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Olav Rueppell is affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on entomology within the contexts of agricultural and biological sciences as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The scientist's work spans several subfields including insect science, genetics, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, molecular biology, and plant science. Main topics covered in their research include insect and pesticide research, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, plant and animal studies, insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, insect-plant interactions and control, neurobiology and insect physiology research, and insect pest control strategies.

Olav Rueppell has contributed to publications in various scientific venues, with notable frequent publication in:

  • Scientific Reports
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Insect Science
  • eLife
  • Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

The scientist has authored several papers in recent years, including:

  • "Life-history stage determines the diet of ectoparasitic mites on their honey bee hosts" (2024, Nature Communications)
  • "The Neuroproteomic Basis of Enhanced Perception and Processing of Brood Signals That Trigger Increased Reproductive Investment in Honeybee (Apis mellifera) Workers" (2020, Molecular & Cellular Proteomics)
  • "Cuticular pheromones stimulate hygienic behavior in the honey bee (Apis mellifera)" (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • "Honey Bee Queens and Virus Infections" (2020, Viruses)
  • "Egg-size plasticity in Apis mellifera: Honey bee queens alter egg size in response to both genetic and environmental factors" (2020, Journal of Evolutionary Biology)

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Olav Rueppell include:

  • David R. Tarpy
  • Esmaeil Amiri
  • Bin Han
  • Micheline K. Strand
  • Qiaohong Wei

Best Publications

  • A simple and distinctive microbiota associated with honey bees and bumble bees

    Vincent G. Martinson;Bryan N. Danforth;Robert L. Minckley;Olav Rueppell

  • Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality

    Patrick Abbot;Jun Abe;John Alcock;Samuel Alizon

  • Finding the missing honey bee genes: Lessons learned from a genome upgrade

    Christine G Elsik;Christine G Elsik;Kim C Worley;Anna K Bennett;Martin Beye

  • 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

  • Exceptionally high levels of recombination across the honey bee genome

    Martin Beye;Irene Gattermeier;Martin Hasselmann;Tanja Gempe

  • Behavioral genomics of honeybee foraging and nest defense

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

  • Regulation of life history determines lifespan of worker honey bees (Apis mellifera L.).

    Olav Rueppell;Cédric Bachelier;M. Kim Fondrk;Robert E. Page

  • Altruistic self-removal of health-compromised honey bee workers from their hive.

    O. Rueppell;M. K. Hayworth;N. P. Ross

  • Migratory management and environmental conditions affect lifespan and oxidative stress in honey bees.

    Michael Simone-Finstrom;Hongmei Li-Byarlay;Hongmei Li-Byarlay;Ming H. Huang;Micheline K. Strand

  • Queen Quality and the Impact of Honey Bee Diseases on Queen Health: Potential for Interactions between Two Major Threats to Colony Health.

    Esmaeil Amiri;Micheline K. Strand;Olav Rueppell;David R. Tarpy

  • A review on self-destructive defense behaviors in social insects

    J. R. Shorter;O. Rueppell

  • The genetic architecture of the behavioral ontogeny of foraging in honeybee workers.

    Olav Rueppell;Tanya Pankiw;David I. Nielsen;M. Kim Fondrk

  • The nurse's load: early-life exposure to brood-rearing affects behavior and lifespan in honey bees (Apis mellifera).

    Gro V. Amdam;Olav Rueppell;M. Kim Fondrk;Robert E. Page

  • Immunogene and viral transcript dynamics during parasitic Varroa destructor mite infection of developing honey bee (Apis mellifera) pupae

    Ryan D Kuster;Humberto F Boncristiani;Olav Rueppell

  • Genetics of reproduction and regulation of honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) social behavior

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

  • Aging without functional senescence in honey bee workers

    Olav Rueppell;Stephanie Christine;Stephanie Christine;Caroline Mulcrone;Caroline Mulcrone;Lauren Groves

  • Rapid Evolution of Immune Proteins in Social Insects

    Lumi Viljakainen;Jay D. Evans;Martin Hasselmann;Olav Rueppell

  • In Vitro Infection of Pupae with Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus Suggests Disturbance of Transcriptional Homeostasis in Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)

    Humberto F. Boncristiani;Jay D. Evans;Yanping Chen;Jeff Pettis

  • Differences in Ultrasonic Vocalizations between Wild and Laboratory California Mice (Peromyscus californicus)

    Matina C. Kalcounis-Rueppell;Radmila Petric;Jessica R. Briggs;Catherine Carney

  • Honey bee (Apis mellifera) workers live longer in small than in large colonies

    Olav Rueppell;Osman Kaftanouglu;Robert E. Page

  • The Genetic Architecture of Sucrose Responsiveness in the Honeybee (Apis mellifera L.)

    Olav Rueppell;Sathees B. C. Chandra;Tanya Pankiw;M. Kim Fondrk

  • The Genetic Basis of Transgressive Ovary Size in Honeybee Workers

    Timothy A. Linksvayer;Olav Rueppell;Adam Siegel;Osman Kaftanoglu

  • Exceptionally high levels of recombination across the honey bee genome

    Martin Beye;Irene Sroka;Martin Hasselmann;Tanja Gempe

Frequent Co-Authors

Gro V. Amdam
Gro V. Amdam Arizona State University
Robert E. Page
Robert E. Page University of California, Davis
David R. Tarpy
David R. Tarpy North Carolina State University
M. Kim Fondrk
M. Kim Fondrk University of California, Davis
Jay D. Evans
Jay D. Evans Agricultural Research Service
Christine G. Elsik
Christine G. Elsik University of Missouri
Kim C. Worley
Kim C. Worley Baylor College of Medicine
Evgeny M. Zdobnov
Evgeny M. Zdobnov Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
Hugh M. Robertson
Hugh M. Robertson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Roderic Guigó
Roderic Guigó Pompeu Fabra University

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