Publications

Research publications

• Cross-modal sensory compensation increases mosquito attraction to humans
  Morita T., Lyn N.G., von Heynitz R.K., Goldman O.V., Sorrells T.R., DeGennaro M., Matthews B.J., Houri-Zeevi L., Vosshall L.B. bioRxiv (2023)
  

• Non-Canonical Odor Coding in the Mosquito
  Herre M., Goldman O.V., Lu T-C., Caballero-Vidal G., Qi Y., Gilbert Z.N., Gong Z., Morita T., Rahiel S., Ghaninia M., Ignell R., Matthews B.J., Li H., Vosshall L.B., Younger M.A. Cell (2022) bioRxiv (2020; 2022)
  

• Mosquito brains encode unique features of human odour to drive host seeking
  Zhao Z., Zung J.L., Hinze A., Kriete A.L., Iqbal A., Younger M.A., Matthews B.J., Merhof D., Thiberge S., Ignell R., Strauch M., and McBride C.S. Nature (2022) bioRxiv (2020)
  

• Molecular evidence of intertidal habitats selecting for repeated ice-binding protein evolution in invertebrates
  Box I.C.H., Matthews B.J., and Marshall K.E. Journal of Experimental Biology (2022) bioRxiv (2021)
  

• A single unidirectional piRNA cluster similar to the flamenco locus is the major source of EVE-derived transcription and small RNAs in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes
  Aguiar, E.R.G.R., Almeida, J.P.P., Queiroz L.R., Oliveira L.S., Olmo R.P., Faria I.J.S., Imler J-L., Gruber A., Matthews B.J., and Marques J.T. RNA (2020)
  

• Modeling the Putative Ancient Distribution of Aedes togoi (Diptera: Culicidae) PDF Raw data
  Peach D.A.H. and Matthews B.J. bioRxiv (2020) and Journal of Insect Science (2020) bioRxiv (2020)
  

• The ion channel ppk301 controls freshwater egg-laying in the mosquito Aedes aegypti. PDF
  Matthews B.J.*, Younger M.A.*, and Vosshall L.B. (* denotes equal contribution)
  eLife (2019) bioRxiv (2018)
  eLife Insight

• Improved reference genome of Aedes aegypti informs arbovirus vector control. PDF
  Matthews B.J.*, Dudchenko O.*, Kingan, S.*, Koren S., Antoshechkin I., Crawford J.E., Glassford W.J., Herre M., Redmond S.N., Rose N.H., Weedall G.D., Wu Y., Batra S.S., Brito-Sierra C.A., Buckingham S.D., Campbell C.L., Chan S., Cox E., Evans B.R., Fansiri T., Filipović I., Fontaine A., Gloria-Soria A., Hall R., Joardar V.S., Jones A.K., Kay R.G.G., Kodali V.K., Lee J., Lycett G.J., Mitchell S.N., Muehling J., Murphy M.R., Omer A.D., Partridge F.A., Peluso P., Aiden A.P., Ramasamy V., Rašić G., Roy S., Saavedra-Rodriguez K., Sharan S., Sharma A., Smith M.L., Turner J., Weakley A.M., Zhao Z., Akbari O.S., Black W.C. 4th, Cao H., Darby A.C., Hill C.A., Johnston J.S., Murphy T.D., Raikhel A.S., Sattelle D.B., Sharakhov I.V., White B.J., Zhao L., Aiden E.L., Mann R.S., Lambrechts L., Powell J.R., Sharakhova M.V., Tu Z., Robertson H.M., McBride C.S., Hastie A.R., Korlach J., Neafsey D.E., Phillippy A.M., and Vosshall, L.B. (* denotes equal contribution)
  Nature (2018) bioRxiv (2017)
  Nature News & Views

• orco  mutagenesis causes loss of antennal lobe glomeruli and impaired social behavior in ants. PDF
  Trible W., Olivos-Cisneros L., McKenzie S.K., Saragosti J., Chang, N.C., Matthews B.J., Oxley P.R., and Kronauer, D.J.C.
  Cell (2017) bioRxiv (2017)

• The neurotranscriptome of the Aedes aegypti mosquito. PDF
  Matthews B.J., McBride C.S., DeGennaro, M., Despo O., and Vosshall, L.B.
  BMC Genomics (2016) bioRxiv (2015)

• Genome-engineering with CRISPR-Cas9 in the mosquito Aedes aegypti. PDF
  Kistler K.E., Vosshall L.B., and Matthews B.J.
  Cell Reports (2015) bioRxiv (2014)

• Multimodal integration of carbon dioxide and other sensory cues drives mosquito attraction to humans. PDF
  McMeniman C.J., Corfas R.A., Matthews B.J., Ritchie S.A., and Vosshall L.B.
  Cell (2014)

