇷) 🐞🪲🪰
Our goal? To lay the foundation for a recurring meeting on this fascinating topic.
Interested? Feel free to reach out—and stay tuned for more! 👀
Symposium on "INSECT PARENTAL CARE" at the next European Congress of Entomology #ECE2026 (29 June–2 July, Tours 🇫🇷) 🐞🪲🪰
Our goal? To lay the foundation for a recurring meeting on this fascinating topic.
Interested? Feel free to reach out—and stay tuned for more! 👀
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Editorial ✒️
Sociable arthropods: broadening conceptions about social insects
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Sociable arthropods: broadening conceptions about social insects
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Sociable arthropods: broadening conceptions about social insects - Insectes Sociaux
Insectes Sociaux -
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May 6, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Editorial ✒️
Sociable arthropods: broadening conceptions about social insects
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Sociable arthropods: broadening conceptions about social insects
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Ten more days to apply!
Join us in Bayreuth to study how burying beetles use social behaviors to control harmful and beneficial microbial communities during family life!
Join us in Bayreuth to study how burying beetles use social behaviors to control harmful and beneficial microbial communities during family life!
🎓 #PhD in Evolutionary Ecology @UniBayreuth 🇩🇪
Parental care vs microbe communities in burying beetles 🪲🧫
ERC-funded | 3 years | behavioral ecology & metabarcoding
Details: tinyurl.com/CareVsMicrobes
Apply by May 16, start in September
#AcademicSky #Microbiome #SocialEvolution #Insects
Parental care vs microbe communities in burying beetles 🪲🧫
ERC-funded | 3 years | behavioral ecology & metabarcoding
Details: tinyurl.com/CareVsMicrobes
Apply by May 16, start in September
#AcademicSky #Microbiome #SocialEvolution #Insects
May 6, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Ten more days to apply!
Join us in Bayreuth to study how burying beetles use social behaviors to control harmful and beneficial microbial communities during family life!
Join us in Bayreuth to study how burying beetles use social behaviors to control harmful and beneficial microbial communities during family life!
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🎓 #PhD in Evolutionary Ecology @UniBayreuth 🇩🇪
Parental care vs microbe communities in burying beetles 🪲🧫
ERC-funded | 3 years | behavioral ecology & metabarcoding
Details: tinyurl.com/CareVsMicrobes
Apply by May 16, start in September
#AcademicSky #Microbiome #SocialEvolution #Insects
Parental care vs microbe communities in burying beetles 🪲🧫
ERC-funded | 3 years | behavioral ecology & metabarcoding
Details: tinyurl.com/CareVsMicrobes
Apply by May 16, start in September
#AcademicSky #Microbiome #SocialEvolution #Insects
April 24, 2025 at 7:51 AM
🎓 #PhD in Evolutionary Ecology @UniBayreuth 🇩🇪
Parental care vs microbe communities in burying beetles 🪲🧫
ERC-funded | 3 years | behavioral ecology & metabarcoding
Details: tinyurl.com/CareVsMicrobes
Apply by May 16, start in September
#AcademicSky #Microbiome #SocialEvolution #Insects
Parental care vs microbe communities in burying beetles 🪲🧫
ERC-funded | 3 years | behavioral ecology & metabarcoding
Details: tinyurl.com/CareVsMicrobes
Apply by May 16, start in September
#AcademicSky #Microbiome #SocialEvolution #Insects
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PhD opportunity on Oxytocin and social interactions across sexual systems in annelids. Research on the evolutionary conserved role of the “love hormone” at Univ. Sorbonne Paris Nord and Vienna University. Please RT! www-leec.univ-paris13.fr/documents/LE...
April 30, 2025 at 6:18 PM
PhD opportunity on Oxytocin and social interactions across sexual systems in annelids. Research on the evolutionary conserved role of the “love hormone” at Univ. Sorbonne Paris Nord and Vienna University. Please RT! www-leec.univ-paris13.fr/documents/LE...
