Associate Professor Jody Peters

Associate Professor

School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences

+61 7 336 54647

j.peters2@uq.edu.au

Researcher biography

I began my career working in industry for a company which specialised in in vitro diagnostic assays, for both human and veterinary health (AGEN Biomedical). There, I worked as a scientist for almost a decade in numerous departments of the commercialisation pipeline, including manufacturing, product development and research. Following this, I completed a PhD (2010) with the Australian Biosecurity Co-operative Research Centre for Emerging Infectious Disease and have since worked as a virologist at The University of Queensland.

My current research focuses on mosquito-borne virus discovery and the development of innovative vaccine and diagnostic platforms. Together, these research interests have culminated in a greater understanding of the mosquito virome and the development of new approaches for the detection of novel viruses. These include high throughput sequence and antigen-independent assays and the development of suites of unique monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), which in conjunction with deep sequencing platforms, provide comprehensive virus discovery strategies. Using this repertoire, I have been involved in the discovery and extensive genetic and phenotypic characterisation of new mosquito-borne viruses, belonging to more than six viral taxon (including Flaviviridae, Mesoniviridae, Bunyavirales, Reoviridae, Negevirus, Nodaviridae).

Harnessing the unique mosquito-specific growth restriction of the insect-specific flaviviruses that we discovered, my research now focuses on the application of these viruses to the development of novel, safe vaccines and diagnostics for multiple pathogenic flaviviruses.

Publications

Book Chapter (1)

Journal Articles (88)

Thesis (1)

Book Chapter

Hall, Roy A., Hall-Mendelin, Sonja, Hobson-Peters, Jody, Prow, Natalie A. and Mackenzie, John S. (2016). Ecological and epidemiological factors influencing arbovirus diversity, evolution and spread. Arboviruses: molecular biology, evolution and control. (pp. 135-166) edited by Nikos Vasilakis and Duane J. Gubler. Poole, United Kingdom: Caister Academic Press. doi: 10.21775/9781910190210.10

Journal Articles

Bell, Mikaela G., Parry, Rhys H., Lee, Tricia S. E., Habarugira, Gervais, McMahon, Isabella E., Thompson, Madeline A., Modhiran, Naphak, Watterson, Daniel, Batovska, Jana, Lynch, Stacey E., Hall, Roy A., Harrison, Jessica J. and Hobson-Peters, Jody (2024). Synthetic recovery of Yada Yada virus expands insect-specific alphavirus knowledge and facilitates production of chimeric viruses. npj Viruses, 2 (1) 45. doi: 10.1038/s44298-024-00052-2

Peterson, Alyssa J., Hall, Roy A., Harrison, Jessica J., Hobson-Peters, Jody and Hugo, Leon E. (2024). Unleashing nature’s allies: comparing the vertical transmission dynamics of insect-specific and vertebrate-infecting flaviviruses in mosquitoes. Viruses, 16 (9) 1499, 1499. doi: 10.3390/v16091499

Harrison, Jessica J., Nguyen, Wilson, Morgan, Mahali S., Tang, Bing, Habarugira, Gervais, de Malmanche, Henry, Freney, Morgan E., Modhiran, Naphak, Watterson, Daniel, Cox, Abigail L., Yan, Kexin, Yuen, Nicholas K. Y., Bowman, Dylan H., Kirkland, Peter D., Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Suhrbier, Andreas, Hall, Roy A., Rawle, Daniel J. and Hobson-Peters, Jody (2024). A chimeric vaccine derived from Australian genotype IV Japanese encephalitis virus protects mice from lethal challenge. npj Vaccines, 9 (1) 134, 134. doi: 10.1038/s41541-024-00903-2

Balea, Rickyle, Pollak, Nina M., Hobson-Peters, Jody, Macdonald, Joanne and McMillan, David J. (2023). Development and pre-clinical evaluation of a Zika virus diagnostic for low resource settings. Frontiers in Microbiology, 14 1214148, 1-10. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1214148

Habarugira, Gervais, Harrison, Jessica J., Moran, Jasmin, Suen, Willy W., Colmant, Agathe M. G., Hobson-Peters, Jody, Isberg, Sally R., Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle and Hall, Roy A. (2023). A chimeric vaccine protects farmed saltwater crocodiles from West Nile virus-induced skin lesions. npj Vaccines, 8 (1) 93, 1-9. doi: 10.1038/s41541-023-00688-w

Speck, Peter, Mackenzie, Jason, Bull, Rowena A., Slobedman, Barry, Drummer, Heidi, Fraser, Johanna, Herrero, Lara, Helbig, Karla, Londrigan, Sarah, Moseley, Gregory, Prow, Natalie, Hansman, Grant, Edwards, Robert, Ahlenstiel, Chantelle, Abendroth, Allison, Tscharke, David, Hobson-Peters, Jody, Kriiger-Loterio, Robson, Parry, Rhys, Marsh, Glenn, Harding, Emma, Jacques, David A., Gartner, Matthew J., Lee, Wen Shi, McAuley, Julie, Vaz, Paola, Sainsbury, Frank, Tate, Michelle D., Sinclair, Jane ... Young, Paul (2023). Statement in Support of: “Virology under the Microscope—a Call for Rational Discourse”. Journal of Virology, 97 (5), e0045123. doi: 10.1128/jvi.00451-23

