Cédric Alaux

Institutional Affiliation

INRA, UMR 406 Abeilles et Environnement

Site Agroparc, Domaine Saint-Paul

84914 Avignon cedex 9, France

Tel: (33) (0)4 32 72 26 18

Fax: (33) (0)4 32 72 26 18

Email : cedric.alaux@avignon.inra.fr
http://www.avignon.inra.fr/Abeilles_et_Environnement

Research Interests

• Honey bee pathology
  
• Honey bee behavior
• Honey bee genomics
• Bumble bee biology
  

Research Area in COLOSS

Member of working group 2

Participant in ‘New Molecular Tools’ workshop

List of Publications

1.    Le Conte Y.*, Alaux C.*, Martin J.-F., Harbo J.R., Harris J.W., Dantec C., Séverac D., Cros-Arteil S., Navajas M. (2011) Social immunity in honey bees (Apis mellifera): transcriptome analysis of varroa-hygienic behaviour. Insect Molecular Biology (in press). * equally contributed

2.    Bouga M., Alaux C., Bienkowska M., Büchler R., Carreck N.L., Cauia E., Chlebo R., Dahle B., Dall'Olio R., De la Rúa P., Gregorc A., Ivanova E., Kence A., Kence M. Kezic N., Kiprijanovska H., Kozmus P., Kryge P., Le Conte Y., Lodesani M., Murilhas A.M., Siceanu A., Soland G., Uzunov A., Wilde J. A (2011) A review of methods for discrimination of honey bee populations as applied to European beekeeping. Journal of Apicultural Research, 50: 51-84.

3.    Alaux C., Folschweiller  M., McDonnell C., Beslay D., Cousin M., Dussaubat C., Brunet J.-L., Le  Conte Y. (2011) Pathological effects of the microsporidium Nosema ceranae on honey bee queen physiology (Apis mellifera). Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 106:380-385.

4.    Maisonnasse A., Alaux C., Beslay D., Crauser D., Gines C., Plettner E., Le  Conte Y. (2010) New insights in honey bee (Apis mellifera) pheromone communication. Is the queen mandibular pheromone essential to the colony regulation? Frontiers in Zoology, 7:18.

5.    Alaux C., Maisonnasse A., Le Conte Y. (2010) Pheromones in a superorganism: from gene to social regulation. Vitamins & Hormones, 83: 401-423.

6.    Dussaubat C.*, Maisonnasse A.*, Alaux C., Tchamitchan S., Brunet J.-L., Plettner E., Belzunces L.P., Le  Conte Y. (2010) Nosema spp. infection alters pheromone production in honey bees (Apis mellifera). Journal of Chemical Ecology, 36: 522-525.  * equally contributed

7.    Alaux C., Ducloz F., Crauser D., Le Conte Y. (2010) Diet effects on honeybee immunocompetence. Biology Letters, 6: 562-565.

8.    Alaux C., Brunet J.-L., Dussaubat C., Mondet F., Tchamitchan S., Cousin M., Brillard J., Baldy A., Belzunces L.P., Le Conte Y. (2010) Interactions between Nosema microspores and a neonicotinoid weaken honeybees (Apis mellifera). Environmental Microbiology, 12: 774-782.

9.    Alaux C., Shina S., Hasadsri L., Hunt G.J., Guzmán-Novoa E., DeGrandi-Hoffman G., Uribe-Rubio J.L., Southey, B.R., Rodriguez-Zas S., Robinson G.E. (2009) Honey bee aggression supports a link between gene regulation and behavioral evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 106:15400-15405.

10.  Zinck  L., Denis D., Hora R.R., Alaux C., Lenoir A., Hefetz A., Jaisson P. (2009) Behavioral and chemical correlates of long-term queen adoption in the facultative polygynous ant Ectatomma tuberculatum. Journal of Insect Behavior, 22: 362-374.

11.  Alaux C., Adams H.A., Rodriguez-Zas S., Grozinger C.M., Le Conte Y., Shina S., Robinson G.E. (2009) Regulation of brain gene expression in honey bees by brood pheromone. Genes, Brain and Behavior 9: 309-319.

12.  Alaux C.*, Duong N.*, Schneider S.S., Southey, B.R., Rodriguez-Zas S., Robinson G.E. (2009) Modulatory communication signal performance is associated with a distinct neurogenomic state in honey bees. PLoS One, 4(8): e6694.  *equally contributed

13.  Navajas M., Migeon A.*, Alaux C.*, Cros-Arteil S., Martin-Magniette M.L., Robinson G.E., Evans J.D., Crauser D., Le Conte Y. (2008) Differential gene expression of the honey bee Apis mellifera associated with Varroa destructor infection. BMC Genomics, 9: 301. *equally contributed

14.  Alaux C., Robinson G.E. (2007) Alarm pheromone induces immediate-early gene expression and slow behavioral response in honey bees. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 33: 1346-1350.

15.  Alaux C., Malvinat B., Jaisson P., Hefetz A. (2007) Reproductive plasticity in Bombus terrestris workers – reversion from fertility to sterility under queen influence. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 62: 213-222.

16.  Alaux C., Hefetz A., Jaisson P. (2006) Plasticity of worker reproductive strategies in Bombus terrestris: lessons from artificial mixed-species colonies. Animal Behaviour, 72: 1417-1425.

17.  Alaux C., Jaisson P., Hefetz A. (2006) Regulation of worker reproduction in bumblebees (Bombus terrestris): workers eavesdrop on a queen signal. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 60: 439-446.

18.  Alaux C., Jaisson P., Hefetz A. (2005) Reproductive decision-making in semelparous colonies of the bumblebee Bombus terrestris. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 59: 270-277.

19.  Alaux C., Savarit F., Jaisson P., Hefetz A. (2004) Does the queen win it all ? Queen-worker conflict over male production in the bumblebee, Bombus terrestris. Naturwissenschaften, 91: 400-403.

20.  Alaux C., Jaisson P., Hefetz A. (2004) Queen influence on worker reproduction in bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) colonies. Insectes Sociaux, 51:287-293.