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Thomas S. Collett is affiliated with the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Neuroscience. The key subfields in their work include Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Biophysics, and Plant Science.

The scientist's body of work primarily targets topics related to Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, and Plant and Animal Studies. Additional topics they have explored include Electromagnetic Fields and Biological Effects, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, Animal and Plant Science Education, and Memory and Neural Mechanisms.

Thomas S. Collett has published frequently in the following outlets:

  • Journal of Experimental Biology
  • Current Biology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Athens Journal of Architecture

Their recent papers demonstrate a concentration in behavioral biology and neuroethology, particularly in insects. Selected recent publications include:

  • "An 'instinct for learning': the learning flights and walks of bees, wasps and ants from the 1850s to now" (2023), Journal of Experimental Biology
  • "Small and Large Bumblebees Invest Differently when Learning about Flowers" (2020), Current Biology
  • "The neuroethology of ant navigation" (2025), Current Biology
  • "How bumblebees coordinate path integration and body orientation at the start of their first learning flight" (2023), Journal of Experimental Biology
  • "The routes of one-eyed ants suggest a revised model of normal route following" (2021), Journal of Experimental Biology

Frequent collaborators include Andrew Philippides, Natalie Hempel de Ibarra, Elisa Frasnelli, Théo Robert, and M. Srinivasan. These coauthors appear repeatedly in Thomas Collett's research, indicating ongoing scientific partnerships across multiple studies.

Best Publications

  • Landmark learning in bees

    B. A. Cartwright;T. S. Collett

  • Honeybee navigation en route to the goal: visual flight control and odometry

    M. V. Srinivasan;S. W. Zhang;M. Lehrer;T. S. Collett

  • Visual control of flight behaviour in the hoverflySyritta pipiens L.

    T. S. Collett;M. F. Land

  • Chasing behaviour of houseflies ( Fannia canicularis )

    M. F. Land;T. S. Collett

  • Landmark learning and visuo-spatial memories in gerbils

    T. S. Collett;B. A. Cartwright;B. A. Smith

  • Memory use in insect visual navigation

    Thomas S. Collett;Matthew Collett

  • Spatial memory in insect navigation.

    Matthew Collett;Lars Chittka;Thomas S. Collett

  • Local and global vectors in desert ant navigation

    M Collett;T S Collett;S Bisch;R Wehner

  • How do insects use path integration for their navigation

    Matthew Collett;Thomas S. Collett

  • How honey bees use landmarks to guide their return to a food source

    B. A. Cartwright;T. S. Collett

  • Landmark maps for honeybees

    B. A. Cartwright;T. S. Collett

  • Insect navigation en route to the goal: multiple strategies for the use of landmarks

    T S Collett

  • Visual landmarks and route following in desert ants

    T. S. Collett;E. Dillmann;A. Giger;R. Wehner

  • Multiple stored views and landmark guidance in ants

    S. P. D. Judd;T. S. Collett

  • How hoverflies compute interception courses

    T. S. Collett;M. F. Land

  • Landmark learning and guidance in insects

    T. S. Collett

  • Biological compasses and the coordinate frame of landmark memories in honeybees

    Thomas S. Collett;J. Baron

  • Learning walks and landmark guidance in wood ants (Formica rufa)

    D. J. Nicholson;S. P. D. Judd;B. A. Cartwright;T. S. Collett

  • Stereopsis in toads

    T. Collett

  • The use of visual landmarks by honeybees: Bees weight landmarks according to their distance from the goal

    K. Cheng;T. S. Collett;A. Pickhard;R. Wehner

  • Path integration in insects.

    Thomas S Collett;Matthew Collett

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Graham
Paul Graham University of Sussex
Rüdiger Wehner
Rüdiger Wehner University of Zurich
Mandyam V. Srinivasan
Mandyam V. Srinivasan University of Queensland
Barbara Webb
Barbara Webb University of Edinburgh

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