Hobson‐Peters, Jody, Amarilla, Alberto A., Rustanti, Lina, Marks, Denese C., Roulis, Eileen, Khromykh, Alexander A., Modhiran, Naphak, Watterson, Daniel, Reichenberg, Stefan, Tolksdorf, Frank, Sumian, Chryslain, Seltsam, Axel, Gravemann, Ute and Faddy, Helen M. (2023). Inactivation of SARS‐CoV ‐2 infectivity in platelet concentrates or plasma following treatment with ultraviolet C light or with methylene blue combined with visible light. Transfusion, 63 (2), 288-293. doi: 10.1111/trf.17238

Pollak, Nina M., Olsson, Malin, Ahmed, Madeeha, Tan, Javier, Lim, George, Setoh, Yin Xiang, Wong, Judith Chui Ching, Lai, Yee Ling, Hobson-Peters, Jody, Macdonald, Joanne and McMillan, David (2023). Rapid diagnostic tests for the detection of the four dengue virus serotypes in clinically relevant matrices. Microbiology Spectrum, 11 (1) e02796-22, 1-12. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.02796-22

Ahmed, Madeeha, Pollak, Nina M., Hugo, Leon E., van den Hurk, Andrew F., Hobson-Peters, Jody and Macdonald, Joanne (2022). Rapid molecular assays for the detection of the four dengue viruses in infected mosquitoes. Gates Open Research, 6 81, 1-20. doi: 10.12688/gatesopenres.13534.2

Colmant, Agathe M. G., Warrilow, David, Hall-Mendelin, Sonja, Onn, Michael, Hobson-Peters, Jody, Huang, Bixing, Kurucz, Nina, Warchot, Allan, Primmer, Bridgette R., Isberg, Sally, Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle and Hall, Roy A. (2022). Arthropod-borne virus surveillance as a tool to study the Australian mosquito virome. Viruses, 14 (9) 1882, 1-7. doi: 10.3390/v14091882

Habarugira, Gervais, Moran, Jasmin, Harrison, Jessica J., Isberg, Sally R., Hobson-Peters, Jody, Hall, Roy A. and Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle (2022). Evidence of Infection with Zoonotic Mosquito-Borne Flaviviruses in Saltwater Crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) in Northern Australia. Viruses, 14 (5) 1106, 1106. doi: 10.3390/v14051106

McMillan, Christopher L. D., Azuar, Armira, Choo, Jovin J. Y., Modhiran, Naphak, Amarilla, Alberto A., Isaacs, Ariel, Honeyman, Kate E., Cheung, Stacey T. M., Liang, Benjamin, Wurm, Maria J., Pino, Paco, Kint, Joeri, Fernando, Germain J. P., Landsberg, Michael J., Khromykh, Alexander A., Hobson-Peters, Jody, Watterson, Daniel, Young, Paul R. and Muller, David A. (2022). Dermal delivery of a SARS-CoV-2 subunit vaccine induces immunogenicity against variants of concern. Vaccines, 10 (4) 578, 578. doi: 10.3390/vaccines10040578

Slonchak, Andrii, Parry, Rhys, Pullinger, Brody, Sng, Julian D. J., Wang, Xiaohui, Buck, Teresa F., Torres, Francisco J., Harrison, Jessica J., Colmant, Agathe M. G., Hobson-Peters, Jody, Hall, Roy A., Tuplin, Andrew and Khromykh, Alexander A. (2022). Structural analysis of 3’UTRs in insect flaviviruses reveals novel determinants of sfRNA biogenesis and provides new insights into flavivirus evolution. Nature Communications, 13 (1) 1279, 1-16. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-28977-3

Hazlewood, Jessamine E., Tang, Bing, Yan, Kexin, Rawle, Daniel J., Harrison, Jessica J., Hall, Roy A., Hobson-Peters, Jody and Suhrbier, Andreas (2022). The chimeric Binjari-Zika vaccine provides long-term protection against ZIKA virus challenge. Vaccines, 10 (1) 85, 85. doi: 10.3390/vaccines10010085

Choo, Jovin J. Y., McMillan, Christopher L. D., Fernando, Germain J. P., Hall, Roy A., Young, Paul R., Hobson-Peters, Jody and Muller, David A. (2021). Developing a stabilizing formulation of a live chimeric dengue virus vaccine dry coated on a high-density microarray patch. Vaccines, 9 (11) 1301, 1301. doi: 10.3390/vaccines9111301

Harrison, Jessica J., Hobson-Peters, Jody, Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle and Hall, Roy A. (2021). Chimeric vaccines based on novel insect-specific flaviviruses. Vaccines, 9 (11) 1230, 1230. doi: 10.3390/vaccines9111230

Scott, Connor A. P., Amarilla, Alberto A., Bibby, Summa, Newton, Natalee D., Hall, Roy A., Hobson-Peters, Jody, Muller, David A., Chappell, Keith J., Young, Paul R., Modhiran, Naphak and Watterson, Daniel (2021). Implications of dengue virus maturation on vaccine induced humoral immunity in mice. Viruses, 13 (9) 1843, 1843. doi: 10.3390/v13091843

