Onderzoeksoutput per jaar
Onderzoeksoutput per jaar
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.
Onderzoeksoutput › Academic
Onderzoeksoutput › Academic › peer review
Onderzoeksoutput › Academic
Onderzoeksoutput › Academic › peer review
Onderzoeksoutput › 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)
Activiteit: Academic presentation › Academic
Jean-Christophe Billeter (Organiser)
Activiteit: Organising and contributing to an event › Academic
Jean-Christophe Billeter (Speaker)
Activiteit: Professional or public presentation › Professional
Jean-Christophe Billeter (Speaker)
Activiteit: Professional or public presentation › Professional
Jean-Christophe Billeter (Invited speaker)
Activiteit: Professional or public presentation › Professional
Laturney, M. (Contributor), van Eijk, R. (Contributor) & Billeter, J. (Contributor), University of Groningen, 4-sep-2018
DOI: 10.34894/6ozoon
Dataset
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
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. (Contributor), Ruijsink, R. (Contributor), Span, M. (Contributor), van Rijn, H. (Contributor) & Billeter, J. (Contributor), University of Groningen, 21-nov-2018
DOI: 10.34894/enmqya
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
Jean-Christophe Billeter, Philip Kohlmeier & Jenke Gorter
29/06/2021
6 items van Media-aandacht
Pers / media: Onderzoek › Academic
14/02/2019 → 23/03/2019
1 item van Media-aandacht, 1 Mediabijdrage
Pers / media: Expert Comment › Popular
Jean-Christophe Billeter, Andrea Soto Padilla & Ody Sibon
22/05/2018
1 item van Media-aandacht
Pers / media: Onderzoek › Academic
Billeter, Jean-Christophe (Recipient), 27-nov-2015
Prijs: Prize › Professional