M. Lienard* , D. Baez-Nieto* , C.-C. Tsai, W. A. Valencia-Montoya, B. Werin, U. Johanson, J.-M. Lassance, J. Q. Pan, N. Yu, and N. E. Pierce. "TRPA5 encodes a thermosensitive ankyrin ion channel receptor in a triatomine insect." iScience, 27, no. 4 (April 2024): 109541. doi:10.1016/j.isci.2024.109541 * These authors have contributed equally to this work. |
R. A. R. Childers, G. D. Bernard, H. Huang, C.-C. Tsai, M. C. Stoddard, B. G. Hogan, J. S. F. Greenwood et al. "A hypothesis for robust polarization vision: an example from the Australian imperial blue butterfly, Jalmenus evagoras." Journal of Experimental Biology, 226, no. 7 (01 April 2023). doi:10.1242/jeb.244515 |
M. Lienard, W. A. Valencia-Montoya, and N. E. Pierce. "Molecular advances to study the function, evolution and spectral tuning of arthropod visual opsins." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, 377, no. 1862 (24 October 2022): 20210279. doi:10.1098/rstb.2021.0279 |
W. A. Valencia-Montoya, T. B. Quental, J. F. R. Tonini, G. Talavera, J. D. Crall, G. Lamas, R. C. Busby et al. "Evolutionary trade-offs between male secondary sexual traits revealed by a phylogeny of the hyperdiverse tribe Eumaeini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)." Proceedings of the Royal Society. Biological Sciences, 288, no. 1950 (12 May 2021): 20202512. doi:10.1098/rspb.2020.2512 |
M. Lienard, G. D. Bernard, A. Allen, J.-M. Lassance, S. Song, R. R. Childers, N. Yu et al. "The evolution of red color vision is linked to coordinated rhodopsin tuning in lycaenid butterflies." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118, no. 6 (2021). doi:10.1073/pnas.2008986118 |
M. Lienard, L. O. Araripe, and D. L. Hartl. "Neighboring genes for DNA-binding proteins rescue male sterility in Drosophila hybrids." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113, no. 29 (19 July 2016): 4200 - E4207. doi:10.1073/pnas.1608337113 |
M. Lienard, H.-L. Wang, J.-M. Lassance* , and C. Lofstedt*. "Sex pheromone biosynthetic pathways are conserved between moths and the butterfly Bicyclus anynana." Nature Communications, 5 (27 May 2014): 3957. doi:10.1038/ncomms4957 * These authors have contributed equally to this work. |
A. K. Hagstrom, H.-L. Wang, M. Lienard, J.-M. Lassance, T. Johansson, and C. Lofstedt. "A moth pheromone brewery: production of (Z)-11-hexadecenol by heterologous co-expression of two biosynthetic genes from a noctuid moth in a yeast cell factory." Microbial Cell Factories, 12 (13 December 2013): 125. doi:10.1186/1475-2859-12-125 |
J.-M. Lassance, M. Lienard, B. Antony, S. Qian, T. Fujii, J. Tabata, Y. Ishikawa, and C. Lofstedt. "Functional consequences of sequence variation in the pheromone biosynthetic gene pgFAR for Ostrinia moths." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110, no. 10 (05 March 2013): 3967-72. doi:10.1073/pnas.1208706110 |
J. Albre, M. Lienard, T. M. Sirey, S. Schmidt, L. K. Tooman, C. Carraher, D. R. Greenwood, C. Löfstedt, and R. D. Newcomb. "Sex pheromone evolution is associated with differential regulation of the same desaturase gene in two genera of leafroller moths." PLoS Genetics, 8, no. 1 (January 2012): 1002489. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1002489 |
A. K. Hagström, M. Lienard, A. T. Groot, E. Hedenström, and C. Löfstedt. "Semi-selective fatty acyl reductases from four heliothine moths influence the specific pheromone composition." PLoS ONE, 7, no. 5 (2012): 37230. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0037230 |
B.-J. Ding, M. Lienard, H.-L. Wang, C.-H. Zhao, and C. Löfstedt. "Terminal fatty-acyl-CoA desaturase involved in sex pheromone biosynthesis in the winter moth (Operophtera brumata)." Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 41, no. 9 (September 2011): 715 - 722. doi:10.1016/j.ibmb.2011.05.003 |
M. Lienard and C. Löfstedt. "Functional flexibility as a prelude to signal diversity?: Role of a fatty acyl reductase in moth pheromone evolution." Communicative and Integrative Biology, 3, no. 6 (November 2010): 586 - 588. doi:10.4161/cib.3.6.13177 |
H.-L. Wang* , M. Lienard* , C.-H. Zhao, C.-Z. Wang, and C. Löfstedt. "Neofunctionalization in an ancestral insect desaturase lineage led to rare Δ6 pheromone signals in the Chinese tussah silkworm." Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 40, no. 10 (October 2010): 742 - 751. doi:10.1016/j.ibmb.2010.07.009 * These authors have contributed equally to this work. |
J.-M. Lassance, A. T. Groot, M. Lienard, B. Antony, C. Borgwardt, F. Andersson, E. Hedenstrom, D. G. Heckel, and C. Lofstedt. "Allelic variation in a fatty-acyl reductase gene causes divergence in moth sex pheromones." Nature, 466, no. 7305 (22 July 2010): 486-9. doi:10.1038/nature09058 |
M. Lienard, A. K. Hagstrom, J.-M. Lassance, and C. Lofstedt. "Evolution of multicomponent pheromone signals in small ermine moths involves a single fatty-acyl reductase gene." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 107, no. 24 (15 June 2010): 10955-60. doi:10.1073/pnas.1000823107 |