Choo, Jovin J. Y., Vet, Laura J., McMillan, Christopher L. D., Harrison, Jessica J., Scott, Connor A. P., Depelsenaire, Alexandra C. I., Fernando, Germain J. P., Watterson, Daniel, Hall, Roy A., Young, Paul R., Hobson-Peters, Jody and Muller, David A. (2021). A chimeric dengue virus vaccine candidate delivered by high density microarray patches protects against infection in mice. npj Vaccines, 6 (1) 66, 66. doi: 10.1038/s41541-021-00328-1

Newton, Natalee D., Hardy, Joshua M., Modhiran, Naphak, Hugo, Leon E., Amarilla, Alberto A., Bibby, Summa, Venugopal, Hariprasad, Harrison, Jessica J., Traves, Renee J., Hall, Roy A., Hobson-Peters, Jody, Coulibaly, Fasséli and Watterson, Daniel (2021). The structure of an infectious immature flavivirus redefines viral architecture and maturation. Science Advances, 7 (20) eabe4507, 1-12. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abe4507

Colmant, Agathe M. G., Hobson-Peters, Jody, Slijkerman, Teun A. P., Harrison, Jessica J., Pijlman, Gorben P., van Oers, Monique M., Simmonds, Peter, Hall, Roy A. and Fros, Jelke J. (2021). Insect-specific flavivirus replication in mammalian cells is inhibited by physiological temperature and the zinc-finger antiviral protein. Viruses, 13 (4) 573, 1-16. doi: 10.3390/v13040573

Rustanti, Lina, Hobson-Peters, Jody, Colmant, Agathe M. G., Hall, Roy A., Young, Paul R., Reichenberg, Stefan, Tolksdorf, Frank, Sumian, Chryslain, Gravemann, Ute, Seltsam, Axel, Marks, Denese C. and Faddy, Helen Z. M. (2020). Inactivation of Japanese encephalitis virus in plasma by methylene blue combined with visible light and in platelet concentrates by ultraviolet C light. Transfusion, 60 (11), 2655-2660. doi: 10.1111/trf.16021

O’Brien, Caitlin A., Pegg, Cassandra L., Nouwens, Amanda S., Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Huang, Bixing, Warrilow, David, Harrison, Jessica J., Haniotis, John, Schulz, Benjamin L., Paramitha, Devina, Colmant, Agathe M. G., Newton, Natalee D., Doggett, Stephen L., Watterson, Daniel, Hobson-Peters, Jody and Hall, Roy A. (2020). A unique relative of Rotifer birnavirus Isolated from Australian mosquitoes. Viruses, 12 (9) 1056, 1056. doi: 10.3390/v12091056

Hazlewood, Jessamine E., Rawle, Daniel J., Tang, Bing, Yan, Kexin, Vet, Laura J., Nakayama, Eri, Hobson-Peters, Jody, Hall, Roy A. and Suhrbier, Andreas (2020). A Zika vaccine generated using the chimeric insect-specific binjari virus platform protects against fetal brain infection in pregnant mice. Vaccines, 8 (3) 496, 496-12. doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030496

Habarugira, Gervais, Suen, Willy W., Hobson-Peters, Jody, Hall, Roy A. and Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle (2020). West Nile Virus: an update on pathobiology, epidemiology, diagnostics, control and “One Health” implications. Pathogens, 9 (7) 589, 589-51. doi: 10.3390/pathogens9070589

Yan, Kexin, Vet, Laura J., Tang, Bing, Hobson-Peters, Jody, Rawle, Daniel J., Le, Thuy T., Larcher, Thibaut, Hall, Roy A. and Suhrbier, Andreas (2020). A yellow fever virus 17D infection and disease mouse model used to evaluate a chimeric Binjari-yellow fever virus vaccine. Vaccines, 8 (3) 368, 368-14. doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030368

Vet, Laura J., Setoh, Yin Xiang, Amarilla, Alberto A., Habarugira, Gervais, Suen, Willy W., Newton, Natalee D., Harrison, Jessica J., Hobson-Peters, Jody, Hall, Roy A. and Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle (2020). Protective efficacy of a chimeric insect-specific flavivirus vaccine against West Nile virus. Vaccines, 8 (2) 258, 258. doi: 10.3390/vaccines8020258

Nguyen, Wilson, Nakayama, Eri, Yan, Kexin, Tang, Bing, Le, Thuy T., Liu, Liang, Cooper, Tamara H., Hayball, John D., Faddy, Helen M., Warrilow, David, Allcock, Richard J. N., Hobson-Peters, Jody, Hall, Roy A., Rawle, Daniel J., Lutzky, Viviana P., Young, Paul, Oliveira, Nidia M., Hartel, Gunter, Howley, Paul M., Prow, Natalie A. and Suhrbier, Andreas (2020). Arthritogenic alphavirus vaccines: serogrouping versus cross-protection in mouse models. Vaccines, 8 (2) 209, 209. doi: 10.3390/vaccines8020209

