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Overview
Background
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.
Availability
- Associate Professor Jody Peters is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Applied Science, Queensland University of Technology
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Works
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2024
Journal Article
A chimeric vaccine derived from Australian genotype IV Japanese encephalitis virus protects mice from lethal challenge
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
2023
Journal Article
Development and pre-clinical evaluation of a Zika virus diagnostic for low resource settings
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
2023
Journal Article
A chimeric vaccine protects farmed saltwater crocodiles from West Nile virus-induced skin lesions
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
2023
Journal Article
Statement in Support of: “Virology under the Microscope—a Call for Rational Discourse”
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
2023
Journal Article
Statement in Support of: “Virology under the Microscope—a Call for Rational Discourse”
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”. mSphere, 8 (3), e0016523. doi: 10.1128/msphere.00165-23
2023
Journal Article
Statement in Support of: “Virology under the Microscope—a Call for Rational Discourse”
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”. mBio, 14 (3), e0081523. doi: 10.1128/mbio.00815-23
2023
Journal Article
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
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
2023
Journal Article
Rapid diagnostic tests for the detection of the four dengue virus serotypes in clinically relevant matrices
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
2023
Journal Article
Statement in Support of: “Virology under the Microscope-a Call for Rational Discourse”
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). doi: 10.1128/jvi.00451-23
2022
Journal Article
Monoclonal antibodies specific for SARS-CoV-2 spike protein suitable for multiple applications for current variants of concern
Morgan, Mahali S., Yan, Kexin, Le, Thuy T., Johnston, Ryan A., Amarilla, Alberto A., Muller, David A., McMillan, Christopher L. D., Modhiran, Naphak, Watterson, Daniel, Potter, James R., Sng, Julian D. J., Lor, Mary, Paramitha, Devina, Isaacs, Ariel, Khromykh, Alexander A., Hall, Roy A., Suhrbier, Andreas, Rawle, Daniel J. and Hobson-Peters, Jody (2022). Monoclonal antibodies specific for SARS-CoV-2 spike protein suitable for multiple applications for current variants of concern. Viruses, 15 (1) 139, 1-18. doi: 10.3390/v15010139
2022
Journal Article
Rapid molecular assays for the detection of the four dengue viruses in infected mosquitoes
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
2022
Journal Article
Arthropod-borne virus surveillance as a tool to study the Australian mosquito virome
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
2022
Journal Article
Evidence of Infection with Zoonotic Mosquito-Borne Flaviviruses in Saltwater Crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) in Northern Australia
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
2022
Journal Article
Dermal delivery of a SARS-CoV-2 subunit vaccine induces immunogenicity against variants of concern
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
2022
Journal Article
Structural analysis of 3’UTRs in insect flaviviruses reveals novel determinants of sfRNA biogenesis and provides new insights into flavivirus evolution
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
2022
Journal Article
The chimeric Binjari-Zika vaccine provides long-term protection against ZIKA virus challenge
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
2021
Journal Article
Developing a stabilizing formulation of a live chimeric dengue virus vaccine dry coated on a high-density microarray patch
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
2021
Journal Article
Chimeric vaccines based on novel insect-specific flaviviruses
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
2021
Journal Article
Implications of dengue virus maturation on vaccine induced humoral immunity in mice
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
2021
Journal Article
A chimeric dengue virus vaccine candidate delivered by high density microarray patches protects against infection in mice
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
Funding
Current funding
Supervision
Availability
- Associate Professor Jody Peters is:
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Mechanisms of host restriction underpinning the safety and efficacy of novel chimeric flaviviral vaccines
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Alexander Khromykh
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Doctor Philosophy
Recombinant chimeric insect-specific viruses as novel antigens for diagnostic platforms
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Naphak Modhiran
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Doctor Philosophy
Engineering chimeric viruses as protective and safe vaccines against mosquito-borne viral disease
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Alexander Khromykh
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Doctor Philosophy
Integration of innovative platform technologies for the diagnosis of flaviviral infections
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Christopher Howard
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Doctor Philosophy
Development and optimisation of bioprocesses for scale-up manufacture of chimeric antigens for flavivirus vaccines and diagnostics
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor David Muller
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Doctor Philosophy
Yellow Fever Virus Structure and Antigenicity
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Paul Young, Dr Naphak Modhiran, Professor Daniel Watterson
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Doctor Philosophy
Investigation of factors affecting the maternal transmission of Insect-specific viruses by mosquitoes
Associate Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Insect-specific viruses as tools for the downregulation of mosquito vector competence for arboviruses
Associate Advisor
Completed supervision
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
RNA intermediates as novel candidates for virus detection and discovery in Australian arthropods
Joint Principal Advisor
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
The Structural and Antigenic Landscape of Emerging Encephalitic Flaviviruses
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Naphak Modhiran, Professor Daniel Watterson
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Development of Next Generation Dengue Virus Vaccines
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Paul Young, Associate Professor David Muller
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Exploring the use of chimeric insect-specific viruses to develop safe and effective vaccines against flavivirus pathogens
Associate Advisor
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Binjari virus structure and use as a universal platform for flavivirus cryo-electron microscopy.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Daniel Watterson
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Discovery and characterisation of novel insect-specific viruses and investigation of their host restriction
Associate Advisor
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Molecular Mechanisms of Evolutionary Adaption in Insect-specific Flaviviruses
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Alexander Khromykh
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
Detection and characterisation of a novel insect-specific flavivirus in Australia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Ross Barnard
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
Development and Application of Monoclonal Antibodies to Chikungunya Virus Proteins
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Ross Barnard
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2013
Master Philosophy
The Prevalence and Biodiversity of Insect-Specific Flaviviruses in Northern Australia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Ross Barnard
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