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Research in our lab focuses on the genetics of biological clocks that drive diurnal rhythms as well as seasonal responses. Our research combines broad range of approaches ranging from population genetics and bioinformatics to neurogenetics and molecular biology, aiming to understand how the brain works. On this website you will find details of our current research projects, the people that work in the lab and a list of our publications.

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The Evolutionary Flexibility of the Drosophila Circadian Clock: Network Constraints or Adaptive Freedom?, Creasey, L. D., Petrov, P. B. & Tauber, E., Mar 2026, In: Genome Biology and Evolution. 18, 3
Continent-wide differentiation of fitness traits and patterns of climate adaptation among European populations of Drosophila melanogaster, Durmaz Mitchell, E., Kerdaffrec, E., Harney, E., Paulo, T. F., Veselinovic, M. S., Tanaskovic, M., Tyukmaeva, V., De Arcaya, T. A. F., Aksoy, C., Argyridou, E., Bailly, T. P. M., Can, D., Cobanoglu, E., Cook, N., Coşkun, S., Davidovic, S., Demir, E., Dias, T., Rasouli-Dogaheh, S. & Duque, P. & 75 others, Eric, K., Eric, P., Erickson, P., Filipovski, F., Fishman, B., Glaser-Schmitt, A., Goldfischer, A., Green, L., Janillon, S., Jelic, M., Kostic, H., Kreiman, L. E., Kremer, N., Lyrakis, M., Maistrenko, O. M., Marti, S. L., McGunnigle, M., Merenciano, M., Mira, M. S., Montbel, V., Mouton, L., Mukha, D. V., Murali, S., Patenkovic, A., Protsenko, O., Putero, F. A., Reis, M., Roshina, N. V., Rybina, O. Y., Schou, M. F., Schowing, T., Senkal, S. S., Serga, S., Trieu, V., Symonenko, A. V., Trostnikov, M. V., Tsybul'ko, E. A., Van Den Heuvel, J., Van Waarde, D., Veselkina, E. R., Vieira, C. P., Wang, X., Zandveld, J., Abbott, J., Billeter, J. C., Colinet, H., Ebrahimi, M., Gibert, P., Hrcek, J., Kankare, M., Kozeretska, I., Loeschcke, V., Mensch, J., Onder, B. S., Parsch, J., Pasyukova, E. G., Stamenkovic-Radak, M., Tauber, E., Vieira, C., Wegener, C., Hoedjes, K. M., Zwaan, B. J., Betancourt, A. J., Fricke, C., Grath, S., Posnien, N., Vieira, J., Kapun, M., Schlötterer, C., Schmidt, P., Sucena, É., González, J., Bergland, A., Ritchie, M. G. & Flatt, T., 1 Aug 2025, In: Evolution Letters. 9, 4, p. 473-490 18 p.
Uncovering the circadian transcriptome of Nasonia vitripennis: Insights into a non-canonical insect model, Tauber, E., 27 Nov 2024, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 291, 2035, 20241848.
Epigenetics and seasonal timing in animals: a concise review, Fishman, B. & Tauber, E., Jul 2024, In: Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology. 210, 4, p. 565-574 10 p.
Interconnected Codons: Unravelling the Epigenetic Significance of Flanking Sequences in CpG Dyads, Creasey, L. D. & Tauber, E., Jun 2024, In: Journal of Molecular Evolution. 92, 3, p. 207-216 10 p.
Crickets in the spotlight: exploring the impact of light on circadian behavior, Levy, K., Barnea, A., Tauber, E. & Ayali, A., Mar 2024, In: Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology. 210, 2, p. 267-279 13 p.
שעון, ⁨טאובר, ע.⁩, 2024, ירושלים: מוזיאון ישראל אגף הנוער. 51 p.
Unveiling Subtle Geographical Clines: Phenotypic Effects and Dynamics of Circadian Clock Gene Polymorphisms, Khatib, L., Subasi, B. S., Fishman, B., Kapun, M. & Tauber, E., Jun 2023, In: Biology. 12, 6, 858.
Transcriptional Response of Circadian Clock Genes to an ‘Artificial Light at Night’ Pulse in the Cricket Gryllus bimaculatus, Levy, K., Fishman, B., Barnea, A., Ayali, A. & Tauber, E., Oct 2022, In: International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23, 19, 11358.
