Professor Steven Sinkins

  • Professor in Microbiology and Tropical Medicine (Virology)

telephone: 0141 3302876
email: Steven.Sinkins@glasgow.ac.uk

MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Henry Wellcome Building, 464 Bearsden Road, Glasgow, G61 1QH

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ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832

Research interests

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Mosquitoes transmit some of the world’s most serious infections; epidemic viral diseases such as dengue impose huge health burdens across the tropics. Effective vaccines are not available for most mosquito-borne pathogens, and control of the mosquito vectors has long been a focus of disease prevention. 


Wolbachia are inherited intracellular bacteria that can manipulate host insect reproduction, especially by inducing patterns of sterility known as cytoplasmic incompatibility, allowing population invasion. It occurs naturally in many mosquito species, and certain introduced strains have been found to strongly inhibit the transmission of mosquito-borne viruses such as dengue and Zika.

We are interested in how this inhibition occurs, how it can be used in disease control, and how Wolbachia manipulate their hosts.


Publications

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Number of items: 55.

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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9985-4254, Rainey, Stephanie M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9504-5495, Murdochy, Shivan M. and Sinkins, Steven ORCID logoORCID: 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)

Mancini, Maria Vittoria, Murdochy, Shivan M., Bilgo, Etienne, Ant, Thomas H., Gingell, Daniel, Gnambani, Edounou Jacques, Failloux, Anna-Bella, Diabate, Abdoulaye and Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 (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)

Hoffmann, A. A. et al. (2024) Introduction of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes carrying wAlbB Wolbachia sharply decreases dengue incidence in disease hotspots. iScience, 27(2), 108942. (doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.108942) (PMID:38327789) (PMCID:PMC10847733)

McNamara, Cameron J., Ant, Thomas J., Harvey-Samuel, Tim, White-Cooper, Helen, Martinez, Julien ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8210-2921, Alphey, Luke and Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9504-5495, Lefteri, Daniella A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9985-4254, Darby, Christie, Kohl, Alain ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1523-9458, Merits, Andres and Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9504-5495, Geoghegan, Vincent, Lefteri, Daniella A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9985-4254, Ant, Thomas H., Martinez, Julien ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8210-2921, McNamara, Cameron J., Kamel, Wael ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7625-2648, de Laurent, Zaydah Rolande, Castello, Alfredo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1499-4662 and Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9504-5495 and Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: 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)

Cheong, Y. L. et al. (2023) Spatial distribution and long-term persistence of Wolbachia-infected Aedes aegypti in the Mentari Court, Malaysia. Insects, 14(4), 373. (doi: 10.3390/insects14040373) (PMID:37103189) (PMCID:PMC10146232)

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, Julien ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9442-2903, Hoffmann, Ary A. and Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8210-2921, Ant, Thomas H., Murdochy, Shivan M., Tong, Lily, da Silva Filipe, Ana ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9442-2903 and Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: 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)

2021

Rainey, Stephanie M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9504-5495, Geoghegan, Vincent, Lefteri, Daniella A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9985-4254, Ant, Thomas H., Martinez, Julien ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8210-2921, McNamara, Cameron and Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8210-2921, Kamarul, Ghazali M.R., Nazni, Wasi A., Hoffmann, Ary A. and Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: 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)

Mancini, Maria Vittoria, Ant, Thomas H., Herd, Christie S., Martinez, Julien ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8210-2921, Murdochy, Shivan M., Gingell, Daniel D., Mararo, Enoch, Johnson, Paul C. D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6663-7520 and Sinkins, Steven ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8210-2921 and Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: 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)

Ahmad, N. A. et al. (2020) Characterization of sodium channel mutations in the dengue vector mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus within the context of ongoing Wolbachia releases in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Insects, 11(8), 529. (doi: 10.3390/insects11080529) (PMID:32823726) (PMCID:PMC7469223)

Herren, J. K. et al. (2020) A microsporidian impairs Plasmodium falciparum transmission in Anopheles arabiensis mosquitoes. Nature Communications, 11, 2187. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-16121-y) (PMID:32366903) (PMCID:PMC7198529)

