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Zilá Luz Paulino Simões

Zilá Luz Paulino Simões

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
52
Citations
11538
World Ranking
16571
National Ranking
95

Overview

Zilá Luz Paulino Simões is affiliated with the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Key areas of study include Insect Science, Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work covers multiple subjects related to insect behavior, ecology, and physiology. Main research topics include:

  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Plant and Animal Studies
  • RNA Modifications and Cancer
  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Plant Virus Research Studies

Zilá Luz Paulino Simões has contributed to various scientific publications with frequent appearances in these venues:

  • BMC Genomics
  • Insect Molecular Biology
  • Apidologie
  • Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Journal of Insect Physiology

Notable recent papers include:

  • The nuclear and mitochondrial genomes of Frieseomelitta varia - a highly eusocial stingless bee (Meliponini) with a permanently sterile worker caste, 2020, BMC Genomics
  • Active genic machinery for epigenetic RNA modifications in bees, 2021, Insect Molecular Biology
  • Immunity and physiological changes in adult honey bees (Apis mellifera) infected with Nosema ceranae: The natural colony environment, 2021, Journal of Insect Physiology
  • miRNA -34 and miRNA -210 target hexamerin genes enhancing their differential expression during early brain development of honeybee (Apis mellifera) castes, 2021, Insect Molecular Biology
  • Recombination mapping of the Brazilian stingless bee Frieseomelitta varia confirms high recombination rates in social hymenoptera, 2021, BMC Genomics

Their research collaborations include frequent coauthors such as:

  • Flávia Cristina de Paula Freitas
  • Francis Morais Franco Nunes
  • Daniel Guariz Pinheiro
  • Angel Roberto Barchuk
  • Luana Bataglia

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

  • Functional and evolutionary insights from the genomes of three parasitoid Nasonia species.

    John H. Werren;Stephen Richards;Christopher A. Desjardins;Oliver Niehuis

  • Genomic signatures of evolutionary transitions from solitary to group living

    Karen M. Kapheim;Karen M. Kapheim;Hailin Pan;Cai Li;Steven L. Salzberg;Steven L. Salzberg

  • 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

  • A worldwide survey of genome sequence variation provides insight into the evolutionary history of the honeybee Apis mellifera

    Andreas Wallberg;Fan Han;Gustaf Wellhagen;Bjørn Dahle

  • 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

  • Validation of reference genes for gene expression studies in the honey bee, Apis mellifera, by quantitative real-time RT-PCR

    Anete Pedro Lourenço;Aline Mackert;Alexandre dos Santos Cristino;Zilá Luz Paulino Simões

  • Molecular determinants of caste differentiation in the highly eusocial honeybee Apis mellifera

    Angel R Barchuk;Angel R Barchuk;Alexandre S Cristino;Robert Kucharski;Luciano F Costa

  • 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

  • Effects of juvenile hormone and ecdysone on the timing of vitellogenin appearance in hemolymph of queen and worker pupae of Apis mellifera

    Angel Roberto Barchuk;Marcia Maria Gentile Bitondi;Zilá Luz Paulino Simões;Zilá Luz Paulino Simões

  • The vitellogenin of the honey bee, Apis mellifera: structural analysis of the cDNA and expression studies.

    M. D. Piulachs;Karina Rosa Guidugli;Angel Roberto Barchuk;J. Cruz

  • Inhibition of vitellogenin synthesis in Apis mellifera workers by a juvenile hormone analogue, pyriproxyfen

    Lucimara Z Pinto;Márcia M.G Bitondi;Zilá L.P Simões

  • RNAi-mediated silencing of vitellogenin gene function turns honeybee (Apis mellifera) workers into extremely precocious foragers

    David Santos Marco Antonio;Karina Rosa Guidugli-Lazzarini;Adriana Mendes do Nascimento;Zilá Luz Paulino Simões

  • The relationship between level of pollen in the diet, vitellogenin and juvenile hormone titres in Africanized Apis mellifera workers

    M M G Bitondi;Z L P Simões

  • Ecdysteroid titer and reproduction in queens and workers of the honey bee and of a stingless bee: loss of ecdysteroid function at increasing levels of sociality?

    K Hartfelder;Marcia Maria Gentile Bitondi;W. C. Santana;Zilá Luz Paulino Simões

  • Identification of a juvenile hormone esterase-like gene in the honey bee, Apis mellifera L.--expression analysis and functional assays.

    Aline Mackert;Adriana Mendes do Nascimento;Márcia Maria Gentile Bitondi;Klaus Hartfelder

  • Vitellogenin expression in queen ovaries and in larvae of both sexes of Apis mellifera.

    Karina R. Guidugli;Maria-Dolors Piulachs;Xavier BelléS;Anete P. LourençO

  • The four hexamerin genes in the honey bee: structure, molecular evolution and function deduced from expression patterns in queens, workers and drones.

    Juliana R Martins;Francis M F Nunes;Alexandre S Cristino;Zilá L P Simões

  • A non-invasive method for silencing gene transcription in honeybees maintained under natural conditions

    Francis Morais Franco Nunes;Zilá Luz Paulino Simões

Frequent Co-Authors

Klaus Hartfelder
Klaus Hartfelder Universidade de São Paulo
Gro V. Amdam
Gro V. Amdam Arizona State University
Jay D. Evans
Jay D. Evans Agricultural Research Service
Evgeny M. Zdobnov
Evgeny M. Zdobnov Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
Christine G. Elsik
Christine G. Elsik University of Missouri
Frank Hauser
Frank Hauser University of Copenhagen
Hugh M. Robertson
Hugh M. Robertson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Steven L. Salzberg
Steven L. Salzberg Johns Hopkins University
Donna M. Muzny
Donna M. Muzny Baylor College of Medicine
Richard A. Gibbs
Richard A. Gibbs Baylor College of Medicine

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