Associate Professor Kirsty Short

NHMRC Principal Research Fellow

School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences
Faculty of Science
k.short@uq.edu.au
+61 7 336 54226

Overview

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Melbourne
  • Bachelor (Honours) of Science (Advanced), University of Melbourne
  • Bachelor of Arts, University of Melbourne

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  • Raadsen, M., Langerak, T., Du Toit, J., Kruip, M. J.H.A., Aynekulu Mersha, D., De Maat, M. P.M., Vermin, B., Van den Akker, J. P.C., Schmitz, K. S., Bakhtiari, K., Meijers, J. C.M., van Gorp, E. C.M., Short, K. R., Haagmans, B., de Vries, R. D., Gommers, D. A.M.P.J., Endeman, H. and Goeijenbier, M. (2024). Presence of procoagulant peripheral blood mononuclear cells in severe COVID-19 patients relate to ventilation perfusion mismatch and precede pulmonary embolism. Journal of critical care, 79 154463, 154463. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2023.154463

  • Hulme, Katina D., Tong, Zhen Wei Marcus, Rowntree, Louise C., van de Sandt, Carolien E., Ronacher, Katharina, Grant, Emma J., Dorey, Emily S., Gallo, Linda A., Gras, Stephanie, Kedzierska, Katherine, Barrett, Helen L. and Short, Kirsty R. (2024). Increasing HbA1c is associated with reduced CD8+ T cell functionality in response to influenza virus in a TCR-dependent manner in individuals with diabetes mellitus. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 81 (1) 35, 35. doi: 10.1007/s00018-023-05010-4

  • Bloxham, Conor J., Hulme, Katina D., Fierro, Fabrizio, Fercher, Christian, Pegg, Cassandra L., O'Brien, Shannon L., Foster, Simon R., Short, Kirsty R., Furness, Sebastian G. B., Reichelt, Melissa E., Niv, Masha Y. and Thomas, Walter G. (2024). Cardiac human bitter taste receptors contain naturally occurring variants that alter function. Biochemical Pharmacology, 219 115932, 115932. doi: 10.1016/j.bcp.2023.115932

  • Stylianou, Nataly, Sebina, Ismail, Matigian, Nicholas, Monkman, James, Doehler, Hadeel, Röhl, Joan, Allenby, Mark, Nam, Andy, Pan, Liuliu, Rockstroh, Anja, Sadeghirad, Habib, Chung, Kimberly, Sobanski, Thais, O'Byrne, Ken, Almeida, Ana Clara Simoes Florido, Rebutini, Patricia Zadorosnei, Machado‐Souza, Cleber, Stonoga, Emanuele Therezinha Schueda, Warkiani, Majid E, Salomon, Carlos, Short, Kirsty, McClements, Lana, de Noronha, Lucia, Huang, Ruby, Belz, Gabrielle T, Souza‐Fonseca‐Guimaraes, Fernando, Clifton, Vicki and Kulasinghe, Arutha (2024). Whole transcriptome profiling of placental pathobiology in SARS‐CoV‐2 pregnancies identifies placental dysfunction signatures. Clinical & Translational Immunology, 13 (2) e1488, e1488. doi: 10.1002/cti2.1488

  • Macauslane, Kyle L., Pegg, Cassandra L., Short, Kirsty R. and Schulz, Benjamin L. (2023). Modulation of endoplasmic reticulum stress response pathways by respiratory viruses. Critical Reviews in Microbiology, 1-19. doi: 10.1080/1040841x.2023.2274840

  • Nair, Soumyalekshmi, Nova-Lamperti, Estefania, Labarca, Gonzalo, Kulasinghe, Arutha, Short, Kirsty R., Carrión, Flavio and Salomon, Carlos (2023). Genomic communication via circulating extracellular vesicles and long-term health consequences of COVID-19. Journal of Translational Medicine, 21 (1) 709, 1-19. doi: 10.1186/s12967-023-04552-2

  • Tan, Xiao, Grice, Laura F., Tran, Minh, Mulay, Onkar, Monkman, James, Blick, Tony, Vo, Tuan, Almeida, Ana Clara, da Silva Motta, Jarbas, Fernandes de Moura, Karen, Machado‐Souza, Cleber, Souza‐Fonseca‐Guimaraes, Paulo, Baena, Cristina Pellegrino, de Noronha, Lucia, Guimaraes, Fernanda Simoes Fortes, Luu, Hung N., Drennon, Tingsheng, Williams, Stephen, Stern, Jacob, Uytingco, Cedric, Pan, Liuliu, Nam, Andy, Cooper, Caroline, Short, Kirsty, Belz, Gabrielle T., Souza‐Fonseca‐Guimaraes, Fernando, Kulasinghe, Arutha and Nguyen, Quan (2023). A robust platform for integrative spatial multi‐omics analysis to map immune responses to SARS‐CoV‐2 infection in lung tissues. Immunology, 170 (3), 401-418. doi: 10.1111/imm.13679

  • Zhu, Yanshan, Almeida, Flávia Jacqueline, Baillie, J Kenneth, Bowen, Asha C, Britton, Philip N, Brizuela, Martin Eduardo, Buonsenso, Danilo, Burgner, David, Chew, Keng Yih, Chokephaibulkit, Kulkanya, Cohen, Cheryl, Cormier, Stephania A, Crawford, Nigel, Curtis, Nigel, Farias, Camila G A, Gilks, Charles F, von Gottberg, Anne, Hamer, Diana, Jarovsky, Daniel, Jassat, Waasila, Jesus, Ana Rita, Kemp, Lisa S, Khumcha, Benjawan, McCallum, Georgina, Miller, Jessica E, Morello, Rosa, Munro, Alasdair P S, Openshaw, Peter J M, Padmanabhan, Srivatsan ... For the International Severe Acute Respiratory Infection Consortium (ISARIC4C) groupPediatric Active Enhanced Disease Surveillance (PAEDS) Network group (2023). International pediatric COVID-19 severity over the course of the pandemic. JAMA Pediatrics, 177 (10), 1073-1084. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2023.3117

  • Tu, Wen Juan, Melino, Michelle, Dunn, Jenny, McCuaig, Robert D., Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Tsimbalyuk, Sofiya, Forwood, Jade K., Ahuja, Taniya, Vandermeide, John, Tan, Xiao, Tran, Minh, Nguyen, Quan, Zhang, Liang, Nam, Andy, Pan, Liuliu, Liang, Yan, Smith, Corey, Lineburg, Katie, Nguyen, Tam H., Sng, Julian D. J., Tong, Zhen Wei Marcus, Chew, Keng Yih, Short, Kirsty R., Le Grand, Roger, Seddiki, Nabila and Rao, Sudha (2023). In vivo inhibition of nuclear ACE2 translocation protects against SARS-CoV-2 replication and lung damage through epigenetic imprinting. Nature Communications, 14 (1) 3680, 3680. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-39341-4