Mancini, Maria Vittoria, Herd, Christie S., Ant, Thomas H., Murdochy, Shivan M. and Sinkins, Steven ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 (2020) Wolbachia strain wAu efficiently blocks arbovirus transmission in Aedes albopictus. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 14(3), e0007926. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007926) (PMID:32155143) (PMCID:PMC7083328)

Chouin‐Carneiro, T., Ant, T.H., Herd, C., Louis, F., Failloux, A.B. and Sinkins, S.P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 (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. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 (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)

Rihn, S. J. et al. (2019) TRIM69 inhibits vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus (VSIV). Journal of Virology, 93(20), e00951-19. (doi: 10.1128/JVI.00951-19) (PMID:31375575)

Jasper, Moshe, Schmidt, Thomas L., Ahmad, Nazni W., Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 and Hoffmann, Ary A. (2019) A genomic approach to inferring kinship reveals limited intergenerational dispersal in the yellow fever mosquito. Molecular Ecology Resources, 19(5), pp. 1254-1264. (doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.13043) (PMID:31125998) (PMCID:PMC6790672)

2018

Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 and Ant, Thomas H. (2018) A Wolbachia triple-strain infection generates self-incompatibility in Aedes albopictus and transmission instability in Aedes aegypti. Parasites and Vectors, 11, 295. (doi: 10.1186/s13071-018-2870-0) (PMID:29751814) (PMCID:PMC5948879)

Ant, Thomas H., Herd, Christie S., Geoghegan, Vincent, Hoffmann, Ary A. and Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 (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

Chepkemoi, Sharon T., Mararo, Enock, Butungi, Hellen, Paredes, Juan, Masiga, Daniel, Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 and Herren, Jeremy K. (2017) Identification of Spiroplasma insolitum symbionts in Anopheles gambiae. Wellcome Open Research, 2, 90. (doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.12468.1) (PMID:29152597) (PMCID:PMC5668936)

Geoghegan, Vincent, Stainton, Kirsty, Rainey, Stephanie M. ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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

Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 (2016) Yob makes mosquitoes male. Science, 353(6294), pp. 33-34. (doi: 10.1126/science.aag1012) (PMID:27365441)

Molloy, Jennifer C., Sommer, Ulf, Viant, Mark R. and Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 (2016) Wolbachia modulates lipid metabolism in Aedes albopictus mosquito cells. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 82(10), pp. 3109-3120. (doi: 10.1128/AEM.00275-16) (PMID:26994075) (PMCID:PMC4959074)

2015

Molloy, Jennifer c. and Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 (2015) Wolbachia do not induce reactive oxygen species-dependent immune pathway activation in Aedes albopictus. Viruses, 7(8), pp. 4624-4639. (doi: 10.3390/v7082836) (PMID:26287231) (PMCID:PMC4576197)

2014

Sutton, Elizabeth R., Harris, Simon R., Parkhill, Julian and Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 (2014) Comparative genome analysis of Wolbachia strain wAu. BMC Genomics, 15, 928. (doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-928) (PMID:25341639) (PMCID:PMC4223829)

Hapairai, Limb K., Marie, Jérôme, Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 and Bossin, Hervé C. (2014) Effect of temperature and larval density on Aedes polynesiensis (Diptera: Culicidae) laboratory rearing productivity and male characteristics. Acta Tropica, 132(Suppl), S108-S115. (doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2013.11.024) (PMID:24316237)

2013

Pinto, Sofia B., Stainton, Kirsty, Harris, Simon, Kambris, Zakaria, Sutton, Elizabeth R., Bonsall, Michael B., Parkhill, Julian and Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 (2013) Transcriptional regulation of culex pipiens mosquitoes by wolbachia influences cytoplasmic incompatibility. PLoS Pathogens, 9(10), e1003647. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003647) (PMID:24204251) (PMCID:PMC3814344)

Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 (2013) Wolbachia and arbovirus inhibition in mosquitoes. Future Microbiology, 8(10), pp. 1249-1256. (doi: 10.2217/fmb.13.95) (PMID:24059916)

Hapairai, Limb K., Sang, Michel A. Cheong, Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 and Bossin, Hervé C. (2013) Population studies of the filarial vector Aedes polynesiensis (Diptera: Culicidae) in two island settings of French Polynesia. Journal of Medical Entomology, 50(5), pp. 965-976. (doi: 10.1603/ME12246) (PMID:24180100)

