Sofia Bouchebti

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev — Israel

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

12h-index341citations36works3.42yr avg
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Research Topics

Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior(30), Plant and animal studies(23), Insect and Pesticide Research(11), Animal Behavior and Reproduction(8), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research(5)

Publications36 total

Metabolization of the two most abundant polysaccharides, cellulose and chitin, by an extreme generalist insect, the American cockroach
Journal of Insect Physiology·2025Open Access
Tolerance and efficient metabolization of extremely high ethanol concentrations by a social wasp
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2024· 14 citedOpen Access
Differential fatty acids utilization across life stages in a Vespa species
Journal of Comparative Physiology B·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Gamma-aminobutyric acid in flower nectar and its possible physiological and behavioral effects on insect pollinators
Current Opinion in Insect Science·2024
Metabolomics analysis of larval secretions reveals a caste-driven nutritional shift in a social wasp colony
Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology·2024· 2 cited
An experimental approach towards untangling the role of nature versus nurture in shaping the microbiome of social insects
2023· 1 citedOpen Access
The effect of bumble bee gynes’ reproductive status on the response to CO <sub>2</sub> narcosis
Journal of Apicultural Research·2023Open Access
The fa(c)ts that matter: Bumble bees differentially allocate and oxidate three common fatty acids in pollen
Journal of Insect Physiology·2023· 4 cited
Passive heat diffusion in nests with downward-facing cells: Implications for early colony development in social wasps
Journal of Thermal Biology·2023· 1 cited
Chitin digestion in a eusocial insect: the digestive role of larvae in hornet colonies
Entomologia Generalis·2023· 8 cited
The Fa(c)ts that Matter: Bees Differentially Allocate and Oxidate Common Fatty Acids in Pollen
SSRN Electronic Journal·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Continuous exchange of nectar nutrients in an Oriental hornet colony
Communications Biology·2022· 9 citedOpen Access
Body size, metabolic rate and diapause in the oriental hornet ( <i>Vespa orientalis</i> ), in two extreme climatic regions
Ecological Entomology·2022· 10 citedOpen Access
Macronutrient balance has opposing effects on cognition and survival in honey bees
Functional Ecology·2022· 23 citedOpen Access
The effects of dietary proline, β-alanine, and γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) on the nest construction behavior in the Oriental hornet (Vespa orientalis)
Scientific Reports·2022· 14 citedOpen Access
Nutrient Utilization during Male Maturation and Protein Digestion in the Oriental Hornet
Biology·2022· 9 citedOpen Access
Sex-Specific Effect of the Dietary Protein to Carbohydrate Ratio on Personality in the Dubia Cockroach
Insects·2022· 12 citedOpen Access
The effects of dietary proline, β-alanine, and γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) on the nest construction behavior in the Oriental hornet
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)·2021Open Access
The effects of dietary proline, β-alanine, and γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) on the nest construction behavior in the Oriental hornet
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)·2021Open Access
Allocation and metabolism of naturally occurring dietary amino acids in the Oriental hornet
Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology·2021· 12 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Eran Levin(17), Levona Bodner(11), Sara Arganda(5), Audrey Dussutour(5), Vincent Fourcassié(5), Gérard Latil(4), Luíz Carlos Forti(4), Rya Seltzer(4), Adi Domer(4), Sepideh Bazazi(3), Tali Magory Cohen(3), Mathieu Lihoreau(3), Ariel Drabkin(3), Sophie Le Hesran(2), Camille Puga(2), Stephen J. Simpson(2), Geraldine A. Wright(2), Nádia Caldato(2), Nitzan Cohen(2), Mika Volov(2)