Habarugira, Gervais, Moran, Jasmin, Colmant, Agathe M G, Davis, Steven S., O'Brien, Caitlin A., Hall-Mendelin, Sonja, McMahon, Jamie, Hewitson, Glen, Nair, Neelima, Barcelon, Jean, Suen, Willy W., Melville, Lorna, Hobson-Peters, Jody, Hall, Roy A., Isberg, Sally R. and Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle (2020). Mosquito-independent transmission of West Nile virus in farmed saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus). Viruses, 12 (2) 198, 198. doi: 10.3390/v12020198

Colmant, Agathe M. G., O'Brien, Caitlin A., Newton, Natalee D., Watterson, Daniel, Hardy, Joshua, Coulibaly, Fasséli, Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Warrilow, David, Huang, Bixing, Paramitha, Devina, Harrison, Jessica J., Hall, Roy A. and Hobson-Peters, Jody (2020). Novel monoclonal antibodies against Australian strains of negeviruses and insights into virus structure, replication and host -restriction. Journal of General Virology, 101 (4), 440-452. doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.001388

Hobson-Peters, Jody, Harrison, Jessica J., Watterson, Daniel, Hazlewood, Jessamine E., Vet, Laura J., Newton, Natalee D., Warrilow, David, Colmant, Agathe M. G., Taylor, Carmel, Huang, Bixing, Piyasena, Thisun B. H., Chow, Weng Kong, Setoh, Yin Xiang, Tang, Bing, Nakayama, Eri, Yan, Kexin, Amarilla, Alberto A., Wheatley, Sarah, Moore, Peter R., Finger, Mitchell, Kurucz, Nina, Modhiran, Naphak, Young, Paul R., Khromykh, Alexander A., Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Suhrbier, Andreas and Hall, Roy A. (2019). A recombinant platform for flavivirus vaccines and diagnostics using chimeras of a new insect-specific virus. Science Translational Medicine, 11 (522) eaax7888, 1-15. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aax7888

Piyasena, Thisun B H, Newton, Natalee D, Hobson-Peters, Jody, Vet, Laura J, Setoh, Yin X, Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Khromykh, Alexander A and Hall, Roy A (2019). Chimeric viruses of the insect-specific flavivirus Palm Creek with structural proteins of vertebrate-infecting flaviviruses identify barriers to replication of insect-specific flaviviruses in vertebrate cells. The Journal of general virology, 100 (11), 1580-1586. doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.001326

Piyasena, Thisun B. H., Setoh, Yin X., Hobson-Peters, Jody, Newton, Natalee D., Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, McLean, Breeanna J., Vet, Laura J., Khromykh, Alexander A. and Hall, Roy A. (2019). Author Correction: Infectious DNAs derived from insect-specific flavivirus genomes enable identification of pre- and post-entry host restrictions in vertebrate cells. Scientific Reports, 9 (1) 8431, 8431. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-44657-7

Maute, Kimberly, Webb, Cameron, Phalen, David, Martin, John, Hobson-Peters, Jody, Major, Richard E. and French, Kristine (2019). Clean bill of health? Towards an understanding of health risks posed by urban ibis. Journal of Urban Ecology, 5 (1) juz006. doi: 10.1093/jue/juz006

Warrilow, David, Huang, Bixing, Newton, Natalee D., Harrison, Jessica J., Johnson, Karyn N., Chow, Weng Kong, Hall, Roy A. and Hobson-Peters, Jody (2018). The taxonomy of an Australian nodavirus isolated from mosquitoes. PLoS One, 13 (12) e0210029, 1-9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0210029

Colmant, Agathe M. G., Hall-Mendelin, Sonja, Ritchie, Scott A., Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Harrison, Jessica J., Newton, Natalee D., O’Brien, Caitlin A., Cazier, Chris, Johansen, Cheryl A., Hobson-Peters, Jody, Hall, Roy A. and van den Hurk, Andrew F. (2018). The recently identified flavivirus Bamaga virus is transmitted horizontally by Culex mosquitoes and interferes with West Nile virus replication in vitro and transmission in vivo. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 12 (10) e0006886, e0006886. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006886

O'Brien, Caitlin A., Hall-Mendelin, Sonja, Hobson-Peters, Jody, Deliyannis, Georgia, Allen, Andy, Lew-Tabor, Ala, Rodriguez-Valle, Manuel, Barker, Dayana, Barker, Stephen C. and Hall, Roy A. (2018). Discovery of a novel iflavirus sequence in the eastern paralysis tick Ixodes holocyclus. Archives of Virology, 163 (9), 1-7. doi: 10.1007/s00705-018-3868-9

Hall, Roy A. and Hobson-Peters, Jody (2018). Newly discovered mosquito viruses help control vector-borne viral diseases. Microbiology Australia, 39 (2), 72-75. doi: 10.1071/MA18020