Hapairai, Limb K., Joseph, Hayley, Sang, Michel A. Cheong, Melrose, Wayne, Ritchie, Scott A., Burkot, Thomas R., Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 and Bossin, Hervé C. (2013) Field evaluation of selected traps and lures for monitoring the filarial and arbovirus vector, Aedes polynesiensis (Diptera: Culicidae), in French Polynesia. Journal of Medical Entomology, 50(4), pp. 731-739. (doi: 10.1603/ME12270) (PMID:23926770)

Blagrove, Marcus S.C., Arias-Goeta, Camilo, Di Genua, Cristina, Failloux, Anna-Bella and Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 (2013) A Wolbachia wMel transinfection in Aedes albopictus is not detrimental to host fitness and inhibits Chikungunya virus. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 7(3), e2152. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002152) (PMID:23556030) (PMCID:PMC3610642)

2012

Pinto, Sofia B., Mariconti, Mara, Bazzocchi, Chiara, Bandi, Claudio and Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 (2012) Wolbachia surface protein induces innate immune responses in mosquito cells. BMC Microbiology, 12(Suppl), S11. (doi: 10.1186/1471-2180-12-S1-S11) (PMID:22375833) (PMCID:PMC3287508)

Blagrove, Marcus S.C., Arias-Goeta, Camilo, Failloux, Anna-Bella and Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 (2012) Wolbachia strain wMel induces cytoplasmic incompatibility and blocks dengue transmission in Aedes albopictus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 109(1), pp. 255-260. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1112021108) (PMID:22123944) (PMCID:PMC3252941)

2011

Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 (2011) Invertebrate post-segregation distorters: a new embryo-killing gene. PLoS Biology, 9(7), e1001114. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001114) (PMID:21814492) (PMCID:PMC3144190)

Hancock, Penelope A., Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 and Godfray, H. Charles J. (2011) Strategies for introducing Wolbachia to reduce transmission of mosquito-borne diseases. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 5(4), e1024. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001024) (PMID:21541357) (PMCID:PMC3082501)

Hancock, Penelope A., Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 and Godfray, H. Charles J. (2011) Population dynamic models of the spread of Wolbachia. American Naturalist, 177(3), pp. 323-333. (doi: 10.1086/658121) (PMID:21460541)

2010

Kambris, Zakaria, Blagborough, Andrew M., Pinto, Sofia B., Blagrove, Marcus S.C., Godfray, H. Charles J., Sinden, Robert E. and Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 (2010) Wolbachia stimulates immune gene expression and inhibits plasmodium development in Anopheles gambiae. PLoS Pathogens, 6(10), e1001143. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1001143) (PMID:20949079) (PMCID:PMC2951381)

2009

Kambris, Zakaria, Cook, Peter E., Phuc, Hoang K. and Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 (2009) Immune activation by life-shortening Wolbachia and reduced filarial competence in mosquitoes. Science, 326(5949), pp. 134-136. (doi: 10.1126/science.1177531) (PMID:19797660) (PMCID:PMC2867033)

Walker, Thomas, Song, Shewu and Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 (2009) Wolbachia in the Culex pipiens group mosquitoes: introgression and superinfection. Journal of Heredity, 100(2), pp. 192-196. (doi: 10.1093/jhered/esn079) (PMID:18836146) (PMCID:PMC2726571)

Klasson, Lisa, Kambris, Zakaria, Cook, Peter E., Walker, Thomas and Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 (2009) Horizontal gene transfer between Wolbachia and the mosquito Aedes aegypti. BMC Genomics, 10, 33. (doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-10-33) (PMID:19154594) (PMCID:PMC2647948)

2008

Klasson, L. et al. (2008) Genome evolution of Wolbachia strain wPip from the Culex pipiens group. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 25(9), pp. 1877-1887. (doi: 10.1093/molbev/msn133) (PMID:18550617) (PMCID:PMC2515876)

2007

Walker, Thomas, Klasson, Lisa, Sebaihia, Mohammed, Sanders, Mandy J., Thomson, Nicholas R., Parkhill, Julian and Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 (2007) Ankyrin repeat domain-encoding genes in the wPip strain of Wolbachia from the Culex pipiens group. BMC Biology, 5, 39. (doi: 10.1186/1741-7007-5-39) (PMID:17883830) (PMCID:PMC2045654)

