Benjamin de Bivort
Dr. Benjamin de Bivort is an Associate Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University.
Education
Dr. Benjamin de Bivort earned his B.S. from Duke University in Biology and Mathematics (2002) and went on to get his Ph.D., (2007) conduct his postdoctoral work (2007-2008) and become a Junior Fellow at Harvard University (2008-2013).
Research and career
Dr. de Bivort's work has focused on individuality in Drosophila melanogaster behavior, as well as other model systems. To conduct his research, he has been awarded multiple consecutive fellowships.[1] and maintains consistent research funding for work conducted in his lab[2]. His research findings on individuality[3][4] fruit flies raised in identical environments still learn at different rates which are likely due to random differences in brain development[5]. His work also characterized neural circuits involved in individual odor preference in Drosophila[6][7]. He has assimilated data on over 183,000 individual flies to provide precise quantification of behavioral individuality from 80 million decision[8]. He and his colleagues have even demonstrated how serotonin, a key neurotransmitter that influences behavior, contributes to reducing variability in choice involving light[9]. His research group has also clarified that social interaction alone is insufficient to explain the behavioral choices that flies make[10]
References
- ↑ "People in the de Bivort lab". debivort.org. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
- ↑ "Research Interests of the de Bivort Lab". debivort.org. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
- ↑ Smith, Matthew A.-Y.; Honegger, Kyle S.; Turner, Glenn; de Bivort, Benjamin (February 2022). "Idiosyncratic learning performance in flies". Biology Letters. 18 (2): 20210424. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2021.0424. ISSN 1744-957X. PMC 8807056 Check
|pmc=value (help). PMID 35104427 Check|pmid=value (help). - ↑ Honegger, Kyle; de Bivort, Benjamin (2018-01-08). "Stochasticity, individuality and behavior". Current Biology: CB. 28 (1): R8–R12. Bibcode:2018CBio...28...R8H. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2017.11.058. ISSN 1879-0445. PMID 29316423.
- ↑ Lesté-Lasserre, Christa. "Learning styles in fruit flies may not be related to nature or nurture". New Scientist. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
- ↑ Churgin, Matthew A.; Lavrentovich, Danylo O.; Smith, Matthew A.-Y.; Gao, Ruixuan; Boyden, Edward S.; de Bivort, Benjamin L. (2025-03-11). "A neural correlate of individual odor preference in Drosophila". eLife. 12. doi:10.7554/eLife.90511. ISSN 2050-084X. PMC 11896609 Check
|pmc=value (help). PMID 40067954 Check|pmid=value (help). Unknown parameter|article-number=ignored (help) - ↑ Honegger, Kyle S.; Smith, Matthew A.-Y.; Churgin, Matthew A.; Turner, Glenn C.; de Bivort, Benjamin L. (2020-09-22). "Idiosyncratic neural coding and neuromodulation of olfactory individuality in Drosophila". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 117 (38): 23292–23297. Bibcode:2020PNAS..11723292H. doi:10.1073/pnas.1901623116. ISSN 1091-6490. PMC 7519279 Check
|pmc=value (help). PMID 31455738. - ↑ de Bivort, Benjamin; Buchanan, Sean; Skutt-Kakaria, Kyobi; Gajda, Erika; Ayroles, Julien; O'Leary, Chelsea; Reimers, Pablo; Akhund-Zade, Jamilla; Senft, Rebecca; Maloney, Ryan; Ho, Sandra; Werkhoven, Zach; Smith, Matthew A.-Y. (2022). "Precise Quantification of Behavioral Individuality From 80 Million Decisions Across 183,000 Flies". Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 16. doi:10.3389/fnbeh.2022.836626. ISSN 1662-5153. PMC 9178272 Check
|pmc=value (help). PMID 35692381 Check|pmid=value (help). Unknown parameter|article-number=ignored (help) - ↑ Krams, Indrikis A.; Krama, Tatjana; Krams, Ronalds; Trakimas, Giedrius; Popovs, Sergejs; Jõers, Priit; Munkevics, Maris; Elferts, Didzis; Rantala, Markus J.; Makņa, Jānis; de Bivort, Benjamin L. (2021). "Serotoninergic Modulation of Phototactic Variability Underpins a Bet-Hedging Strategy in Drosophila melanogaster". Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 15. doi:10.3389/fnbeh.2021.659331. ISSN 1662-5153. PMC 8085305 Check
|pmc=value (help). PMID 33935664 Check|pmid=value (help). Unknown parameter|article-number=ignored (help) - ↑ Versace, Elisabetta; Caffini, Matteo; Werkhoven, Zach; de Bivort, Benjamin L. (2020-03-11). "Individual, but not population asymmetries, are modulated by social environment and genotype in Drosophila melanogaster". Scientific Reports. 10 (1): 4480. Bibcode:2020NatSR..10.4480V. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-61410-7. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 7066193 Check
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