Prow, Natalie A., Mah, Marcus G., Deerain, Joshua M., Warrilow, David, Colmant, Agathe M. G., O'Brien, Caitlin A., Harrison, Jessica J., McLean, Breeanna J., Hewlett, Elise K., Piyasena, Thisun B. H., Hall-Mendelin, Sonja, van den Hurk, Andrew F., Watterson, Daniel, Huang, Bixing, Schulz, Benjamin L., Webb, Cameron E., Johansen, Cheryl A., Chow, Weng K., Hobson-Peters, Jody, Cazier, Chris, Coffey, Lark L., Faddy, Helen M., Suhrbier, Andreas, Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle and Hall, Roy A. (2018). New genotypes of Liao ning virus (LNV) in Australia exhibit an insect-specific phenotype. The Journal of General Virology, 99 (4), 596-609. doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.001038

Prow, Natalie A, Liu, Liang, Nakayama, Eri, Cooper, Tamara H, Yan, Kexin, Eldi, Preethi, Hazlewood, Jessamine E, Tang, Bing, Le, Thuy T, Setoh, Yin Xiang, Khromykh, Alexander A, Hobson-Peters, Jody, Diener, Kerrilyn R, Howley, Paul M, Hayball, John D and Suhrbier, Andreas (2018). A vaccinia-based single vector construct multi-pathogen vaccine protects against both Zika and chikungunya viruses. Nature Communications, 9 (1) 1230, 1230. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-03662-6

Fryk, Jesse J., Marks, Denese C., Hobson-Peters, Jody, Watterson, Daniel, Hall, Roy A., Young, Paul R., Reichenberg, Stefan, Tolksdorf, Frank, Sumian, Chryslain, Gravemann, Ute, Seltsam, Axel and Faddy, Helen M. (2017). Reduction of Zika virus infectivity in platelet concentrates after treatment with ultraviolet C light and in plasma after treatment with methylene blue and visible light. Transfusion, 57 (11), 2677-2682. doi: 10.1111/trf.14256

Piyasena, Thisun B. H., Setoh, Yin X., Hobson-Peters, Jody, Prow, Natalie A., Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Khromykh, Alexander A., Perera, David, Cardosa, Mary J., Kirkland, Peter D. and Hall, Roy A. (2017). Differential Diagnosis of Flavivirus Infections in Horses Using Viral Envelope Protein Domain III Antigens in Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay. Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 17 (12), 825-835. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2017.2172

Colmant, Agathe M. G. , Etebari, Kayvan, Webb, Cameron E., Ritchie, Scott A., Jansen, Cassie C. , van den Hurk, Andrew F., Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Hobson-Peters, Jody, Asgari, Sassan and Hall, Roy A. (2017). Discovery of new orbiviruses and totivirus from Anopheles mosquitoes in Eastern Australia. Archives of Virology, 162 (11), 1-6. doi: 10.1007/s00705-017-3515-x

Lee, Morris, Etebari, Kayvan, Hall-Mendelin, Sonja, van den Hurk, Andrew F., Hobson-Peters, Jody, Vatipally, Sreenu, Schnettler, Esther, Hall, Roy and Asgari, Sassan (2017). Understanding the role of microRNAs in the interaction of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes with an insect-specific flavivirus. Journal of General Virology, 98 (7) 000832, 1892-1903. doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.000832

Piyasena, Thisun B. H. , Setoh, Yin X., Hobson-Peters, Jody, Newton, Natalee D. , Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, McLean, Breeanna J. , Vet, Laura J. , Khromykh, Alexander A. and Hall, Roy A. (2017). Infectious DNAs derived from insect-specific flavivirus genomes enable identification of pre- and post-entry host restrictions in vertebrate cells. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) 2940, 2940.1-2940.11. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-03120-1

O'Brien, Caitlin A., McLean, Breeanna J., Colmant, Agathe M. G., Harrison, Jessica J., Hall-Mendelin, Sonja, van den Hurk, Andrew F., Johansen, Cheryl A., Watterson, Daniel, Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Newton, Natalee D., Schulz, Benjamin L., Hall, Roy A. and Hobson-Peters, Jody (2017). Discovery and characterisation of castlerea virus, a new species of Negevirus isolated in Australia. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 13, 1176934317691269. doi: 10.1177/1176934317691269

Taylor, Adam, Liu, Xiang, Zaid, Ali, Goh, Lucas Y. H., Hobson-Peters, Jody, Hall, Roy A., Merits, Andres and Mahalingam, Suresh (2017). Mutation of the N-Terminal region of Chikungunya Virus Capsid Protein: implications for vaccine design. mBio, 8 (1) e01970-16, e01970-16.1-e01970-16.14. doi: 10.1128/mBio.01970-16

Hall, Roy A., Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, McLean, Breeanna J., O'Brien, Caitlin A., Colmant, Agathe M.G., Piyasena, Thisun B.H., Harrison, Jessica J., Newton, Natalee D., Barnard, Ross T., Prow, Natalie A., Deerain, Joshua M., Mah, Marcus G.K.Y. and Hobson-Peters, Jody (2017). Commensal viruses of mosquitoes: Host restriction, transmission, and interaction with arboviral pathogens. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 12 (Suppl 2), 35-44. doi: 10.4137/EBO.S40740

