Research Interests

My research interests focus mainly on the interactions between honeybee pathogens and pesticides. Involved in the national network project "FITBEE" which aims to understand the complex interactions between the individual bee, the bee colony, bee diseases and environmental parameters, I investigate the effects of honeybee's viruses, the gut parasite Nosema spp and hive treatment against the Varroa mites on the drifting behavior of honeybees. During my PhD I have also run experimental behavioral experiments to test the effects of neonicotinoids, pesticides widely used in crop protection, on honeybee social interactions.

Curriculum vitae

Personal Information

• Nationality: French
• 1985: born in Metz

Education

• Since March 2012: PhD student at the Martin-Luther-University, Halle-Wittenberg, supervised by Prof. Dr. Robin F.A. Moritz.
• 2009-2011: Master degree in Ecology and Evolution of Parasites at the University of Montpellier 2 (Fr)
• 2006-2009: Bachelor degree in Biology at the University of Brussels (Be)
• 2005-2006: Intensive English courses at EF Miami (USA)

Workshops and internships

• 2013: Workshop Software and Statistical Methods for Population Genetics, in Aussois, France
• 2011: Five months training in the Research Unit of Malaria at the Institut Pasteur of Madagascar: "Prevalence of the Plasmodium species causing malaria in humans in Madagascar"
• 2010: Four months training in the Biology and Genetics of Plant-Pathogen Interaction at the CIRAD in Montpellier, Frances: "Impact of random homologous recombination in the case of an emerging phytovirus: the Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus"
• 2008: Summer field courses in the French Alps with the University of Brussels on plants-insects relationship and co-evolution

Talks and conferences:

• Forfert N, Natsopoulou M, Paxton R, Moritz RFA (2014): Do pathogens induce honeybee drifting? Association of the German Bee Research Institutes Conference, Marburg, Germany, March 25th - 27th 2014
• Schluens EA, Forfert N, Paniti-Teleky OR, Furdui EM, Dezmirean DS, Moritz RFA (2013): Using DNA pools for genotyping colonies of the honeybee Apis mellifera with microsatellite DNA. International Union of the Study of Social Insects Conference, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, March 14th - 18th 2013
• Schluens EA, Forfert N, Paniti-Teleky OR, Furdui EM, Dezmirean DS, Moritz RFA (2013): Using DNA pools for genotyping colonies of the honeybee Apis mellifera with microsatellite DNA. Association of the German Bee Research Institutes Conference, Würzburg, Germany, March 19th - 21th 2013
• 5th European conference of Apidology - EurBee; Halle, Germany, 2012
• Vuillaume F, Thébaud G, Urbino C, Forfert N, Granier M, Froissart R, Blanc S, Peterschmitt M (2010): Evaluation of the reproductive capacity and the transmission of artificial recombinant viruses. Printemps de Baillarguet, April 2010 in INRA, Montpellier, France