Gro Amdam

Some selected publications from the past 5 years.

Hystad EM, Salmela H, Amdam GV, Munch D (2017) Hemocyte-mediated phagocytosis differs between honey bee (Apis mellifera) worker castes. PLoS ONE 12(9): e0184108

Rasmussen EM, Vågbø CB, Münch D, Krokan HE, Klungland A, Amdam GV, Dahl JA (2016). DNA base modifications in honey bee and fruit fly genomes suggest an active demethylation machinery with species- and tissue-specific turnover rates. Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports. 6: 9–15

Wang Y, Kaftanoglu O, Brent CS, Page RE Jr, Amdam GV. (2016) Starvation stress during larval development facilitates an adaptive response in adult worker honey bees (Apis mellifera L.). Journal of Experimental Biology 219(Pt 7):949-59. doi: 10.1242/jeb.130435.

Salmela H, Amdam GV, Freitak D. (2015) Transfer of Immunity from Mother to Offspring Is Mediated via Egg-Yolk Protein Vitellogenin. PLoS Pathogens 11(7):e1005015. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005015.

Rangberg A, Mathisen G, Amdam G, Diep D. (2015). The paratransgenic potential of Lactobasillus kunkeei in the honey bee Apis mellifera. Beneficial Microbes, 21:1-11

Ihle KE, Rueppell, O., Huang ZY, Wang Y, Fondrk MK, Page RE, Amdam, GV. (2015) Genetic architecture of a hormonal response to gene knockdown in honey bees. Journal of Heredity, 106(2):155-65.

Ihle KE, Baker NA, Amdam GV. (2014) Insulin-like peptide response to nutritional input in honey bee workers. Journal of Insect Physiology. 69:49-55

Hystad EM, Amdam GV, Eide L. (2014) Mitochondrial DNA integrity changes with age but does not correlate with learning performance in honey bees. Experimental Gerontology 49:12-8.

Havukainen H, Munch D, Baumann A, Zhong S, Halskau O, Krogsgaard M, Amdam GV. (2013) Vitellogenin recognizes cell damage through membrane binding and shields living cells from reactive oxygen species. Journal of Biological Chemistry 288(39):28369-81

Nunes FM, Ihle KE, Mutti NS, Simões ZL, Amdam GV. (2013) The gene vitellogenin affects microRNA regulation in honey bee (Apis mellifera) fat body and brain. Journal of Experimental Biology 216(Pt 19):3724-32.

Flores KB, Wolschin F, Amdam GV. (2013) The role of methylation of DNA in environmental adaptation. Integrative Comparative Biology. 53(2):359-72.

Münch D, Kreibich CD, Amdam GV. (2013) Aging and its modulation in a long-lived worker caste of the honey bee. Journal of Experimental Biology. 216(Pt 9):1638-49.

Oostindjer, M. and Amdam, G.V. (2013) Systems integrity in health and aging – an animal model approach. Healthspan and Longevity, 2:2

Herb, B., Wolschin, F., Aryee, M., Langmead, B., Amdam, G.V, and Feinberg, A.P. (2012) Reversible switching between epigenetic states in honeybee behavioral subcastes. Nature Neuroscience, 15, 1371-1373       

Flores, K., Wolschin, F., Corneveaux, J.J., Allen, A., Huentelman, M.J. and Amdam, G.V. (2012) Genome-wide association between DNA methylation and alternative splicing in an invertebrate. BMC Genomics 13(1):

Wang, Y., Brent, C., Fennern, E. and Amdam, G.V. (2012) Gustatory perception and fat body energy metabolism are jointly affected by vitellogenin and juvenile hormone in honey bees. PLoS Genetics 8(6), e1002779    

Havukainen, H., Underhaug, J., Amdam, G.V. and Halskau, Ø. (2012) A vitellogenin polyserine cleavage site: highly disordered conformation protected from proteolysis by phosphorylation. Journal of Experimental Biology 215, 1837-1846

Baker, N., Wolschin, F. and Amdam, G.V. (2012) Age-related learning deficits can be reversed in honeybees Apis mellifera. Experimental Gerontology, 47, 64-72