Dr Stephanie Rainey
- Research Associate (Virology)
email:
Stephanie.Rainey@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns:
She/her/hers
Centre for Virus Research, Level 3 Henry Wellcome Building, 464 Bearsden Road, Glasgow, G61 1qh
Publications
2025
Parry, E. R.S. et al. (2025) Imaging the lifecycle of Microsporidia sp. MB in Anopheles coluzzii from western Burkina Faso reveals octosporogony. mSphere, (doi: 10.1128/msphere.00851-24) (PMID:40401914) (Early Online Publication)
2024
Lefteri, Daniella A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9985-4254, Rainey, Stephanie M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9504-5495, Murdochy, Shivan M. and Sinkins, Steven
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832
(2024)
Bunyamwera virus infection of Wolbachia-carrying aedes aegypti mosquitoes reduces Wolbachia density.
Viruses, 16(8),
1336.
(doi: 10.3390/v16081336)
(PMID:39205310)
(PMCID:PMC11360823)
Rainey, Stephanie M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9504-5495, Lefteri, Daniella A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9985-4254, Darby, Christie, Kohl, Alain
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1523-9458, Merits, Andres and Sinkins, Steven P.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832
(2024)
Evidence of differences in cellular regulation of Wolbachia-mediated viral inhibition between alphaviruses and flaviviruses.
Viruses, 16(1),
115.
(doi: 10.3390/v16010115)
(PMID:38257815)
(PMCID:PMC10818798)
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)
Ant, Thomas H., Mancini, Maria Vittoria, McNamara, Cameron J., Rainey, Stephanie M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9504-5495 and Sinkins, Steven P.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832
(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)
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)
2017
Geoghegan, Vincent, Stainton, Kirsty, Rainey, Stephanie M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9504-5495, Ant, Thomas H., Dowle, Adam A., Larson, Tony, Hester, Svenja, Charles, Philip D., Thomas, Benjamin and Sinkins, Steven P.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832
(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)
2016
Wijayanti, Siwi P. M., Porphyre, Thibaud, Chase-Topping, Margo, Rainey, Stephanie M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9504-5495, McFarlane, Melanie
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8392-2291, Schnettler, Esther, Biek, Roman
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 and Kohl, Alain
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1523-9458
(2016)
The importance of socio-economic versus environmental risk factors for reported dengue cases in Java, Indonesia.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 10(9),
e0004964.
(doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004964)
(PMID:27603137)
(PMCID:PMC5014450)
Halberg, Kenneth A., Rainey, Stephanie M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9504-5495, Veland, Iben R., Neuert, Helen, Dornan, Anthony J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5228-2893, Klämbt, Christian, Davies, Shireen-Anne
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0472-1302 and Dow, Julian A.T.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9595-5146
(2016)
The cell adhesion molecule Fasciclin2 regulates brush border length and organization in Drosophila renal tubules.
Nature Communications, 7,
11266.
(doi: 10.1038/ncomms11266)
(PMID:27072072)
(PMCID:PMC4833865)
Rainey, S. M. et al. (2016) Wolbachia blocks viral genome replication early in infection without a transcriptional response by the endosymbiont or host small RNA pathways. PLoS Pathogens, 12(4), e1005536. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005536) (PMID:27089431) (PMCID:PMC4835223)
Wijayanti, Siwi P. M., Sunaryo, Sunaryo, Suprihatin, Suprihatin, McFarlane, Melanie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8392-2291, Rainey, Stephanie M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9504-5495, Dietrich, Isabelle, Schnettler, Esther, Biek, Roman
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 and Kohl, Alain
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1523-9458
(2016)
Dengue in Java, Indonesia: relevance of mosquito indices as risk predictors.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 10(3),
e0004500.
(doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004500)
(PMID:26967524)
(PMCID:PMC4788303)
2015
Kean, Joy, Rainey, Stephanie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9504-5495, McFarlane, Melanie
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8392-2291, Donald, Claire
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4370-0707, Schnettler, Esther, Kohl, Alain
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1523-9458 and Pondeville, Emilie
(2015)
Fighting arbovirus transmission: natural and engineered control of vector competence in aedes mosquitoes.
Insects, 6(1),
pp. 236-278.
(doi: 10.3390/insects6010236)
(PMID:26463078)
(PMCID:PMC4553541)
2014
McFarlane, M. et al. (2014) Characterization of Aedes aegypti innate-immune pathways that limit Chikungunya virus replication. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 8(7), e2994. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002994) (PMID:25058001) (PMCID:PMC4109886)
Rainey, Stephanie M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9504-5495, Shah, Pranav, Kohl, Alain
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1523-9458 and Dietrich, Isabelle
(2014)
Understanding the Wolbachia-mediated inhibition of arboviruses in mosquitoes: progress and challenges.
