Dr Julien Martinez
- Affiliate Researcher (School of Infection & Immunity)
Publications
2024
McNamara, Cameron J., Ant, Thomas J., Harvey-Samuel, Tim, White-Cooper, Helen, Martinez, Julien ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8210-2921, Alphey, Luke and Sinkins, Steven P.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832
(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, Stephanie M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9504-5495, Geoghegan, Vincent, Lefteri, Daniella A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9985-4254, Ant, Thomas H., Martinez, Julien
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8210-2921, McNamara, Cameron J., Kamel, Wael
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7625-2648, de Laurent, Zaydah Rolande, Castello, Alfredo
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1499-4662 and Sinkins, Steven P.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832
(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, Julien ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8210-2921, Ross, Perran A., Gu, Xinyue, Ant, Thomas H., Murdochy, Shivan M., Tong, Lily, da Silva Filipe, Ana
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9442-2903, Hoffmann, Ary A. and Sinkins, Steven P.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832
(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, Julien ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8210-2921, Ant, Thomas H., Murdochy, Shivan M., Tong, Lily, da Silva Filipe, Ana
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9442-2903 and Sinkins, Steven P.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832
(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
Rainey, Stephanie M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9504-5495, Geoghegan, Vincent, Lefteri, Daniella A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9985-4254, Ant, Thomas H., Martinez, Julien
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8210-2921, McNamara, Cameron and Sinkins, Steven P.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832
(2021)
Wolbachia strain wAu differs in cellular perturbation and virus inhibition profiles from previously characterised Wolbachia strains.
bioRxiv,
(doi: 10.1101/2021.09.02.458666)
Ahmad, Noor Afizah, Mancini, Maria-Vittoria, Ant, Thomas H., Martinez, Julien ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8210-2921, Kamarul, Ghazali M.R., Nazni, Wasi A., Hoffmann, Ary A. and Sinkins, Steven P.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832
(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, Julien ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8210-2921, Klasson, Lisa, Welch, John J. and Jiggins, Francis 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, Maria Vittoria, Ant, Thomas H., Herd, Christie S., Martinez, Julien ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8210-2921, Murdochy, Shivan M., Gingell, Daniel D., Mararo, Enoch, Johnson, Paul C. D.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6663-7520 and Sinkins, Steven
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832
(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, Thomas H., Mancini, Maria-Vittoria, Martinez, Julien ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8210-2921 and Sinkins, Steven P.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832
(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, Julien ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8210-2921, Bruner-Montero, Gaspar, Arunkumar, Ramesh, Smith, Sophia C.L., Day, Jonathan P., Longdon, Ben and Jiggins, Francis 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, Julien ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8210-2921, Cogni, Rodrigo, Cao, Chuan, Smith, Sophie, Illingworth, Christopher J.R.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0030-2784 and Jiggins, Francis 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, Cameron J., Ant, Thomas J., Harvey-Samuel, Tim, White-Cooper, Helen, Martinez, Julien ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8210-2921, Alphey, Luke and Sinkins, Steven P.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832
(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, Stephanie M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9504-5495, Geoghegan, Vincent, Lefteri, Daniella A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9985-4254, Ant, Thomas H., Martinez, Julien
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8210-2921, McNamara, Cameron J., Kamel, Wael
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7625-2648, de Laurent, Zaydah Rolande, Castello, Alfredo
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1499-4662 and Sinkins, Steven P.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832
(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, Julien ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8210-2921, Ross, Perran A., Gu, Xinyue, Ant, Thomas H., Murdochy, Shivan M., Tong, Lily, da Silva Filipe, Ana
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9442-2903, Hoffmann, Ary A. and Sinkins, Steven P.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832
(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, Julien ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8210-2921, Ant, Thomas H., Murdochy, Shivan M., Tong, Lily, da Silva Filipe, Ana
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9442-2903 and Sinkins, Steven P.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832
(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)
Rainey, Stephanie M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9504-5495, Geoghegan, Vincent, Lefteri, Daniella A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9985-4254, Ant, Thomas H., Martinez, Julien
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8210-2921, McNamara, Cameron and Sinkins, Steven P.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832
(2021)
Wolbachia strain wAu differs in cellular perturbation and virus inhibition profiles from previously characterised Wolbachia strains.
bioRxiv,
(doi: 10.1101/2021.09.02.458666)
Ahmad, Noor Afizah, Mancini, Maria-Vittoria, Ant, Thomas H., Martinez, Julien ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8210-2921, Kamarul, Ghazali M.R., Nazni, Wasi A., Hoffmann, Ary A. and Sinkins, Steven P.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832
(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, Julien ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8210-2921, Klasson, Lisa, Welch, John J. and Jiggins, Francis 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, Maria Vittoria, Ant, Thomas H., Herd, Christie S., Martinez, Julien ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8210-2921, Murdochy, Shivan M., Gingell, Daniel D., Mararo, Enoch, Johnson, Paul C. D.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6663-7520 and Sinkins, Steven
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832
(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, Thomas H., Mancini, Maria-Vittoria, Martinez, Julien ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8210-2921 and Sinkins, Steven P.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832
(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, Julien ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8210-2921, Bruner-Montero, Gaspar, Arunkumar, Ramesh, Smith, Sophia C.L., Day, Jonathan P., Longdon, Ben and Jiggins, Francis 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, Julien ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8210-2921, Cogni, Rodrigo, Cao, Chuan, Smith, Sophie, Illingworth, Christopher J.R.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0030-2784 and Jiggins, Francis 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]