Fryk, Jesse J., Marks, Denese C., Hobson-Peters, Jody, Prow, Natalie A., Watterson, Daniel, Hall, Roy A., Young, Paul R., Reichenberg, Stefan, Sumian, Chryslain and Faddy, Helen M. (2016). Dengue and chikungunya viruses in plasma are effectively inactivated after treatment with methylene blue and visible light. Transfusion, 56 (9), 2278-2285. doi: 10.1111/trf.13729

Prow, Natalie A., Edmonds, Judith H., Williams, David T., Setoh, Yin X., Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Suen, Willy W., Hobson-Peters, Jody, van den Hurk, Andrew F., Pyke, Alyssa T., Hall-Mendelin, Sonja, Northill, Judith A., Johansen, Cheryl A., Warrilow, David, Wang, Jianning, Kirkland, Peter D., Doggett, Stephen, Andrade, Christy C., Brault, Aaron C., Khromykh, Alexander A. and Hall, Roy A. (2016). Virulence and evolution of West Nile Virus, Australia, 1960-2012. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 22 (8), 1353-1362. doi: 10.3201/eid2208.151719

Hall-Mendelin, Sonja, McLean, Breeanna J., Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Hobson-Peters, Jody, Hall, Roy A. and van den Hurk, Andrew F. (2016). The insect-specific Palm Creek virus modulates West Nile virus infection in and transmission by Australian mosquitoes. Parasites and vectors, 9 (1) 414, 414. doi: 10.1186/s13071-016-1683-2

Harrison, Jessica J., Warrilow, David, McLean, Breeanna J., Watterson, Daniel, O'Brien, Caitlin A., Colmant, Agathe M.G., Johansen, Cheryl A., Barnard, Ross T., Hall-Mendelin, Sonja, Davis, Steven S., Hall, Roy A. and Hobson-Peters, Jody (2016). A new Orbivirus isolated from mosquitoes in north-western Australia shows antigenic and genetic similarity to Corriparta virus but does not replicate in vertebrate cells. Viruses, 8 (5) 141, e141.1-e141.15. doi: 10.3390/v8050141

Huang, Bixing, Firth, Cadhla, Watterson, Daniel, Allcock, Richard, Colmant, Agathe M. G., Hobson-Peters, Jody, Kirkland, Peter, Hewitson, Glen, McMahon, Jamie, Hall-Mendelin, Sonja, van den Hurk, Andrew F. and Warrilow, David (2016). Genetic characterization of archived bunyaviruses and their potential for emergence in Australia. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 22 (5), 833-840. doi: 10.3201/eid2205.151566

Colmant, Agathe M. G., Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Hobson-Peters, Jody, Suen, Willy W., O'Brien, Caitlin A., van den Hurk, Andrew F. and Hall, Roy A. (2016). A newly discovered flavivirus in the yellow fever virus group displays restricted replication in vertebrates. Journal of General Virology, 97 (5) 000430, 1087-1093. doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.000430

Blouin, Arnaud G., Ross, Howard A., Hobson-Peters, Jody, O'Brien, Caitlin, Warren, Ben and MacDiarmid, Robin (2016). A new virus discovered by immunocapture of double-stranded RNA, a rapid method for virus enrichment in metagenomic studies. Molecular Ecology Resources, 16 (5), 1255-1263. doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.12525

Hobson-Peters, Jody, Warrilow, David, McLean, Breeanna J., Watterson, Daniel, Colmant, Agathe M.G., van den Hurk, Andrew F., Hall-Mendelin, Sonja, Hastie, Marcus L., Gorman, Jeffrey J., Harrison, Jessica J., Prow, Natalie A., Barnard, Ross T., Allcock, Richard, Johansen, Cheryl A. and Hall, Roy A. (2016). Discovery and characterisation of a new insect-specific bunyavirus from Culex mosquitoes captured in northern Australia. Virology, 489, 269-281. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2015.11.003

McLean, Breeanna J., Hobson-Peters, Jody, Webb, Cameron E., Watterson, Daniel, Prow, Natalie A., Nguyen, Hong Duyen, Hall-Mendelin, Sonja, Warrilow, David, Johansen, Cheryl A., Jansen, Cassie C., van den Hurk, Andrew F., Beebe, Nigel W., Schnettler, Esther, Barnard, Ross T. and Hall, Roy A. (2015). A novel insect-specific flavivirus replicates only in Aedes-derived cells and persists at high prevalence in wild Aedes vigilax populations in Sydney, Australia. Virology, 486, 272-283. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2015.07.021

Setoh, Yin Xiang, Tan, Cindy Si En, Prow, Natalie A., Hobson-Peters, Jody, Young, Paul R., Khromykh, Alexander A. and Hall, Roy A. (2015). The I22V and L72S substitutions in West Nile virus prM protein promote enhanced prM/E heterodimerisation and nucleocapsid incorporation. Virology Journal, 12 (1) 72, 72.1-72.5. doi: 10.1186/s12985-015-0303-7

Goh, Lucas Y. H., Kam, Yiu-Wing, Metz, Stefan W., Hobson-Peters, Jody, Prow, Natalie A., McCarthy, Suzi, Smith, David W., Pijlman, Gorben P., Ng, Lisa F. and Hall, Roy A. (2015). A sensitive epitope-blocking ELISA for the detection of Chikungunya virus-specific antibodies in patients.. Journal of Virological Methods, 222, 55-61. doi: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2015.05.011

