Maéva Techer presenting research on transcriptome profiling during locust phase transitions at a scientific meeting.

Publications & Talks

Peer-reviewed papers, methods, preprints, conference and symposium talks, and outreach science collected in one searchable field log.

19PUBLICATION RECORDS14TALK / PUBLIC EXCHANGE RECORDS3VISIBLE COVER FILES

ON THE COVER / AUTHOR-CONFIRMED

Cover shelf

Trends in Parasitology cover showing honey bees moving across folded honeycomb.
PNAS cover dated June 27, 2023, showing a honey bee flying toward yellow flowers.
Trends in Parasitology cover artwork proof showing Varroa mites under magnification with trim and live-area guides.

PREPRINTS / STATUS VISIBLE

Preprints

No current preprints.

IN REVIEW / ACCEPTED / HIDDEN ACHIEVEMENTS

In review & accepted

acceptedStandard methods for Apis cerana pest and pathogen researchPanuwan Chantawannakul; Alexis Beaurepaire; Philippe Bulet; Camille Houdelet; Shaokang Huang; Jianghong Li; Taro Maeda; Joachim R. de Miranda; Robert J. Paxton; Patcharin Phokasem; Yoshiko Sakamoto; Chainarong Sinpoo; Maeva A. Techer; Huoqing Zheng; Vincent DietemannJournal of Apicultural ResearchBEEBOOK Vol. IV; accepted, final article details pending
acceptedVarroa mites escape the evolutionary trap of haplodiploidyNurit Eliash; Tatsuya Endo; Xia Hua; Maeva A. Techer; Juliana Rangel; Huoqing Zheng; Evan P. Economo; Alexander S. MikheyevNature CommunicationsAccepted; final article DOI pending
in reviewUnraveling the Original Host Shift of Varroa destructor, a Global Pest of the Honey Bee Apis mellifera in Eastern ChinaYicheng Lu; Ye Feng; Maeva A. Techer; Yao Liu; Stephen J. Martin; Luo Zha; Alexander S. Mikheyev; Anna Brandorf; Huoqing ZhengMolecular EcologyIn review
in reviewRapid Prediction of Locust Phase State Using Resonance Raman Spectroscopy and Machine LearningAidan P. Holman; Audélia M. Mechti; Andie C. Miller; Maeva A. Techer; Nicolas K. Goff; Hojun Song; Spencer Behmer; Dmitry Kurouski; Gregory SwordJournal of the Royal Society InterfaceIn review; manuscript rsif-2026-0471

