Verena Christen
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Recent Articles
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Christen V, Jeker L, Lim K, Menz M, Straub L
Sci Total Environ
. 2024 Oct;
956:177166.
PMID: 39471959
The increased reports of wild bee declines and annual losses of managed bees pose a significant threat to biodiversity and agricultural productivity. While these losses and declines are likely driven...
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Keodara A, Jeker L, Straub L, Grossar D, Muller J, Christen V
Sci Rep
. 2024 Oct;
14(1):22865.
PMID: 39354118
Bees are often exposed to pesticides affecting physiological functions and molecular mechanisms. Studies showed a potential link between altered expression of energy metabolism related transcripts and increased homing flight time...
3.
Christen V, Grossar D, Charriere J, Eyer M, Jeker L
Front Insect Sci
. 2024 Mar;
1:765570.
PMID: 38468880
Neonicotinoids as thiamethoxam and thiacloprid are suspected to be implicated in the decline of honey bee populations. As nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonists, they disturb acetylcholine receptor signaling in insects, leading...
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Wiesinger H, Bleuler C, Christen V, Favreau P, Hellweg S, Langer M, et al.
Environ Sci Technol
. 2024 Jan;
58(4):1894-1907.
PMID: 38241221
Hazardous chemicals in building and construction plastics can lead to health risks due to indoor exposure and may contaminate recycled materials. We systematically sampled new polyvinyl chloride floorings on the...
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Christen V
Sci Rep
. 2023 Feb;
13(1):1985.
PMID: 36737645
Honeybees are important pollinators of many crops and contribute to biological biodiversity. For years, a decline in bee populations has been observed in certain areas. This decline in honeybees is...
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Berchtold C, Bourgeois J, Christen V, Dabros M, Demuth C, Hoffmann A, et al.
Chimia (Aarau)
. 2020 Aug;
74(7-8):618-628.
PMID: 32778216
Numerous projects and industrial and academic collaborations benefit from state-of-the-art facilities and expertise in analytical chemistry available at the Swiss Universities of Applied Sciences. This review summarizes areas of expertise...
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Fent K, Haltiner T, Kunz P, Christen V
Chemosphere
. 2020 Jul;
260:127542.
PMID: 32683019
Bees are exposed to endocrine active insecticides. Here we assessed expressional alteration of marker genes indicative of endocrine effects in the brain of honey bees. We exposed foragers to chlorpyrifos,...
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Fent K, Schmid M, Christen V
Environ Pollut
. 2020 Feb;
259:113715.
PMID: 32023783
Cypermethrin is a frequently used insecticide in agriculture and households but its chronic and molecular effects are poorly known are . Here we describe effects of sublethal cypermethrin exposure on...
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Christen V, Krebs J, Bunter I, Fent K
J Hazard Mater
. 2019 Jun;
378:120736.
PMID: 31202068
Bees experience substantial colony losses, which are often associated with pesticides. Besides synthetic insecticides biological compounds such as spinosad are used in agriculture and organic farming against insect pests. However,...
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Christen V, Krebs J, Fent K
J Hazard Mater
. 2019 Jun;
377:215-226.
PMID: 31170570
Fungicides are highly used for plant protection but their molecular and chronic effects are poorly known. Here, we analyse transcriptional effects in the brain of honey bees of three frequently...