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Stephen J. Martin is affiliated with the University of Salford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on subfields such as Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Epidemiology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist's work covers multiple main topics including Insect and Pesticide Research, Plant and Animal Studies, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Bee Products Chemical Analysis, Mosquito-borne Diseases and Control, and Vibrio Bacteria Research Studies.

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • Apidologie
  • Viruses
  • Archives of Virology
  • UNC Libraries
  • Helda (University of Helsinki)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Stephen J. Martin include:

  • Isobel Grindrod
  • Declan C. Schroeder
  • Ethel M. Villalobos
  • Georgiana Webb
  • Laura E. Brettell

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Stephen J. Martin are:

  • "The many ways to delimit species: hairs, genes and surface chemistry" (2023), published in Helda (University of Helsinki)
  • "Cold case: The disappearance of Egypt bee virus, a fourth distinct master strain of deformed wing virus linked to honeybee mortality in 1970's Egypt" (2022), published in Virology Journal
  • "RNAseq of Deformed Wing Virus and Other Honey Bee-Associated Viruses in Eight Insect Taxa with or without Varroa Infestation" (2020), published in Viruses
  • "Parallel evolution of Varroa resistance in honey bees: a common mechanism across continents?" (2021), published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Deformed wing virus prevalence and load in honeybees in South Africa" (2020), published in Archives of Virology

Best Publications

  • Global Honey Bee Viral Landscape Altered by a Parasitic Mite

    Stephen J. Martin;Andrea C. Highfield;Laura Brettell;Ethel M. Villalobos

  • Host Specific Social Parasites ( Psithyrus ) Indicate Chemical Recognition System in Bumblebees

    Stephen J. Martin;Jonathan M. Carruthers;Paul H. Williams;Falko P. Drijfhout

  • Standard methods for varroa research

    Vincent Dietemann;Francesco Nazzi;Stephen J Martin;Denis L Anderson

  • The transmission of deformed wing virus between honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) by the ectoparasitic mite varroa jacobsoni Oud

    P.L Bowen-Walker;S.J Martin;A Gunn

  • Deformed wing virus is a recent global epidemic in honeybees driven by Varroa mites

    L. Wilfert;G. Long;H. C. Leggett;P. Schmid-Hempel

  • The role of Varroa and viral pathogens in the collapse of honeybee colonies: a modelling approach

    Stephen J. Martin

  • Deformed wing virus implicated in overwintering honeybee colony losses.

    Andrea C. Highfield;Aliya El Nagar;Luke C. M. Mackinder;Laure M.-L. J. Noël

  • A review of ant cuticular hydrocarbons.

    Stephen Martin;Falko Drijfhout

  • The dynamics of virus epidemics in Varroa -infested honey bee colonies

    David J.T. Sumpter;S.J. Martin

  • Ontogenesis of the mite Varroa jacobsoni Oud. in worker brood of the honeybee Apis mellifera L. under natural conditions

    S. J. Martin

  • A population model for the ectoparasitic mite Varroa jacobsoni in honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies

    Stephen Martin

  • Deformed Wing Virus in Honeybees and Other Insects.

    Stephen J Martin;Laura E Brettell

  • Diversity in a honey bee pathogen: first report of a third master variant of the Deformed Wing Virus quasispecies.

    Gideon J Mordecai;Lena Wilfert;Stephen J Martin;Ian M Jones

  • Chemical basis of nest-mate discrimination in the ant Formica exsecta

    Stephen J Martin;Emma Vitikainen;Heikki Helanterä;Falko P Drijfhout

  • Honey bee colony collapse and changes in viral prevalence associated with Varroa destructor

    Norman L. Carreck;Brenda V. Ball;Stephen J. Martin

  • Distribution, spread, and impact of the invasive hornet Vespa velutina in South Korea

    Moon Bo Choi;Stephen J. Martin;Jong Wook Lee

  • Parasitic Cape honeybee workers, Apis mellifera capensis , evade policing

    Stephen J Martin;Madeleine Beekman;Madeleine Beekman;Theresa C Wossler;Francis L W Ratnieks

  • Cuticular hydrocarbon profiles as a taxonomic tool: advantages, limitations and technical aspects

    Ricarda Kather;Stephen J. Martin

  • Covert deformed wing virus infections have long-term deleterious effects on honeybee foraging and survival

    Kristof Benaets;Anneleen Van Geystelen;Dries Cardoen;Lina De Smet

  • Learning and discrimination of individual cuticular hydrocarbons by honeybees (Apis mellifera).

    Nicolas Châline;Jean-Christophe Sandoz;Stephen J. Martin;Francis L.W. Ratnieks

  • Evolution of species-specific cuticular hydrocarbon patterns in Formica ants

    Stephen J. Martin;Heikki Helanterä;Falko P. Drijfhout

Frequent Co-Authors

Falko P. Drijfhout
Falko P. Drijfhout Keele University
Francis L. W. Ratnieks
Francis L. W. Ratnieks University of Sussex
Heikki Helanterä
Heikki Helanterä University of Oulu
Barry T. Rouse
Barry T. Rouse University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Madeleine Beekman
Madeleine Beekman University of Sydney
Ian M. Jones
Ian M. Jones University of Reading
William O. H. Hughes
William O. H. Hughes University of Sussex
Liselotte Sundström
Liselotte Sundström University of Helsinki
Roger K. Butlin
Roger K. Butlin University of Sheffield

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