  • Martínez-Mármol, Ramón, Giordano-Santini, Rosina, Kaulich, Eva, Cho, Ann-Na, Przybyla, Magdalena, Riyadh, Md Asrafuzzaman, Robinson, Emilija, Chew, Keng Yih, Amor, Rumelo, Meunier, Frédéric A., Balistreri, Giuseppe, Short, Kirsty R., Ke, Yazi D., Ittner, Lars M. and Hilliard, Massimo A. (2023). SARS-CoV-2 infection and viral fusogens cause neuronal and glial fusion that compromises neuronal activity. Science Advances, 9 (23) eadg2248, 1-15. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adg2248

  • Short, Kirsty R. and Cowling, Benjamin J. (2023). Assessing the potential for fomite transmission of SARS-CoV-2. The Lancet Microbe, 4 (6), e380-e381. doi: 10.1016/s2666-5247(23)00099-x

  • Yunis, Joseph, Short, Kirsty R. and Yu, Di (2023). Severe respiratory viral infections: T-cell functions diverging from immunity to inflammation. Trends in Microbiology, 31 (6), 644-656. doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2022.12.008

  • Short, Kirsty R. (2023). Long COVID. Microbiology Australia, 44 (2), 113-114. doi: 10.1071/ma23032

  • Zhu, Yanshan, Xia, Yao, Pickering, Janessa, Bowen, Asha C. and Short, Kirsty R. (2023). The role of children in transmission of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern within households: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis, as at 30 June 2022. Eurosurveillance, 28 (18), 1-17. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2023.28.18.2200624

  • Labzin, Larisa I., Chew, Keng Yih, Eschke, Kathrin, Wang, Xiaohui, Esposito, Tyron, Stocks, Claudia J., Rae, James, Patrick, Ralph, Mostafavi, Helen, Hill, Brittany, Yordanov, Teodor E., Holley, Caroline L., Emming, Stefan, Fritzlar, Svenja, Mordant, Francesca L., Steinfort, Daniel P., Subbarao, Kanta, Nefzger, Christian M., Lagendijk, Anne K., Gordon, Emma J., Parton, Robert G., Short, Kirsty R., Londrigan, Sarah L. and Schroder, Kate (2023). Macrophage ACE2 is necessary for SARS-CoV-2 replication and subsequent cytokine responses that restrict continued virion release. Science Signaling, 16 (782) eabq1366, eabq1366. doi: 10.1126/scisignal.abq1366

  • Yamamoto, Ayaho, Sly, Peter D., Chew, Keng Yih, Khachatryan, Lavrent, Begum, Nelufa, Yeo, Abrey J., Vu, Luan D, Short, Kirsty R., Cormier, Stephania A and Fantino, Emmanuelle (2023). Environmentally persistent free radicals enhance SARS-CoV-2 replication in respiratory epithelium. Experimental Biology and Medicine, 248 (3), 271-279. doi: 10.1177/15353702221142616

  • Wang, Ya, Schughart, Klaus, Pelaia, Tiana Maria, Chew, Tracy, Kim, Karan, Karvunidis, Thomas, Knippenberg, Ben, Teoh, Sally, Phu, Amy L., Short, Kirsty R., Iredell, Jonathan, Thevarajan, Irani, Audsley, Jennifer, Macdonald, Stephen, Burcham, Jonathon, Tang, Benjamin, McLean, Anthony, Shojaei, Maryam and PREDICT-19 Consortium (2023). Pathway and network analyses identify growth factor signaling and MMP9 as potential mediators of mitochondrial dysfunction in severe COVID-19. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24 (3) 2524, 1-18. doi: 10.3390/ijms24032524

  • Karawita, Anjana C., Cheng, Yuanyuan, Chew, Keng Yih, Challagulla, Arjun, Kraus, Robert, Mueller, Ralf C., Tong, Marcus Z. W., Hulme, Katina D., Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Steele, Lauren E., Wu, Melanie, Sng, Julian, Noye, Ellesandra, Bruxner, Timothy J., Au, Gough G., Lowther, Suzanne, Blommaert, Julie, Suh, Alexander, McCauley, Alexander J., Kaur, Parwinder, Dudchenko, Olga, Aiden, Erez, Fedrigo, Olivier, Formenti, Giulio, Mountcastle, Jacquelyn, Chow, William, Martin, Fergal J., Ogeh, Denye N., Thiaud-Nissen, Françoise ... Short, Kirsty R. (2023). The swan genome and transcriptome, it is not all black and white. Genome Biology, 24 (1) 13, 1-24. doi: 10.1186/s13059-022-02838-0

  • Wang, Ya, Schughart, Klaus, Pelaia, Tiana Maria, Chew, Tracy, Kim, Karan, Karvunidis, Thomas, Knippenberg, Ben, Teoh, Sally, Phu, Amy L., Short, Kirsty R., Iredell, Jonathan, Thevarajan, Irani, Audsley, Jennifer, Macdonald, Stephen, Burcham, Jonathon, McLean, Anthony, Tang, Benjamin, Shojaei, Maryam, PREDICT-19 consortium, Kulasinghe, Arutha and Carney, Meagan E. (2023). Blood transcriptome responses in patients correlate with severity of COVID-19 disease. Frontiers in Immunology, 13 1043219, 1-18. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.1043219

  • Shojaei, Maryam, Shamshirian, Amir, Monkman, James, Grice, Laura, Tran, Minh, Tan, Chin Wee, Teo, Siok Min, Rodrigues Rossi, Gustavo, McCulloch, Timothy R., Nalos, Marek, Raei, Maedeh, Razavi, Alireza, Ghasemian, Roya, Gheibi, Mobina, Roozbeh, Fatemeh, Sly, Peter D., Spann, Kirsten M., Chew, Keng Yih, Zhu, Yanshan, Xia, Yao, Wells, Timothy J., Senegaglia, Alexandra Cristina, Kuniyoshi, Carmen Lúcia, Franck, Claudio Luciano, dos Santos, Anna Flavia Ribeiro, Noronha, Lucia de, Motamen, Sepideh, Valadan, Reza, Amjadi, Omolbanin ... Tang, Benjamin (2023). IFI27 transcription is an early predictor for COVID-19 outcomes, a multi-cohort observational study. Frontiers in Immunology, 13 1060438, 1-14. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.1060438

  • Tong, Marcus ZW, Sng, Julian DJ, Carney, Meagan, Cooper, Lucy, Brown, Samuel, Lineburg, Katie E, Chew, Keng Yih, Collins, Neve, Ignacio, Kirsten, Airey, Megan, Burr, Lucy, Joyce, Briony A, Jayasinghe, Dhilshan, McMillan, Christopher LD, Muller, David A, Adhikari, Anurag, Gallo, Linda A, Dorey, Emily S, Barrett, Helen L, Gras, Stephanie, Smith, Corey, Good‐Jacobson, Kim and Short, Kirsty R (2023). Elevated BMI reduces the humoral response to SARS‐CoV‐2 infection. Clinical & Translational Immunology, 12 (12) e1476, e1476. doi: 10.1002/cti2.1476

  • Foo, Cheng Xiang, Bartlett, Stacey, Chew, Keng Yih, Ngo, Minh Dao, Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Jayakody Arachchige, Buddhika, Matthews, Benjamin, Reed, Sarah, Wang, Ran, Smith, Christian, Sweet, Matthew J., Burr, Lucy, Bisht, Kavita, Shatunova, Svetlana, Sinclair, Jane E., Parry, Rhys, Yang, Yuanhao, Lévesque, Jean-Pierre, Khromykh, Alexander, Rosenkilde, Mette Marie, Short, Kirsty R. and Ronacher, Katharina (2023). GPR183 antagonism reduces macrophage infiltration in influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infection. European Respiratory Journal, 61 (3) 2201306, 1-15. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01306-2022

