Rob
Yu
Postdoctoral Associate
243 Natural Science
Phone: (517) 432-0985
email: husyr@msu.edu
Fax: (517) 353-4354
Education:
B.Sc. Animal Sciences, Yangzhou
University
M.Sc. Animal Genetics and Breeding, Yangzhou University, China
Ph.D. Honeybee biotechnology, Agricultural University of Norway
Research:
Rob
started his research carreer in animal science but later switched to honey bees.
He obtained his Ph.D. in Norway with Prof. Stig Omholt and successfully "cloned"
honey bee queens by bisecting the early embryo and injecting them into de-nucleated
eggs. He joined the MSU Beelab January 2000 and is
invesigating the role of melatonin in regulating the social behavior in honey
bees.