@Hines_Lab

The Hines lab studies bumblebee bee genetics, evolution, and conservation.

 State College, PA
hineslab.org/
Joined September 2016
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I am very happy to share with you our latest publication: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 ✨𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐦 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬✨ 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐥-𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐬. academic.oup.com/isd/article… #gall #wasp #insects #venom #spooky 1/12
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It’s that time of year again! Do you or someone you know want to chase bumble bees this summer? We are looking for field techs to work in both NC and PA. DM me if you have questions! psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en…
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Our new paper with @DashSajal solves a problem in everyday bioinformatics; no need to rerun the entire BLAST job when db changes! Use iBLAST that searches only on incremental db, recomputes e-values to update results;(1 + δ)/δ times faster than NCBI BLAST! journals.plos.org/plosone/ar…

iBLAST: Incremental BLAST of new sequences via automated e-value correction

Search results from local alignment search tools use statistical scores that are sensitive to the size of the database to report the quality of the result. For example, NCBI BLAST reports the best...

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Let’s give a final goodbye to Bombus fernaldae 👋🏼 academic.oup.com/isd/article…

Diversification Pattern of the Widespread Holarctic Cuckoo Bumble Bee, Bombus flavidus (Hymenopte...

Abstract. Recent bumble bee declines have made it increasingly important to resolve the status of contentious species for conservation purposes. Some of th

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Are you an undergrad looking for a summer field tech job? Do you know an undergrad who wants a field tech job? I am looking to hire someone to join me in North Carolina this summer to chase bumblebees! Feel free to dm me with questions. Heres the link: psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en…
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#Bees are the most loving and caring lovers in history and they deserve to be preserved! 🐝 Check out our latest article buff.ly/2PYW0E2 on what keeps bees healthy and what makes them sick! A #lessonplan included! @PSUPollinators @Hines_Lab @PSU_Entomology @PSUScience
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New paper out today! A single SNP in the protein-coding sequence of transcription factor cut is associated with mutant yellow coloration in Bombus terrestris! Please RT! @Hines_Lab nature.com/articles/s41598-0…

A combined RAD-Seq and WGS approach reveals the genomic basis of yellow color variation in bumble...

Scientific Reports - A combined RAD-Seq and WGS approach reveals the genomic basis of yellow color variation in bumble bee Bombus terrestris

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I can finally announce now (OPT card has been issued today) I am going to join Lozier lab at the University of Alabama in January, will be part of an exciting team looking at Bumble bee cold tolerance across elevations using mass-scale NGS data! nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAwar…
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New preprint out! A single SNP on protein-coding seq. of homeobox TF 𝒄𝒖𝒕 drives yellow colour variation in 𝑩𝒐𝒎𝒃𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒔! Using RAD-Seq+WGS +protein modelling, we found a novel developmental player in pigmentation! Please RT! biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/… 1/
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Center for Pollinator Research 2019 Newsletter dlvr.it/RQM7ZF
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Attention: NEW bumble bee species in town, here we recognize B. vancouverensis! First publication in 2020! Please RT to let others know! @leebeeeeeee @Hines_Lab @bezray2 @rufocinctus onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Our recent PNAS article can be accessed freely (not behind any Paywall anymore) from here! ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/article…

A homeotic shift late in development drives mimetic color variation in a bumble bee

Mimicry among bumble bees has driven them to diversify and converge in their color patterns, making them a replicate-rich system for connecting genes to traits. Here, we discover that mimetic color...

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We got a sneak peek at the @FrostMuseum renovations last week and it's looking fantastic! Keep an eye out for an announcement about the official opening date! #pennstateentomology #entomology
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Our outstanding @BioinformPSU interdisciplinary graduate program at Penn State is accepting applications for fall 2020 admission. We do not consider GRE scores #GRExit. Please share & retweet! huck.psu.edu/graduate-progra…
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I'm excited to share that our paper quantifying color pattern mimicry in bumble bees using an unsupervised machine-learning approach is now published! @Hines_Lab @DrewWham royalsocietypublishing.org/d…
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New short review/perspective from @Hines_Lab! Heather & I emphasized on the value of a comparative genomic approach in evolutionary genetics using insect phenotypic radiations! Butterflies, Bumblebee, beetles ... we def need more "non-models"! Please RT! sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Drew Wham@DrewWham16 Aug 2019
I'm excited to announce that our methods paper describing how to use pre-trained neural networks to quantify similarity in organismal color pattern is now available in pre-print! biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… @bezray2 @Hines_Lab #DeepLearning #DataScience #Butterflies
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Purseweb party in Philadelphia sites.psu.edu/frost/2019/04/…
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All you ever wanted to know about #cuckoo bumble bees academic.oup.com/aesa/advanc…

Ecology and Evolution of Cuckoo Bumble Bees

Abstract. Most social insect lineages contain socially parasitic cheater species that, rather than produce their own workers, infiltrate the nests of close

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Li Tian@leebeeeeeee9 Apr 2018
Please listen to Ph.D student Briana Ezray in the @Hines_Lab introducing her research on bumble bee mimetic color pattern evolution in the PolliNation Podcast at the Oregon State University! @osupolhealth blogs.oregonstate.edu/pollin…
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