Research output per year
Research output per year
Prof. Dr.
Research:
We are interested in understanding the mechanisms through which genetic and environmental factors influence behaviour. To this end we study social behaviours in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, whose organization shows a strong interplay between genetics and both biotic and abiotic environmental factors. Our main line of research evolves around the mechanisms that allow individuals to integrate social and environmental cues to make reproductive decisions. These decisions include partner choice, level of sexual promiscuity, and offspring production in changing environments. We seek to answer these questions at the molecular and cellular level, but are also interested in the implications that genetic variation and adaptation to environmental conditions have on the evolution of social behaviours and mating systems.
Our choice of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster as our experimental model is based on the availability of advanced genetic manipulations allowing the study of the function of genes and cells in live behaving individuals. We take a neurogenetics approach characterized by the use of forward, reverse and quantitative genetics to isolate genes that influence social behaviours. We then use these genes as a gateway to the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying social behaviours. For this we use a range of techniques including: molecular genetics such as gene cloning and transgenesis to manipulate gene expression and cellular physiology, analytical chemistry (e.g.Gas chromatography) to study small chemicals acting as social (e.g. pheromones) and environmental (e.g. food) cues, confocal microscopy for studies of gene expression on both fixed and live tissues, and behavioral paradigms to study social behaviours in groups.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › Academic
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › Academic › peer-review
01/09/2021 → 01/09/2023
Project: Research
Billeter, J., Wertheim, B. & Doubovetzky, N.
01/05/2019 → 01/05/2023
Project: Research
Pen, I., Billeter, J., Groothuis, A. & Santos Mira, M.
01/01/2018 → 01/01/2022
Project: Research
Billeter, J. & Laturney, M.
01/06/2012 → 23/12/2016
Project: Research
Jean-Christophe Billeter (Speaker)
Activity: Talk and presentation › Academic presentation › Academic
Jean-Christophe Billeter (Organiser)
Activity: Organising and attending an event › Organising and contributing to an event › Academic
Jean-Christophe Billeter (Speaker)
Activity: Talk and presentation › Professional or public presentation › Professional
Jean-Christophe Billeter (Speaker)
Activity: Talk and presentation › Professional or public presentation › Professional
Jean-Christophe Billeter (Invited speaker)
Activity: Talk and presentation › Professional or public presentation › Professional
Soto Padilla, A. (Creator), Ruijsink, R. (Creator), Span, M. M. (Creator), van Rijn, H. (Creator) & Billeter, J. (Creator), University of Groningen, 21-Nov-2018
DOI: 10411/C0XRZC, https://doi.org/10.34894%2Fenmqya
Dataset
Soto Padilla, A. (Contributor), Ruijsink, R. (Contributor), Sibon, O. (Contributor), van Rijn, H. (Contributor) & Billeter, J. (Contributor), DataverseNL, 17-Apr-2018
DOI: 10.34894/wlor2e
Dataset
Laturney, M. (Contributor), van Eijk, R. (Contributor) & Billeter, J. (Contributor), University of Groningen, 4-Sep-2018
DOI: 10.34894/6ozoon
Dataset
Laturney, M. E. (Creator), van Eijk, R. (Creator) & Billeter, J. (Creator), University of Groningen, 2018
DOI: 10411/PCSFHG, https://doi.org/10.34894%2F6ozoon
Dataset
Soto Padilla, A. (Creator), Ruijsink, R. (Creator), Sibon, O. (Creator), van Rijn, H. (Creator) & Billeter, J. (Creator), University of Groningen, 10-Nov-2017
DOI: 10411/6CYOM9
Dataset
Jean-Christophe Billeter, Philip Kohlmeier & Jenke Gorter
29/06/2021
6 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research › Academic
14/02/2019 → 23/03/2019
1 item of Media coverage, 1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment › Popular
Jean-Christophe Billeter, Andrea Soto Padilla & Ody Sibon
22/05/2018
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research › Academic
Billeter, Jean-Christophe (Recipient), 27-Nov-2015
Prize › Professional