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Citations
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8150
National Ranking
3686

Overview

Gro V. Amdam is affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States. Their research primarily intersects the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Within these fields, they have a strong focus on subfields including Insect Science, Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The scientist's work concentrates on topics such as Insect and Pesticide Research, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Plant and Animal Studies, Bee Products Chemical Analysis, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, Machine Learning in Bioinformatics, and Animal Behavior and Reproduction.

Recent published papers by Gro V. Amdam include:

  • Social immunity in honey bees: royal jelly as a vehicle in transferring bacterial pathogen fragments between nestmates, 2021, Journal of Experimental Biology
  • Structure prediction of honey bee vitellogenin: a multi-domain protein important for insect immunity, 2021, FEBS Open Bio
  • Nuclear translocation of vitellogenin in the honey bee (Apis mellifera), 2022, Apidologie
  • Vitellogenin in the honey bee midgut, 2021, Apidologie
  • Exposure to Inactivated Deformed Wing Virus Leads to Trans-Generational Costs but Not Immune Priming in Honeybees (Apis mellifera), 2021, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Gro V. Amdam frequently collaborates with other researchers including Vilde Leipart, Gyan Harwood, Oriol Gracia Carmona, Franca Fraternali, and Øyvind Halskau.

The scientist's publications often appear in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Experimental Biology, Apidologie, Protein Science, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Best Publications

  • Insights into social insects from the genome of the honeybee Apis mellifera

    George M. Weinstock;Gene E. Robinson;Richard A. Gibbs;Kim C. Worley

  • Reproductive protein protects functionally sterile honey bee workers from oxidative stress.

    Siri Christine Seehuus;Kari Norberg;Ulrike Gimsa;Trygve Krekling

  • The gene vitellogenin has multiple coordinating effects on social organization.

    C. Mindy Nelson;Kate E Ihle;M. Kim Fondrk;Robert E Page

  • Social exploitation of vitellogenin.

    Gro V. Amdam;Kari Norberg;Arne Hagen;Stig W. Omholt

  • Hormonal control of the yolk precursor vitellogenin regulates immune function and longevity in honeybees

    Gro V Amdam;Zilá L.P Simões;Arne Hagen;Kari Norberg

  • The genomes of two key bumblebee species with primitive eusocial organization

    Ben M Sadd;Ben M Sadd;Seth M Barribeau;Seth M Barribeau;Guy Bloch;Dirk C. de Graaf

  • Vitellogenin regulates hormonal dynamics in the worker caste of a eusocial insect.

    Karina R. Guidugli;Adriana M. Nascimento;Gro V. Amdam;Gro V. Amdam;Angel R. Barchuk

  • The Making of a Queen: TOR Pathway Is a Key Player in Diphenic Caste Development

    Avani Patel;M. Kim Fondrk;Osman Kaftanoglu;Christine Emore

  • Reversible switching between epigenetic states in honeybee behavioral subcastes

    Brian R Herb;Florian Wolschin;Florian Wolschin;Kasper D Hansen;Kasper D Hansen;Martin J Aryee

  • The hive bee to forager transition in honeybee colonies: the double repressor hypothesis

    Gro Vang Amdam;Stig W. Omholt

  • Social reversal of immunosenescence in honey bee workers.

    Gro V. Amdam;Anne Lene T.O. Aase;Siri-Christine Seehuus;M. Kim Fondrk

  • The regulatory anatomy of honeybee lifespan.

    Gro Vang Amdam;Stig W. Omholt

  • Disruption of vitellogenin gene function in adult honeybees by intra-abdominal injection of double-stranded RNA

    Gro V Amdam;Zilá L P Simões;Karina R Guidugli;Kari Norberg

  • Complex social behaviour derived from maternal reproductive traits

    Gro V. Amdam;Gro V. Amdam;Angela Csondes;M. Kim Fondrk;Robert E. Page

  • Altered Physiology in Worker Honey Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Infested with the Mite Varroa destructor (Acari: Varroidae): A Factor in Colony Loss During Overwintering?

    Gro V. Amdam;Klaus Hartfelder;Kari Norberg;Arne Hagen

  • Behavioral genomics of honeybee foraging and nest defense

    Greg J. Hunt;Gro V. Amdam;David Schlipalius;Christine Emore

  • Transfer of Immunity from Mother to Offspring Is Mediated via Egg-Yolk Protein Vitellogenin.

    Heli Salmela;Gro Vang Amdam;Dalial Freitak

  • The making of a social insect: developmental architectures of social design.

    Robert E. Page;Gro V. Amdam;Gro V. Amdam

  • The role of red and processed meat in colorectal cancer development: a perspective.

    Marije Oostindjer;Jan Alexander;Gro V. Amdam;Grethe Andersen

  • IRS and TOR nutrient-signaling pathways act via juvenile hormone to influence honey bee caste fate

    Navdeep S. Mutti;Adam Gregory Dolezal;Florian Wolschin;Florian Wolschin;Jasdeep S. Mutti;Jasdeep S. Mutti

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert E. Page
Robert E. Page University of California, Davis
Olav Rueppell
Olav Rueppell University of Alberta
M. Kim Fondrk
M. Kim Fondrk University of California, Davis
Klaus Hartfelder
Klaus Hartfelder Universidade de São Paulo
Zilá Luz Paulino Simões
Zilá Luz Paulino Simões Universidade de São Paulo
Gene E. Robinson
Gene E. Robinson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Guy Bloch
Guy Bloch Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Christine G. Elsik
Christine G. Elsik University of Missouri
Evgeny M. Zdobnov
Evgeny M. Zdobnov Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
Richard A. Gibbs
Richard A. Gibbs Baylor College of Medicine

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