Alison Mercer

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Alison Mercer
ONZM
Born1954 (age 69–70)
Alma materUniversity of Otago
Scientific career
FieldsZoology
InstitutionsUniversity of Otago
Thesis

Alison Ruth Mercer

ONZM (born 1954) is a New Zealand zoologist based at the University of Otago,[1] with a particular interest in the brain physiology of bees.[2][3] She was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2022.[4]

Education

Mercer received her PhD in zoology in 1979 from the University of Otago. Her thesis Visceral innervation in molluscs was concerned with molluscs.[5]

Academic career

She has been an emeritus professor at the University of Otago since 2018.[6] Her research interests span from understanding the brain[7][8] and behaviour of honey bees, development genetics, as well as learning and memory.[9][10][11]

She has repeatedly made headlines in the popular press with her studies of the effects of chemicals on bees.

varroa mite a problematic parasite of honeybees.[16][17]

Awards and honours

In the

Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to science.[18]

In 2022, Mercer was elected as a member of the National Academy of Sciences.[19]

Selected works

Scholia has a profile for Alison R. Mercer (Q42048150).
  • Fanny Mondet; Joachim R de Miranda; Andre Kretzschmar; Yves Le Conte; Alison R. Mercer (21 August 2014). "On the front line: quantitative virus dynamics in honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) colonies along a new expansion front of the parasite Varroa destructor".
    Wikidata Q34075803
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  • A.R. Mercer; R. Menzel (1982). "The effects of biogenic amines on conditioned and unconditioned responses to olfactory stimuli in the honeybeeApis mellifera".
    Wikidata Q111108991
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  • Daniel Flanagan; Alison R. Mercer (January 1989). "An atlas and 3-D reconstruction of the antennal lobes in the worker honey bee, Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera : Apidae)". Arthropod Structure & Development. 18 (2–3): 145–159.
    Wikidata Q111108979
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  • Kyle T Beggs; Kelly A Glendining; Nicola M Marechal; Vanina Vergoz; Ikumi Nakamura; Keith N Slessor; Alison R Mercer (7 February 2007). "Queen pheromone modulates brain dopamine function in worker honey bees".
    Wikidata Q35844683
    .

References

  1. ^ "Professor Alison Mercer, Our People, Department of Zoology, University of Otago, New Zealand". Otago.ac.nz. 16 February 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  2. Wikidata Q35887908
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  3. Wikidata Q50558844
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  4. ^ "2022 NAS Election".
  5. ^ "Visceral innervation in molluscs. – Dunedin Campus". Otago.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  6. ^ "University of Otago Annual Report 2018" (PDF). University of Otago. 2018. p. 19. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 September 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  7. Wikidata Q48829905
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  8. Wikidata Q45895371
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  9. Wikidata Q50558844
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  10. Wikidata Q50533829
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  11. ^ "Professor Alison Mercer". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  12. ^ "Queen Bees "Brainwash" Workers With Chemicals". News.nationalgeographic.com. Archived from the original on 22 August 2007. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  13. ^ Amber Dance (21 July 2007). "Queen bees use mind control to keep young workers in line". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 20 October 2017 – via San Francisco Chronicle.
  14. ^ "Pesticide 'Dumbs Down' Bees, Causes Deficits In Memory And Learning : SCIENCE". Tech Times. 3 March 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  15. ^ "The queen of all pheromones". Otago Daily Times. 8 December 2008. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  16. Radio New Zealand News
    . Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  17. PMID 25144447
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  18. ^ "Queen's Birthday honours list 2008". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 2 June 2008. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  19. ^ "US academy honour for Otago scientist". Otago Daily Times Online News. 14 May 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2022.

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