Photoperiod-Dependent Expression of MicroRNA in Drosophila, Pegoraro, M., Fishman, B., Zonato, V., Zouganelis, G., Francis, A., Kyriacou, C. P. & Tauber, E., 1 May 2022, In: International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23, 9, 4935.
Adaptation of Drosophila melanogaster to Long Photoperiods of High-Latitude Summers Is Facilitated by the ls-Timeless Allele, Deppisch, P., Prutscher, J. M., Pegoraro, M., Tauber, E., Wegener, C. & Helfrich-Förster, C., Apr 2022, In: Journal of Biological Rhythms. 37, 2, p. 185-201 17 p.
Nucleotide Variation in Drosophila cryptochrome Is Linked to Circadian Clock Function: An Association Analysis, Pegoraro, M., Sayegh Rezek, E., Fishman, B. & Tauber, E., 17 Feb 2022, In: Frontiers in Physiology. 13, 781380.
Drosophila Evolution over Space and Time (DEST): A New Population Genomics Resource, Kapun, M., Nunez, J. C. B., Bogaerts-Márquez, M., Murga-Moreno, J., Paris, M., Outten, J., Coronado-Zamora, M., Tern, C., Rota-Stabelli, O., García Guerreiro, M. P., Casillas, S., Orengo, D. J., Puerma, E., Kankare, M., Ometto, L., Loeschcke, V., Onder, B. S., Abbott, J. K., Schaeffer, S. W. & Rajpurohit, S. & 50 others, Behrman, E. L., Schou, M. F., Merritt, T. J. S., Lazzaro, B. P., Glaser-Schmitt, A., Argyridou, E., Staubach, F., Wang, Y., Tauber, E., Serga, S. V., Fabian, D. K., Dyer, K. A., Wheat, C. W., Parsch, J., Grath, S., Veselinovic, M. S., Stamenkovic-Radak, M., Jelic, M., Buendía-Ruíz, A. J., Gómez-Julián, M. J., Espinosa-Jimenez, M. L., Gallardo-Jiménez, F. D., Patenkovic, A., Eric, K., Tanaskovic, M., Ullastres, A., Guio, L., Merenciano, M., Guirao-Rico, S., Horváth, V., Obbard, D. J., Pasyukova, E., Alatortsev, V. E., Vieira, C. P., Vieira, J., Torres, J. R., Kozeretska, I., Maistrenko, O. M., Montchamp-Moreau, C., Mukha, D. V., Machado, H. E., Lamb, K., Paulo, T., Yusuf, L., Barbadilla, A., Petrov, D., Schmidt, P., Gonzalez, J., Flatt, T. & Bergland, A. O., 9 Dec 2021, In: Molecular Biology and Evolution. 38, 12, p. 5782-5805 24 p.
Metagenomic analysis reveals the signature of gut microbiota associated with human chronotypes, Carasso, S., Fishman, B., Lask, L. S., Shochat, T., Geva-Zatorsky, N. & Tauber, E., Nov 2021, In: FASEB Journal. 35, 11, e22011.
The genetic basis of diurnal preference in Drosophila melanogaster, Pegoraro, M., Flavell, L. M. M., Menegazzi, P., Colombi, P., Dao, P., Helfrich-Forster, C. & Tauber, E., 31 Aug 2020, In: BMC Genomics. 21, 1, 596.
Validating the demethylating effects of 5-aza-2′-deoxycytidine in insects requires a whole-genome approach: (A reply to ellers et al.), Cook, N., Parker, D. J., Tauber, E., Pannebakker, B. A. & Shuker, D. M., 1 Sep 2019, In: American Naturalist. 194, 3, p. 432-438 7 p.
Inverse European Latitudinal Cline at the timeless Locus of Drosophila melanogaster Reveals Selection on a Clock Gene: Population Genetics of ls-tim, Zonato, V., Vanin, S., Costa, R., Tauber, E. & Kyriacou, C. P., 1 Feb 2018, In: Journal of Biological Rhythms. 33, 1, p. 15-23 9 p.
Differential gene expression is not required for facultative sex allocation: A transcriptome analysis of brain tissue in the parasitoid wasp nasonia vitripennis, Cook, N., Boulton, R. A., Green, J., Trivedi, U., Tauber, E., Pannebakker, B. A., Ritchie, M. G. & Shuker, D. M., Feb 2018, In: Royal Society Open Science. 5, 2, 171718.