O'Brien, Caitlin A., Hobson-Peters, Jody, Yam, Alice Wei Yee, Colmant, Agathe M. G., McLean, Breeanna J., Prow, Natalie A., Watterson, Daniel, Hall-Mendelin, Sonja, Warrilow, David, Ng, Mah-Lee, Khromykh, Alexander A. and Hall, Roy A. (2015). Viral RNA intermediates as targets for detection and discovery of novel and emerging mosquito-borne viruses. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 9 (3) e0003629, 1-27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003629

Goh, Lucas Y. H., Hobson-Peters, Jody, Prow, Natalie A., Gardner, Joy, Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Suhrbier, Andreas and Hall, Roy A. (2015). Monoclonal antibodies specific for the capsid protein of chikungunya virus suitable for multiple applications.. Journal of General Virology, 96 (3), 507-512. doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.000002.

Goh, Lucas Y. H., Hobson-Peters, Jody, Prow, Natalie A., Baker, Kelly, Piyasena, Thisun B. H., Taylor, Carmel T., Rana, Ashok, Hastie, Marcus L., Gorman, Jeff J. and Hall, Roy A. (2015). The Chikungunya Virus Capsid Protein Contains Linear B Cell Epitopes in the N- and C-Terminal Regions that are Dependent on an Intact C-Terminus for Antibody Recognition. Viruses, 7 (6), 2943-2964. doi: 10.3390/v7062754

Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Prow, Natalie A., Wang, Wenqi, Tan, Cindy S. E., Coyle, Mitchell, Douma, Alysha, Hobson-Peters, Jody, Kidd, Lisa, Hall, Roy A. and Petrovsky, Nikolai (2014). Safety and immunogenicity of a delta inulin-adjuvanted inactivated Japanese encephalitis virus vaccine in pregnant mares and foals. Veterinary Research, 45 (1) 130, 130.1-130.9. doi: 10.1186/s13567-014-0130-7

Prow, Natalie A., Setoh, Yin X., Biron, Rebecca M., Sester, David P., Kim, Kwang Sik, Hobson-Peters, Jody, Hall, Roy A. and Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle (2014). The West Nile-like flavivirus Koutango is highly virulent in mice due to delayed viral clearance and the induction of a poor neutralizing antibody response. Journal of Virology, 88 (17), 9947-9962. doi: 10.1128/JVI.01304-14

Shives, Katherine D., Beatman, Erica L., Chamanian, Mastooreh, O'Brien, Caitlin, Hobson-Peters, Jody and Beckham, J. David (2014). West Nile virus - Induced activation of Mammalian Target of Rapamycin (mTOR) Complex 1 supports viral growth and viral protein expression. Journal of Virology, 88 (16), 9458-9471. doi: 10.1128/JVI.01323-14

Warrilow, David, Watterson, Daniel, Hall, Roy A., Davis, Steven S., Weir, Richard, Kurucz, Nina, Whelan, Peter, Allcock, Richard, Hall-Mendelin, Sonja, O'Brien, Caitlin A. and Hobson-Peters, Jody (2014). A new species of mesonivirus from the Northern Territory, Australia. PLoS ONE, 9 (3) e91103, e91103.1-e91103.9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091103

Warrilow, David, Hall-Mendelin, Sonja, Hobson-Peters, Jody, Prow, Natalie A., Allcock, Richard and Hall, Roy A. (2014). Complete coding sequences of three members of the Kokobera group of flaviviruses. Genome Announcements, 2 (5) e00890-14, e00890-14.1-e00890-14.2. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00890-14

Prow, Natalie A., Tan, Cindy S. E., Wang, Wenqi, Hobson-Peters, Jody, Kidd. Lisa, Barton, Anita, Wright, John, Hall, Roy A. and Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle (2013). Natural exposure of horses to mosquito-borne flaviviruses in South-East Queensland, Australia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 10 (9), 4432-4443. doi: 10.3390/ijerph10094432

Tan, Cindy S. E., Hobson-Peters, Jody M., Stoermer, Martin J., Fairlie, David P., Khromykh, Alexander A. and Hall, Roy A. (2013). An interaction between the methyltransferase and RNA dependent RNA polymerase domains of the West Nile virus NS5 protein. Journal of General Virology, 94 (Pt. 9), 1961-1971. doi: 10.1099/vir.0.054395-0

May, Fiona J., Clark, David C., Pham, Kim, Diviney, Sinéad M., Williams, David T., Field, Emma J., Kuno, Goro, Chang, Gwong-Jen, Cheah, Wai Yuen, Setoh, Yin X., Prow, Natalie A., Hobson-Peters, Jody and Hall, Roy A. (2013). Genetic divergence among members of the Kokobera group of flaviviruses supports their separation into distinct species. Journal of General Virology, 94 (Pt. 7), 1462-1467. doi: 10.1099/vir.0.049940-0

