Christopher Mayack

E-mail : cmayacksabanciuniv.edu

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Education :

2012-2014 - Alexander von Humboldt Post-Doctoral Fellow, Zoology Institute, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg,

2012 - Ph.D. in Biology, Zoology degree, Colorado State University

Advisor: Dhruba Naug, Dissertation: Behavioral alteration in the honeybee due to parasite-induced energetic stress.

2012 - Masters of Teaching Certificate, The Institute for Learning and Teaching, Colorado State University

2007 - B.S. in Biology w/Honors, Minor in Chemistry, State University of New York at Geneseo

Work Experience :

2017 - present: Assistant Professor, Sabancı University, Molecular Biology, Genetics and Bioengineering Program, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

2015 - 2017: Visiting Assistant Professor, Swarthmore College, Department of Biology, 2015-2017

Courses taught: Evolution intermediate course twice (w/lab)

Evolution of Social Behavior upper level seminar (w/ lab)

Bio 002 Intro. course - Organismal and Population Biology (w/ lab)

Areas of Interest :

Systems biology, improving honey bee health, animal physiology, animal behavior, parasite-host interactions, neurobiology, effects of aging, evolution of social behavior, regulation of appetite and energetic homeostasis, metabolomics, exposomics

Awards :

First place in the Sigma Xi Student Research Undergraduate Showcase Contest - Sigma Xi 2018
First Year University Courses Teaching Award - Sabanci University 2018

Membership :

Animal Behavior Society (ABS) International Union for the Study of Social Insects (IUSSI) The North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC) Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) International Society for Behavioral Ecology (ISBE) Entomological Society of America (ESA) Wildlife Disease Association (WDA) The Northern Colorado Beekeeper’s Association (NCBA) The Huyck Preserve and Biological Research Station Full Member of Sigma Xi, Swarthmore College Chapter

Publications :

Article

Ponkit, Rujira and Naree, Sanchai and Pichayangkura, Rath and Beaurepaire, Alexis and Paxton, Robert J. and Mayack, Christopher and Suwannapong, Guntima (2023) "Chito-oligosaccharide and propolis extract of stingless bees reduce the infection load of nosema ceranae in apis dorsata (hymenoptera: apidae)", Journal of Fungi, Vol.9, No.1 (SCI)

Farhadian, Mohammad and Rafat, Seyed Abbas and Mayack, Christopher and Bohlouli, Mehdi (2022) "Intra- and interspecies RNA-seq based variants in the lactation process of ruminants", Animals, Vol.12, No.24 (SCI)

Mayack, Christopher and Hakanoğlu, Haşim (2022) "Honey bee pathogen prevalence and interactions within the Marmara region of Turkey", Veterinary Sciences, Vol.9, No.10 (SCI)

Mayack, Christopher and Macherone, Anthony and Ghaffari Zaki, Asal and Filiztekin, Elif and Özkazanç, Burcu and Köprülü, Yasemin and Schick, Sassicaia J. and Eppley, Elizabeth J. and Deb, Moniher and Ambiel, Nicholas and Schafsnitz, Alexis M. and Broadrup, Robert L. (2022) "Environmental exposures associated with honey bee health", Chemosphere, Vol.286, No.Part 3 (SCI)

Farhadian, Mohammad and Rafat, Seyed Abbas and Panahi, Bahman and Mayack, Christopher (2021) "Author Correction: Weighted gene co-expression network analysis identifies modules and functionally enriched pathways in the lactation process (Scientific Reports, (2021), 11, 1, (2367), 10.1038/s41598-021-81888-z)", Scientific Reports, Vol.11, No.1 (SCI)

Farhadian, Mohammad and Rafat, Seyed Abbas and Panahi, Bahman and Mayack, Christopher (2021) "Weighted gene co-expression network analysis identifies modules and functionally enriched pathways in the lactation process", Scientific Reports, Vol.11, No.1 (SCI)

