Yanyan Wu

Education:

2011-2015

Ph.D, Chinese Academy of Agricultrual Sciences

Major: Special Economic Animal Breeding

2004-2007

Master, Northeast Agricultural University

Major: Biochemistry and Molecular biology

2000-2004

Bachelor, Qiqihar University

Major: Biology Engineering

Working history:

2017 January – current: Associate Research, Department of Bee Protection, Institute of Apicultural Research, China Academy of Agricultural Sciences

2011 – 2016: Research Assistant, Department of Bee Protection, Institute of Apicultural research, China Academy of Agricultural Sciences
2007 – 2011: Probationer, Department of Bee Protection, Institute of Apicultural research, China Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Current Research Interests:

Beekeeping

Honeybee behavior

Honeybee immune system

Other honeybee related aspects

Publications:

Yanyan Wu, Qihua Luo, Chunsheng Hou, Qiang Wang, Pingli Dai, Jing Gao,

Yongjun Liu and Qingyun Diao*. Sublethal efects of imidacloprid on targeting

muscle and ribosomal protein related genes in the honey bee Apis mellifera L.

(2017) Scientific Reports, 7: 15943.

Yanyan Wu, Ting Zhou*, Qiang Wang, Pingli Dai, Shufa Xu, Huiru Jia, and Xing Wang. Programmed cell death in the honey bee (Apis mellifera) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) worker brain induced by imidacloprid (2015) Journal of Economic Entomology, 108(4):1486-1494.

Yanyan Wu, Ting Zhou*, Abebe Jenberie WUBIE, Qiang Wang, Pingli Dai and Huiru Jia (2014) Apoptosis in the nerve cells of adult honeybee (Apis mellifera ligustica) brain induced by imidacloprid [J]. Acta Entomologica Sinica, 57(2): 194-203 (Published in Chinese with English abstract).

Huiru Jia#, Yanyan Wu#, Pingli Dai, Qiang Wang, Ting Zhou* (2015) Effects of the sublethal doses of imidacloprid on the bacterial diversity in the midgut of Apis mellifera ligustica (Hymenoptera: Apidae) [J]. Acta Entomologica Sinica, 58(2): 139-146.

Other things:

September 2013

FINALIST  EURAXESS Science Slam China 2013

Research Summary:

In my doctoral study, I focused on the effect of imidacloprid on the cell death in laboratory-reared adult worker honey bees (Apis mellifera L.). The results showed that sublethal doses of imidacloprid may induce the caspase-dependent apoptotic pathway. Additionally, the overlap of apoptosis and autophagy in neurons was confirmed by transmission electron microscopy. Furthermore, sublethal doses of imidacloprid impacted the climbing ability of honey bees.

Currently we focus on the relationship between honeybee behaviors and abiotic stress.