Comparative and experimental approaches to the transcriptomics and genomic regulation of eusociality in the sweat bees Conflict or cooperation between transposons and their Drosophila hosts? Core-project: Global patterns of genomic innovations Dynamics of chromosome evolution in termites: Inbreeding, translocations and sociality Emergence, loss and regulation of de novo genes Evolution of epigenetic regulation in beetles (Coleoptera) Evolutionary genomics of sociality in beetles Gene and genome duplication and phenotypic novelties – Insights from spiders and insects Genomic and gene regulatory basis of cuticular hydrocarbon diversification in aculeate Hymenoptera Genomic evolution of underwater silk in caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera) and other freshwater arthropods ImmuNov: genomics and epigenomics of immune innovations in insects Recurrent genomic dynamics linked to parallel evolution of secondary phytophagy in Hymenoptera Recurring phenotypic loss: Repeatability of genome and regulatory evolution Revealing the genomic innovations during evolution of holometaboly Synteny-Based Identification of Genomic Innovations in Insects The genomic basis of extreme sexual dimorphism in fireflies The evolution of genome compartmentalization in the ant genus Cardiocondyla