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 The Baudier Lab of Social Insect Science

Ecology and Organismal Biology
School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
The University of Southern Mississippi
Welcome to the lab of Dr. Kaitlin Baudier. We are a comparative physiology and behavioral ecology lab using social insects as model systems to study social adaptations to environmental stressors. We are interested in how individual behavioral and physiological phenotypes scale to group strategies, and the adaptiveness of these strategies in different complex environments. Our lab has particular interest in ​macrophysiological patterns in the form and function of highly social species, particularly as related to the social dynamics of climate adaptation and competition. 


Recent Lab News

13 Nov 2021 -  Our paper about stingless bee soldier neural specialization has been published in the Journal of Comparative Neurology
                          
https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.25273
1 Aug 2021 -     The Baudier lab welcomes 3 new PhD students: Kristin Robinson, Karen Robles Lopez, and Clayton Ziemke
31 July 2021 -   Our paper about how stingless bees defend their nests at night has been published in the Journal of Insect Behavior!

                          https://doi.org/10.1007/s10905-021-09779-9
16 Dec 2020 - Our paper on army ant "walling", an behavioral subroutine of raids, has been published in Myrmecological news!
                          https://doi.org/10.25849/myrmecol.news_030:251
                          See also a blog interview about the article:
                          blog.myrmecologicalnews.org/2020/12/16/self-organized-walls-between-neotropical-army-ant-colonies/
15 Dec 2020 - We've been featured in a recent "True Facts" vlog about army ant raids and myrmecophiles:
                          https://youtu.be/p16g5IVCdeE 
8 Dec 2020 -  Dr. Baudier is officially joining the "BEES" Faculty at the University of Southern Mississippi starting in January 2021!
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