Faculty

Christina Grozinger

Director of the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
Publius Vergilius Maro Professor and Huck Scholar of Entomology

W209 Millennium Science Complex
University Park, PA 16802

Email cmg25@psu.edu
Phone 814-865-2214

Overview

Genomics of social behavior and health in bees

Areas of Expertise

Bee Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Honey Bee Keyphrases
Honey Bee Apis Mellifera Keyphrases
Apis Mellifera Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Apoidea Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Honey Bees Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Pollinator Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Queen Keyphrases

Beescape and BeeSpatial
Kevin Li, Heather Grab, Mark A. Buckner, Lily Houtman, Melanie Kammerer, Dave McLaughlin, Anaís Ostroski, Margaret R. Douglas, Sarah C. Goslee, Vikas Khanna, Eric V. Lonsdorf, Anthony C. Robinson, Christina M. Grozinger, Sep 2026, In: Environmental and Sustainability Indicators
Date: Sep 2026

Larval deltamethrin exposure causes severe cross-stage carryover toxicity and male reproductive failure in Osmia cornifrons
Jaya Sravanthi Mokkapati, Natalie K. Boyle, Christina M. Grozinger, Jul 15 2026, In: Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
Date: Jul 15 2026

Dietary lipids shape honey bee (Apis mellifera) feeding and resilience to pesticide stress
Jaya Sravanthi Mokkapati, Christina M. Grozinger, Jul 2026, In: Journal of Insect Physiology
Date: Jul 2026

Boosting Agriculture Career Readiness in STEM Through a Virtual Symposium
Suzanna R. Windon, Hosung You, Christina Grozinger, Natalie Boyle, Hongmei Li-Byarlay, Mar 1 2026, In: Journal of Youth Development
Date: Mar 1 2026

Sociogenomics
Melissa E. Flores, Robert G. Kelly, Malavika Venu, Christina M. Grozinger, Gene E. Robinson, Jan 1 2026, In: Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior
Date: Jan 1 2026

Intragenomic conflict associated with extreme phenotypic plasticity in queen-worker caste determination in honey bees (Apis mellifera)
Sean T. Bresnahan, Shaun Mahony, Kate Anton, Brock Harpur, Christina M. Grozinger, Dec 2025, In: Genome biology
Date: Dec 2025

Nutritional, foraging, and nesting preferences of three species of solitary bees, Megachile rotundata, Megachile pugnata, and Megachile sculpturalis
Orion L. Pizzini, Jaya Sravanthi Mokkapati, Michelle J. Lee, Natalie K. Boyle, Christina M. Grozinger, Dec 2025, In: Apidologie
Date: Dec 2025

The intensity of the transcriptional response varies across infection with distinct viral strains in an insect host
Allyson M. Ray, Anja Tehel, Jason L. Rasgon, Robert J. Paxton, Christina M. Grozinger, Dec 2025, In: BMC genomics
Date: Dec 2025

Honey bee queen pheromone provides an early warning system to prevent collapsing colonies
Christina M. Grozinger, Nov 25 2025, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Date: Nov 25 2025

Evaluating the usability and utility of a spatial decision support system for pollinator ecology
Lily Houtman, Anthony C. Robinson, Dave McLaughlin, Christina M. Grozinger, Nov 2025, In: Ecological Informatics
Date: Nov 2025

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Insights into social insects from the genome of the honeybee Apis mellifera
George M. Weinstock, Gene E. Robinson, Richard A. Gibbs, Kim C. Worley, Jay D. Evans, Ryszard Maleszka, Hugh M. Robertson, Daniel B. Weaver, Martin Beye, Peer Bork, Christine G. Elsik, Klaus Hartfelder, Greg J. Hunt, Evgeny M. Zdobnov, Gro V. Amdam, Mrcia M.G. Bitondi, Anita M. Collins, Alexandre S...., Oct 26 2006, In: Nature
Citations: 1,641

Domain-selective small-molecule inhibitor of histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6)-mediated tubulin deacetylation
Stephen J. Haggarty, Kathryn M. Koeller, Jason C. Wong, Christina M. Grozinger, Stuart L. Schreiber, Apr 15 2003, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Citations: 991

Three proteins define a class of human histone deacetylases related to yeast Hda1p
Christina M. Grozinger, Christian A. Hassig, Stuart L. Schreiber, Apr 27 1999, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Citations: 717

Self-assembled monolayers of alkylphosphonic acids on metal oxides
Wei Gao, Lucy Dickinson, Christina M. Grozinger, Frederick G. Morin, Linda Reven, Dec 25 1996, In: Langmuir
Citations: 559

Regulation of histone deacetylase 4 and 5 and transcriptional activity by 14-3-3-dependent cellular localization
Christina M. Grozinger, Stuart L. Schreiber, Jul 5 2000, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Citations: 533

Deacetylase enzymes
Christina M. Grozinger, Stuart L. Schreiber, 2002, In: Chemistry and Biology
Citations: 528

Identification of a Class of Small Molecule Inhibitors of the Sirtuin Family of NAD-dependent Deacetylases by Phenotypic Screening
Christina M. Grozinger, Elizabeth D. Chao, Helen E. Blackwell, Danesh Moazed, Stuart L. Schreiber, Oct 19 2001, In: Journal of Biological Chemistry
Citations: 526

Bee nutrition and floral resource restoration
Anthony D. Vaudo, John F. Tooker, Christina M. Grozinger, Harland M. Patch, Jun 11 2015, In: Current Opinion in Insect Science
Citations: 446

CoREST is an integral component of the CoREST-human histone deacetylase complex
Angie You, Jeffrey K. Tong, Christina M. Grozinger, Stuart L. Schreiber, Feb 13 2001, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Citations: 439

Sociogenomics
Gene E. Robinson, Christina M. Grozinger, Charles W. Whitfield, Apr 2005, In: Nature Reviews Genetics
Citations: 413

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