M. Lienard, J.-M. Lassance, H.-L. Wang, C.-H. Zhao, J. Piskur, T. Johansson, and C. Lofstedt. "Elucidation of the sex-pheromone biosynthesis producing 5,7-dodecadienes in Dendrolimus punctatus (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) reveals Delta 11- and Delta 9-desaturases with unusual catalytic properties." Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 40, no. 6 (June 2010): 440-52. doi:10.1016/j.ibmb.2010.04.003 |
M. Lienard, M. Strandh, E. Hedenström, T. Johansson, and C. Löfstedt. "Key biosynthetic gene subfamily recruited for pheromone production prior to the extensive radiation of Lepidoptera." BMC Evolutionary Biology, 8, no. 1 (02 October 2008): 270. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-8-270 |
M. Lienard, J.-M. Lassance, I. Paulmier, J.-F. Picimbon, and C. Lofstedt. "Differential expression of cytochrome c oxidase subunit III gene in castes of the termite Reticulitermes santonensis." Journal of Insect Physiology, 52, no. 6 (June 2006): 551-7. doi:10.1016/j.jinsphys.2006.02.002 |
M. Lienard and N. E. Pierce. "Talk: Natural insect light sensing molecules for biomedical applications." Paper presented at Annual Mind Brain Behaviour Retreat, Cambridge, United States, 09 February 2018. |
M. Lienard, T. Johansson, and C. Löfstedt. "Molecular, Genetic and Biochemical mechanisms implied in distinct lepidopteran sex-pheromone biosynthetic routes." Paper presented at Graduate Research School in Genomic Ecology, Lund, Sweden, August 2008. |
M. Lienard. "Functional basis of insect visual opsin evolution." Paper presented at Vth International Conference on Invertebrate Vision (ICIV), Bäckaskog, Sweden, 28 July 2023. |
M. Lienard. "The evolution and function of insect visual opsins." Paper presented at Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution, Ferrara, Italy, 23 July 2023. |
N. Roberts, E. Svensson, and M. Lienard. "The role of opsins in search image tuning in the damselfly Ischnura elegans." Paper presented at Congress of the European Society of Evolutionary Biology (ESEB), Prague, Czechia, August 2022. |
N. Roberts, O. Lind, and M. Lienard. "Adaptions of the peripheral visual system to dim light in hawkmoths (Sphingidae)." Paper presented at 14th International Congress on Neuroethology, Lisbon, Portugal, July 2022. |
M. Lienard, G. Bernard, F. Zhang, and N. Pierce. "Functional diversity of long-wavelength opsins in Lepidoptera." Paper presented at 4th International Conference on Invertebrate Vision (ICIV), Bäckaskog, Sweden, 23 July 2019. |
M. Lienard, L. Araripe, and D. Hartl. "Identification of hybrid male-sterility genes in sibling species of Drosophila." Paper presented at 15th Congress of the European Society of Evolutionary Biology (ESEB), Lausanne, Switzerland, July 2015. |
M. Lienard, L. Araripe, and D. Hartl. "Identification of Hybrid Sterility Genes in Drosophila." Paper presented at EMBO US Fellow Annual Meeting, La Jolla, United States, October 2014. |
A. Hagström, M. Lienard, J.-M. Lassance, and C. Löfstedt. "Functional Fatty Acid Reductases in the ermine moths, Yponomeutidae, and their involvement in pheromone biosynthesis." Paper presented at 25th International Society of Chemical Ecology Meeting, Neuchatel, Switzerland, August 2009. |
M. Lienard, T. Johansson, and C. Löfstedt. "Exploring genomics of pheromone divergence in small Ermine moths." Paper presented at 25th International Society of Chemical Ecology Meeting, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, August 2009. |
M. Lienard, T. Johansson, J. Piškur, and C. Löfstedt. "Functional analysis of Δ11-desaturase genes involved in the biosynthesis of conjugated pheromone components in primitive and advanced moth species." Paper presented at 11th European Symposium of Insect Taste and Olfaction (ESITO), July 2007. |
M. Lienard, J.-M. Lassance, M. Strandh, J. Piškur, C.-H. Zhao, and C. Löfstedt. "Sex Pheromone Biosynthesis Pathways of the Pine Caterpillar Moth, Dendrolimus punctuates." Paper presented at 22nd International Society of Chemical Ecology Conference (ISCE), Barcelona, Spain, July 2006. |
M. Lienard and C. Löfstedt. "Small Ermine moths: Role of Pheromones in Reproductive Isolation and Speciation." In Pheromone Communication in Moths: Evolution, Behaviour and Applicationby C. Löfstedt, 211-224. University of California Press. Oakland, United States: University of California Press, 2016. |
M. Lienard. "Evolution of mate signalling in moths: biosynthetic gene families and pheromone diversification." Unpublished doctoral thesis, Lund University [Faculty of Sciences], Lund, Sweden, 2010. Jury: Jury: C. Löfstedt (Promotor), B. Tullberg, R. Butlin, C. Linn, and S. Stymme. . |
M. Lienard. "Sensory evolution: A dazzling hack to cope with bright light in owls and whales." Current Biology, 33, no. 22 (20 November 2023): 1200 - R1202. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2023.10.006 |
M. Lienard. "Tandem Talk: Insect genes and functions - from scents to vision." Paper presented at Departmental Tandem Talks, Lund, Sweden, 2020. |
M. Lienard. "Why and how do scientists study Evolution? Public Outreach ESEB." 2015. |