  • Asanjarani, Azam, Shausan, Aminath, Chew, Keng, Graham, Thomas, Henderson, Shane G., Jansen, Hermanus M., Short, Kirsty R., Taylor, Peter G., Vuorinen, Aapeli, Yadav, Yuvraj, Ziedins, Ilze and Nazarathy, Yoni (2022). Emulation of epidemics via Bluetooth-based virtual safe virus spread: Experimental setup, software, and data. PLOS Digital Health, 1 (12), e0000142. doi: 10.1371/journal.pdig.0000142

  • Rinchai, Darawan, Deola, Sara, Zoppoli, Gabriele, Kabeer, Basirudeen Syed Ahamed, Taleb, Sara, Pavlovski, Igor, Maacha, Selma, Gentilcore, Giusy, Toufiq, Mohammed, Mathew, Lisa, Liu, Li, Vempalli, Fazulur Rehaman, Mubarak, Ghada, Lorenz, Stephan, Sivieri, Irene, Cirmena, Gabriella, Dentone, Chiara, Cuccarolo, Paola, Giacobbe, Daniele Roberto, Baldi, Federico, Garbarino, Alberto, Cigolini, Benedetta, Cremonesi, Paolo, Bedognetti, Michele, Ballestrero, Alberto, Bassetti, Matteo, Hejblum, Boris P., Augustine, Tracy, Van Panhuys, Nicholas ... PREDICT-19 Consortium (2022). High–temporal resolution profiling reveals distinct immune trajectories following the first and second doses of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines. Science Advances, 8 (45) eabp9961, 1-24. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abp9961

  • Swaminathan, Srividhya, Lineburg, Katie E., Panikkar, Archana, Raju, Jyothy, Murdolo, Lawton D., Szeto, Christopher, Crooks, Pauline, Le Texier, Laetitia, Rehan, Sweera, Dewar-Oldis, Michael J., Barnard, Peter J., Ambalathingal, George R., Neller, Michelle A., Short, Kirsty R., Gras, Stephanie, Khanna, Rajiv and Smith, Corey (2022). Ablation of CD8+ T cell recognition of an immunodominant epitope in SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variants BA.1, BA.2 and BA.3. Nature Communications, 13 (1) 6387, 1-6. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-34180-1

  • Kulasinghe, Arutha, Liu, Ning, Tan, Chin Wee, Monkman, James, Sinclair, Jane E., Bhuva, Dharmesh D., Godbolt, David, Pan, Liuliu, Nam, Andy, Sadeghirad, Habib, Sato, Kei, Bassi, Gianluigi Li, O'Byrne, Ken, Hartmann, Camila, Miggiolaro, Anna Flavia Ribeiro dos Santos, Marques, Gustavo Lenci, Moura, Lidia Zytynski, Richard, Derek, Adams, Mark, Noronha, Lucia de, Baena, Cristina Pellegrino, Suen, Jacky Y., Arora, Rakesh, Belz, Gabrielle T., Short, Kirsty R., Davis, Melissa J., Souza‐Fonseca Guimaraes, Fernando and Fraser, John F. (2022). Transcriptomic profiling of cardiac tissues from SARS‐CoV ‐2 patients identifies DNA damage. Immunology, 168 (3), 403-419. doi: 10.1111/imm.13577

  • Shewan, Heather M. , Siauw, Meiliana , Vinden, Naomi , Dong, Anran , Beheshti, Amir , Chew, Keng Yih, Stokes, Jason R. , Short, Kirsty R., Mikkelsen, Deirdre, Koehler, Berthold and Reihmann, Matthias (2022). Developing an antiviral surface cleaner utilising unique surface adsorption properties of hydroxyproline-rich-proteins. Household and Personal Care Today, 17 (5), 57-61.

  • Sinclair, Jane E., Mayfield, Helen J., Short, Kirsty R., Brown, Samuel J., Puranik, Rajesh, Mengersen, Kerrie, Litt, John C. B. and Lau, Colleen L. (2022). A Bayesian network analysis quantifying risks versus benefits of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in Australia. npj Vaccines, 7 (1) 93, 1-11. doi: 10.1038/s41541-022-00517-6

  • Zhu, Yanshan, Chew, Keng Yih, Wu, Melanie, Karawita, Anjana C., McCallum, Georgina, Steele, Lauren E., Yamamoto, Ayaho, Labzin, Larisa I., Yarlagadda, Tejasri, Khromykh, Alexander A., Wang, Xiaohui, Sng, Julian D. J., Stocks, Claudia J., Xia, Yao, Kollmann, Tobias R., Martino, David, Joensuu, Merja, Meunier, Frédéric A., Balistreri, Giuseppe, Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Bowen, Asha C., Kicic, Anthony, Sly, Peter D., Spann, Kirsten M. and Short, Kirsty R. (2022). Ancestral SARS-CoV-2, but not Omicron, replicates less efficiently in primary pediatric nasal epithelial cells. PLoS Biology, 20 (8) e3001728, 1-19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001728

  • Alves, Daniele E., Mamelund, Svenn-Erik, Dimka, Jessica, Simonsen, Lone, Mølbak, Mathias, Ørskov, Søren, Sattenspiel, Lisa, Tripp, Lianne, Noymer, Andrew, Chowell-Puente, Gerardo, Dahal, Sushma, Van Doren, Taylor P., Wissler, Amanda, Heffernan, Courtney, Renfree Short, Kirsty, Battles, Heather and Baker, Michael G. (2022). Indigenous peoples and pandemics. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 50 (6), 662-667. doi: 10.1177/14034948221087095

  • Al-Sayyar, Amnah, Hulme, Katina D., Thibaut, Ronan, Bayry, Jagadeesh, Sheedy, Frederick J., Short, Kirsty R. and Alzaid, Fawaz (2022). Respiratory tract infections in diabetes – lessons from tuberculosis and influenza to guide understanding of COVID-19 severity. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 13 919223, 1-17. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2022.919223

  • Mayfield, Helen J., Lau, Colleen L., Sinclair, Jane E., Brown, Samuel J., Baird, Andrew, Litt, John, Vuorinen, Aapeli, Short, Kirsty R., Waller, Michael and Mengersen, Kerrie (2022). Designing an evidence-based Bayesian network for estimating the risk versus benefits of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. Vaccine, 40 (22), 3072-3084. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.04.004

  • Swaminathan, Srividhya, Lineburg, Katie E., Ambalathingal, George R., Crooks, Pauline, Grant, Emma J., Mohan, Sonali V., Raju, Jyothy, Panikkar, Archana, Le Texier, Laetitia, Tong, Zheng Wei Marcus, Chew, Keng Yih, Neller, Michelle A., Short, Kirsty R., Gowda, Harsha, Gras, Stephanie, Khanna, Rajiv and Smith, Corey (2022). Limited recognition of highly conserved regions of SARS-CoV-2. Microbiology Spectrum, 10 (1) e02780-21. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.02780-21

