Publications

14. Gadau J, Helmkampf M, Nygaard S, Roux J, Simola DF, Smith CR, Suen G, Wurm Y, Smith CD, in press. The genomic impact of 100 million years of social evolution in seven ant species.
Trends in Genetics. [PDF] [DOI]
13. Riba-Grognuz O, Keller L, Falquet L, Xenarios I, Wurm Y, 2011. Visualization and quality assessment of de novo genome assemblies.
Bioinformatics 27(24):3425-3426 [PDF] [DOI]
12. Hunt BG, Ometto L, Wurm Y, Shoemaker DD, Yi SV, Keller L, Goodisman MAD, 2011. Relaxed selection is a precursor to the evolution of phenotypic plasticity.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 108(38): 15936-15941. [PDF] [DOI]
11. Nygaard S, Zhang G, Schiøtt M, Li C, Wurm Y, Hu H, Zhou J, Ji L, Qiu F, Rasmussen M, Pan H, Hauser F, Krogh A, Grimmelikhuijzen CJP, Wang J, and Boomsma JJ, 2011. The genome of the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex echinatior suggests key adaptations to advanced social life and fungus farming.
Genome Research, 21: 1339-1348. [PDF] [Pubmed] [DOI]
10. Wurm Y, 2011. Behind the Scenes of an Ant Genome Project.
Formosan Entomologist, 31(2):149–156. [PDF]
9. Gotzek D, Robertson HM, Wurm Y, Shoemaker D, 2011. Odorant Binding Proteins of the Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta: An Example of the Problems Facing the Analysis of Widely Divergent Proteins.
PLoS ONE 6(1), e16289. [PDF] [DOI] [Pubmed]
8. Wurm Y and 37 others, 2011. The genome of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108(14):5679-5684. [PDF] [DOI] [Supp. Data] [Pubmed]
7. Wurm Y, Keller L, 2010. Parasitoid wasps: from natural history to genomic studies.
Current Biology 20(5), R242-R244. [PDF] [DOI] [Pubmed]
6. Wurm Y, Wang J, Keller L, 2010. Changes in reproductive roles are associated with changes in gene expression in fire ant queens.
Molecular Ecology 19(6), 1200-1211. [PDF] [DOI] [Pubmed]
5. Wurm Y, Keller L, 2009. PhD Thesis: Sociogenetics of fire ants. Université de Lausanne, Faculté de biologie et médecine.
4. Wurm Y, Uva P, Ricci F, Wang J, Jemielity S, Iseli C, Falquet L, Keller L, 2009. Fourmidable: a database for ant genomics.
BMC Genomics 10(5), 5. [PDF] [DOI] [Pubmed] [Ant genome blast server]
3. Wang J, Jemielity S, Uva P, Wurm Y, Graff J, Keller L, 2007. An annotated cDNA library and microarray for large-scale gene-expression studies in the ant Solenopsis invicta.
Genome Biology 8(1), R9. [PDF] [DOI] [Pubmed]
2. Wurm Y, Wang J, Keller L, 01-2007. Behavioral genomics: A, bee, C, G, T.
Current Biology 17(2), R51-R53. [PDF] [DOI] [Pubmed]
1. Zerlin M, Greiffenberg L, Wurm Y, Winkler I, Kreusel D, Toemoe S, Ballabas L, Martin J, 2005. Cryostock, a Software for Cell Culture Management. pp.397-400 in Giodia F, Fussenegger M (eds.)
Animal Cell Technology Meets Genomics. ESACT Proceedings. Springer Netherlands. [DOI]

Join the lab at Queen Mary University London

We are broadly interested in the interplay between social evolution and genome evolution. Projects may involve genomic analyses, population genetics, molecular biology and/or behavioral work.

A fully funded PhD studentship is open until filled. Postdoc funding opportunities are in the pipeline. To apply, please get in touch by email, providing a CV, contact info of references and an idea of what you might like to work on.

Misc

Solenopsis invicta workers defend the fire ant genome against a Pogonomyrmex rugosus harvester ant worker.
© Romain Libbrecht & Yannick Wurm.

Fire ant genome

© Yannick Wurm. Last updated 2012-03-11