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
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Publication Tags
Bombus Bees Occupational Groups Queen Insects Juvenile Hormones Impatiens Bombus Impatiens Bee Diapause Aggression Gene Expression Esters Reproduction Social Behavior Social Class Pheromones Insecta Bombus Terrestris Insects Hydrocarbons Physiology Stupor Secretion Oviposition EsterMost Recent Publications
The effect of the brood and the queen on early gene expression in bumble bee workers' brains
Priscila K.F. Santos, David A. Galbraith, Jesse Starkey, Etya Amsalem, 2022, Scientific Reports
CO<sub>2</sub> narcosis induces a metabolic shift mediated via juvenile hormone in Bombus impatiens gynes
Katherine Barie, Eran Levin, Etya Amsalem, 2022, Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Examining the individual and additive effects of cold storage and CO<sub>2</sub> narcosis on queen survival and reproduction in bumble bees
Erin D. Treanore, Etya Amsalem, 2022, Journal of Insect Physiology
A Gland of Many Uses: a Diversity of Compounds in the Labial Glands of the Bumble Bee Bombus impatiens Suggests Multiple Signaling Functions
Margarita Orlova, Gabriel Villar, Abraham Hefetz, Jocelyn G. Millar, Etya Amsalem, 2022, Journal of Chemical Ecology on p. 270-282
Dufour’s gland analysis reveals caste and physiology specific signals in Bombus impatiens
Nathan T. Derstine, Gabriel Villar, Margarita Orlova, Abraham Hefetz, Jocelyn Millar, Etya Amsalem, 2021, Scientific Reports
Bumble bee queen pheromones are context-dependent
Margarita Orlova, Etya Amsalem, 2021, Scientific Reports
Built to change: Dominance strategy changes with life stage in a primitively eusocial bee
Margarita Orlova, Erin Treanore, Etya Amsalem, 2021, Behavioral Ecology on p. 1361-1368
What can mechanisms underlying derived traits tell us about the evolution of social behavior?
Erin Treanore, Nathan Derstine, Etya Amsalem, 2021, Annals of the Entomological Society of America on p. 547-561
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
Most-Cited Papers
Exploring the role of juvenile hormone and vitellogenin in reproduction and social behavior in bumble bees
Etya Amsalem, Osnat Malka, Christina Grozinger, Abraham Hefetz, 2014, BMC Evolutionary Biology
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
Gonadotropic and physiological functions of juvenile hormone in bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) workers
Hagai Shpigler, Etya Amsalem, Zachary Y. Huang, Mira Cohen, Adam J. Siegel, Abraham Hefetz, Guy Bloch, 2014, PLoS One on p. e100650
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
Precocene-I inhibits juvenile hormone biosynthesis, ovarian activation, aggression and alters sterility signal production in bumble bee (Bombus terrestris) workers
E. Amsalem, P. Teal, C. M. Grozinger, A. Hefetz, 2014, Journal of Experimental Biology on p. 3178-3185
Chemical communication is not sufficient to explain reproductive inhibition in the bumblebee bombus impatiens
Mario Padilla, Etya Amsalem, Naomi Altman, Abraham Hefetz, Christina M. Grozinger, 2016, Royal Society Open Science
Evaluating the molecular, physiological and behavioral impacts of CO<sub>2</sub> narcosis in bumble bees (Bombus impatiens)
Etya Amsalem, Christina M. Grozinger, 2017, Journal of Insect Physiology on p. 57-65
The Effect of Caste and Reproductive State on the Chemistry of the Cephalic Labial Glands Secretion of Bombus Terrestris
Etya Amsalem, Julia Kiefer, Stefan Schulz, Abraham Hefetz, 2014, Journal of Chemical Ecology on p. 900-912
Do Bumble Bee, Bombus impatiens, Queens Signal their Reproductive and Mating Status to their Workers?
Etya Amsalem, Mario Padilla, Paul M. Schreiber, Naomi S. Altman, Abraham Hefetz, Christina M. Grozinger, 2017, Journal of Chemical Ecology on p. 563-572