Etya Amsalem
Associate Professor of Entomology
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215 Huck Life Sciences
University Park, PA - eua6@psu.edu
- 814-863-7675
Research Summary
The evolutionary development and the mechanistic basis of social behavior in insects using an integrative approach encompassing chemical, genetic and physiological tools
Huck Affiliations
- Center for Pollinator Research
- Center for Chemical Ecology
- Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences
- Insect Biodiversity Center
- Neuroscience Institute
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Most Recent Publications
Sublethal pesticide exposure decreases mating and disrupts chemical signaling in a beneficial pollinator
Nathan Derstine, Cameron Murray, Freddy S. Purnell, Etya Amsalem, 2025, Science of the Total Environment
The Evolution of Queen Pheromone Production and Detection in the Reproductive Division of Labor in Social Insects
Juergen Liebig, Etya Amsalem, 2025, Annual Review of Entomology on p. 123-142
Hormetic response to pesticides in diapausing bees
Etya Amsalem, Nathan Derstine, Cameron Murray, 2025, Biology Letters
Post-transcriptional regulation of Dufour’s gland reproductive signals in bumble bees
N Derstine, Tatiana Laremore, Etya Amsalem, 2024, BMC Genomics on p. 976
The influence of the social environment on larval development and resulting caste in Bombus impatiens
Katherine Barie, Etya Amsalem, 2023, Animal Behaviour on p. 49-57
Differential gene expression underlying the biosynthesis of Dufour's gland signals in Bombus impatiens
Nathan Derstine, David Galbraith, Gabriel Villar, Etya Amsalem, 2023, Current Research in Insect Science
Communication Between Honeybees: More than Just a Dance in the Dark
Etya Amsalem, 2023,
The effect of bumble bee gynes’ reproductive status on the response to CO<sub>2</sub> narcosis
Rya Seltzer, Adi Domer, Levona Bodner, Sofia Bouchebti, Maya Malka, Etya Amsalem, Eran Levin, 2023, Journal of Apicultural Research on p. 1043-1051
Symptomatic Infection with Vairimorpha spp. Decreases Diapause Survival in a Wild Bumble Bee Species (Bombus griseocollis)
Margarita Orlova, Monique Porter, Heather M. Hines, Etya Amsalem, 2023, Animals on p. 1656
The Effect of Pollen Diet Composition and Quantity on Diapause Survival and Performance in an Annual Pollinator (Bombus Impatiens)
E. D. Treanore, A. V. Ramos-Medero, J. Garcia, E. Amsalem, 2023, Integrative Organismal Biology
Most-Cited Papers
The Physiological and Genomic Bases of Bumble Bee Social Behaviour
Etya Amsalem, Christina M. Grozinger, Mario Padilla, Abraham Hefetz, 2015, Advances in Insect Physiology on p. 37-93
Conservation and modification of genetic and physiological toolkits underpinning diapause in bumble bee queens
Etya Amsalem, David A. Galbraith, Jonathan Cnaani, Peter E.A. Teal, Christina M. Grozinger, 2015, Molecular Ecology on p. 5596-5615
A conserved class of queen pheromones? Re-evaluating the evidence in bumblebees (Bombus impatiens)
Etya Amsalem, Margarita Orlova, Christina M. Grozinger, 2015, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Chemical communication is not sufficient to explain reproductive inhibition in the bumblebee bombus impatiens
Mario Padilla, Etya Amsalem, N Altman, Abraham Hefetz, Christina M. Grozinger, 2016, Royal Society Open Science on p. 160576
Evaluating the molecular, physiological and behavioral impacts of CO<sub>2</sub> narcosis in bumble bees (Bombus impatiens)
Etya Amsalem, Christina Grozinger, 2017, Journal of Insect Physiology on p. 57--65
The effect of intrinsic physiological traits on diapause survival and their underlying mechanisms in an annual bee species Bombus impatiens
Erin Treanore, Etya Amsalem, 2020, Conservation Physiology
Do Bumble Bee, Bombus impatiens, Queens Signal their Reproductive and Mating Status to their Workers?
Etya Amsalem, Mario Padilla, Paul Schreiber, N Altman, Abraham Hefetz, Christina Grozinger, 2017, Journal of Chemical Ecology on p. 563--572
The road to sociality: brood regulation of worker reproduction in the simple eusocial bee Bombus impatiens
Jesse Starkey, Ahja Brown, Etya Amsalem, 2019, Animal Behaviour on p. 57-65
Optimizing laboratory rearing of a key pollinator, bombus impatiens
Erin Treanore, Katherine Barie, Nathan Derstine, Kaitlin Gadebusch, Margarita Orlova, Monique Porter, Frederick Purnell, Etya Amsalem, 2021, Insects
Shift in worker physiology and gene expression pattern from reproductive to diapause-like with colony age in the bumble bee Bombus impatiens
Erin D. Treanore, Jacklyn M. Kiner, Mackenzie E. Kerner, Etya Amsalem, 2020, Journal of Experimental Biology
News Articles Featuring Etya Amsalem
Apr 09, 2025
Even sublethal insecticide dose may disrupt pollinator mating process
Insecticides can help protect crops against troublesome pests, but they also pose a risk for beneficial insects such as pollinators. A new study led by researchers at Penn State provided insight into how even sublethal doses of insecticides can negatively affect pollinators by disrupting the mating process.
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Mar 05, 2025
Pesticides affect bumble bee health in complex ways
New research has uncovered a surprising wrinkle in our understanding of how pesticides affect bumble bees.
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Feb 25, 2025
The complex effects of pesticide exposure on bumble bee health
The effects of pesticide exposure on pollinator health may be more complicated than originally thought, according to a team of researchers in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences who recently published an article on the topic in Biology Letters.
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Nov 30, 2022
New clues about how carbon dioxide affects bumble bee reproduction
While a beekeeper puffing clouds of carbon dioxide into a hive to calm the insects is a familiar image to many, less is known about its other effects on bees.
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