• Dscam1-mediated self-avoidance counters Netrin-dependent targeting of dendrites in Drosophila. PDF
  Matthews B.J. and Grueber W.B.
  Current Biology (2011)

• Robust discrimination between self and non-self neurites requires thousands of Dscam1 isoforms. PDF
  Hattori, D., Chen, Y., Matthews, B.J., Salwinski, L., Sabatti, C., Grueber, W.B., and Zipursky S.L.
  Nature (2009)

• Dendrite self-avoidance is controlled by Dscam. PDF
  Matthews B.J., Kim, M.E., Flanagan, J.J., Hattori, D., Clemens, J.C., Zipursky S.L., and Grueber, W.B.
  Cell (2007)

• Brain activation during sight gags and language-dependent humor. PDF
  Watson, K.K., Matthews, B.J., and Allman, J.M.
  Cerebral Cortex (2007)

• BDNF increases synapse density in dendrites of developing tectal neurons in vivo. PDF
  Sanchez, A.L.*, Matthews, B.J.*, Meynard, M.M.*, Hu, B.*, Javed, S., and Cohen-Cory, S.C. (* denotes equal contribution)
  Development (2006)

Details on publications can also be found at Google Scholar and ORCID

Reviews and protocols

• An update and review of arthropod vector sensory systems: potential targets for behavioural manipulation by parasites and other disease agents. Doherty J-F., Ames T., Brewster L.I., Chiang J., Cyr E., Kelsey C.R., Lee J.P., Liu B., Lo I., Nirwal G.K., Mohammed Y.G., Phelan O., Seyfouran P., Shannon D.M., Tochor N.K., Matthews B.J.
  Advances in Parasitology (2024, in revision)
• Evaluating egg-laying preference of individual Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, Automated egg-counting approaches for Aedes aegypti oviposition experiments, and topic introduction: Measuring Oviposition Preference in Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes
  Tochor T.K., Mohammed Y.G., Matthews B.J.
  Cold Spring Harbor Protocols (2023)
• Validating Single-Guide RNA for Aedes aegypti Gene Editing and topic introduction: Design and Validation of Guide RNAs for CRISPR–Cas9 Genome Editing in Mosquitoes
  Lo, I. H-Y., and Matthews, B.J.
  Cold Spring Harbor Protocols (2023)
• The Invasive Mosquitoes of Canada: An Entomological, Medical, and Veterinary Review
  Peach, D.A.H., and Matthews, B.J.
  The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (2022)
• Host manipulation, gene editing, and non-traditional model organisms: a new frontier for behavioral research?
  Doherty, J-F., and Matthews, B.J.
  Frontiers in Insect Science (2022)
• Sensory mechanisms for the shift from phytophagy to haematophagy in mosquitoes.
  Peach, D.A.H., and Matthews, B.J.
  Current Opinion in Insect Science (2022).
• Seeing smell: the structural underpinnings of insect olfaction.
  Brewster, L.I., and Matthews, B.J.
  Trends in Biochemical Sciences (2021).

• How to turn an organism into a model organism in 10 ‘easy’ steps. PDF
  Matthews, B.J. and Vosshall, L.B.
  Journal of Experimental Biology (2020)

• Aedes aegypti PDF
  Matthews, B.J.
  Trends in Genetics (2019)

• Molecules and mechanisms of dendrite development in Drosophila. PDF
  Corty, M.M.*, Matthews B.J.*, and Grueber W.B. (* denotes equal contribution)
  Development (2009)

• Of cartridges and columns: new roles for cadherins in visual system development. PDF
  Matthews B.J., Corty M.M., and Grueber W.B.
  Neuron (2008)

Press

• We can genetically modify pests. But should we?
  The Big Story Podcast, November 2023.
• Canadian Council of Aacademies: Report on Regulating Gene-Edited Organisms for Pest Control
  Canadian Council of Academies, November 2023.
• UBC biologist recognized as one of North America’s top young scientists
  Silvia Moreno-Garcia, UBC Faculty of Science, February 16, 2021.
• Blood is the life: An appreciation of mosquitoes
  Silvia Moreno-Garcia, UBC Faculty of Science, October 19, 2020.
• Science Says: Why scientists prize plant, animal genomes
  Malcolm Ritter, Associated Press, March 29 2019.
• Mosquito genome opens new avenues for reducing bug-borne disease
  Rockefeller University, November 14 2018.
• All the world’s genes, at our fingertips
  Alexander Gelfand, Rockefeller University, Spring 2017.
• Team of Rival Scientists Comes Together to Fight Zika
  Amy Harmon, New York Times, March 30 2016.