The Social Regulation of Reproduction in an Indian Paper Wasp Society
Event Details
- Type
- The Price Family Lectures
- Speaker(s)
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Raghavendra Gadagkar, Ph.D., DST Year of Science Chair Professor, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science
- Speaker bio(s)
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Abstract: Ropalidia marginata is a paper wasp widely distributed in peninsular India. Being a primitively eusocial society, the queens and workers of their colonies are morphologically identical and nearly physiologically so at eclosion. Their differentiation into fertile queens and sterile workers occurs in their adult lives through social regulation orchestrated by social interaction, aggression, nutrition, and hormones. In this talk, I will illustrate how simple behavioural experiments can powerfully reveal the complexity and intricacies of the process of social regulation. Short Bio: Raghavendra Gadagkar, Ph.D. (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 1979), studies Animal Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution and is especially interested in the origin and evolution of social life in animals. Gadagkar is now DST Year of Science Chair Professor at the Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science and Senior Fellow, Zukunftskolleg, The University of Konstanz. He has published over 400 research papers, articles and three books, Survival Strategies (Harvard University Press, 1997) , The Social Biology of Ropalidia (Harvard University Press, 2001) and How to Design Experiments in Animal Behaviour (Open-access e-book, Indian Academy of Sciences, 2021). He has been recognized by several awards including the Shanthi Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, the Third World Academy of Sciences award in Biology and the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. He is a fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, the Indian National Science Academy, the National Academy of Sciences, India, The World Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina, The German National Science Academy, International Member, National Academy of sciences, USA, Foreign Honorary Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has served as a member of several national and international committees including the Scientific Advisory Committee to the Cabinet, Government of India.
- Open to
- Public
- Contact
- Lihong Yin
- Phone
- (212) 327-7620
- Sponsor
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Daniel Kronauer
(212) 327-7851
dkronauer@rockefeller.edu