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Guy Bloch was born and raised in Kibbutz Nachshon and Moshav [[Kfar Bilu]] in Israel. He holds a [[bachelor's degree]] in Biology and [[Master of Science|MSc]] and a PhD degrees in Zoology from [[Tel Aviv University]]. During 1997-2001 he was [[Postdoctoral researcher|post-doctoral fellow]] with Prof. Gene Robinson at the [[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign|University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]] (UIUC). In 2001, he returned to Israel and founded the research group for the study of social behavior in bees in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior at the Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences in the Faculty of Natural Sciences at the Hebrew University. In 2008 he was invited to serve as a [[Visiting scholar|Visiting Professor]] at the [[University of Auckland]] in New Zealand and in [[Arizona State University]] (ASU). In 2015, he won the Clark-Way Harrison Visiting Scholar Award and spent a year at [[Washington University in St. Louis]]. Prof. Bloch held a number of positions at the Hebrew University and other organizations, including Head of the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior (2009-2015), member of the Hebrew University Senate, Head of the Hebrew University fellowship committee, and Head of the Institute of Life Sciences (from 10/2022). |
Guy Bloch was born and raised in Kibbutz Nachshon and Moshav [[Kfar Bilu]] in Israel. He holds a [[bachelor's degree]] in Biology and [[Master of Science|MSc]] and a PhD degrees in Zoology from [[Tel Aviv University]]. During 1997-2001 he was [[Postdoctoral researcher|post-doctoral fellow]] with Prof. [[Gene E. Robinson|Gene Robinson]] at the [[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign|University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]] (UIUC). In 2001, he returned to Israel and founded the research group for the study of social behavior in bees in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior at the Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences in the Faculty of Natural Sciences at the Hebrew University. In 2008 he was invited to serve as a [[Visiting scholar|Visiting Professor]] at the [[University of Auckland]] in New Zealand and in [[Arizona State University]] (ASU). In 2015, he won the Clark-Way Harrison Visiting Scholar Award and spent a year at [[Washington University in St. Louis]]. Prof. Bloch held a number of positions at the Hebrew University and other organizations, including Head of the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior (2009-2015), member of the Hebrew University Senate, Head of the Hebrew University fellowship committee, and Head of the Institute of Life Sciences (from 10/2022). |
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Guy Bloch (born May 23, 1962) is an Israeli scientist, Full Professor at the Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His research focuses on the evolution and the molecular and physiological basis of social behavior and sociality in bees.
Biography
Guy Bloch was born and raised in Kibbutz Nachshon and Moshav Kfar Bilu in Israel. He holds a bachelor's degree in Biology and MSc and a PhD degrees in Zoology from Tel Aviv University. During 1997-2001 he was post-doctoral fellow with Prof. Gene Robinson at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). In 2001, he returned to Israel and founded the research group for the study of social behavior in bees in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior at the Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences in the Faculty of Natural Sciences at the Hebrew University. In 2008 he was invited to serve as a Visiting Professor at the University of Auckland in New Zealand and in Arizona State University (ASU). In 2015, he won the Clark-Way Harrison Visiting Scholar Award and spent a year at Washington University in St. Louis. Prof. Bloch held a number of positions at the Hebrew University and other organizations, including Head of the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior (2009-2015), member of the Hebrew University Senate, Head of the Hebrew University fellowship committee, and Head of the Institute of Life Sciences (from 10/2022).
Research
Guy Bloch's research focuses on understanding the evolution of sociality and the physiological and molecular basis of social behavior using bees (mainly bumble bees and honey bees) as the main research model. The main research topics include understanding the interrelationships between biological clocks, sleep control and social behavior, the influence of hormones, especially juvenile hormone (JH), on the evolution of sociality and social behavior, and diciphering the sociobiology of bumble bee colonies, including mechanisms determining body size and caste determination. Some of his group findings include the characterization of the molecular clockwork of bees, the discovery and characterization of remarkable socially regulated plasticity in the biological clock allowing bees to be active around the clock[1][2][3]. Additional studies have shown that the JH has a central effect on social behavior in bees, but the effect is different in bumble bees and honey bees[4][5]. Also, Bloch's research group was the first to show that RNA editing may affect social behavior[6]. The group also characterized charred honey bee remains in the oldest hives ever found in the world[7].
Awards and recognition
• Buchman Scholarship (Rector) for outstanding doctoral students (1994-1997)
• Fulbright and BARD scholarships in 1997
• Golda Meir Award for Young Researchers (2001)
• Appointed to the Joseph and Bella Brown Chair for Outstanding Senior Lecturers (2004)
• Farkash Prize for outstanding researchers for 2005.
• Clerk-Way Hurrison Visiting Scholar Award, Washington University in St. Louis (2015)
• Rector's Award for Excellence in Teaching.
External links
- Guy Bloch, The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Science
- Guy Bloch list of publictions, Google Scholar
- Guy Bloch, The Jerusalem Brain Community (JBC)
- Guy Bloch, Federman Center for the Study of Rationality
- Guy Bloch, linkedin
- Guy Bloch, Research Gate
References
- ^ Fuchikawa, Taro; Eban-Rothschild, Ada; Nagari, Moshe; Shemesh, Yair; Bloch, Guy (September 2016). "Potent social synchronization can override photic entrainment of circadian rhythms". Nature Communications. 7 (1): 11662. doi:10.1038/ncomms11662. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 4879263. PMID 27210069.
- ^ Bloch, Guy; Barnes, Brian M.; Gerkema, Menno P.; Helm, Barbara (2013-08-22). "Animal activity around the clock with no overt circadian rhythms: patterns, mechanisms and adaptive value". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 280 (1765): 20130019. doi:10.1098/rspb.2013.0019. ISSN 0962-8452. PMC 3712434. PMID 23825202.
- ^ Bloch, Guy; Robinson, Gene E. (April 2001). "Reversal of honeybee behavioural rhythms". Nature. 410 (6832): 1048–1048. doi:10.1038/35074183. ISSN 0028-0836.
- ^ Shpigler, Hagai Y.; Herb, Brian; Drnevich, Jenny; Band, Mark; Robinson, Gene E.; Bloch, Guy (November 2020). "Juvenile hormone regulates brain-reproduction tradeoff in bumble bees but not in honey bees". Hormones and Behavior. 126: 104844. doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2020.104844.
- ^ Shpigler, Hagai Y.; Siegel, Adam J.; Huang, Zachary Y.; Bloch, Guy (September 2016). "No effect of juvenile hormone on task performance in a bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) supports an evolutionary link between endocrine signaling and social complexity". Hormones and Behavior. 85: 67–75. doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2016.08.004.
- ^ Porath, Hagit T.; Hazan, Esther; Shpigler, Hagai; Cohen, Mira; Band, Mark; Ben-Shahar, Yehuda; Levanon, Erez Y.; Eisenberg, Eli; Bloch, Guy (December 2019). "RNA editing is abundant and correlates with task performance in a social bumblebee". Nature Communications. 10 (1): 1605. doi:10.1038/s41467-019-09543-w. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 6453909. PMID 30962428.
- ^ Bloch, Guy; Francoy, Tiago M.; Wachtel, Ido; Panitz-Cohen, Nava; Fuchs, Stefan; Mazar, Amihai (2010-06-07). "Industrial apiculture in the Jordan valley during Biblical times with Anatolian honeybees". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107 (25): 11240–11244. doi:10.1073/pnas.1003265107. ISSN 0027-8424.