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If you win a fight, you're more likely to win the next one. But why? We show that using Bayesian updating to update your assessment of your own fighting abilities does a pretty good job of reflecting how animals typically behave in real life social contest!
So I know there's a lot going on, BUT my paper just came out in AnBeh, so get in losers, we’re skeeting the science.
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tldr: @katelaskowski.bsky.social and I used Bayesian updating to model the winner effect and it’s a pretty good way to think about it
1/19 🧵
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tldr: @katelaskowski.bsky.social and I used Bayesian updating to model the winner effect and it’s a pretty good way to think about it
1/19 🧵
Bayesian updating for self-assessment explains social dominance and winner–loser effects
In animal contests, winners of previous contests often keep winning and losers keep losing. This coupling of previous experiences to future success, r…
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April 29, 2025 at 1:35 PM
If you win a fight, you're more likely to win the next one. But why? We show that using Bayesian updating to update your assessment of your own fighting abilities does a pretty good job of reflecting how animals typically behave in real life social contest!
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PhD project offer: Molecular mechanisms of membrane proteins underlying social insect behavior
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Ute Hellmich, FSU; Dr. Yuko Ulrich, MPI for Chemical Ecology
More information: www.ice.mpg.de/319512/Proje...
Apply now: jobs.ice.mpg.de/.../cb945467...
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Ute Hellmich, FSU; Dr. Yuko Ulrich, MPI for Chemical Ecology
More information: www.ice.mpg.de/319512/Proje...
Apply now: jobs.ice.mpg.de/.../cb945467...
April 17, 2025 at 6:33 AM
PhD project offer: Molecular mechanisms of membrane proteins underlying social insect behavior
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Ute Hellmich, FSU; Dr. Yuko Ulrich, MPI for Chemical Ecology
More information: www.ice.mpg.de/319512/Proje...
Apply now: jobs.ice.mpg.de/.../cb945467...
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Ute Hellmich, FSU; Dr. Yuko Ulrich, MPI for Chemical Ecology
More information: www.ice.mpg.de/319512/Proje...
Apply now: jobs.ice.mpg.de/.../cb945467...
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New Postdoc position!
🐵🐵🐵🐵
On the socioecology of cognition in primates, based in Paris @mnhn.fr @cnrs.fr, with field work
It has it all:
- the best science
- the best macaques
- the best beaches
- the best people
- the best office view #Eiffeltower
Join us!
🐵🐵🐵🐵
On the socioecology of cognition in primates, based in Paris @mnhn.fr @cnrs.fr, with field work
It has it all:
- the best science
- the best macaques
- the best beaches
- the best people
- the best office view #Eiffeltower
Join us!
April 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
New Postdoc position!
🐵🐵🐵🐵
On the socioecology of cognition in primates, based in Paris @mnhn.fr @cnrs.fr, with field work
It has it all:
- the best science
- the best macaques
- the best beaches
- the best people
- the best office view #Eiffeltower
Join us!
🐵🐵🐵🐵
On the socioecology of cognition in primates, based in Paris @mnhn.fr @cnrs.fr, with field work
It has it all:
- the best science
- the best macaques
- the best beaches
- the best people
- the best office view #Eiffeltower
Join us!
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Thèse ! Recherche candidat.e, avec master en SHS pour doctorat financé en hist. des médias et des ind. culturelles, intitulé “Le Salon des Arts Ménagers : les médiations de la comm. industrielle pour le développement de la consommation”, sous dir de Claire Blandin et Alexie Geers, LabSIC/USPN.
April 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Thèse ! Recherche candidat.e, avec master en SHS pour doctorat financé en hist. des médias et des ind. culturelles, intitulé “Le Salon des Arts Ménagers : les médiations de la comm. industrielle pour le développement de la consommation”, sous dir de Claire Blandin et Alexie Geers, LabSIC/USPN.