Geographical analysis of diapause inducibility in European Drosophila melanogaster populations, Pegoraro, M., Zonato, V., Tyler, E. R., Fedele, G., Kyriacou, C. P. & Tauber, E., 1 Apr 2017, In: Journal of Insect Physiology. 98, p. 238-244 7 p.
Neural and non-neural contributions to sexual dimorphism of mid-day sleep in Drosophila melanogaster: a pilot study, Khericha, M., Kolenchery, J. B. & Tauber, E., 1 Dec 2016, In: Physiological Entomology. 41, 4, p. 327-334 8 p.
DNA methylation changes induced by long and short photoperiods in Nasonia, Pegoraro, M., Bafna, A., Davies, N. J., Shuker, D. M. & Tauber, E., Feb 2016, In: Genome Research. 26, 2, p. 203-210 8 p.
Analysis of 5' gene regions reveals extraordinary conservation of novel non-coding sequences in a wide range of animals, Davies, N. J., Krusche, P., Tauber, E. & Ott, S., Dec 2015, In: BMC Evolutionary Biology. 15, 1, 227.
Disrupted seasonal biology impacts health, food security and ecosystems, Stevenson, T. J., Visser, M. E., Arnold, W., Barrett, P., Biello, S., Dawson, A., Denlinger, D. L., Dominoni, D., Ebling, F. J., Elton, S., Evans, N., Ferguson, H. M., Foster, R. G., Hau, M., Haydon, D. T., Hazlerigg, D. G., Heideman, P., Hopcraft, J. G. C., Jonsson, N. N. & Kronfeld-Schor, N. & 16 others, Kumar, V., Lincoln, G. A., Macleod, R., Martin, S. A. M., Martinez-Bakker, M., Nelson, R. J., Reed, T., Robinson, J. E., Rock, D., Schwartz, W. J., Steffan-Dewenter, I., Tauber, E., Thackeray, S. J., Umstatter, C., Yoshimura, T. & Helm, B., 14 Oct 2015, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 282, 1817, 20151453.
DNA methylation and sex allocation in the parasitoid wasp Nasonia Vitripennis, Cook, N., Pannebakker, B. A., Tauber, E. & Shuker, D. M., Oct 2015, In: American Naturalist. 186, 4, p. 514-518 5 p.
Identification and functional analysis of early gene expression induced by circadian light-resetting in Drosophila, Adewoye, A. B., Kyriacou, C. P. & Tauber, E., 1 Aug 2015, In: BMC Genomics. 16, 1, 570.
Oviposition but not sex allocation is associated with transcriptomic changes in females of the parasitoid wasp Nasonia vitripennis, Cook, N., Trivedi, U., Pannebakker, B. A., Blaxter, M., Ritchie, M. G., Tauber, E., Sneddon, T. & Shuker, D. M., 2015, In: G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. 5, 12, p. 2885-2892 8 p.
Gene expression associated with early and late chronotypes in Drosophila melanogaster, Pegoraro, M., Picot, E., Hansen, C. N., Kyriacou, C. P., Rosato, E. & Tauber, E., 2015, In: Frontiers in Neurology. 6, MAY, 00100.
Role for Circadian Clock Genes in Seasonal Timing: Testing the Bünning Hypothesis, Pegoraro, M., Gesto, J. S., Kyriacou, C. P. & Tauber, E., 1 Sep 2014, In: PLOS Genetics. 10, 9
Molecular evolution of a pervasive natural amino-acid substitution in Drosophila cryptochrome, Pegoraro, M., Noreen, S., Bhutani, S., Tsolou, A., Schmid, R., Kyriacou, C. P. & Tauber, E., 24 Jan 2014, In: PLOS ONE. 9, 1, e86483.
What kind of insights can quantitative genetics provide us about this controversial hypothesis?, Tauber, E., May 2012, In: Heredity. 108, 5, p. 469-470 2 p.
Open season on the Bünning hypothesis and seasonal timing: What kind of insights can quantitative genetics provide us about this controversial hypothesis?, Tauber, E., 2012, In: Heredity. 108, p. 469 1 p.
