Robert E. Page, Jr.
Interests
Robert E. Page, Jr., Foundation Professor and Founding Director of the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University, received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis in 1980. He was on the faculty at the Department of Entomology at Ohio State University from 1986 until 1989, at which time he joined the faculty in the Department of Entomology at the University of California, Davis. At UC, he became a Full Professor in 1991 and Chair of the Department in 1999 and Chair and Professor Emeritus in July 2004. In May of 2004, Dr. Page became the Founding Director of the newly formed School of Life Sciences at ASU. His background is in behavior and population genetics and the focus of his current research is on the evolution of complex social behavior. An internationally recognized scholar, Dr. Page is an Elected Foreign Member of the Brazilian Academy of Science, and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1992). His awards include the Alexander von Humboldt Senior Scientist Award (the Humboldt Prize), the highest honor given by the German Government to foreign scientists. His publications include 156 research papers, 9 popular articles, 23 book chapters and review articles, co-editor of 3 books, and co-author of one text book.
Selected Publications
Nelson, C.M., K.E. Ihle, M.K. Fondrk, R.E. Page, G.V. Amdam. 2007. The gene vitellogenin has multiple coordinating effects on social organization. PloS Biology 5: 673-677. [With synopsis]
Page, R. E. and G. V. Amdam. 2007. The making of a social insect: developmental architectures of social design. Bioessays 29: 334-343. [cover article]
A. Sirviö, J. Gadau, O. Rueppell, D. Lamatsch , J. J. Boomsma, P. Pamilo, and R. E. Page. In press. High recombination frequency creates genotypic diversity in colonies of the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex echinatior. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 19: 1475 -1485
The Honeybee Genome Sequencing Consortium. 2006. Insights into social insects from the genome of the honeybee Apis mellifera. Nature 443: 931-949. [cover article]
M. Beye, I. Gattermeier, M. Hasselmann, T. Gempe, M. Schioett, J. Baines, D. Schlipalius, F. Mougel, C. Emore, O. Rueppell, A. Sirviö, E. Guzmán-Novoa, G. Hunt, M. Solignac, R. E. Page. 2006. Exceptionally high levels of recombination across the honey bee genome. Genome Research 16: 1339-1344. [cover article]
G. J. Hunt, G. V. Amdam, D. Schlipalius, C. Emore, N. Sardesai, C. E. Williams, O. Rueppell, E. Guzmán-Novoa, M. Arechavaleta-Velasco, S. Chandra, M. K. Fondrk, M. Beye, R. E. Page. In press. Behavioral genomics of honeybee foraging and nest defense. Naturwissenschaften 94: 247-267. [cover article]
Amdam, G. V., K. Norberg, R. E. Page, J. Erber, R. Scheiner. 2006. Downregulation of vitellogenin gene activitiy increases the gustatory responsiveness of honey bee workers (Apis mellifera L.). Behavioral Brain Research 169: 201-205.
Amdam, G., A. Csondes, M. K. Fondrk, and R. E. Page. 2006. Complex social behaviour derived from maternal reproductive traits. Nature 439: 76-78. [cover article]
Rueppell, O., R. E. Page, and M. K. Fondrk. 2005. Male maturation rate respond to selection on pollen hoarding in honeybees. Animal Behaviour 71: 227- 234.
G. V. Amdam, K. Norberg, M. K. Fondrk, and R. E. Page. 2004. Reproductive ground plan may mediate colony-level effects on individual foraging behavior in honey bees. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 101: 11350-11355.
Beye, M, M. Hasselmann, M. K. Fondrk, R. E. Page, and S. W. Omholt. 2003. The gene csd is the primary signal for sexual development in the honeybee and encodes an SR-type protein. Cell 114: 419-429.
Robinson, G. E. and R. E. Page. 1988. Genetic determination of guarding and undertaking in honey-bee colonies. Nature 333:356-358.
Page, R. E. and R. A. Metcalf. 1982. Multiple mating, sperm utilization, and social evolution. The American Naturalist 119:263-281.