Research
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Latest papers
Opposing insulin signals underlie the same developmental switch across hemipteran insects
Science Advances · 2026
Latent gene network expression underlies partial re-evolution of a polyphenic trait in the worker caste of ants
eLife · 2026 · senior author
Latent gene network expression underlies partial re-evolution of a polyphenic trait in the worker caste of ants
eLife · 2026 · senior author
Latest funding
- $127,000
Programme intersectoriel Audace
FRQSC · 2022 · Principal investigator
- $250,000
Exploring Social Insect Pheromones as a New Chemotherapeutic to Fight Cancer
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
- $570,000
Eco-Evo--Devo and the Origin and Elaboration of a Major Evolutionary Transition
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
120 publications.
Opposing insulin signals underlie the same developmental switch across hemipteran insects
Jin-Li Zhang, Yong-Kang Liu, Yi Wan, Hui-Jie Wu, Ni-Tong Xu, Zhuo-Qi Liu, Heng-Guang Huang, Jiapeng Yang, Xin-Yang Liu, Xu-mei Luo, Yi-Song Li, Qi-Sheng Song, Frederik H. Nijhout, Ehab Abouheif, Hai-Jun Xu
Latent gene network expression underlies partial re-evolution of a polyphenic trait in the worker caste of ants
Angelly Vásquez‐Correa, Johanna Arnet, Travis Chen, Ehab Abouheif
Latent gene network expression underlies partial re-evolution of a polyphenic trait in the worker caste of ants
Angelly Mariela Vásquez-Correa, Johanna Arnet, Travis Chen, Ehab Abouheif
Co-option of worker organs as indicators of superorganism complexity
Claire Ramsay, Ehab Abouheif
Terminal Filament Bundling Underlies the Development of Ovariole Number Dimorphism Between Queen and Worker Ants.
Ramsay C, Lasko P, Abouheif E
Latent gene network expression underlies partial re-evolution of a polyphenic trait in the worker caste of ants.
Vasquez-Correa A, Arnet J, Chen T, Abouheif E
A Developmental Table for the Florida Carpenter Ant 𝘊𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴: Establishing Foundations for Mechanistic Studies of Development and Evolution in Ants
Travis Chen, Ab. Matteen Rafiqi, Arjuna Rajakumar, Nihan Sultan Milat, Tom Lamouret, Érik Plante, Benjamin C. M. Fung, Rajendhran Rajakumar, Ehab Abouheif
Embryogenesis in Myrmicine Ants Combines Features of Short Germ-Band Development With a Progressive Mode of Segmentation.
Fang CC, Rajakumar A, Kenny A, Mueller UG, Abouheif E, Stein D
Latent gene network expression underlies partial re-evolution of a polyphenic trait in the worker caste of ants
Angelly Vásquez‐Correa, Johanna Arnet, Travis Chen, Ehab Abouheif
Odd-skipped family members have conserved roles in segmentation, appendage, excretory system and gut development in bilaterian animals
Vasikar Murugapoopathy, Claire E. Ramsay, Ehab Abouheif, Indra Rani Gupta
Programme intersectoriel Audace
Principal investigators: Abouheif, Ehab
Keywords: OVARIAN CANCER, SOCIAL INSECT PHEROMONES, MAJOR TRANSITIONS IN INDIVIDUALITY, EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY OF CANCER, NOVEL CHEMOTHERAPEUTICS, HONEYBEES; Recherche intersectorielle; Cancer de l'appareil reproducteur; Évolution et phylogénie
Exploring Social Insect Pheromones as a New Chemotherapeutic to Fight Cancer
Principal investigators: Abouheif, Ehab
Keywords: Queen Mandibular Pheromone Social Insects Honey Bees Ovarian Cancer Major Transitions in Individuality Evolutionary Biology of Cancer Novel Chemotherapeutics Cooperation Conflict resolution
Eco-Evo--Devo and the Origin and Elaboration of a Major Evolutionary Transition
Principal investigators: Abouheif, Ehab