  • Panikkar, Archana, Lineburg, Katie E., Raju, Jyothy, Chew, Keng Yih, Ambalathingal, George R., Rehan, Sweera, Swaminathan, Srividhya, Crooks, Pauline, Le Texier, Laetitia, Beagley, Leone, Best, Shannon, Solomon, Matthew, Matthews, Katherine K., Srihari, Sriganesh, Neller, Michelle A., Short, Kirsty R., Khanna, Rajiv and Smith, Corey (2022). SARS-CoV-2-specific T cells generated for adoptive immunotherapy are capable of recognizing multiple SARS-CoV-2 variants. PLoS Pathogens, 18 (2) e1010339, 1-18. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010339

  • McMillan, Christopher L. D., Cheung, Stacey T. M., Modhiran, Naphak, Barnes, James, Amarilla, Alberto A., Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Lee, Leo Yi Yang, Guilfoyle, Kate, van Amerongen, Geert, Stittelaar, Koert, Jakob, Virginie, Lebas, Celia, Reading, Patrick, Short, Kirsty R., Young, Paul R., Watterson, Daniel and Chappell, Keith J. (2022). Author Correction: Development of molecular clamp stabilized hemagglutinin vaccines for Influenza A viruses. npj Vaccines, 7 (1) 3, 3. doi: 10.1038/s41541-021-00428-y

  • Cormier, Stephania A., Yamamoto, Ayaho, Short, Kirsty R., Vu, Luan and Suk, William A. (2022). Environmental impacts on COVID-19: mechanisms of increased susceptibility. Annals of Global Health, 88 (1) 94, 1-7. doi: 10.5334/aogh.3907

  • Kulasinghe, Arutha, Tan, Chin Wee, dos Santos Miggiolaro, Anna Flavia Ribeiro, Monkman, James, SadeghiRad, Habib, Bhuva, Dharmesh D., da Silva Motta Junior, Jarbas, Vaz de Paula, Caroline Busatta, Nagashima, Seigo, Baena, Cristina Pellegrino, Souza-Fonseca-Guimaraes, Paulo, de Noronha, Lucia, McCulloch, Timothy, Rodrigues Rossi, Gustavo, Cooper, Caroline, Tang, Benjamin, Short, Kirsty R., Davis, Melissa J., Souza-Fonseca-Guimaraes, Fernando, Belz, Gabrielle T. and O'Byrne, Ken (2022). Profiling of lung SARS-CoV-2 and influenza virus infection dissects virus-specific host responses and gene signatures. European Respiratory Journal, 59 (6) 2101881, 1-19. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01881-2021

  • McMillan, Christopher L. D., Cheung, Stacey T. M., Modhiran, Naphak, Barnes, James, Amarilla, Alberto A., Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Lee, Leo Yi Yang, Guilfoyle, Kate, van Amerongen, Geert, Stittelaar, Koert, Jakob, Virginie, Lebas, Celia, Reading, Patrick, Short, Kirsty R., Young, Paul R., Watterson, Daniel and Chappell, Keith J. (2021). Development of molecular clamp stabilized hemagglutinin vaccines for Influenza A viruses. npj Vaccines, 6 (1) 135, 135. doi: 10.1038/s41541-021-00395-4

  • Lau, Colleen L, Mayfield, Helen J, Sinclair, Jane E, Brown, Samuel J, Waller, Michael, Enjeti, Anoop K, Baird, Andrew, Short, Kirsty, Mengersen, Kerrie and Litt, John (2021). Risk-benefit analysis of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in Australia using a Bayesian network modelling framework. Vaccine, 39 (51), 7429-7440. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.10.079

  • Hulme, Katina D., Noye, Ellesandra C., Short, Kirsty R. and Labzin, Larisa I. (2021). Dysregulated inflammation during obesity: driving disease severity in influenza virus and SARS-CoV-2 infections. Frontiers in Immunology, 12 770066, 770066. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.770066

  • Schimmel, Lilian, Chew, Keng Yih, Stocks, Claudia J., Yordanov, Teodor E., Essebier, Patricia, Kulasinghe, Arutha, Monkman, James, Santos Miggiolaro, Anna Flavia Ribeiro, Cooper, Caroline, Noronha, Lucia, Schroder, Kate, Lagendijk, Anne Karine, Labzin, Larisa I., Short, Kirsty R. and Gordon, Emma J. (2021). Endothelial cells are not productively infected by SARS‐CoV‐2. Clinical and Translational Immunology, 10 (10) e1350, e1350. doi: 10.1002/cti2.1350

  • Yekelchyk, Michail, Madan, Esha, Wilhelm, Jochen, Short, Kirsty R, Palma, António M, Liao, Linbu, Camacho, Denise, Nkadori, Everlyne, Winters, Michael T, Rice, Emily S, Rolim, Inês, Cruz‐Duarte, Raquel, Pelham, Christopher J, Nagane, Masaki, Gupta, Kartik, Chaudhary, Sahil, Braun, Thomas, Pillappa, Raghavendra, Parker, Mark S, Menter, Thomas, Matter, Matthias, Haslbauer, Jasmin Dionne, Tolnay, Markus, Galior, Kornelia D, Matkwoskyj, Kristina A, McGregor, Stephanie M, Muller, Laura K, Rakha, Emad A, Lopez‐Beltran, Antonio ... Gogna, Rajan (2021). Flower lose, a cell fitness marker, predicts COVID‐19 prognosis. EMBO Molecular Medicine, 13 (11) e13714, e13714. doi: 10.15252/emmm.202013714

  • Zhou, Pengcheng, Chen, Jiali, He, Jing, Zheng, Ting, Yunis, Joseph, Makota, Victor, Alexandre, Yannick O., Gong, Fang, Zhang, Xia, Xie, Wuxiang, Li, Yuhui, Shao, Miao, Zhu, Yanshan, Sinclair, Jane E., Miao, Miao, Chen, Yaping, Short, Kirsty R., Mueller, Scott N., Sun, Xiaolin, Yu, Di and Li, Zhanguo (2021). Low-dose IL-2 therapy invigorates CD8+ T cells for viral control in systemic lupus erythematosus with a potential risk of deteriorating immunopathology. PLoS Pathogens, 17 (10) e1009858, e1009858. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009858

  • Mazzone, Stuart B., Yang, Seung-Kwon, Keller, Jennifer A., Simanauskaite, Juste, Arikkatt, Jaisy, Fogarty, Matthew J., Moe, Aung Aung Kywe, Chen, Chen, Trewella, Matthew W., Tian, Luyi, Ritchie, Matthew E., Chua, Brendan Y., Phipps, Simon, Short, Kirsty R. and McGovern, Alice E. (2021). Modulation of vagal sensory neurons via high mobility group box-1 and receptor for advanced glycation end products: implications for respiratory viral infections. Frontiers in Physiology, 12 744812, 744812. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2021.744812

  • Sinclair, Jane E., Bloxham, Conor J., Chiu, Han, Chew, Keng Yih, Russell, Jake, Yoshikawa, Yusuke, Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Steele, Lauren E., Hulme, Katina D., Verzele, Nathalie A. J., Noye, Ellesandra C., Wu, Melanie, Reichelt, Melissa E., Thomas, Walter G., Gallo, Linda A., Redd, Meredith A. and Short, Kirsty R. (2021). Type I diabetes mellitus increases the cardiovascular complications of influenza virus infection. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 11 714440, 714440. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.714440

