NEWS 

*Mar. 30, 2024 Our new paper! Combined pesticides in field doses weaken honey bee (Apis cerana F.) flight ability and analyses of transcriptomics and metabolomics. Our personalized Share Link (good for 50 days to access full txt) is: https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1iqoNA-iT2auD

*Mar. 30, 2024 Our new paper! Impact of chronic exposure to field level glyphosate on the food consumption, survival, gene expression, gut microbiota, and metabolomic profiles of honeybees, C Ma, G Gu, S Chen, X Shi, Z Li, H Li-Byarlay, L Bai, Environmental Research, 118509

*Feb. 2024 Our new paper is supported by NSF! Examining parent-of-origin effects on transcription and RNA methylation in mediating aggressive behavior in honey bees (Apis mellifera), ST Bresnahan, E Lee, L Clark, R Ma, J Rangel, CM Grozinger, Li-Byarlay, BMC genomics 24 (1), 1-13

*Feb. 23, 2024 The 5th CSU Queen Rearing and Grafting Workshop tickets are open now! https://www.centralstate.edu/get-event-tickets

*Feb. 10, 2024 Happy Dragon Year! 

*Jan. 03, 2024 Happy New Year! Dr. Li-Byarlay was Interviewed by Dr. Jay Evans (USDA Bee Research Laboratory in MD) and featured in the January issue of the Bee Culture Magazine! 

*Nov. 21, 2023 Welcome our new research student Keara Clarke! 

*Nov. 7, 2023 Dr. Hongmei Li-Byarlay co-organized a Section Symposia - Systematics, Evolution, and Biodiversity (SysEB) symposium “Environmental Control of Phenotype: The Role of Epigenetics in the Ecology and Evolution of Insects” and presented a research talk at 2023 annual meeting of ESA.

*Nov. 4, 2023 Student Keiana Briscoe won the 2023 ESA Alate Award and presented a poster at the annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America.

*Oct. 2023         Dr. Hongmei Li-Byarlay received the Zenith Award from the Association for Women in Science, honoring senior career professionals with a lifetime of innovative achievements in STEM and a commitment to workplace diversity. 

*We are hiring! Apply for the Project Manager position in Agricultural Science (yearly renewal up to 4.5 yrs and is funded by USDA) here.

*Sep. 29th, 2023 Dr. Hongmei Li-Byarlay received the John V. Osmun Alumni Professional Achievement Award in Entomology from Purdue University.

* We are hiring! Apply for the Postdoctoral Researcher position (up to 2 years) in bee genetics and physiology (funded by USDA) here

*Aug. 1, 2023 Welcome Danielle Kroh as our new field technician! 

*July 27, 2023 The 2nd CSU Bee Research Symposium was held with eight research talks from our summer research students and lab members.

*Jun. 2023 Media article about our research from FOX NEWS: https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/ohio-researchers-develop-new-breed-honeybees-fight-parasites

*Jun. 2023 Dayton Channel 2 news highlighted our new USDA grant here.

*Jun. 25, 2023 Our lab's research was highlighted by the Dayton Daily News here. 

*Jun. 12, 2023 A Breeding event with beekeepers was held in our field lab! 

*New paper "Examining parent-of-origin effects on transcription and RNA methylation in mediating aggressive behavior in honey bees (Apis mellifera)" is published here in BMC Genomics! This is supported by NSF! 

*Jun. 12, 2023 Welcome Zicheng and Ying to volunteer at our bee lab for 4 weeks! Also we welcome all the beekeepers for conducting the breeding program with us this week! 

*May 22, 2023 Welcome Jairus, Geremiah, and Kenrick to join our bee lab this summer!

*May 12, 2023 Congratulations on the graduation of Jayla Marvin, Tyra Barber, and Kristan Major!

*Feb. 2023 We welcome new students Keiana, Isabella, & Kristan! 

*Jan. 18, 2023 Happy New Year! First day of CSU's spring semester. First media coverage of our lab highlighted by USDA SARE NCR! https://northcentral.sare.org/news/improving-honeybee-queen-quality-and-diversity-in-ohio/

*Dec. 12, 2022 Our bee lab welcomes Dr. Zixiao Zhao. He joined us today as a new postdoctoral researcher. 

