Dr Julien Martinez
- Research Associate (Virology)
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8210-2921Publications
2024
McNamara, C. J., Ant, T. J., Harvey-Samuel, T., White-Cooper, H., Martinez, J. , Alphey, L. and Sinkins, S. P. (2024) Transgenic expression of cif genes from Wolbachia strain wAlbB recapitulates cytoplasmic incompatibility in Aedes aegypti. Nature Communications, 15, 869. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-45238-7) (PMID:38287029) (PMCID:PMC10825118)
2023
Rainey, S. M., Geoghegan, V., Lefteri, D. A. , Ant, T. H., Martinez, J. , McNamara, C. J., Kamel, W. , de Laurent, Z. R., Castello, A. and Sinkins, S. P. (2023) Differences in proteome perturbations caused by the Wolbachia strain wAu suggest multiple mechanisms of Wolbachia-mediated antiviral activity. Scientific Reports, 13, 11737. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-38127-4) (PMID:37474590) (PMCID:PMC10359319)
2022
Martinez, J. , Ross, P. A., Gu, X., Ant, T. H., Murdochy, S. M., Tong, L., da Silva Filipe, A. , Hoffmann, A. A. and Sinkins, S. P. (2022) Genomic and phenotypic comparisons reveal distinct variants of Wolbachia strain wAlbB. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 88(22), e0141222. (doi: 10.1128/aem.01412-22) (PMID:36318064) (PMCID:PMC9680635)
Martinez, J. , Ant, T. H., Murdochy, S. M., Tong, L., da Silva Filipe, A. and Sinkins, S. P. (2022) Genome sequencing and comparative analysis of Wolbachia strain wAlbA reveals Wolbachia-associated plasmids are common. PLoS Genetics, 18(9), e1010406. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010406) (PMID:36121852) (PMCID:PMC9560607)
Showering, A. et al. (2022) Skin microbiome alters attractiveness to Anopheles mosquitoes. BMC Microbiology, 22(1), 98. (doi: 10.1186/s12866-022-02502-4) (PMID:35410125) (PMCID:PMC9004177)
2021
Ahmad, N. A., Mancini, M.-V., Ant, T. H., Martinez, J. , Kamarul, G. M.R., Nazni, W. A., Hoffmann, A. A. and Sinkins, S. P. (2021) Wolbachia strain wAlbB maintains high density and dengue inhibition following introduction into a field population of Aedes aegypti. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 376(1818), 20190809. (doi: 10.1098/rstb.2019.0809) (PMID:33357050) (PMCID:PMC7776933)
Martinez, J. , Klasson, L., Welch, J. J. and Jiggins, F. M. (2021) Life and death of selfish genes: comparative genomics reveals the dynamic evolution of cytoplasmic incompatibility. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 38(1), pp. 2-15. (doi: 10.1093/molbev/msaa209) (PMID:32797213) (PMCID:PMC7783169)
Mancini, M. V., Ant, T. H., Herd, C. S., Martinez, J. , Murdochy, S. M., Gingell, D. D., Mararo, E., Johnson, P. C. D. and Sinkins, S. (2021) High temperature cycles result in maternal transmission and dengue infection differences between Wolbachia strains in Aedes aegypti. mBio, 12(6), e00250-21. (doi: 10.1128/mBio.00250-21) (PMCID:PMC8576525)
2020
Ant, T. H., Mancini, M.-V., Martinez, J. and Sinkins, S. P. (2020) Enhancement of Aedes aegypti susceptibility to dengue by Wolbachia is not supported. Nature Communications, 11, 6111. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-19830-6) (PMID:33257651) (PMCID:PMC7705685)
2019
Martinez, J. , Bruner-Montero, G., Arunkumar, R., Smith, S. C.L., Day, J. P., Longdon, B. and Jiggins, F. M. (2019) Virus evolution in Wolbachia-infected Drosophila. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 286, 20192117. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2019.2117) (PMID:31662085) (PMCID:PMC6823055)
2016
Martinez, J. , Cogni, R., Cao, C., Smith, S., Illingworth, C. J.R. and Jiggins, F. M. (2016) Addicted? Reduced host resistance in populations with defensive symbionts. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 283(1833), 20160778. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2016.0778) (PMID:27335421) (PMCID:PMC4936038)
Articles
McNamara, C. J., Ant, T. J., Harvey-Samuel, T., White-Cooper, H., Martinez, J. , Alphey, L. and Sinkins, S. P. (2024) Transgenic expression of cif genes from Wolbachia strain wAlbB recapitulates cytoplasmic incompatibility in Aedes aegypti. Nature Communications, 15, 869. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-45238-7) (PMID:38287029) (PMCID:PMC10825118)
