  | 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  Editorial reviewed |
  | 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 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | 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 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | 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 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | 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 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi* These authors have contributed equally to this work. |
 | H. Wang, G. Zhang, Y. Wang, Z. Cao, S. Cao, B. Wei, Y. Liu, M. Lienard, and C. Niu. "Specific transcription factors regulate the expression of Rh6 in Bactrocera minax and Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae)." International Journal of Biological Macromolecules (2025): 141201. doi:10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2025.141201 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | 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 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi* 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 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
| 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 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | 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 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
| 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 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
| 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 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
| 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 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi* 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 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | 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 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | 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 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | 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 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | 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 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | 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 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | 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 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi* 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 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | 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 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | 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 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | 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 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
 | 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 Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi |
M. Lienard. "Molecular and functional evolution of insect GPCR opsins." Paper presented at OptoGPCR workshop, Schwanenwerder, Germany, 2024. |
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 evolution and molecular dynamics of light-sensitive opsin receptor adaptations." Paper presented at XXVIIth International Congress of Entomology, Kyoto, Japan, August 2024. Peer reviewed |
M. Ma, James Fleming, and M. Lienard. "The adaptational and evolutionary history of spectral sensitivity in ecdysozoan r-opsins." Paper presented at 20th International Conference on Retinal Proteins ICRP2024, Interlaken, Switzerland, 2024. Peer reviewed |
M. Lienard. "Functional evolution and spectral tuning mechanisms of insect visual opsins." Paper presented at 20th International Conference on Retinal Proteins, 2024. Peer reviewed |
M. Lienard. "Functional basis of insect visual opsin evolution." Paper presented at Vth International Conference on Invertebrate Vision (ICIV), Bäckaskog, Sweden, 28 July 2023. Peer reviewed |
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. Peer reviewed |
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. Peer reviewed |
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. Peer reviewed |
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. Peer reviewed |
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. Peer reviewed |
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. |
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. Peer reviewed |
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. Peer reviewed |
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. Peer reviewed |
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. Peer reviewed |
 | 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. Editorial reviewed |
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 Editorial reviewed |
M. Lienard. "Molecular Evolution and Functional Adaptations of Visual Sensory Systems." Paper presented at Interuniversity PhD student's day, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, 2024. |
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. |