*Nov. 15, 2022 Student Jayla Marvin presented her research project at the ESA mtg in Vancouver!

*Sep. 16, 2022 Dr. Hongmei Li-Byarlay has been elected to be a fellow of the Royal Entomological Society (https://www.royensoc.co.uk/)

*Jul. 12, 2022 Welcome Mr. Austin Carey as our new summer field assistant!

*Jul. 3-7, 2022 Research students Jayla Marvin and Joel Barhorst, and Dr. Li-Byarlay presented their current research at the International Union for Study of Social Insects Congress meeting in San Diego, CA.

*May 31-Jun. 9, 2022 Our lab hosted a successful event with the Heartland Honey Bee Breeding Co-op and Purdue University.

*May 2022 Our lab starts a new Research and Education grant supported by USDA SARE North Central Region. The project will focus on the queen quality using genomics tools.

*May 2022 Congratulations to our undergraduate researchers Anaya, Mataio, and Ranard for their graduation!

*Apr. 2, 2022 Student Lauryn Holt presented a poster at the ARD Research Symposium 2022, Atlanta, GA.

*Feb. 24, 2022 Michigan State University News article about the AAPA special collection https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/special-collection-of-scientific-articles-on-honey-bee-research-from-the-journal-of-insect-science

*Feb. 24, 2022 Student Mataio Gibson received an award from ENTOPOC and joined Entomological Society of America as a member now! Congratulations, Mataio!

*Feb. 16, 2022 A new special collection of 17 papers about new honeybee research is published now. Dr. Li-Byarlay is one of the three co-editors.  https://academic.oup.com/jinsectscience/pages/honey-bee-research-in-the-united-states. 

*Feb. 16, 2022 Our lab's newest paper: The lifespan and levels of oxidative stress between feral and managed honey bee colonies. Journal of Insect Science, https://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/ieac002 

*Feb. 15, 2022 Welcome new and continued student researchers, Anaya, Dwinajah, Mataio, Ranard, and Tyra

*Dec. 11, 2021 Congratulations to our undergraduate researcher Hosea Belton for his graduation!

*Dec. 9th, 2021 Students Lauryn and Kierra presented their bee research projects today for the BIO4500 class! 

*Oct 27, 2021 Dr. Li-Byarlay's talk is highlighted in an article for her #EntSoc21 conference talk by EntSocAmeri! https://entomologytoday.org/2021/10/27/entomology-2021-attendees-share-early-favorites-among-on-demand-presentations-posters/

*Oct 27, 2021 Postdoctoral researcher Dr. Catherine Farrell presented her research on bee mandibles at ESA 2021. 

*Oct 27, 2021 Student Mr. Hosea Belton presented his research at ESA 2021.

*Sep. 23, 2021 Dr. Li-Byarlay talked about our recently published research on grooming behavior at #FarmScienceReview today at the "ASK THE EXPERT" tent. 

*Aug. 8th, 2021 Graduate student Ellen gave a great talk about bees to kids at the Oakwood Historical Society!

*Aug. 6th, 2021 Conference talk on Honeybee grooming behavior and mandibles on the Animal Behavior Society Conference 2021 online!

*Aug. 6th, 2021 New Special Collection on The Road to Sociality: Integrated Concepts of Social Behavior in Insects, free to download! Editors are: Qian Sun, Hongmei Li-Byarlay, Thomas A. O’Shea-Wheller https://academic.oup.com/aesa/pages/the-road-to-sociality 

*Jul. 27, 2021 New paper on Two Methods to Extract Nucleic Acids From Individual Honey Bees with student Rohan Swami! Annals of the Entomological Society of America, https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/saab027

*Jul. 2021 New Paper on Pesticide residues in the pollen and nectar of oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.) and their potential risks to honey bees. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969721025146

*Jul. 16, 2021 First Summer CSU Bee Research Mini-Symposium with 7 presentations! Congratulations, our summer research students, Francis (CS), Mataio (Exercise Sci), Lavano (Chem), and Ranard (Chem)!

