Maéva TecherEvolutionary & Integrative Biologist
Maéva Techer holding several green stick insects during fieldwork.

Dr. Maéva Techer

Evolutionary & Integrative Biologist

How do insects respond when their world changes and becomes unpredictable?

I follow those changes across biological scales: from genes
to populations in species with extreme phenotypic plasticity
and co-evolving with parasites and pathogens.

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Research quests

Three biological systems let me follow change across minutes, generations, and species evolution.

  1. 01
    Minutes to daysIndividual and species levels

    Molecular mechanisms of collective behavioral plasticity

    How do a touch, a glance, and a smell turn a solitary, sedentary grasshopper into part of a hungry, frenzied migratory locust swarm?

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  2. 02
    Generations to decadesColony and country scale

    Novel adaptations and global invasion genomics

    How did a tiny parasitic mite spread and persist worldwide despite intensive control to become a nightmare for most beekeepers?

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  3. 03
    Many generationsPopulation scale

    Species biogeography and evolution in island systems

    How have isolation and human movements shaped the evolution of honey bees across island systems?

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Research inventory

A growing collection of papers, biological samples, sequence datasets, and places that shaped the questions.

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A research journey connecting field collection, wet-lab experimentation, and dry-lab genomics.

  1. 01La Réunion, FrancePhD in Population GeneticsBirth–2015
  2. 02Okinawa, JapanPostdoctoral Researcher and JSPS Fellow2016–2021
  3. 03College Station, USAPostdoctoral Associate2021–2025
  4. 04Tempe, USAVisiting Faculty2024–present
  5. 05Nagareyama, JapanRemote Visiting Faculty2025–present
Acquired research items

Published outputs, research support, biological material, and sequence datasets.

  1. 17peer-reviewed papers
  2. 1research fellowship
  3. 7travel grants and awards
  4. >1,500bulk-tissue RNA-seq locust datasets
  5. 3,270A. mellifera colonies sampled and analyzed for population genetics
  6. 1,882whole-genome-sequenced single mites

Latest unlocks

Recently published protocols, shared standards, and population-genomic research from the public record.

01
2026 / PUBLISHED

Darwin’s solution: Honeybees survive mite vectors and viruses through natural selection

Trends in Parasitology

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2026 / PUBLISHED

Rearing, dissection, and temporal transcriptomic profiling protocols to study density-dependent phenotypic plasticity in the genus Schistocerca

STAR Protocols / 7(2), 104554

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03
2025 / PUBLISHED

Standard methods and good practices in Apis honey bee omics research

Journal of Apicultural Research / BEEBOOK Vol. IV, 64(2), 307–402

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Global field-network signal

Research grows through shared systems, methods, and international exchange. Current signals include COLOSS, the Global Locust Initiative, and the Behavioral Plasticity Research Institute.

Hand-drawn World Varroa Network scene with a global sampling map and an international team of researchers.
World Varroa NetworkIllustration by Manae T.