  • Sato, Kei, Sinclair, Jane E., Sadeghirad, Habib, Fraser, John F., Short, Kirsty R. and Kulasinghe, Arutha (2021). Cardiovascular disease in SARS‐CoV‐2 infection. Clinical and Translational Immunology, 10 (9) e1343, e1343. doi: 10.1002/cti2.1343

  • Noye, Ellesandra C., Bekkering, Siroon, Limawan, Albert P., Nguyen, Maria U., Widiasmoko, Lisa K., Lu, Hui, Pepe, Salvatore, Cheung, Michael M., Menheniott, Trevelyan R., Wallace, Megan J., Moss, Timothy J., Burgner, David P. and Short, Kirsty R. (2021). Postnatal inflammation in ApoE−/− mice is associated with immune training and atherosclerosis. Clinical Science, 135 (15), 1859-1871. doi: 10.1042/cs20210496

  • Tong, Zhen Wei Marcus, Grant, Emma, Gras, Stephanie, Wu, Melanie, Smith, Corey, Barrett, Helen L., Gallo, Linda A. and Short, Kirsty R. (2021). The role of T‐cell immunity in COVID‐19 severity amongst people living with type II diabetes. The FEBS Journal, 288 (17), 5042-5054. doi: 10.1111/febs.16105

  • Sinha, Roma, Ngo, Minh Dao, Bartlett, Stacey, Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Keshvari, Sahar, Hasnain, Sumaira Z., Donovan, Meg L., Kling, Jessica C., Blumenthal, Antje, Chen, Chen, Short, Kirsty R. and Ronacher, Katharina (2021). Pre-Diabetes Increases Tuberculosis Disease Severity, While High Body Fat Without Impaired Glucose Tolerance Is Protective. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 11 691823, 691823. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.691823

  • Lu, Jianyun, Yang, Zhicong, Karawita, Anjana C., Bunte, Myrna, Chew, Keng Yih, Pegg, Cassandra, Mackay, Ian, Whiley, David and Short, Kirsty R. (2021). Limited evidence for the role of environmental factors in the unusual peak of influenza in Brisbane during the 2018-2019 Australian summer. The Science of the Total Environment, 776 145967, 145967. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145967

  • Zhu, Yanshan, Bloxham, Conor J., Hulme, Katina D., Sinclair, Jane E., Tong, Zhen Wei Marcus, Steele, Lauren E., Noye, Ellesandra C., Lu, Jiahai, Xia, Yao, Chew, Keng Yih, Pickering, Janessa, Gilks, Charles, Bowen, Asha C. and Short, Kirsty R. (2021). A meta-analysis on the role of children in SARS-CoV-2 in household transmission clusters. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 72 (12) ciaa1825, e1146-e1153. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1825

  • Tong, Zhen Wei Marcus, Karawita, Anjana C., Kern, Colin, Zhou, Huaijun, Sinclair, Jane E., Yan, Limin, Chew, Keng Yih, Lowther, Sue, Trinidad, Lee, Challagulla, Arjun, Schat, Karel A., Baker, Michelle L. and Short, Kirsty R. (2021). Primary chicken and duck endothelial cells display a differential response to infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza virus​​​​​​​. Genes, 12 (6) 901, 901. doi: 10.3390/genes12060901

  • Lineburg, Katie E., Grant, Emma J., Swaminathan, Srividhya, Chatzileontiadou, Demetra S.M., Szeto, Christopher, Sloane, Hannah, Panikkar, Archana, Raju, Jyothy, Crooks, Pauline, Rehan, Sweera, Nguyen, Andrea T., Lekieffre, Lea, Neller, Michelle A., Tong, Zhen Wei Marcus, Jayasinghe, Dhilshan, Chew, Keng Yih, Lobos, Christian A., Halim, Hanim, Burrows, Jacqueline M., Riboldi-Tunnicliffe, Alan, Chen, Weisan, D'Orsogna, Lloyd, Khanna, Rajiv, Short, Kirsty R., Smith, Corey and Gras, Stephanie (2021). CD8+ T cells specific for an immunodominant SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid epitope cross-react with selective seasonal coronaviruses. Immunity, 54 (5), 1055-1065. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2021.04.006

  • Niazi, Sadegh, Short, Kirsty R., Groth, Robert, Cravigan, Luke, Spann, Kirsten, Ristovski, Zoran and Johnson, Graham R. (2021). Humidity-dependent survival of an airborne influenza a virus: practical implications for controlling airborne viruses. Environmental Science and Technology Letters, 8 (5), 412-418. doi: 10.1021/acs.estlett.1c00253

  • Sinclair, Jane E., Zhu, Yanshan, Xu, Gang, Ma, Wei, Shi, Haiyan, Ma, Kun-Long, Cao, Chun-Feng, Kong, Ling-Xi, Wan, Ke-Qiang, Liao, Juan, Wang, Hai-Qiang, Arentz, Matt, Redd, Meredith A., Gallo, Linda A. and Short, Kirsty R. (2021). A meta-analysis on the role of pre-existing chronic disease in the cardiac complications of SARS-CoV-2 infection. iScience, 24 (4) 102264, 102264. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.102264

  • Longmore, Danielle K., Miller, Jessica E., Bekkering, Siroon, Saner, Christoph, Mifsud, Edin, Zhu, Yanshan, Saffery, Richard, Nichol, Alistair, Colditz, Graham, Short, Kirsty R. and Burgner, David P. (2021). Diabetes and overweight/obesity are independent, nonadditive risk factors for in-hospital severity of COVID-19: an international, multicenter retrospective meta-analysis. Diabetes Care, 44 (6), dc202676-1290. doi: 10.2337/dc20-2676

  • Verzele, Nathalie A. J., Chua, Brendon Y., Law, Charity W., Zhang, Albert, Ritchie, Matthew E., Wightman, Oliver, Edwards, Isaac N., Hulme, Katina D., Bloxham, Conor J., Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Trewella, Matthew W., Moe, Aung Aung Kywe, Chew, Keng Yih, Mazzone, Stuart B., Short, Kirsty R. and McGovern, Alice E. (2021). The impact of influenza pulmonary infection and inflammation on vagal bronchopulmonary sensory neurons. The FASEB Journal, 35 (3) e21320, e21320. doi: 10.1096/fj.202001509r

  • Hulme, Katina D., Karawita, Anjana C., Pegg, Cassandra, Bunte, Myrna J. M., Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Bloxham, Conor J., Van den Hoecke, Silvie, Setoh, Yin Xiang, Vrancken, Bram, Spronken, Monique, Steele, Lauren E., Verzele, Nathalie A. J., Upton, Kyle R., Khromykh, Alexander A., Chew, Keng Yih, Sukkar, Maria, Phipps, Simon and Short, Kirsty R. (2021). A paucigranulocytic asthma host environment promotes the emergence of virulent influenza viral variants. eLife, 10 e61803, 1-21. doi: 10.7554/elife.61803