UNLOCKED ACHIEVEMENTS

Peer-reviewed papers

2026Darwin’s solution: Honeybees survive mite vectors and viruses through natural selectionPeter Neumann; Alexis Beaurepaire; Maria Bouga; Robert Brodschneider; Norman L. Carreck; Bjørn Dahle; Joachim R. de Miranda; Raquel T. de Sousa; Vincent Dietemann; Nurit Eliash; James D. Ellis; Silvio Erler; Jay D. Evans; Barbara Locke; Stephen Martin; Fanny Mondet; Linde Morawetz; Arrigo Moro; Aslı Özkırım; Delphine Panziera; Jeff Pettis; Christian W.W. Pirk; Aygün Schiesser; Victoria Soroker; Maeva A. Techer; Geoffrey R. Williams; Huoqing Zheng; Kirsten S. TraynorTrends in Parasitology2026Rearing, dissection, and temporal transcriptomic profiling protocols to study density-dependent phenotypic plasticity in the genus SchistocercaMaéva A. Techer; Vivian A. Peralta Santana; Brandon Woo; Richelle Marquess; Christopher Brennan; Audélia M.C. Mechti; Jackson B. Linde; Spencer T. Behmer; Gregory A. Sword; Hojun SongSTAR Protocols7(2), 1045542025Standard methods and good practices in Apis honey bee omics researchMaeva A. Techer; Priyadarshini Chakrabarti; Lílian Caesar; Sonia E. Eynard; M. Catherine Farrell; Leonard J. Foster; June Gorrochategui-Ortega; Dora Henriques; Hongmei Li-Byarlay; Jeffrey T. Morré; Irene L. G. Newton; Melanie Parejo; M. Alice Pinto; Alain Vignal; Iratxe Zarraonaindia; Alison McAfeeJournal of Apicultural ResearchBEEBOOK Vol. IV, 64(2), 307–4022023Evolutionarily diverse origins of deformed wing viruses in western honey beesNonno Hasegawa; Maeva A. Techer; Noureddine Adjlane; Muntasser Sabah al-Hissnawi; Karina Antúnez; Alexis Beaurepaire; Krisztina Christmon; Helene Delatte; Usman H. Dukku; Nurit Eliash; Mogbel A. A. El-Niweiri; Olivier Esnault; Jay D. Evans; Nizar J. Haddad; Barbara Locke; Irene Muñoz; Grégoire Noël; Delphine Panziera; John M. K. Roberts; Pilar De la Rúa; Mohamed A. Shebl; Zoran Stanimirovic; David A. Rasmussen; Alexander S. MikheyevProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences120, e23012581202023A country-wide survey of Varroa destructor, an ectoparasitic mite of honey bees, in Nigeria: determination of mitochondrial haplotypeUsman H. Dukku; Maéva A. Techer; Akua A. Yeboah; Sandra N. VincentJournal of Apicultural Research2022The first steps toward a global pandemic: reconstructing the demographic history of parasite host switches in its native rangeMaeva A. Techer; John M. K. Roberts; Reed A. Cartwright; Alexander S. MikheyevMolecular Ecology31(5), 1358–13742021A toolkit for studying Varroa genomics and transcriptomics: preservation, extraction, and sequencing library preparationNonno Hasegawa; Maeva Techer; Alexander S. MikheyevBMC Genomics22, 542020When European meets African honeybees in the tropics: morphological changes related to genetics in Mauritius IslandJulien Galataud; Hélène Delatte; Maéva Angélique Techer; Christophe Simiand; Preeaduth Sookar; Bernard Reynaud; Johanna ClémencetPLOS ONE15(11), e02420532020Varroa destructor: a complex parasite, crippling honey bees worldwideKirsten S. Traynor; Fanny Mondet; Joachim R. de Miranda; Maeva Techer; Vienna Kowallik; Melissa A.Y. Oddie; Panuwan Chantawannakul; Alison McAfeeTrends in Parasitology36(7), 592–6062020A country-wide survey of Varroa destructor, an ectoparasitic mite of honey bees, in Nigeria: a preliminary reportUsman H. Dukku; Maéva Techer; Sandra N. VincentJournal of Apicultural Research59(1), 59–622019Divergent evolutionary trajectories following speciation in two ectoparasitic honey bee mitesMaeva A. Techer; Rahul V. Rane; Miguel L. Grau; John M. K. Roberts; Shawn T. Sullivan; Ivan Liachko; Anna K. Childers; Jay D. Evans; Alexander S. MikheyevCommunications Biology2, 3572018Autosomal and mitochondrial adaptation following admixture: a case study on the honeybees of Reunion IslandDavid Wragg; Maéva Angélique Techer; Kamila Canale-Tabet; Benjamin Basso; Jean-Pierre Bidanel; Emmanuelle Labarthe; Olivier Bouchez; Yves Le Conte; Johanna Clémencet; Hélène Delatte; Alain VignalGenome Biology and Evolution10(1), 220–2382017Genetic diversity and differentiation among insular honey bee populations in the Southwest Indian Ocean likely reflect old geographical isolation and modern introductionsMaéva Angélique Techer; Johanna Clémencet; Christophe Simiand; Patrick Turpin; Lionel Garnery; Bernard Reynaud; Hélène DelattePLOS ONE12(12), e01892342017Large-scale mitochondrial DNA analysis of native honey bee Apis mellifera populations reveals a new African subgroup private to the South West Indian Ocean islandsMaéva Angélique Techer; Johanna Clémencet; Christophe Simiand; Sookar Preeaduth; Hamza Abdou Azali; Bernard Reynaud; Delatte HélèneBMC Genetics18, 532016Genetic diversity of the honeybee populations in the Seychelles archipelagoMaéva A. Techer; Johanna Clémencet; Christophe Simiand; Gilbert Portlouis; Bernard Reynaud; Hélène DelatteInsect Conservation and Diversity9(1), 13–262015Genetic diversity of the endemic honeybee Apis mellifera unicolor in MadagascarHenriette Rasolofoarivao; Johanna Clémencet; Maéva Angélique Techer; Lala Harivelo Raveloson Ravaomanarivo; Bernard Reynaud; Hélène DelatteApidologie46(6), 735–7472015Genetic characterization of the honeybee population of Rodrigues Island, based on microsatellite and mitochondrial DNAMaéva Angélique Techer; Johanna Clémencet; Patrick Turpin; Nicolas Volbert; Bernard Reynaud; Hélène DelatteApidologie46(4), 445–454

TALKS / POSTERS

Conference and symposium talks

2025

4th COLOSS Asia

Fantastic beasts and how to sequence them: from Apis protocols to Varroa genomics.

Hangzhou, China
2024

Theo Murphy Meeting

Temporal dynamics of phase transitions in swarming locusts.

Cambridge, United Kingdom
2023

BPRI Symposium

Time-course transcriptome landscape of phase transitions in the desert locust.

Houston, USA
2022

Entomological Society of America

Sensory and brain transcriptomes during desert locust phase transitions.

Vancouver, Canada
2021

SOLATINA

The untold story of Varroa’s successful invasion, revealed by worldwide population genomics.

Virtual
2020

1st COLOSS Asia

World biogeography and population genomics of Varroa mites.

Chiang Mai, Thailand
2020

Plant and Animal Genome Conference

Genomic insights into the global success of Varroa.

San Diego, USA
2019

ANU Ecology & Evolution Seminar

At the origin of a global invasion: the honey bee parasite that keeps on jumping.

Canberra, Australia
2018

EcoEncontros

The origins and evolutionary dynamics of the global Varroa invasion.

São Paulo, Brazil
2018

EurBee 8

Genomic footprints of successful host switches in Varroa mites.

Ghent, Belgium
2018

IUSSI

The honey bee parasite behind a global biological invasion.

Guarujá, Brazil
2016

EurBee 7

Honey bee genetic diversity across South-West Indian Ocean islands.

Cluj-Napoca, Romania
2014

IUSSI

Unraveling the mysteries of honey bees in the Mascarene Islands.

Cairns, Australia

OUTREACH SCIENCE / SHARED SYSTEMS

Outreach science

2019
public science / public

OIST Science Festival

The story of bees and mites’ journey, shared with a public audience.

Okinawa, Japan