2022
  • Derstine N, Galbraith, D., Villar, G., Amsalem E. Differential gene expression underlying the biosynthesis of Dufour’s gland signals in Bombus impatiens (under review).
  • Barie, K., Cressman, A. Levin, E., Amsalem, E. “CO2 narcosis induces a metabolic shift mediated via juvenile hormone in Bombus impatiens gynes” (under review).
  • Seltzer, R., Domer, A., Bodner, L., Bouchebti, S., Malka, M., Amsalem, E., Levin, E. The impact of mating on the physiological response of bumble bee gynes to CO2 narcosis (under review).
  • Barie, K., Amsalem E. The influence of the social environment on larval development and resulting caste in Bombus impatiens (under review).
  • Cressman, A., Amsalem, E. Impacts and mechanisms of CO2 narcosis in bumble bees: Narcosis depends on dose, caste and mating status and is not induced by anoxia (under review).
  • Orlova, M., Porter, M., Hines, H.M., Amsalem, E. Symptomatic infection with Vairimorpha bombi decreases diapause survival in a wild bumble bee species (Bombus griseocollis) (under review).
  • K. F. Santos, P.K.F., Murray, C.S., Amsalem, E. Sexual production is regulated by the brood in Bombus impatiens colonies (under review).
  • Treanore, E., Amsalem E. (2022). “Examining the individual and additive effects of cold storage and CO2 narcosis on queen survival and reproduction in bumble bees”. Accepted for publication in Journal of Insect Physiology
  • Orlova, M. Villar, G., Hefetz, A., Millar G. J., Amsalem, E. (2022). “A gland of many uses: A diversity of compounds in the labial glands of the bumble bee Bombus impatiens suggests multiple signaling functions”. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 48(3):270-282.

2021
  • Santos, P.K.F, Starkey, J., Galbraith, D., Amsalem, E. (2022). “The effect of the brood and the queen on early gene expression in bumble bee workers' brains”. Scientific reports 12 (1), 1-12
  • Orlova, M., Amsalem, E. (2021). “Bumble bee queen pheromones are context-dependent” Scientific Reports 11 (1), 1-7.
  • Treanore, E., Barie, K., Derstine, N., Gadebusch, K., Orlova, M., Porter, M. Purnell, F., Amsalem, E. (2021). “Optimizing laboratory rearing of a key pollinator, Bombus impatiens”. Insects 12 (8), 673.
  • Derstine, N., Villar, G., Hefetz, A., Millar, J., & Amsalem, E. (2021). “Dufour’s gland analysis reveals caste and physiology specific signals in Bombus impatiens”. Scientific reports 11 (1), 1-13

2020
  • Treanore, E. Amsalem E. (2020). “The effect of intrinsic physiological traits on diapause survival and their underlying mechanisms in an annual bee species Bombus impatiens”. Conservation Physiology 8(1), coaa103
  • Amsalem E. (2020). “One problem, many solutions: Female reproduction is regulated by chemically diverse pheromones across insects”. Advances in Insect Physiology 59, 131-182
  • Orlova, M., Treanore, E., Amsalem E. (2020). “Built to change: dominance strategy changes with life stage in a primitively eusocial insect”. Behavioral Ecology 31 (6), 1361-1368
  • Treanore, E., Derstine, N., Amsalem E. (2020). “What can mechanisms underlying derived traits tell us about the evolution of social behavior?”. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, saaa033
  • Orlova, M., Starkey, J. A., & Amsalem, E. (2020) “A small family business: synergistic and additive effects of the queen and the brood on worker reproduction in a primitively eusocial bee. Journal of Experimental Biology 223 (3), jeb217547
  • Treanore, E. D., Kiner, J. M., Kerner, M. E., & Amsalem, E. (2020). Shift in worker physiology and gene expression pattern from reproductive to diapause-like with colony age in the bumble bee Bombus impatiens. Journal of Experimental Biology 223 (9) jeb218768

2019
  • Orlova, M., & Amsalem, E. (2019). “Context matters: plasticity in response to pheromones regulating reproduction and collective behavior in social Hymenoptera”. Current Opinion in Insect Science 35, 69-76.
  • Starkey, J. A., Derstine, N., & Amsalem, E. (2019). “Do bumble bees produce brood pheromone?” Journal of Chemical Ecology 45(9), 725-734.
  • Starkey, J. A., Brown, A., & Amsalem, E. (2019). “The road to sociality: Brood regulation of worker reproduction in the simple eusocial bee Bombus impatiens”. Animal Behavior 154, 57-65.