Animal clocks: A multitude of molecular mechanisms for circadian timekeeping, Pegoraro, M. & Tauber, E., Mar 2011, In: Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: RNA. 2, 2, p. 312-320 9 p.
Genes and Genomic Searches, Kyriacou, C. P. & Tauber, E., 1 Jan 2010, Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, Volume-Three Set. Elsevier, Vol. 2. p. V2-12-V2-20
Genes and Genomic Searches, Kyriacou, C. P. & Tauber, E., 1 Jan 2009, Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior. Elsevier, p. 12-20 9 p.
The role of microRNAs (miRNA) in circadian rhythmicity, Pegoraro, M. & Tauber, E., Dec 2008, In: Journal of Genetics. 87, 5, p. 505-511 7 p.
Clines in clock genes: fine-tuning circadian rhythms to the environment, Kyriacou, C. P., Peixoto, A. A., Sandrelli, F., Costa, R. & Tauber, E., Mar 2008, In: Trends in Genetics. 24, 3, p. 124-132 9 p.
Genomic approaches for studying biological clocks, Tauber, E. & Kyriacou, C. P., Feb 2008, In: Functional Ecology. 22, 1, p. 19-29 11 p.
Natural selection favors a newly derived timeless allele in Drosophila melanogaster, Tauber, E., Zordan, M., Sandrelli, F., Pegoraro, M., Osterwalder, N., Breda, C., Daga, A., Selmin, A., Monger, K., Benna, C., Rosato, E., Kyriacou, C. P. & Costa, R., 29 Jun 2007, In: Science. 316, 5833, p. 1895-1898 4 p.
A molecular basis for natural selection at the timeless locus in Drosophila melanogaster, Sandrelli, F., Tauber, E., Pegoraro, M., Mazzotta, G., Cisotto, P., Landskron, J., Stanewsky, R., Piccin, A., Rosato, E., Zordan, M., Costa, R. & Kyriacou, C. P., 29 Jun 2007, In: Science. 316, 5833, p. 1898-1900 3 p.
Molecular evolution and population genetics of circadian clock genes, Tauber, E. & Kyriacou, C. P., 2005, In: Methods in Enzymology. 393, p. 797-817 21 p., 42.
Clock gene evolution and functional divergence, Tauber, E., Last, K. S., Olive, P. J. W. & Kyriacou, C. P., Oct 2004, In: Journal of Biological Rhythms. 19, 5, p. 445-458 14 p.
Acoustic communication in Drosophila, Tauber, E. & Eberl, D. F., 29 Sep 2003, In: Behavioural Processes. 64, 2, p. 197-210 14 p.
Temporal mating isolation driven by a behavioral gene in Drosophila, Tauber, E., Roe, H., Costa, R., Hennessy, J. M. & Kyriacou, C. P., 21 Jan 2003, In: Current Biology. 13, 2, p. 140-145 6 p.
The effect of male competition on the courtship song of Drosophila melanogaster, Tauber, E. & Eberl, D. F., 2002, In: Journal of Insect Behavior. 15, 1, p. 109-120 12 p.
Duet singing and female choice in the bushcricket phaneroptera nana, Tauber, E., Cohen, D., Greenfield, M. D. & Pener, M. P., Apr 2001, In: Behaviour. 138, 4, p. 411-430 20 p.
Song production in auditory mutants of drosophila: The role of sensory feedback, Tauber, E. & Eberl, D. F., 2001, In: Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology. 187, 5, p. 341-348 8 p.
Bidirectional communication system in katydids: The effect on chorus structure, Tauber, E., 2001, In: Behavioral Ecology. 12, 3, p. 308-312 5 p.
Phase polymorphism in Locusta migratoria: The relative effects of geographical strains and albinism on morphometrics, Yerushalmi, Y., Tauber, E. & Pener, M. P., 2001, In: Physiological Entomology. 26, 2, p. 95-105 11 p.
Insect photoperiodism and circadian clocks: Models and mechanisms, Tauber, E. & Kyriacou, B. P., 2001, In: Journal of Biological Rhythms. 16, 4, p. 381-390 10 p.
The wind-evoked escape behavior of the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus: Integration of behavioral elements, Tauber, E. & Camhi, J. M., 1995, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 198, 9, p. 1895-1907 13 p.

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