Journal of General Virology, 95(3),
pp. 517-530.
(doi: 10.1099/vir.0.057422-0)
(PMID:24343914)
Articles
Parry, E. R.S. et al. (2025) Imaging the lifecycle of Microsporidia sp. MB in Anopheles coluzzii from western Burkina Faso reveals octosporogony. mSphere, (doi: 10.1128/msphere.00851-24) (PMID:40401914) (Early Online Publication)
Lefteri, Daniella A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9985-4254, Rainey, Stephanie M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9504-5495, Murdochy, Shivan M. and Sinkins, Steven
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832
(2024)
Bunyamwera virus infection of Wolbachia-carrying aedes aegypti mosquitoes reduces Wolbachia density.
Viruses, 16(8),
1336.
(doi: 10.3390/v16081336)
(PMID:39205310)
(PMCID:PMC11360823)
Rainey, Stephanie M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9504-5495, Lefteri, Daniella A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9985-4254, Darby, Christie, Kohl, Alain
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1523-9458, Merits, Andres and Sinkins, Steven P.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832
(2024)
Evidence of differences in cellular regulation of Wolbachia-mediated viral inhibition between alphaviruses and flaviviruses.
Viruses, 16(1),
115.
(doi: 10.3390/v16010115)
(PMID:38257815)
(PMCID:PMC10818798)
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)
Ant, Thomas H., Mancini, Maria Vittoria, McNamara, Cameron J., Rainey, Stephanie M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9504-5495 and Sinkins, Steven P.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832
(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)
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)
Geoghegan, Vincent, Stainton, Kirsty, Rainey, Stephanie M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9504-5495, Ant, Thomas H., Dowle, Adam A., Larson, Tony, Hester, Svenja, Charles, Philip D., Thomas, Benjamin and Sinkins, Steven P.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832
(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)
Wijayanti, Siwi P. M., Porphyre, Thibaud, Chase-Topping, Margo, Rainey, Stephanie M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9504-5495, McFarlane, Melanie
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8392-2291, Schnettler, Esther, Biek, Roman
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 and Kohl, Alain
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1523-9458
(2016)
The importance of socio-economic versus environmental risk factors for reported dengue cases in Java, Indonesia.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 10(9),
e0004964.
(doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004964)
(PMID:27603137)
(PMCID:PMC5014450)
Halberg, Kenneth A., Rainey, Stephanie M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9504-5495, Veland, Iben R., Neuert, Helen, Dornan, Anthony J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5228-2893, Klämbt, Christian, Davies, Shireen-Anne
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0472-1302 and Dow, Julian A.T.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9595-5146
(2016)
The cell adhesion molecule Fasciclin2 regulates brush border length and organization in Drosophila renal tubules.
Nature Communications, 7,
11266.
(doi: 10.1038/ncomms11266)
(PMID:27072072)
(PMCID:PMC4833865)
Rainey, S. M. et al. (2016) Wolbachia blocks viral genome replication early in infection without a transcriptional response by the endosymbiont or host small RNA pathways. PLoS Pathogens, 12(4), e1005536. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005536) (PMID:27089431) (PMCID:PMC4835223)
Wijayanti, Siwi P. M., Sunaryo, Sunaryo, Suprihatin, Suprihatin, McFarlane, Melanie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8392-2291, Rainey, Stephanie M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9504-5495, Dietrich, Isabelle, Schnettler, Esther, Biek, Roman
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 and Kohl, Alain
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1523-9458
(2016)
Dengue in Java, Indonesia: relevance of mosquito indices as risk predictors.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 10(3),
e0004500.
(doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004500)
(PMID:26967524)
(PMCID:PMC4788303)
Kean, Joy, Rainey, Stephanie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9504-5495, McFarlane, Melanie
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8392-2291, Donald, Claire
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4370-0707, Schnettler, Esther, Kohl, Alain
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1523-9458 and Pondeville, Emilie
(2015)
Fighting arbovirus transmission: natural and engineered control of vector competence in aedes mosquitoes.
Insects, 6(1),
pp. 236-278.
(doi: 10.3390/insects6010236)
(PMID:26463078)
(PMCID:PMC4553541)
McFarlane, M. et al. (2014) Characterization of Aedes aegypti innate-immune pathways that limit Chikungunya virus replication. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 8(7), e2994. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002994) (PMID:25058001) (PMCID:PMC4109886)
Rainey, Stephanie M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9504-5495, Shah, Pranav, Kohl, Alain
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1523-9458 and Dietrich, Isabelle
(2014)
Understanding the Wolbachia-mediated inhibition of arboviruses in mosquitoes: progress and challenges.
Journal of General Virology, 95(3),
pp. 517-530.
(doi: 10.1099/vir.0.057422-0)
(PMID:24343914)
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]