IUSSI Conference Freiburg 2026
Talks
Monday 17.08.2026
Juan José Lagos Oviedo – Symposium 28 – K6 – 14:45 – Spies inside army ant raids: Eavesdropping on the help pheromone of injured ants –
Anna Müller – Symposium 27 – 16:15 – Halle 4 – Do bees care? Wound care and social immunity in social bees –
Tuesday 18.08.2026
Melina Kienitz – Symposium 17 – K6 – 16:15 – Exploring wound care by Pseudomyrmex ants on their host Vachellia trees –
Wednesday 19.08.2026
Ebi Antony George – Symposium 12 – Halle 4 – 11:45 – Social and Spatial Affinity Drive Wound Care by Ants – Link to publication
Thursday 20.08.2026
Vibhuti Bhat – Symposium 00 – K9 – 16:15 – To save my sister or not: Understanding the evolution of rescue and wound-care behaviors in a termite hunting ant –
Posters
Monday 17.08.2026
Dominic Enzner – Symposium 20 – Evolution and physiological constraints of ant leg amputation
Seiji Fujimoto – Symposium 27 – Better safe than sorry: leg amputations as a prophylactic wound care behaviour in carpenter ants – Link to publication
Wednesday 19.08.2026
Jakob Jansen – Symposium 7 – Factors shaping wound care dynamics in the army ant Eciton burchellii – Link to publication
Priscila E. Hanisch – Symposium 7 – Can an ant heal herself? Exploring Wound-care in Dinoponera
Erik T. Frank – Symposium 5 – Evolution of Wound Care Behaviours in Ants