Acute and chronic pesticide exposure trigger fundamentally different molecular responses in bumble bee brains
Our findings show that the mode of exposure is critical in determining the molecular effects of pesticides. These results signal the need for safety testing practices to better consider mode-of-exposure dependent effects and suggest that transcriptomics can support such improvements.
Authors
- Richard J. Gill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9389-1284)
- Andres Arce (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3577-2110)
- Federico López‐Osorio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7654-7967)
- Yannick Wurm (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3140-2809)
- Alicja Witwicka
Institutions
- Edge Hill University (GB)
- Queen Mary University of London (GB)
- The Alan Turing Institute (GB)
- Imperial College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Biology
- Published
- 2025-03-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-025-02169-z
- Citations
- 12
- Primary Topic
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 20.07
Funders
- Sight Research UK
- European Commission
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
- Natural Environment Research Council