Rainey, S. M., Geoghegan, V., Lefteri, D. A. , Ant, T. H., Martinez, J. , McNamara, C. J., Kamel, W. , de Laurent, Z. R., Castello, A. and Sinkins, S. P. (2023) Differences in proteome perturbations caused by the Wolbachia strain wAu suggest multiple mechanisms of Wolbachia-mediated antiviral activity. Scientific Reports, 13, 11737. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-38127-4) (PMID:37474590) (PMCID:PMC10359319)
Martinez, J. , Ross, P. A., Gu, X., Ant, T. H., Murdochy, S. M., Tong, L., da Silva Filipe, A. , Hoffmann, A. A. and Sinkins, S. P. (2022) Genomic and phenotypic comparisons reveal distinct variants of Wolbachia strain wAlbB. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 88(22), e0141222. (doi: 10.1128/aem.01412-22) (PMID:36318064) (PMCID:PMC9680635)
Martinez, J. , Ant, T. H., Murdochy, S. M., Tong, L., da Silva Filipe, A. and Sinkins, S. P. (2022) Genome sequencing and comparative analysis of Wolbachia strain wAlbA reveals Wolbachia-associated plasmids are common. PLoS Genetics, 18(9), e1010406. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010406) (PMID:36121852) (PMCID:PMC9560607)
Showering, A. et al. (2022) Skin microbiome alters attractiveness to Anopheles mosquitoes. BMC Microbiology, 22(1), 98. (doi: 10.1186/s12866-022-02502-4) (PMID:35410125) (PMCID:PMC9004177)
Ahmad, N. A., Mancini, M.-V., Ant, T. H., Martinez, J. , Kamarul, G. M.R., Nazni, W. A., Hoffmann, A. A. and Sinkins, S. P. (2021) Wolbachia strain wAlbB maintains high density and dengue inhibition following introduction into a field population of Aedes aegypti. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 376(1818), 20190809. (doi: 10.1098/rstb.2019.0809) (PMID:33357050) (PMCID:PMC7776933)
Martinez, J. , Klasson, L., Welch, J. J. and Jiggins, F. M. (2021) Life and death of selfish genes: comparative genomics reveals the dynamic evolution of cytoplasmic incompatibility. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 38(1), pp. 2-15. (doi: 10.1093/molbev/msaa209) (PMID:32797213) (PMCID:PMC7783169)
Mancini, M. V., Ant, T. H., Herd, C. S., Martinez, J. , Murdochy, S. M., Gingell, D. D., Mararo, E., Johnson, P. C. D. and Sinkins, S. (2021) High temperature cycles result in maternal transmission and dengue infection differences between Wolbachia strains in Aedes aegypti. mBio, 12(6), e00250-21. (doi: 10.1128/mBio.00250-21) (PMCID:PMC8576525)
Ant, T. H., Mancini, M.-V., Martinez, J. and Sinkins, S. P. (2020) Enhancement of Aedes aegypti susceptibility to dengue by Wolbachia is not supported. Nature Communications, 11, 6111. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-19830-6) (PMID:33257651) (PMCID:PMC7705685)
Martinez, J. , Bruner-Montero, G., Arunkumar, R., Smith, S. C.L., Day, J. P., Longdon, B. and Jiggins, F. M. (2019) Virus evolution in Wolbachia-infected Drosophila. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 286, 20192117. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2019.2117) (PMID:31662085) (PMCID:PMC6823055)
Martinez, J. , Cogni, R., Cao, C., Smith, S., Illingworth, C. J.R. and Jiggins, F. M. (2016) Addicted? Reduced host resistance in populations with defensive symbionts. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 283(1833), 20160778. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2016.0778) (PMID:27335421) (PMCID:PMC4936038)
Research datasets
2023
Rainey, S., Geoghegan, V., Lefteri, D. , Ant, T., Martinez, J. , McNamara, C., Kamel, W. , de Laurent, Z., Castello, A. and Sinkins, S. (2023) Differences in proteome perturbations caused by the Wolbachia strain wAu suggest multiple mechanisms of Wolbachia-mediated antiviral activity. [Data Collection]
2022
Martinez, J. (2022) Genome sequencing and comparative analysis of Wolbachia strain wAlbA reveals Wolbachia-associated plasmids are common. [Data Collection]
2020
Ahmad, N. A., Mancini, M. V., Ant, T., Martinez, J. , Kamarul, G. M. R., Nazni, W. A., Hoffmann, A. A. and Sinkins, S. (2020) Wolbachia strain wAlbB maintains high density and dengue inhibition following introduction into a field population of Aedes aegypti. [Data Collection]