Publications
2024
Mancini, M. V., Murdochy, S. M., Bilgo, E., Ant, T. H., Gingell, D., Gnambani, E. J., Failloux, A.-B., Diabate, A. and Sinkins, S. P. (2024) Wolbachia strain wAlbB shows favourable characteristics for dengue control use in Aedes aegypti from Burkina Faso. Environmental Microbiology, 26(3), e16588. (doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.16588) (PMID:38450576)
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)
Ant, T. H., Mancini, M. V., McNamara, C. J., Rainey, S. M. and Sinkins, S. P. (2023) Wolbachia-virus interactions and arbovirus control through population replacement in mosquitoes. Pathogens and Global Health, 117(3), pp. 245-258. (doi: 10.1080/20477724.2022.2117939) (PMID:36205550) (PMCID:PMC10081064)
Mancini, M. V. et al. (2023) Evaluation of an engineered Zika virus-like particle vaccine candidate in a mosquito-mouse transmission model. mSphere, 8(2), e00564-22. (doi: 10.1128/msphere.00564-22) (PMID:36840596) (PMCID:PMC10117074)
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)
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)
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)
Chouin‐Carneiro, T., Ant, T.H., Herd, C., Louis, F., Failloux, A.B. and Sinkins, S.P. (2020) Wolbachia strain wAlbA blocks Zika virus transmission in Aedes aegypti. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 34(1), pp. 116-119. (doi: 10.1111/mve.12384) (PMID:31120156) (PMCID:PMC7027442)
Ant, T.H., Herd, C., Louis, F., Failloux, A.B. and Sinkins, S.P. (2020) Wolbachia transinfections in Culex quinquefasciatus generate cytoplasmic incompatibility. Insect Molecular Biology, 29(1), pp. 1-8. (doi: 10.1111/imb.12604) (PMID:31194893) (PMCID:PMC7027843)
2019
Nazni, W. A. et al. (2019) Establishment of Wolbachia strain wAlbB in Malaysian populations of Aedes aegypti for dengue control. Current Biology, 29(24), 4241-4248.e5. (doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.11.007) (PMID:31761702) (PMCID:PMC6926472)
2018
Ant, T. H., Herd, C. S., Geoghegan, V., Hoffmann, A. A. and Sinkins, S. P. (2018) The Wolbachia strain wAu provides highly efficient virus transmission blocking in Aedes aegypti. PLoS Pathogens, 14(1), e1006815. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006815) (PMID:29370307) (PMCID:PMC5784998)
2017
Geoghegan, V., Stainton, K., Rainey, S. M., Ant, T. H., Dowle, A. A., Larson, T., Hester, S., Charles, P. D., Thomas, B. and Sinkins, S. P. (2017) Perturbed cholesterol and vesicular trafficking associated with dengue blocking in Wolbachia-infected Aedes aegypti cells. Nature Communications, 8, 526. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-00610-8) (PMID:28904344) (PMCID:PMC5597582)
Harvey-Samuel, T., Ant, T. and Alphey, L. (2017) Towards the genetic control of invasive species. Biological Invasions, 19(6), pp. 1683-1703. (doi: 10.1007/s10530-017-1384-6)
Articles
Mancini, M. V., Murdochy, S. M., Bilgo, E., Ant, T. H., Gingell, D., Gnambani, E. J., Failloux, A.-B., Diabate, A. and Sinkins, S. P. (2024) Wolbachia strain wAlbB shows favourable characteristics for dengue control use in Aedes aegypti from Burkina Faso. Environmental Microbiology, 26(3), e16588. (doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.16588) (PMID:38450576)
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)
Ant, T. H., Mancini, M. V., McNamara, C. J., Rainey, S. M. and Sinkins, S. P. (2023) Wolbachia-virus interactions and arbovirus control through population replacement in mosquitoes. Pathogens and Global Health, 117(3), pp. 245-258. (doi: 10.1080/20477724.2022.2117939) (PMID:36205550) (PMCID:PMC10081064)
Mancini, M. V. et al. (2023) Evaluation of an engineered Zika virus-like particle vaccine candidate in a mosquito-mouse transmission model. mSphere, 8(2), e00564-22. (doi: 10.1128/msphere.00564-22) (PMID:36840596) (PMCID:PMC10117074)
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)
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)
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)
Chouin‐Carneiro, T., Ant, T.H., Herd, C., Louis, F., Failloux, A.B. and Sinkins, S.P. (2020) Wolbachia strain wAlbA blocks Zika virus transmission in Aedes aegypti. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 34(1), pp. 116-119. (doi: 10.1111/mve.12384) (PMID:31120156) (PMCID:PMC7027442)
Ant, T.H., Herd, C., Louis, F., Failloux, A.B. and Sinkins, S.P. (2020) Wolbachia transinfections in Culex quinquefasciatus generate cytoplasmic incompatibility. Insect Molecular Biology, 29(1), pp. 1-8. (doi: 10.1111/imb.12604) (PMID:31194893) (PMCID:PMC7027843)
Nazni, W. A. et al. (2019) Establishment of Wolbachia strain wAlbB in Malaysian populations of Aedes aegypti for dengue control. Current Biology, 29(24), 4241-4248.e5. (doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.11.007) (PMID:31761702) (PMCID:PMC6926472)
Ant, T. H., Herd, C. S., Geoghegan, V., Hoffmann, A. A. and Sinkins, S. P. (2018) The Wolbachia strain wAu provides highly efficient virus transmission blocking in Aedes aegypti. PLoS Pathogens, 14(1), e1006815. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006815) (PMID:29370307) (PMCID:PMC5784998)
Geoghegan, V., Stainton, K., Rainey, S. M., Ant, T. H., Dowle, A. A., Larson, T., Hester, S., Charles, P. D., Thomas, B. and Sinkins, S. P. (2017) Perturbed cholesterol and vesicular trafficking associated with dengue blocking in Wolbachia-infected Aedes aegypti cells. Nature Communications, 8, 526. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-00610-8) (PMID:28904344) (PMCID:PMC5597582)
Harvey-Samuel, T., Ant, T. and Alphey, L. (2017) Towards the genetic control of invasive species. Biological Invasions, 19(6), pp. 1683-1703. (doi: 10.1007/s10530-017-1384-6)
Supervision
- Arme, Thomas
NA
Research datasets
2024
Mancini, M. V., Murdochy, S. M., Bilgo, E., Ant, T. H., Gingell, D., Edounou, J. G., Failloux, A.-B., Diabate, A. and Sinkins, S. (2024) Wolbachia strain wAlbB shows favourable characteristics for dengue control use in Aedes aegypti from Burkina Faso. [Data Collection]
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]
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]
Mancini, M. V., Herd, C. S., Ant, T., Murdochy, S. and Sinkins, S. (2020) Wolbachia strain wAu efficiently blocks arbovirus transmission in Aedes albopictus. [Data Collection] (Unpublished)