2018
  • Amsalem, E. & Hefetz, A. (2018). “Pheromone-mediation of female reproduction and reproductive dominance in social species”. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 44(9), 747-749.
  • Amsalem, E. & Grozinger, C. M. (2018). “The importance of holistically evaluating data: a comment on Holman”. 2018. Behavioral Ecology, 29(6), 1210-1211.
  • Cohanim, A. B., Amsalem, E. Saad, R., Shoemaker, D. D., & Privman, E. (2018). “Evolution of olfactory functions on the fire ant social chromosome”. Genome Biology and Evolution, 10(11), 2947-2960.

2017
  • Amsalem, E., Padilla, M., Schreiber, P., Altman, N., Hefetz, A., & Grozinger, C. M. (2017). “Do bumble bee (Bombus impatiens) queens signal their reproductive and mating status to their workers?” Journal of Chemical Ecology, 43(6), 563-572.
  • Amsalem, E. & Grozinger, C. M. (2017). “Evaluating the molecular, physiological and behavioral impacts of CO2 narcosis in bumble bees (Bombus impatiens)”. Journal of Insect Physiology, 101, 57-65.

2009-2016
  • Padilla, M. J., Amsalem, E., Hefetz, A., Grozinger, C. M., & Altman, N. S. (2016). “Chemical communication is not sufficient to explain reproductive inhibition in the bumble bee Bombus impatiens”. Royal Society Open Science, 3(10), 160576.
  • Amsalem, E., Orlova, M., & Grozinger, C. M. (2015). “A conserved class of queen pheromones? Re-evaluating the evidence in bumble bees (Bombus impatiens)”. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 282(1817), 20151800.
  • Amsalem, E., Galbraith, D. A., Cnaani, J., Teal, P. E., & Grozinger, C. M. (2015). “Conservation and modification of genetic and physiological toolkits underpinning diapause in bumble bee queens”. Molecular Ecology, 24(22), 5596-615.
  • Amsalem, E., Grozinger, C. M., Padilla, M. J., & Hefetz, A. (2015). “The physiological and genomic bases of bumble bee social behavior”. Advances in Insect Physiology, 48, 37-93.
  • Amsalem, E., Malka, O., Grozinger, C. M., & Hefetz, A. (2014). “Exploring the role of juvenile hormone and vitellogenin in reproduction and social behavior in bumble bees”. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 14(1), 45.
  • Amsalem, E., Teal, P., Grozinger, C. M., & Hefetz, A. (2014). “Precocene-I inhibits juvenile hormone biosynthesis, ovarian activation, aggression and alters sterility signal production in bumble bee (Bombus terrestris) workers”. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 217(17), 3178-85.
  • Amsalem, E., Kiefer, J., Schulz, S., & Hefetz, A. (2014). “The effect of caste and reproductive state on the chemistry of the cephalic labial gland secretion of Bombus terrestris”. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 40(8), 900-12.
  • Shpigler, H., Amsalem, E., Huang, Z. Y., Cohen, M., Siegel, A. J., Hefetz, A., & Bloch, G. (2014). “Gonadotropic and physiological functions of juvenile hormone in bumble bee (Bombus terrestris) workers”. PloS one, 9(6), e100650.
  • Amsalem, E., Shamia, D., & Hefetz, A. (2013). “Aggression or ovarian development as determinants of reproductive dominance in B. terrestris: interpretation using a simulation model”. Insectes Sociaux, 60(2), 213-22.
  • Amsalem, E., Shpigler, H., Bloch, G., & Hefetz, A. (2013). “Dufour's gland secretion, sterility and foraging behavior: correlated behavior traits in bumble bee workers”. Journal of Insect Physiology, 59(12), 1250-5.
  • Amsalem, E., & Hefetz, A. (2011). “The effect of group size on the interplay between dominance and reproduction in Bombus terrestris”. PloS One, 6(3), e18238.
  • Amsalem, E., & Hefetz, A. (2010). “The appeasement effect of sterility signaling in dominance contests among B. terrestris workers”. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 64(10), 1685-94.
  • Amsalem, E., Twele, R., Francke, W., & Hefetz, A. (2009). “Reproductive competition in the bumble bee Bombus terrestris: do workers advertise sterility?” Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological sciences, 276(1660), 1295-304.