Robert Hanus

This study reconstructs the evolutionary history of termite social systems using comparative transcriptomics, revealing that linear caste development is ancestral and bifurcated caste development evolved multiple times through gene regulatory network co-option.

This study identifies a gene family in termites responsible for terpenoid biosynthesis, revealing evolutionary mechanisms and functional enzymes involved in producing diverse terpenoids.

The paper identifies PsimOR14 as the trail-following pheromone receptor in termites by functionally characterizing it using single sensillum recording and molecular dynamics simulations.

The paper investigates telomerase splicing and subcellular localization in termite kings and queens, finding caste-specific isoforms and extranuclear TERT enrichment in somatic tissues.