  • Honce, Rebekah, Wohlgemuth, Nicholas, Meliopoulos, Victoria A., Short, Kirsty R. and Schultz-Cherry, Stacey (2020). Influenza in high-risk hosts—lessons learned from animal models. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine, 10 (12) a038604, 1-22. doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a038604

  • Siegers, Jurre Y., Novakovic, Boris, Hulme, Katina D., Marshall, Rebecca, Bloxham, Conor J., Thomas, Walter G., Reichelt, Mellissa E., Leijten, Lonneke, van Run, Peter, Knox, Karen, Sokolowski, Kamil A., Tse, Brian W. C., Chew, Keng Yih, Christ, Angelika N., Howe, Greg, Bruxner, Timothy J. C., Karolyi, Mario, Pawelka, Erich, Koch, Rebecca M., Bellmann-Weiler, Rosa, Burkert, Francesco, Weiss, Günter, Samanta, Romit J., Openshaw, Peter J. M., Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, van Riel, Debby and Short, Kirsty R. (2020). A high fat diet increases influenza A virus-associated cardiovascular damage. The Journal of infectious diseases, 222 (5), 820-831. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiaa159

  • Johansen, M. D., Irving, A., Montagutelli, X., Tate, M. D., Rudloff, , Nold, M. F., Hansbro, N. G., Kim, R. Y., Donovan, C., Liu, G., Faiz, A., Short, K. R., Lyons, J. G., McCaughan, G. W., Gorrell, M. D., Cole, A., Moreno, C., Couteur, D., Hesselson, D., Triccas, J., Neely, G. G., Gamble, J. R., Simpson, S. J., Saunders, B. M., Oliver, B. G., Britton, W. J., Wark, P. A., Nold-Petry, C. A. and Hansbro, P. M. (2020). Animal and translational models of SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19. Mucosal Immunology, 13 (6), 877-891. doi: 10.1038/s41385-020-00340-z

  • Hulme, Katina Dee, Yan, Limin, Marshall, Rebecca J., Bloxham, Conor J., Upton, Kyle R., Hasnain, Sumaira Z., Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Loh, Zhixuan, Ronacher, Katharina, Chew, Keng Yih , Gallo, Linda A. and Short, Kirsty Renfree (2020). High glucose levels increase influenza-associated damage to the pulmonary epithelial-endothelial barrier. eLife, 9 e56907, 1-20. doi: 10.7554/elife.56907

  • Marshall, Rebecca J., Armart, Pornthida, Hulme, Katina D., Chew, Keng Yih, Brown, Alexandra C., Hansbro, Philip M., Bloxham, Conor J., Flint, Melanie, Ronacher, Katharina, Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Gallo, Linda A. and Short, Kirsty R. (2020). Glycemic variability in diabetes increases the severity of influenza. mBio, 11 (2) e02841-19. doi: 10.1128/mbio.02841-19

  • Short, Kirsty R., Kuiken, Thijs and Van Riel, Debby (2019). Role of endothelial cells in the pathogenesis of influenza in humans. The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 220 (11), 1859-1860. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiz349

  • Karawita, Anjana C., Tong, Marcus Z. W. and Short, Kirsty R. (2019). A delicate balancing act: immunity and immunopathology in human H7N9 influenza virus infections. Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, 32 (3), 191-195. doi: 10.1097/QCO.0000000000000538

  • Zheng, Zhe, Lu, Yi, Short, Kirsty R. and Lu, Jiahai (2019). One health insights to prevent the next HxNy viral outbreak: learning from the epidemiology of H7N9. BMC Infectious Diseases, 19 (1) 138, 138. doi: 10.1186/s12879-019-3752-6

  • McGovern, Alice E., Short, Kirsty R., Kywe Moe, Aung Aung and Mazzone, Stuart B. (2018). Translational review: Neuroimmune mechanisms in cough and emerging therapeutic targets. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 142 (5), 1392-1402. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2018.09.004

  • Davis, Raissa L., Choi, Geunho, Kuiken, Thijs, Quéré, Pascale, Trapp, Sascha, Short, Kirsty R. and Richard, Mathilde (2018). The culture of primary duck endothelial cells for the study of avian influenza. BMC Microbiology, 18 (1) 138, 138. doi: 10.1186/s12866-018-1307-4

  • Looi, Fong Yang, Baker, Michelle L., Townson, Thomas, Richard, Mathilde, Novak, Ben, Doran, Tim J. and Short, Kirsty R. (2018). Creating disease resistant chickens: a viable solution to avian influenza?. Viruses, 10 (10) 561, 561. doi: 10.3390/v10100561

  • Short, Kirsty R., Kedzierska, Katherine and van de Sandt, Carolien E. (2018). Back to the future: lessons learned from the 1918 influenza pandemic. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 8 343, 343. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2018.00343

  • Lion, Adrien, Richard, Mathilde, Esnault, Evelyne, Kut, Emmanuel, Soubieux, Denis, Guillory, Vanaïque, Germond, Mélody, Blondeau, Caroline, Guabiraba, Rodrigo, Short, Kirsty R., Marc, Daniel, Quéré, Pascale and Trapp, Sascha (2017). Productive replication of avian influenza viruses in chicken endothelial cells is determined by hemagglutinin cleavability and is related to innate immune escape. Virology, 513, 29-42. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2017.10.007

  • Short, Kirsty R., Veeris, Rebecca, Leijten, Lonneke M., van den Brand, Judith M., Jong, Victor L., Stittelaar, Koert, Osterhaus, Ab D. M. E., Andeweg, Arno and van Riel, Debby (2017). Proinflammatory Cytokine Responses in Extra-Respiratory Tissues During Severe Influenza. The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 216 (7), 829-833. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jix281

  • Hulme, Katina D., Gallo, Linda A. and Short, Kirsty R. (2017). Influenza virus and glycemic variability in diabetes: a killer combination?. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8 (MAY) 861, 861. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00861

  • Arikkatt, Jaisy, Ullah, Md Ashik, Short, Kirsty Renfree, Zhang, Vivian, Gan, Wan Jun, Loh, Zhixuan, Werder, Rhiannon B., Simpson, Jennifer, Sly, Peter D., Mazzone, Stuart B., Spann, Kirsten M., Ferreira, Manuel A R., Upham, John W., Sukkar, Maria B. and Phipps, Simon (2017). RAGE deficiency predisposes mice to virus-induced paucigranulocytic asthma. eLife, 6 e21199. doi: 10.7554/eLife.21199

  • Van De Sandt, Carolien E., Barcena, Montserrat, Koster, Abraham J., Kasper, Jennifer, Kirkpatrick, Charles J., Scott, Dana P., De Vries, Rory D., Herold, Susanne, Rimmelzwaan, Guus F., Kuiken, Thijs and Short, Kirsty R. (2016). Human CD8(+) T Cells Damage Noninfected Epithelial Cells during Influenza Virus Infection In Vitro. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, 57 (5), 536-546. doi: 10.1165/rcmb.2016-0377OC

  • Job, Emma R., Pizzolla, Angela, Nebl, Thomas, Short, Kirsty R., Deng, Yi-Mo, Carolan, Louise, Laurie, Karen L., Brooks, Andrew G. and Reading, Patrick C. (2016). Neutralising inhibitors in the airways of naïve ferrets do not play a major role in modulating the virulence of H3 subtype influenza A viruses. Virology, 494, 143-157. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2016.01.024