Nene, V. et al. (2007) Genome sequence of Aedes aegypti, a major arbovirus vector. Science, 316(5832), pp. 1718-1723. (doi: 10.1126/science.1138878) (PMID:17510324) (PMCID:PMC2868357)

2006

Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 and Gould, Fred (2006) Gene drive systems for insect disease vectors. Nature Reviews Genetics, 7(6), pp. 427-435. (doi: 10.1038/nrg1870) (PMID:16682981)

2005

Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832, Walker, Thomas, Lynd, Amy R., Steven, Andrew R., Makepeace, Ben L., Godfray, H. Charles J. and Parkhill, Julian (2005) Wolbachia variability and host effects on crossing type in Culex mosquitoes. Nature, 436(7048), pp. 257-260. (doi: 10.1038/nature03629) (PMID:16015330)

2004

Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 and Hastings, Ian M. (2004) Male-specific insecticide resistance and mosquito transgene dispersal. Trends in Parasitology, 20(9), pp. 413-416. (doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2004.07.003) (PMID:15324731)

Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 and Godfray, H. Charles J. (2004) Use of Wolbachia to drive nuclear transgenes through insect populations. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 271(1546), pp. 1421-1426. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2740) (PMID:15306342) (PMCID:PMC1691734)

Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 (2004) Wolbachia and cytoplasmic incompatibility in mosquitoes. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 34(7), pp. 723-729. (doi: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2004.03.025) (PMID:15242714)

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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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9985-4254, Rainey, Stephanie M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9504-5495, Murdochy, Shivan M. and Sinkins, Steven ORCID logoORCID: 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)

Mancini, Maria Vittoria, Murdochy, Shivan M., Bilgo, Etienne, Ant, Thomas H., Gingell, Daniel, Gnambani, Edounou Jacques, Failloux, Anna-Bella, Diabate, Abdoulaye and Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 (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)

Hoffmann, A. A. et al. (2024) Introduction of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes carrying wAlbB Wolbachia sharply decreases dengue incidence in disease hotspots. iScience, 27(2), 108942. (doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.108942) (PMID:38327789) (PMCID:PMC10847733)

McNamara, Cameron J., Ant, Thomas J., Harvey-Samuel, Tim, White-Cooper, Helen, Martinez, Julien ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8210-2921, Alphey, Luke and Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9504-5495, Lefteri, Daniella A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9985-4254, Darby, Christie, Kohl, Alain ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1523-9458, Merits, Andres and Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9504-5495, Geoghegan, Vincent, Lefteri, Daniella A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9985-4254, Ant, Thomas H., Martinez, Julien ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8210-2921, McNamara, Cameron J., Kamel, Wael ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7625-2648, de Laurent, Zaydah Rolande, Castello, Alfredo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1499-4662 and Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9504-5495 and Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: 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)

Cheong, Y. L. et al. (2023) Spatial distribution and long-term persistence of Wolbachia-infected Aedes aegypti in the Mentari Court, Malaysia. Insects, 14(4), 373. (doi: 10.3390/insects14040373) (PMID:37103189) (PMCID:PMC10146232)

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, Julien ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9442-2903, Hoffmann, Ary A. and Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8210-2921, Ant, Thomas H., Murdochy, Shivan M., Tong, Lily, da Silva Filipe, Ana ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9442-2903 and Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: 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)

Rainey, Stephanie M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9504-5495, Geoghegan, Vincent, Lefteri, Daniella A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9985-4254, Ant, Thomas H., Martinez, Julien ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8210-2921, McNamara, Cameron and Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8210-2921, Kamarul, Ghazali M.R., Nazni, Wasi A., Hoffmann, Ary A. and Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: 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)

Mancini, Maria Vittoria, Ant, Thomas H., Herd, Christie S., Martinez, Julien ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8210-2921, Murdochy, Shivan M., Gingell, Daniel D., Mararo, Enoch, Johnson, Paul C. D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6663-7520 and Sinkins, Steven ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8210-2921 and Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: 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)

Ahmad, N. A. et al. (2020) Characterization of sodium channel mutations in the dengue vector mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus within the context of ongoing Wolbachia releases in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Insects, 11(8), 529. (doi: 10.3390/insects11080529) (PMID:32823726) (PMCID:PMC7469223)