Akülkü, İrem and Ghanem, Saleh Bader Saleh and Filiztekin, Elif and Suwannapong, Guntima and Mayack, Christopher (2021) "Age-dependent honey bee appetite regulation is mediated by trehalose and octopamine baseline levels", Insects, Vol.12, No.10 (SCI)

Ponkit, Rujira and Naree, Sanchai and Mayack, Christopher and Suwannapong, Guntima (2021) "The pathological effects of a Nosema ceranae infection in the giant honey bee, Apis dorsata Fabricius, 1793", Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, Vol.185 (SCI)

Naree, Sanchai and Ponkit, Rujira and Chotiaroonrat, Evada and Mayack, Christopher and Suwannapong, Guntima (2021) "Propolis extract and chitosan improve health of nosema ceranae infected giant honey bees, apis dorsata fabricius, 1793", Pathogens, Vol.10, No.7 (SCI)

Mayack, Christopher and Broadrup, Robert L. and Schick, Sassicaia J. and Eppley, Elizabeth J. and Khan, Zaeema and MacHerone, Anthony (2021) "Increased alarm pheromone component is associated with Nosema ceranae infected honeybee colonies", Royal Society Open Science, Vol.8, No.4 (SCI)

Mayack, Christopher and Phalen, Nicole and Carmichael, Kathleen and White, Helen K. and Hirche, Frank and Wang, Ying and Stangl, Gabriele I. and Amdam, Gro V. (2019) "Appetite is correlated with octopamine and hemolymph sugar levels in forager honeybees", Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural and Behavioral Physiology, Vol.205, No.4, 609-617 (SCI)

Mayack, Christopher and Boff, Samuel (2019) "LD50 values may be misleading predictors of neonicotinoid toxicity across different bee species", Uludağ Arıcılık Dergisi, Vol.19, No.1, 19-33 (NA)

Broadrup, Robert L. and Mayack, Christopher and Schick, Sassicaia J. and Eppley, Elizabeth J. and White, Helen K. and Macherone, Anthony (2019) "Honey bee (Apis mellifera) exposomes and dysregulated metabolic pathways associated with Nosema ceranae infection", PLoS One, Vol.14, No.3 (SCI)

Suwannapong, Guntima and Samrit, Maksong and Phainchajoen, Mananya and Benbow, Mark and Mayack, Christopher (2018) "Survival and health improvement of Nosema infected Apis florea (Hymenoptera: Apidae) bees after treatment with propolis extract", Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, Vol.21, No.2, 437-444 (SCI)

Schick, Sassicaia and Broadrup, Robert L. and Mayack, Christopher and White, Helen K. and Macherone, Anthony (2018) "Integrating GC/TOF exposome profiling and genetic disease screening to provide a holistic perspective on honey bee health", American Laboratory, Vol.50, No.3, 21-23 (SCI)

Papers in Conference Proceedings

Borofsky, Talia and Zhou, Rebecca and Barranca, Victor and Mayack, Christopher, "Hive minded: like neurons, honeybees collectively integrate inhibitory stop signals to efficiently regulate forager recruitment", International Union for the Study of Social Insects (IUSSI 2018), International Union for the Study of Social Insects, August 2018

Before SU Publications:

In Review: Mayack, C., Broadrup, R. L., Zaki, A. G.+, Filiztekin, E.+, Özkazanç, B.+, Koperly, Y.+, Schick, S. J.+, Eppley, E.J.+, Deb, M.+, Ambiel, N.+, Schafsnitz, A. M.+, Macherone, A. Biomarker profiles associated with honey bee hive health.

In Review: Mayack, C., Broadrup, R. L., Schick, S. J.+, Eppley, E.J. +, Khan, Z., Macherone, A. Increased alarm pheromone component is associated with infected bee hives.

In Review: Farhadian, M., Rafat, S. A., Panahi, B., Mayack, C., Integrative computational systems biology analysis for identifying modules and functionally enriched pathways in early, mid and late lactation.