  • Short, Kirsty R., Kasper, Jennifer, van der Aa, Stijn, Andeweg, Arno C., Zaaraoui-Boutahar, Fatiha, Goeijenbier, Marco, Richard, Mathilde, Herold, Susanne, Becker, Christin, Scott, Dana P., Limpens, Ronald W. A. L., Koster, Abraham J., Bárcena, Montserrat, Fouchier, Ron A. M., Kirkpatrick, Charles James and Kuiken, Thijs (2016). Influenza virus damages the alveolar barrier by disrupting epithelial cell tight junctions. European Respiratory Journal, 47 (3), 954-966. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01282-2015

  • Mifsud, Edin J., Tan, Amabel C., Short, Kirsty R., Brown, Lorena E., Chua, Brendon Y. and Jackson, David C. (2016). Reducing the impact of influenza-associated secondary pneumococcal infections. Immunology and Cell Biology, 94 (1), 101-108. doi: 10.1038/icb.2015.71

  • Short, Kirsty R., Richard, Mathilde, Verhagen, Josanne H., van Riel, Debby, Schrauwen, Eefje J. A., van den Brand, Judith M. A., Manz, Benjamin, Bodewes, Rogier and Herfst, Sander (2015). One health, multiple challenges: the inter-species transmission of influenza A virus. One Health, 1, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2015.03.001

  • Spronken, Monique I., Short, Kirsty R., Herfst, Sander, Bestebroer, Theo M., Vaes, Vincent P., van der Hoeven, Barbara, Koster, Abraham J., Kremers, Gert-Jan, Scott, Dana P., Gultyaev, Alexander P., Sorell, Erin M., de Graaf, Miranda, Barcena, Montserrat, Rimmelzwaan, Guus F. and Fouchier, Ron A. (2015). Optimisations and Challenges Involved in the Creation of Various Bioluminescent and Fluorescent Influenza A Virus Strains for In Vitro and In Vivo Applications. PLoS One, 10 (8) e0133888, e0133888-e0133888. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0133888

  • Chua, Brendon Y., Sekiya, Toshiki, Al Kobaisi, Mohammad, Short, Kirsty R., Mainwaring, David E. and Jackson, David C. (2015). A single dose biodegradable vaccine depot that induces persistently high levels of antibody over a year. Biomaterials, 53, 50-57. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2015.02.066

  • Londrigan, Sarah L., Short, Kirsty R., Ma, Joel, Gillespie, Leah, Rockman, Steven P., Brooks, Andrew G. and Reading, Patrick C. (2015). Infection of mouse macrophages by seasonal influenza viruses can be restricted at the level of virus entry and at a late stage in the virus life cycle. Journal of Virology, 89 (24), 12319-12329. doi: 10.1128/JVI.01455-15

  • Short, Kirsty R., Kroeze, Edwin J. B. Veldhuis, Reperant, Leslie A., Richard, Mathilde and Kuiken, Thijs (2014). Influenza virus and endothelial cells: a species specific relationship. Frontiers in Microbiology, 5 (DEC) 653, 653.1-653.11. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00653

  • Short, Kirsty R., Vissers, Marloes, De Kleijn, Stan, Zomer, Aldert L., Kedzierska, Katherine, Grant, Emma, Reading, Patrick C., Hermans, Peter W. M., Ferwerda, Gerben and Diavatopoulos, Dimitri A. (2014). Bacterial lipopolysaccharide inhibits influenza virus infection of human macrophages and the consequent induction of cd8+ t cell immunity. Journal of Innate Immunity, 6 (2), 129-139. doi: 10.1159/000353905

  • Siegers, Jurre Y., Short, Kirsty R., Leijten, Lonneke M. E., de Graaf, Miranda, Spronken, Monique I. J., Schrauwen, Eefje J. A., Marshall, Nicolle, Lowen, Anice C., Gabriel, Gülsah, Osterhaus, Albert D. M. E., Kuiken, Thijs and van Riel, Debby (2014). Novel avian-origin influenza A (H7N9) virus attachment to the respiratory tract of five animal models. Journal of Virology, 88 (8), 4595-4599. doi: 10.1128/JVI.03190-13

  • Job, Emma R., Bottazzi, Barbara, Short, Kirsty R., Deng, Yi-Mo, Mantovani, Alberto, Brooks, Andrew G. and Reading, Patrick C. (2014). A single amino acid substitution in the hemagglutinin of H3N2 subtype influenza A viruses is associated with resistance to the long pentraxin PTX3 and enhanced virulence in mice. The Journal of Immunology, 192 (1), 271-281. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1301814

  • Short, Kirsty R., von Köckritz-Blickwede, Maren, Langereis, Jeroen D., Chew, Keng Yih, Job, Emma R., Armitage, Charles W., Hatcher, Brandon, Fujihashi, Kohtaro, Reading, Patrick C., Hermans, Peter W., Wijburg, Odilia L. and Diavatopoulos, Dimitri A. (2014). Antibodies mediate formation of neutrophil extracellular traps in the middle ear and facilitate secondary pneumococcal otitis media. Infection and Immunity, 82 (1), 364-370. doi: 10.1128/IAI.01104-13

  • Short, Kirsty R., Kroeze, Edwin J. B. Veldhuis, Fouchier, Ron A. M. and Kuiken, Thijs (2014). Pathogenesis of influenza-induced acute respiratory distress syndrome. Lancet Infectious Diseases, 14 (1), 57-69. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(13)70286-X

  • Short, Kirsty R., Grant, Emma J., Vissers, Marloes, Reading, Patrick C., Diavatopoulos, Dimitri A. and Kedzierska, Katherine (2013). A novel method linking antigen presentation by human monocyte-derived macrophages to CD8(+) T cell polyfunctionality. Frontiers in Immunology, 4 (389) Article 389, 1-7. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2013.00389

  • van Riel, Debby, Leijten, Lonneke M. E., de Graaf, Miranda, Siegers, Jurre Y., Short, Kirsty R., Spronken, Monique I. J., Schrauwen, Eefje J. A., Fouchier, Ron A. M., Osterhaus, Albert D. M. E. and Kuiken, Thijs (2013). Novel avian-origin influenza A (H7N9) virus attaches to epithelium in both upper and lower respiratory tract of humans. American Journal of Pathology, 183 (4), 1137-1143. doi: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2013.06.011

  • Short, Kirsty R., Habets, Marrit N., Payne, Jean., Reading, Patrick C., Diavatopoulos, Dimitri A. and Wijburg, Odilia L. (2013). Influenza A virus induced bacterial otitis media is independent of virus tropism for α2,6-linked sialic acid. Virology Journal, 10 (1) 128. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-10-128

  • Short, Kirsty R., Reading, Patrick C., Brown, Lorena E., Pedersen, John, Gilbertson, Brad, Job, Emma R., Edenborough, Kathryn M., Habets, Marrit N., Zomer, Aldert, Hermans, Peter W. M., Diavatopoulos, Dimitri A. and Wijburg, Odilia L. (2013). Influenza-induced inflammation drives pneumococcal otitis media. Infection and Immunity, 81 (3), 645-652. doi: 10.1128/IAI.01278-12