Herren, J. K. et al. (2020) A microsporidian impairs Plasmodium falciparum transmission in Anopheles arabiensis mosquitoes. Nature Communications, 11, 2187. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-16121-y) (PMID:32366903) (PMCID:PMC7198529)

Mancini, Maria Vittoria, Herd, Christie S., Ant, Thomas H., Murdochy, Shivan M. and Sinkins, Steven ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 (2020) Wolbachia strain wAu efficiently blocks arbovirus transmission in Aedes albopictus. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 14(3), e0007926. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007926) (PMID:32155143) (PMCID:PMC7083328)

Chouin‐Carneiro, T., Ant, T.H., Herd, C., Louis, F., Failloux, A.B. and Sinkins, S.P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 (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. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 (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)

Rihn, S. J. et al. (2019) TRIM69 inhibits vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus (VSIV). Journal of Virology, 93(20), e00951-19. (doi: 10.1128/JVI.00951-19) (PMID:31375575)

Jasper, Moshe, Schmidt, Thomas L., Ahmad, Nazni W., Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 and Hoffmann, Ary A. (2019) A genomic approach to inferring kinship reveals limited intergenerational dispersal in the yellow fever mosquito. Molecular Ecology Resources, 19(5), pp. 1254-1264. (doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.13043) (PMID:31125998) (PMCID:PMC6790672)

Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 and Ant, Thomas H. (2018) A Wolbachia triple-strain infection generates self-incompatibility in Aedes albopictus and transmission instability in Aedes aegypti. Parasites and Vectors, 11, 295. (doi: 10.1186/s13071-018-2870-0) (PMID:29751814) (PMCID:PMC5948879)

Ant, Thomas H., Herd, Christie S., Geoghegan, Vincent, Hoffmann, Ary A. and Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 (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)

Chepkemoi, Sharon T., Mararo, Enock, Butungi, Hellen, Paredes, Juan, Masiga, Daniel, Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 and Herren, Jeremy K. (2017) Identification of Spiroplasma insolitum symbionts in Anopheles gambiae. Wellcome Open Research, 2, 90. (doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.12468.1) (PMID:29152597) (PMCID:PMC5668936)

Geoghegan, Vincent, Stainton, Kirsty, Rainey, Stephanie M. ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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)

Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 (2016) Yob makes mosquitoes male. Science, 353(6294), pp. 33-34. (doi: 10.1126/science.aag1012) (PMID:27365441)

Molloy, Jennifer C., Sommer, Ulf, Viant, Mark R. and Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 (2016) Wolbachia modulates lipid metabolism in Aedes albopictus mosquito cells. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 82(10), pp. 3109-3120. (doi: 10.1128/AEM.00275-16) (PMID:26994075) (PMCID:PMC4959074)

Molloy, Jennifer c. and Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 (2015) Wolbachia do not induce reactive oxygen species-dependent immune pathway activation in Aedes albopictus. Viruses, 7(8), pp. 4624-4639. (doi: 10.3390/v7082836) (PMID:26287231) (PMCID:PMC4576197)

Sutton, Elizabeth R., Harris, Simon R., Parkhill, Julian and Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 (2014) Comparative genome analysis of Wolbachia strain wAu. BMC Genomics, 15, 928. (doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-928) (PMID:25341639) (PMCID:PMC4223829)

Hapairai, Limb K., Marie, Jérôme, Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 and Bossin, Hervé C. (2014) Effect of temperature and larval density on Aedes polynesiensis (Diptera: Culicidae) laboratory rearing productivity and male characteristics. Acta Tropica, 132(Suppl), S108-S115. (doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2013.11.024) (PMID:24316237)

Pinto, Sofia B., Stainton, Kirsty, Harris, Simon, Kambris, Zakaria, Sutton, Elizabeth R., Bonsall, Michael B., Parkhill, Julian and Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 (2013) Transcriptional regulation of culex pipiens mosquitoes by wolbachia influences cytoplasmic incompatibility. PLoS Pathogens, 9(10), e1003647. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003647) (PMID:24204251) (PMCID:PMC3814344)

Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 (2013) Wolbachia and arbovirus inhibition in mosquitoes. Future Microbiology, 8(10), pp. 1249-1256. (doi: 10.2217/fmb.13.95) (PMID:24059916)

Hapairai, Limb K., Sang, Michel A. Cheong, Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 and Bossin, Hervé C. (2013) Population studies of the filarial vector Aedes polynesiensis (Diptera: Culicidae) in two island settings of French Polynesia. Journal of Medical Entomology, 50(5), pp. 965-976. (doi: 10.1603/ME12246) (PMID:24180100)

Hapairai, Limb K., Joseph, Hayley, Sang, Michel A. Cheong, Melrose, Wayne, Ritchie, Scott A., Burkot, Thomas R., Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 and Bossin, Hervé C. (2013) Field evaluation of selected traps and lures for monitoring the filarial and arbovirus vector, Aedes polynesiensis (Diptera: Culicidae), in French Polynesia. Journal of Medical Entomology, 50(4), pp. 731-739. (doi: 10.1603/ME12270) (PMID:23926770)

Blagrove, Marcus S.C., Arias-Goeta, Camilo, Di Genua, Cristina, Failloux, Anna-Bella and Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 (2013) A Wolbachia wMel transinfection in Aedes albopictus is not detrimental to host fitness and inhibits Chikungunya virus. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 7(3), e2152. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002152) (PMID:23556030) (PMCID:PMC3610642)

Pinto, Sofia B., Mariconti, Mara, Bazzocchi, Chiara, Bandi, Claudio and Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 (2012) Wolbachia surface protein induces innate immune responses in mosquito cells. BMC Microbiology, 12(Suppl), S11. (doi: 10.1186/1471-2180-12-S1-S11) (PMID:22375833) (PMCID:PMC3287508)

Blagrove, Marcus S.C., Arias-Goeta, Camilo, Failloux, Anna-Bella and Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 (2012) Wolbachia strain wMel induces cytoplasmic incompatibility and blocks dengue transmission in Aedes albopictus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 109(1), pp. 255-260. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1112021108) (PMID:22123944) (PMCID:PMC3252941)

Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 (2011) Invertebrate post-segregation distorters: a new embryo-killing gene. PLoS Biology, 9(7), e1001114. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001114) (PMID:21814492) (PMCID:PMC3144190)

Hancock, Penelope A., Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 and Godfray, H. Charles J. (2011) Strategies for introducing Wolbachia to reduce transmission of mosquito-borne diseases. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 5(4), e1024. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001024) (PMID:21541357) (PMCID:PMC3082501)

Hancock, Penelope A., Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 and Godfray, H. Charles J. (2011) Population dynamic models of the spread of Wolbachia. American Naturalist, 177(3), pp. 323-333. (doi: 10.1086/658121) (PMID:21460541)

Kambris, Zakaria, Blagborough, Andrew M., Pinto, Sofia B., Blagrove, Marcus S.C., Godfray, H. Charles J., Sinden, Robert E. and Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 (2010) Wolbachia stimulates immune gene expression and inhibits plasmodium development in Anopheles gambiae. PLoS Pathogens, 6(10), e1001143. (doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1001143) (PMID:20949079) (PMCID:PMC2951381)

Kambris, Zakaria, Cook, Peter E., Phuc, Hoang K. and Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 (2009) Immune activation by life-shortening Wolbachia and reduced filarial competence in mosquitoes. Science, 326(5949), pp. 134-136. (doi: 10.1126/science.1177531) (PMID:19797660) (PMCID:PMC2867033)

Walker, Thomas, Song, Shewu and Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 (2009) Wolbachia in the Culex pipiens group mosquitoes: introgression and superinfection. Journal of Heredity, 100(2), pp. 192-196. (doi: 10.1093/jhered/esn079) (PMID:18836146) (PMCID:PMC2726571)

Klasson, Lisa, Kambris, Zakaria, Cook, Peter E., Walker, Thomas and Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 (2009) Horizontal gene transfer between Wolbachia and the mosquito Aedes aegypti. BMC Genomics, 10, 33. (doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-10-33) (PMID:19154594) (PMCID:PMC2647948)

Klasson, L. et al. (2008) Genome evolution of Wolbachia strain wPip from the Culex pipiens group. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 25(9), pp. 1877-1887. (doi: 10.1093/molbev/msn133) (PMID:18550617) (PMCID:PMC2515876)

