Area of research
Infectious Diseases · Epidemiology
Research interest
His early research was at the Monash Centre for Molecular Biology and Medicine. In 1990, he joined the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL) where he played a leading role in identifying bats as the natural host of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) virus. His research then extended from bat-borne viruses to better understand virus-bat interaction and how bats co-exist with a large number of viruses without developing clinical diseases. His recent research contributions include developing antibody based serological tests to detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus, responsible for the COVID-19 outbreak, and the early and successful culture of the virus from an infected patents sample.
An emerging human eye disease is associated with aquatic virus zoonotic infection.
The threat of another coronavirus pandemic: how are we preparing for it?
A Novel Assay for Quantifying Gn-LRP1-Mediated Neutralizing Antibodies Against Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus.
NVX-CoV2372, monovalent mRNA and bivalent mRNA vaccines elicit broadly cross-reactive antibodies against emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants.
Cardiometabolic adaptations in the cave nectar bat Eonycteris spelaea.
Serological Assays to Measure Rabies Antibody Response in Equine Serum Samples.
Restoration of Mucosa-Associated Invariant T-Cell Function in Healthcare-Associated Bacterial Infections Supports Recovery of Carbapenem Efficacy Against Resistant Bacteria Ex Vivo.
Author Correction: An emerging human eye disease is associated with aquatic virus zoonotic infection.
Broad beta-CoV immunity and transmission blockade by a single-dose live-attenuated vaccine with atypical codon usage.
Neutralising Antibody Levels and Risk of SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Nationwide Open Cohort Study in Monaco
Limited cell-autonomous anticancer mechanisms in long-lived bats.
Epidemiologic and Genomic Characterization of an Outbreak of Rift Valley Fever Among Humans and Dairy Cattle in Northern Tanzania.
Quantifying the impact of a broadly protective sarbecovirus vaccine in a future SARS-X pandemic
Bat-specific adaptations in interferon signaling and GBP1 contribute to enhanced antiviral capacity.
Quantifying the impact of a broadly protective sarbecovirus vaccine in a future SARS-X pandemic.
Pandemic research: the need for a paradigm shift
Translational lessons from the balanced immune system in bats.
A conserved long-range RNA interaction in SARS-CoV-2 recruits ADAR1 to enhance virus proliferation.
Differential immunogenicity in people living with HIV with varying CD4 levels after bivalent mRNA COVID-19 booster vaccination.
Heat stress response in the cave nectar bat Eonycteris spelaea differs from that of Mus musculus.
Serological Surveillance of Betacoronaviruses in Bat Guano Collectors: Pre-COVID-19 Pandemic and Post-SARS-CoV-2 Emergence.
Author Correction: Pathogen genomic surveillance status among lower resource settings in Asia.
Identifying Social-Epidemiological Roles Associated with Viral Exposure Using Regular Equivalence Blockmodeling
Surface plasmons-phonons for mid-infrared hyperspectral imaging
Pathogen genomic surveillance status among lower resource settings in Asia
MAIT cell activation and recruitment in inflammation and tissue damage in acute appendicitis
Origin and cross-species transmission of bat coronaviruses in China.
Pathogen genomic surveillance status among lower resource settings in Asia.
Precision arbovirus serology with a pan-arbovirus peptidome.
Surface plasmons-phonons for mid-infrared hyperspectral imaging.