Etya Amsalem
Assistant 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
Bees Bombus Occupational Groups Bee Queen Insects Impatiens Diapause Aggression Bombus Impatiens Juvenile Hormones Gene Expression Esters Pheromones Social Behavior Social Class Physiology Insecta Reproduction Bombus Terrestris Insects Effect Hydrocarbons Secretion Oviposition GenesMost Recent Papers
A Gland of Many Uses
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
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
A small family business
Margarita Orlova, Jesse Starkey, Etya Amsalem, 2020, Journal of Experimental Biology
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
One problem, many solutions
Etya Amsalem, 2020, on p. 131-182
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
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
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
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