*Jun. 17, 2021 Our lab was featured in the Xenia Gazette newspaper

*Jun. 1, 2021 New Paper on sodium channels in central neurons of cotton bollworms.  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048357521000675

*May 18, 2021 Dr. Li-Byarlay won the CSU President's Award of Faculty Excellence in Research 

*May 10, 2021 Our lab was featured in our College Newsletter. https://www.getrevue.co/profile/centralstatecesta/issues/weekly-newsletter-of-central-state-university-land-grant-issue-4-573269

*May 3rd, 2021 Welcome our new postdoctoral researcher Dr. Catherine Farrell! 

*Apr. 28, 2021 Our lab held the 2nd CSU Webinar series of Queen Bees online. Registration site: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/central-state-university-bee-webinar-series-caring-for-honey-bee-queens-registration-144473912361

*Apr. 27 2021 New Paper on Honeybee grooming behavior and the role of mandibles https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.638308

* Apr. 14, 2021 Our lab held the 1st CSU Webinar series of Caring for honeybee queens. 

*Apr. 2021 New USDA CBG Research Project ($300k) will start in our lab this month! We will work on the biotic and abiotic stress of honeybees and small carpenter bees in different landscapes! This is a collaboration with Rehan lab at York University (Canada) and Johnson lab at Ohio State University! How exciting! 

*Mar 2021 Dr. Li-Byarlay presented a talk at the 2021  Cold Spring Harbor Lab Meeting - BIOLOGY & GENOMICS OF SOCIAL INSECTS 

*Mar 2021 Dr. Li-Byarlay presented a talk at the 2021  COLOSS Asia Virtual Conference 

*Feb. 12 2021 New USDA grant on the health of honeybees and native bees is recommended for funding! 

*Feb. 5 2021 Dr. Li-Byarlay joined the Editorial Board of Current Research of Insect Science 

*Feb.4-5 2021 Dr. Li-Byarlay attended the #NSF #VirtualHBCUUPCREST PI/PD meeting

*Jan. 19, 2021 We provided an in-service training for seven CSU Extension Educators on honey bee biology, behavior, and how to make swarm traps.  

*Jan. 2021 We are hiring a new Postdoctoral researcher (Posting Number- 0801056) for honey bee transcriptomics and breeding. Pls apply https://careers.centralstate.edu/postings/5482

*Nov. 26, 2020 Happy Holiday Season! 

*Nov. 11-17, 2020 Our undergrad researcher Xaryn Cleare presented his research at the 2020 Entomology Society of America conference. His research is supported by USDA SARE NCR grant. 

*Nov. 7, 2020 Dr. Li-Byarlay gave a plenary talk for the Ohio State Beekeepers Association Fall Conference.

*Nov. 2020 New paper published CYP6AS8, a cytochrome P450, is associated with the 10-HDA biosynthesis in honey bee (Apis mellifera) workers, Apidologie. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13592-019-00709-5

*Sep. 2020 New paper is published now! Transcriptomic and epigenomic dynamics of honey bees in response to lethal viral infection https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgene.2020.566320/abstract

*Jul. 2020 Dr. Li-Byarlay presented a talk at the 2020 Animal Behavior Society Virtual Conference 

*Jul. 2020 Dr. Li-Byarlay's talk at the 2020 Arthropod Genomics Symposium (1:00:21 mark)

https://youtu.be/A3j6sv9dJpk

*Jun. 21, 2020 Dr. Li-Byarlay joined a world campaign for 1 Million Women In Science

*Jun. 18th, 2020. Welcome our field technician Ashley Cordle and our first Ph.D. student Ellen Lee co-advised by Dr. Jeff Peters (Wright State University).

*May 16, 2020 Congratulations, our undergraduate researcher Mr. Aaron Crutcher has graduated.

*Mar. 16 2020 CSU started COVID quarantine time. But all the research students are working on remote research projects. 

*Jul. 2019 We have had our 2nd workshop on queen biology (SARE grant) and distributed 50 queen cells to Southern and Western Ohio beekeepers. 

*Jun. 1, 2019 We held our first Queen Biology Workshop (SARE grant) at Central State University.

*May 2019 New NSF HBCU-UP grant - "Search for the Epigenomic Mechanisms of Paternal Inheritance of Aggression in Social Honeybees".

*Apr. 2019 New USDA SARE grant - "Improving the Honeybee Queen Qualities and Genetic Diversity by Transferring Selected Queen Cells".