Walker, Thomas, Klasson, Lisa, Sebaihia, Mohammed, Sanders, Mandy J., Thomson, Nicholas R., Parkhill, Julian and Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 (2007) Ankyrin repeat domain-encoding genes in the wPip strain of Wolbachia from the Culex pipiens group. BMC Biology, 5, 39. (doi: 10.1186/1741-7007-5-39) (PMID:17883830) (PMCID:PMC2045654)

Nene, V. et al. (2007) Genome sequence of Aedes aegypti, a major arbovirus vector. Science, 316(5832), pp. 1718-1723. (doi: 10.1126/science.1138878) (PMID:17510324) (PMCID:PMC2868357)

Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 and Gould, Fred (2006) Gene drive systems for insect disease vectors. Nature Reviews Genetics, 7(6), pp. 427-435. (doi: 10.1038/nrg1870) (PMID:16682981)

Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832, Walker, Thomas, Lynd, Amy R., Steven, Andrew R., Makepeace, Ben L., Godfray, H. Charles J. and Parkhill, Julian (2005) Wolbachia variability and host effects on crossing type in Culex mosquitoes. Nature, 436(7048), pp. 257-260. (doi: 10.1038/nature03629) (PMID:16015330)

Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 and Hastings, Ian M. (2004) Male-specific insecticide resistance and mosquito transgene dispersal. Trends in Parasitology, 20(9), pp. 413-416. (doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2004.07.003) (PMID:15324731)

Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 and Godfray, H. Charles J. (2004) Use of Wolbachia to drive nuclear transgenes through insect populations. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 271(1546), pp. 1421-1426. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2740) (PMID:15306342) (PMCID:PMC1691734)

Sinkins, Steven P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-1832 (2004) Wolbachia and cytoplasmic incompatibility in mosquitoes. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 34(7), pp. 723-729. (doi: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2004.03.025) (PMID:15242714)

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Grants

Grants and Awards listed are those received whilst working with the University of Glasgow.

  • Further development of the LAMP-lite system for field applications
    Medical Research Council
    2025 - 2026
     
  • To support research on the relevant biological properties of a microsporidian species (MB) that has been shown to prevent transmission of the malaria plasmodium from Anopheles mosquitoes to humans.
    Open Philanthropy Project
    2023 - 2026
     
  • Optimal implementation of Wolbachia wAlbB programmes for dengue control
    Wellcome Trust
    2022 - 2027
     
  • ANTI-VeC Network Continuation
    Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
    2022 - 2023
     
  • CVR-Pirbright Partnerhsip
    Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
    2021 - 2023
     
  • Microsporidia MB symbionts for malaria control
    Open Philanthropy Project
    2020 - 2023
     
  • ANTI-VeC Small Grants: Microsporidia MB Africa-wide Survey
    Open Philanthropy Project
    2020 - 2023
     
  • Genetic and symbiotic strategies for vector-borne disease control
    Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
    2017 - 2020
     
  • Endosymbiotic Bacteria and Vector Competence: The Effects of Harboring Spiroplasma on the Biology of Anopheles Mosquitos
    Wellcome Trust
    2017 - 2019
     
  • SFC-GCRF: Microbe-based Malaria transmission blocking in Anopheles mosquitoes
    Scottish Funding Council
    2016 - 2017
     
  • Wolbachia-based control of virus transmission by the mosquito Aedes albopictus
    Wellcome Trust
    2016 - 2021
     
  • Wolbachia-mediated arbovirus inhibition in mosquitoes
    Wellcome Trust
    2016 - 2021
     
  • ZIKA: Vector competence and interactions with Wolbachia
    Medical Research Council
    2016 - 2017
     

Supervision

Research datasets

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Number of items: 4.

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)

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Editorial Board

  • - present: Insect Molecular Biology

Grant Advisory Board

  • 2018 - 2021: Wellcome Trust - International Interview Committee
  • 2014 - 2020: Royal Society - Newton Advanced Fellowships Panel

Research Fellowship

  • 2017 - 2020: Global Challenges Research Fund - Director, GCRF Vector Research Network 'ANTI-VeC’
  • 2006 - 2021: Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship

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