  • Short, Kirsty R., Brooks, Andrew G., Reading, Patrick C. and Londrigan, Sarah L. (2012). The fate of influenza A virus after infection of human macrophages and dendritic cells. Journal of General Virology, 93 (PART 11), 2315-2325. doi: 10.1099/vir.0.045021-0

  • Short, Kirsty R., Habets, Marrit N., Hermans, Peter W. M. and Diavatopoulos, Dimitri A. (2012). Interactions between Streptococcus pneumoniae and influenza virus: a mutually beneficial relationship?. Future Microbiology, 7 (5), 609-624. doi: 10.2217/fmb.12.29

  • Kupz, Andreas, Guarda, Greta, Gebhardt, Thomas, Sander, Leif E., Short, Kirsty R., Diavatopoulos, Dimitri A., Wijburg, Odilia L. C., Cao, Hanwei, Waithman, Jason C., Chen, Weisan, Fernandez-Ruiz, Daniel, Whitney, Paul G., Heath, William R., Curtiss, Roy, Tschopp, Jürg, Strugnell, Richard A. and Bedoui, Sammy (2012). NLRC4 inflammasomes in dendritic cells regulate noncognate effector function by memory CD8+ T cells. Nature Immunology, 13 (2), 162-169. doi: 10.1038/ni.2195

  • Short, Kirsty R., Reading, Patrick C., Wang, Nancy, Diavatopoulos, Dimitri A. and Wijburg, Odilia L. (2012). Increased nasopharyngeal bacterial titers and local inflammation facilitate transmission of Streptococcus pneumoniae. mBio, 3 (5) e00255-12. doi: 10.1128/mBio.00255-12

  • Short, Kirsty R., Diavatopoulos, Dimitri A., Thornton, Ruth, Pedersen, John, Strugnell, Richard A., Wise, Andrew K., Reading, Patrick C. and Wijburg, Odilia L. (2011). Influenza virus induces bacterial and nonbacterial otitis media. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 204 (12), 1857-1865. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jir618

  • Wang, Jianghui, Wong, Emily S. W., Whitely, Jane C., Li, Jian, Stringer, Jessica M., Short, Kirsty R., Renfree, Marilyn B., Belov, Katherine and Cocks, Benjamin G. (2011). Ancient antimicrobial peptides kill antibiotic-resistant pathogens: Australian mammals provide new options. PLoS One, 6 (8) e24030, e24030.1-e24030.8. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024030

  • Wilksch, Jonathan J., Yang, Ji, Clements, Abigail, Gabbe, Jacinta L., Short, Kirsty R., Cao, Hanwei, Cavaliere, Rosalia, James, Catherine E., Whitchurch, Cynthia B., Schembri, Mark A., Chuah, Mary L. C., Liang, Zhao-Xun, Wijburg, Odilia L., Jenney, Adam W., Lithgow, Trevor and Strugnell, Richard A. (2011). MrkH, a novel c-di-GMP-dependent transcriptional activator, controls Klebsiella pneumoniae biofilm formation by regulating type 3 fimbriae expression. PloS Pathogens, 7 (8) e1002204, e1002204. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002204

  • Renfree, Marilyn B., Papenfuss, Anthony T., Deakin, Janine E., Lindsay, James, Heider, Thomas, Belov, Katherine, Rens, Willem, Waters, Paul D., Pharo, Elizabeth A., Shaw, Geoff, Wong, Emily S. W., Lefevre, Christopher M., Nicholas, Kevin R., Kuroki, Yoko, Wakefield, Matthew J., Zenger, Kyall R., Wang, Chenwei, Ferguson-Smith, Malcolm, Nicholas, Frank W., Hickford, Danielle, Yu, Hongshi, Short, Kirsty R., Siddle, Hannah V., Frankenberg, Stephen R., Chew, Keng Yih, Menzies, Brandon R., Stringer, Jessica M., Suzuki, Shunsuke, Hore, Timothy A. ... Worley, Kim C. (2011). Genome sequence of an Australian kangaroo, Macropus eugenii, provides insight into the evolution of mammalian reproduction and development. Genome Biology, 12 (8) R81, R81.1-R81.25. doi: 10.1186/gb-2011-12-8-r81

  • Renfree, MB, Papenfuss, AT, Deakin, JE, Lindsay, J, Heider, T, Belov, K, Rens, W, Waters, PD, Pharo, EA, Shaw, G, Wong, ESW, Lefevre, CM, Nicholas, KR, Kuroki, Y, Wakefield, MJ, Zenger, KR, Wang, CW, Ferguson-Smith, M, Nicholas, FW, Hickford, D, Yu, HS, Short, KR, Siddle, HV, Frankenberg, SR, Chew, KY, Menzies, BR, Stringer, JM, Suzuki, S, Hore, TA ... Worley, KC (2011). Genome sequence of an Australian kangaroo, Macropus eugenii, provides insight into the evolution of mammalian reproduction and development (vol 12, pg R81, 2011). Genome Biology, 12 (12) 414. doi: 10.1186/gb-2011-12-12-414

  • Short, Kirsty R., Diavatopoulos, Dimitri A., Reading, Patrick C., Brown, Lorena E., Rogers, Kelly L., Strugnell, Richard A. and Wijburg, Odilia L C (2011). Using bioluminescent imaging to investigate synergism between Streptococcus pneumoniae and influenza A virus in infant mice. Journal of Visualized Experiments (50) e2357. doi: 10.3791/2357

  • Diavatopoulos, Dimitri A., Short, Kirsty R., Price, John T., Wilksch, Jonathan J., Brown, Lorena E., Briles, David E., Strugnell, Richard A. and Wijburg, Odilia L. (2010). Influenza A virus facilitates Streptococcus pneumoniae transmission and disease. FASEB Journal, 24 (6), 1789-1798. doi: 10.1096/fj.09-146779

  • Wagner, Josef, Short, Kirsty, Catto-Smith, Anthony G., Cameron, Don J. S., Bishop, Ruth F. and Kirkwood, Carl D. (2008). Identification and Characterisation of Pseudomonas 16S Ribosomal DNA from Ileal Biopsies of Children with Crohn's Disease. PLoS ONE, 3 (10) e0003578, e3578. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003578

Conference Publication

  • Kulasinghe, Arutha, Tan, Chin Wee, Liu, Ning, Monkman, James, Killingbeck, Emily, Kim, Youngmi, Pan, Liuliu, Blick, Tony, Bhuva, Dharmesh, Feher, Kristen, Leon, Michael, Gregory, Mark, Short, Kirsty, Guimaraes, Fernando, Rhodes, Michael, Belz, Gabrielle and Davis, Melissa (2022). Deep single-cell, proteogenomic insights from SARS-CoV-2 infected lung tissues. SITC 37th Annual Meeting (SITC 2022), Boston, MA USA, 8-12 November 2022. London, United Kingdom: BMJ Publishing Group. doi: 10.1136/jitc-2022-sitc2022.0923

Other Outputs

Grants (Administered at UQ)

PhD and MPhil Supervision

Current Supervision

Completed Supervision