Dr Luke Ambrose
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of Biological Sciences
Journal Articles
Hugo, Leon E., Rašić, Gordana, Maynard, Andrew J., Ambrose, Luke, Liddington, Catherine, Thomas, Callum J. E., Nath, Nisa Suraj, Graham, Melissa, Winterford, Clay, Wimalasiri-Yapa, B M C Randika, Xi, Zhiyong, Beebe, Nigel W. and Devine, Gregor J. (2022). Wolbachia wAlbB inhibit dengue and Zika infection in the mosquito Aedes aegypti with an Australian background. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 16 (10) e0010786, e0010786. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010786
Ambrose, Luke, Popovic, Iva, Hereward, James, Ortiz-Barrientos, Daniel and Beebe, Nigel W. (2022). Comparisons of chemosensory gene repertoires in human and non-human feeding Anopheles mosquitoes link olfactory genes to anthropophily. iScience, 25 (7) 104521, 104521. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104521
Ambrose, Luke, Ortiz‐Barrientos, Daniel, Cooper, Robert D., Lobo, Neil F., Burkot, Thomas R., Russell, Tanya L. and Beebe, Nigel W. (2021). Gene flow between island populations of the malaria mosquito, Anopheles hinesorum, may have contributed to the spread of divergent host preference phenotypes. Evolutionary Applications, 14 (9) eva.13288, 1-14. doi: 10.1111/eva.13288
Ambrose, Luke, Hanson, Jeffrey O., Riginos, Cynthia, Xu, Weixin, Fordyce, Sarah, Cooper, Robert D. and Beebe, Nigel W. (2019). Population genetics of Anopheles koliensis through Papua New Guinea: new cryptic species and landscape topography effects on genetic connectivity. Ecology and Evolution, 9 (23), 13375-13388. doi: 10.1002/ece3.5792
Maynard, Andrew J., Ambrose, Luke, Cooper, Robert D., Chow, Weng K., Davis, Joseph B., Muzari, Mutizwa O., van den Hurk, Andrew F., Hall-Mendelin, Sonja, Hasty, Jeomhee M., Burkot, Thomas R., Bangs, Michael J., Reimer, Lisa J., Butafa, Charles, Lobo, Neil F., Syafruddin, Din, Maung, Yan Naung Maung, Ahmad, Rohani and Beebe, Nigel W. (2017). Tiger on the prowl: invasion history and spatio-temporal genetic structure of the Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus (Skuse 1894) in the Indo-Pacific. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 11 (4) e0005546, e0005546. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005546
Ambrose, Luke, Cooper, Robert D., Russell, Tanya L., Burkot, Thomas R., Lobo, Neil F., Collins, Frank H., Hii, Jeffrey and Beebe, Nigel W. (2014). Microsatellite and mitochondrial markers reveal strong gene flow barriers for Anopheles farauti in the Solomon Archipelago: implications for malaria vector control. International Journal for Parasitology, 44 (3-4), 225-233. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2013.12.001
Seah, Ignatius M., Ambrose, Luke, Cooper, Robert D. and Beebe, Nigel W. (2013). Multilocus population genetic analysis of the Southwest Pacific malaria vector Anopheles punctulatus. International Journal for Parasitology, 43 (10), 825-835. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2013.05.004
Beebe, Nigel W., Ambrose, Luke, Hill, Lydia A., Davis, Joseph B., Hapgood, George, Cooper, Robert D., Russell, Richard C., Ritchie, Scott A., Reimer, Lisa J., Lobo, Neil F., Syafruddin, Din and van den Hurk, Andrew F. (2013). Tracing the Tiger: Population Genetics Provides Valuable Insights into the Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus Invasion of the Australasian Region. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 7 (8) e2361, e2361.1-e2361.11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002361
Roda, Federico, Ambrose, Luke, Walter, Gregory M., Liu, Huanle L., Schaul, Andrea, Lowe, Andrew, Pelser, Pieter B., Prentis, Peter, Rieseberg, Loren H. and Ortiz-Barrientos, Daniel (2013). Genomic evidence for the parallel evolution of coastal forms in the Senecio lautus complex. Molecular Ecology, 22 (11), 2941-2952. doi: 10.1111/mec.12311
Ambrose, L., Riginos, C., Cooper, R. D., Leow, K. S., Ong, W. and Beebe, N. W. (2012). Population structure, mitochondrial polyphyly and the repeated loss of human biting ability in anopheline mosquitoes from the southwest Pacific. Molecular Ecology, 21 (17), 4327-4343. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05690.x
Conference Paper
Beebe, Nigel, Ambrose, Luke, Tom, Burkot, Tanya, Russell and Cooper, Bob (2013). Microsatellites Reveal Population Genetic Structure in Anopheles Farauti Through the Solomon Islands That Correlates with Differences in Time of Night Feeding Behaviour. EMBO Conference on Molecular and Population Biology of Mosquitoes and Other Disease Vectors: From Basic Vector Biology to Disease Control, Kolymbari, Greece, 15 -19 July 2013. Leeds, W Yorks, United Kingdom: Maney Publishing. doi: 10.1179/2047772413Z.000000000160
Thesis
Ambrose, Luke (2021). Population genetics and comparative genomics of Anopheles mosquitoes with different feeding behaviours. PhD Thesis, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/314a239