Keywords: eco-evo-devo (ecological-evolutionary-developmental biology); developmental plasticity and evolution; phenotypic novelty; social insects; polyphenism; gene regulatory network evolution; epigenetics; caste determination; major evolutionary transitions in individuality; apoptosis
Eco-Evo-Devo and the origin of novelty in complex biological systems
Principal investigators: Abouheif, Ehab
Eco-Evo-Devo and the origin of novelty in complex biological systems**
Principal investigators: Abouheif, Ehab
An integrated quantitative biology initiative (IQBI)
Principal investigators: Vogel, Jackie
Keywords: Molecular Mechanisms, Single Molecule assays, Single Cell assays, Biophysics, Microscopy, Adaptation, Molecular Evolution, Modelling, Quantitative Biology Microscopy, proteomics, physical measurements, robots
Steacie Fellowship RTI -From genes to societies in ants: infrastructure for rapid determination of expression and function of genes controlling development and evolution of complexity in ant societies
Principal investigators: Abouheif, Ehab
The evolution and development of gene networks underlying caste polyphenism in ants
Principal investigators: Abouheif, Ehab
Canada Research Chair in Evolutionary Developmental Biology
Principal investigators: Abouheif, Ehab
Keywords: CRC
The evolutionary and developmental genetics basis of wing polyphenism in ants
Principal investigators: Abouheif, Ehab
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.
Frequent collaborators
- Rajendhran Rajakumar and Ehab Abouheif: 20 shared papers
- Marie-Julie Favé and Ehab Abouheif: 11 shared papers
- Marie-Julie Favé and Rajendhran Rajakumar: 9 shared papers
- Paul Lasko and Ehab Abouheif: 4 shared papers
- Locke Rowe and Ehab Abouheif: 4 shared papers
- Cameron Currie and Marie-Julie Favé: 3 shared papers
- Cameron Currie and Rajendhran Rajakumar: 3 shared papers
- Cameron Currie and Ehab Abouheif: 3 shared papers
- Ian Dworkin and Ehab Abouheif: 2 shared papers
- Jean-Philippe Lessard and Ehab Abouheif: 2 shared papers
- Moshe Szyf and Rajendhran Rajakumar: 1 shared paper
- Moshe Szyf and Ehab Abouheif: 1 shared paper
- Indra Gupta and Ehab Abouheif: 1 shared paper
- Mélanie Couture and Marie-Julie Favé: 1 shared paper
- Mélanie Couture and Rajendhran Rajakumar: 1 shared paper
- Mélanie Couture and Ehab Abouheif: 1 shared paper
- Rajendhran Rajakumar and Benjamin Fung: 1 shared paper
- Michael Doebeli and Ehab Abouheif: 1 shared paper
- Benjamin Fung and Ehab Abouheif: 1 shared paper
- Hans Larsson and Ehab Abouheif: 1 shared paper
- Leon Glass and Ehab Abouheif: 1 shared paper
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Co-authors at Concordia University, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Rajendhran Rajakumar
Department of Biology
20 shared papers, latest 2025
Marie-Julie Favé
About the Department
11 shared papers, latest 2019
Paul Lasko
Department of Biology
4 shared papers, latest 2026
Locke Rowe
FRSC
4 shared papers, latest 2014
Cameron Currie
Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences
3 shared papers, latest 2011
Jean-Philippe Lessard
Department of Biology
2 shared papers, latest 2024
Ian Dworkin
Department of Biology
2 shared papers, latest 2015
Leon Glass
Department of Physiology
1 shared papers, latest 2008
Moshe Szyf
Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics
1 shared papers, latest 2015
Indra Gupta
Department of Pediatrics
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Mélanie Couture
École de travail social
1 shared papers, latest 2018
Michael Doebeli
Department of Zoology
1 shared papers, latest 2016
Benjamin Fung
School of Information Studies
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Hans Larsson
Department of Biology
1 shared papers, latest 2009
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