Hobson-Peters, Jody, Yam, Alice Wei Yee, Lu, Jennifer Wei Fei, Setoh, Yin Xiang, May, Fiona J., Kurucz, Nina, Walsh, Susan, Prow, Natalie A., Davis, Steven S., Weir, Richard, Melville, Lorna, Hunt, Neville, Webb, Richard I., Blitvich, Bradley J., Whelan, Peter and Hall, Roy A. (2013). A new insect-specific flavivirus from Northern Australia suppresses replication of West Nile Virus and Murray Valley Encephalitis Virus in co-infected mosquito cells. PLoS One, 8 (2) e56534, e56534. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056534

Goh, Lucas Y. H., Hobson-Peters Jody, Prow, Natalie A., Gardner, Joy, Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Pyke, Alyssa T., Suhrbier, Andreas and Hall, Roy A. (2013). Neutralizing monoclonal antibodies to the E2 protein of chikungunya virus protects against disease in a mouse model. Clinical Immunology, 149 (PB), 487-497. doi: 10.1016/j.clim.2013.10.004

Setoh, Y. X., Prow, N. A., Hobson-Peters, J., Lobigs, M., Young, P. R., Khromykh, A. A. and Hall, R. A. (2012). Identification of residues in West Nile virus premembrane protein that influence viral particle secretion and virulence. Journal of General Virology, 93 (Part 9), 1965-1975. doi: 10.1099/vir.0.044453-0

Frost, Melinda J., Zhang, Jing, Edmonds, Judith H., Prow, Natalie A., Gu, Xingnian, Davis, Rodney, Hornitzky, Christine, Arzey, Kathleen E., Finlaison, Deborah, Hick, Paul, Read, Andrew, Hobson-Peters, Jody, May, Fiona J., Doggett, Stephen L., Haniotis, John, Russell, Richard C., Hall, Roy A., Khromykh, Alexander A. and Kirkland, Peter D. (2012). Characterization of virulent West Nile virus Kunjin Strain, Australia, 2011. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 18 (5), 792-800. doi: 10.3201/eid1805.111720

Hobson-Peters, Jody (2012). Approaches for the development of rapid serological assays for surveillance and diagnosis of infections caused by zoonotic flaviviruses of the Japanese encephalitis virus serocomplex. Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology, 2012 379738, 379738.1-379738.15. doi: 10.1155/2012/379738

Hobson-Peters, Jody, Arevalo, Carolina, Cheah, Wai Yuen, Blitvich, Bradley J., Tan, Cindy Si En, Sandis, Alexis, Araya, Luis Nazario, Hernandez, Jose Luis, Toye, Phillip and Hall, Roy A. (2011). Detection of antibodies to West Nile virus in horses, Costa Rica, 2004. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 11 (8), 1081-1084. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2010.0198

Setoh, Y. X., Hobson-Peters, J., Prow, N. A., Young, P. R. and Hall, R. A. (2011). Expression of recombinant West Nile virus prM protein fused to an affinity tag for use as a diagnostic antigen. Journal of Virological Methods, 175 (1), 20-27. doi: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2011.04.010

Hobson-Peters, J, Shan, J., Hall, R. A. and Toye, P. (2010). Mammalian expression of functional autologous red cell agglutination reagents for use in diagnostic assays. Journal of Virological Methods, 168 (1-2), 177-190. doi: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2010.05.012

Hall, Roy A., Tan, Si En, Selisko, Barbara, Slade, Rachael, Hobson-Peters, Jody, Canard, Bruno, Hughes, Megan, Leung, Jason Y., Balmori-Melian, Ezequiel, Hall-Mendelin, Sonja, Pham, Kim B., Clark, David C., Prow, Natalie A. and Khromykh, Alexander A. (2009). Monoclonal antibodies to the West Nile virus NS5 protein map to linear and conformational epitopes in the methyltransferase and polymerase domains. Journal of General Virology, 90 (12), 2912-2922. doi: 10.1099/vir.0.013805-0

Hobson-Peters, Jody, Toye, Philip, Sanchez, Melissa D., Bossart, Katharine N., Wang, Lin-Fa, Clark, David C., Cheah, Wai Yuen and Hall, Roy A. (2008). A glycosylated peptide in the West Nile virus envelope protein is immunogenic during equine infection. Journal of General Virology, 89 (12), 3063-3072. doi: 10.1099/vir.0.2008/003731-0

Hobson-Peters, Jody, O'Loughlin, Peter and Toye, Philip (2007). Development of an internally controlled, homogeneous polymerase chain reaction assay for the simultaneous detection and discrimination of herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 and varicella-zoster virus. Molecular and Cellular Probes, 21 (1), 24-30. doi: 10.1016/j.mcp.2006.07.002

Hobson-Peters, Jody and Toye, Philip (2005). A whole-blood homogeneous assay for the multiplex detection of the factor V G1691A and the prothrombin G20210A mutations. Molecular and Cellular Probes, 19 (4), 290-297. doi: 10.1016/j.mcp.2005.04.005

Thesis

Jody Hobson-Peters (2009). Characterisation and recombinant expression of antigens for the rapid diagnosis of West Nile virus infection. PhD Thesis, School of Chemistry & Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland.

Areas of research

Biochemistry and molecular biology discipline

Infection and immunity theme

Microbiology discipline