In Review: Mayack, C., Carmichael K+., Phalen, N+., Khan, Z., Hirche, F., Stangl, G. I., White, H. K. Gas chromatography - mass spectrometry as a preferred method for detection and quantification of insect hemolymph sugars. Journal of Insect Physiology

2020: Bullock, E. J+., Schafsnitz, A. M+., Wang, C. H., Broadrup, R. L., Macherone, A., Mayack, C., White, H. K. Silicone wristbands as a passive volatile chemical sampler in honey bee hives. Veterinary Sciences

2020: Borofsky, T+., Barranca, V.J., Zhou, R.+, von Trentini, D., Broadrup, R.L., and Mayack, C. Hive minded: like neurons, honey bees collectively integrate negative feedback to regulate decisions. Animal Behaviour

2019: Mayack, C.* and Boff, S.* LD50 values may be misleading predictors of neonicotinoid toxicity across different bee species. Uludağ Bee Journal. 19 (1), 19-33. DOI: 10.31467/uluaricilik.568251

2019: Mayack, C., Phalen, N.+, Carmichael, K.+, White, H. K., Hirche, F., Wang, Y., Stangl, G. I., and Amdam, G. Appetite is linked to octopamine and hemolymph sugar levels in forager honey bees. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology. 205 (4), 609-617, doi:10.1007/s00359-019-01352-2

2019: Broadrup, R. L., Mayack, C., Schick, S. J.+, Eppley, E. J.+, White, H. K., Macherone, A. Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Exposomes and Biological Pathways Associated with Nosema ceranae Infection. PLOS One. 14(3): e0213249

2018: Schick, S. J.+, Broadrup, R. L., Mayack, C., White, H. K., and Macherone, A. Integrating GC-TOF exposome profiling and genetic disease screening to provide a holistic perspective on honey bee health. American Laboratory.

2018: Suwannapong, G., Maksong, S., Phainchajoen, M., Benbow, M. E., and Mayack, C. Survival and health improvement of Nosema infected Apis florea (Hymenoptera: Apidae) bees after treatment with propolis extract. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology.

2016: Kurze, C., Mayack, C., Hirche, F., Stangl, G., I., Le Conte, Y., Kryger, P. and Moritz, R. F. A. Nosema spp. infection causes no energetic stress in tolerant honeybees. Parasitology Research. 115 (6), 2381-2388.

2015: Mayack, C., Natsopoulou, M., McMahon, D. A honeybee hormonal stress pathway elicited by Nosema ceranae infection. Insect Molecular Biology. 24 (6), 662-670.

2015: Mayack, C. and Naug, D. Starving honeybees lose self-control. Biology Letters. 11 (1), 20140820

2013: Mayack, C. and Naug, D. Individual energetic state can prevail over social regulation of foraging in honeybees. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 67, 929-936.

2011: Mayack, C. and Naug, D. A changing but not an absolute energy budget dictates risk-sensitive behaviour in the honeybee. Animal Behaviour. 82, 595-600.

2011: Martín-Hernández, R., Botías, C., Barrios, L., Martínez-Salvador, A., Meana, A., Mayack, C., Higes, M. Comparative energetic stress of Nosema ceranae and Nosema apis in experimentally infected honey bees (Apis mellifera). Journal of Parasitology Research. 109, 605-612.

2010: Mayack, C. and Naug, D. Parasitic infection leads to decline in hemolymph sugar levels in honeybee foragers. Journal of Insect Physiology. 56, 1572-1575.

2010: Campbell, J., Kessler, B., Mayack, C., and Naug, D. Behavioral fever in infected honeybees: Parasitic manipulation or coincidental benefit? Parasitology. 137, 1487-1491.

2009: *Mayack, C. and Naug, D., 2009. Energetic stress in the honeybee Apis mellifera from Nosema ceranae infection. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 100, 185-188.