Associate Professor Jody Peters
Associate Professor

Jody Peters

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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

Biological Sciences Medical microbiology Microbiology

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Applied Science, Queensland University of Technology
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland

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107 works between 2005 and 2025
All (107) Journal Article (101) Book Chapter (2) Other Outputs (4)

21 - 40 of 107 works

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

Dermal delivery of a SARS-CoV-2 subunit vaccine induces immunogenicity against variants of concern

Featured

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

Structural analysis of 3’UTRs in insect flaviviruses reveals novel determinants of sfRNA biogenesis and provides new insights into flavivirus evolution

2022

Journal Article

Extended characterisation of five archival tick-borne viruses provides insights for virus discovery in Australian ticks

O’Brien, Caitlin A., Huang, Bixing, Warrilow, David, Hazlewood, Jessamine E., Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Hall-Mendelin, Sonja, Pegg, Cassandra L., Harrison, Jessica J., Paramitha, Devina, Newton, Natalee D., Schulz, Benjamin L., Suhrbier, Andreas, Hobson-Peters, Jody and Hall, Roy A. (2022). Extended characterisation of five archival tick-borne viruses provides insights for virus discovery in Australian ticks. Parasites and Vectors, 15 (1) 59, 59. doi: 10.1186/s13071-022-05176-z

Extended characterisation of five archival tick-borne viruses provides insights for virus discovery in Australian ticks

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

The chimeric Binjari-Zika vaccine provides long-term protection against ZIKA virus challenge

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

Developing a stabilizing formulation of a live chimeric dengue virus vaccine dry coated on a high-density microarray patch

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

Chimeric vaccines based on novel insect-specific flaviviruses

2021

Other Outputs

Extended Characterisation of Five Archival Tick-borne Viruses Provides Insights for Virus Discovery in Australian Ticks

O’Brien, Caitlin A., Huang, Bixing, Warrilow, David, Hazlewood, Jessamine E., Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Hall-Mendelin, Sonja, Pegg, Cassandra L., Harrison, Jessica J., Paramitha, Devina, Newton, Natalee D., Schulz, Benjamin L., Suhrbier, Andreas, Hobson-Peters, Jody and Hall, Roy Alexander (2021). Extended Characterisation of Five Archival Tick-borne Viruses Provides Insights for Virus Discovery in Australian Ticks. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-981794/v1

Extended Characterisation of Five Archival Tick-borne Viruses Provides Insights for Virus Discovery in Australian Ticks

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

Implications of dengue virus maturation on vaccine induced humoral immunity in mice

2021

Journal Article

Improved detection of flaviviruses in Australian mosquito populations via replicative intermediates

O'Brien, Caitlin A., Harrison, Jessica J., Colmant, Agathe M. G., Traves, Renee J., Paramitha, Devina, Hall-Mendelin, Sonja, Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Vet, Laura J., Piyasena, Thisun B. H., Newton, Natalee D., Yam, Alice W., Hobson-Peters, Jody and Hall, Roy A. (2021). Improved detection of flaviviruses in Australian mosquito populations via replicative intermediates. Journal of General Virology, 102 (7) 001617. doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.001617

Improved detection of flaviviruses in Australian mosquito populations via replicative intermediates

2021

Journal Article

ACE2-lentiviral transduction enables mouse SARS-CoV-2 infection and mapping of receptor interactions

Rawle, Daniel J., Le, Thuy T., Dumenil, Troy, Yan, Kexin, Tang, Bing, Nguyen, Wilson, Watterson, Daniel, Modhiran, Naphak, Hobson-Peters, Jody, Bishop, Cameron and Suhrbier, Andreas (2021). ACE2-lentiviral transduction enables mouse SARS-CoV-2 infection and mapping of receptor interactions. PLoS Pathogens, 17 (7) e1009723, 1-37. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009723

ACE2-lentiviral transduction enables mouse SARS-CoV-2 infection and mapping of receptor interactions

2021

Other Outputs

Structural analysis of 3’UTRs in insect flaviviruses reveals novel determinant 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 (2021). Structural analysis of 3’UTRs in insect flaviviruses reveals novel determinant of sfRNA biogenesis and provides new insights into flavivirus evolution. doi: 10.1101/2021.06.23.449515

Structural analysis of 3’UTRs in insect flaviviruses reveals novel determinant of sfRNA biogenesis and provides new insights into flavivirus evolution

2021

Journal Article

A versatile reverse genetics platform for SARS-CoV-2 and other positive-strand RNA viruses

Amarilla, Alberto A., Sng, Julian D. J., Parry, Rhys, Deerain, Joshua M., Potter, James R., Setoh, Yin Xiang, Rawle, Daniel J., Le, Thuy T., Modhiran, Naphak, Wang, Xiaohui, Peng, Nias Y. G., Torres, Francisco J., Pyke, Alyssa, Harrison, Jessica J., Freney, Morgan E., Liang, Benjamin, McMillan, Christopher L. D., Cheung, Stacey T. M., Guevara, Darwin J Da Costa, Hardy, Joshua M., Bettington, Mark, Muller, David A., Coulibaly, Fasséli, Moore, Frederick, Hall, Roy A., Young, Paul R., Mackenzie, Jason M., Hobson-Peters, Jody, Suhrbier, Andreas ... Khromykh, Alexander A. (2021). A versatile reverse genetics platform for SARS-CoV-2 and other positive-strand RNA viruses. Nature Communications, 12 (1) 3431, 3431. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-23779-5

A versatile reverse genetics platform for SARS-CoV-2 and other positive-strand RNA viruses

2021

Journal Article

A unified route for flavivirus structures uncovers essential pocket factors conserved across pathogenic viruses

Hardy, Joshua M., Newton, Natalee D., Modhiran, Naphak, Scott, Connor A. P., Venugopal, Hariprasad, Vet, Laura J., Young, Paul R., Hall, Roy A., Hobson-Peters, Jody, Coulibaly, Fasséli and Watterson, Daniel (2021). A unified route for flavivirus structures uncovers essential pocket factors conserved across pathogenic viruses. Nature Communications, 12 (1) 3266, 3266. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-22773-1

A unified route for flavivirus structures uncovers essential pocket factors conserved across pathogenic viruses

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

A chimeric dengue virus vaccine candidate delivered by high density microarray patches protects against infection in mice

2021

Journal Article

The structure of an infectious immature flavivirus redefines viral architecture and maturation

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

The structure of an infectious immature flavivirus redefines viral architecture and maturation

2021

Journal Article

Insect-specific flavivirus replication in mammalian cells is inhibited by physiological temperature and the zinc-finger antiviral protein

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

Insect-specific flavivirus replication in mammalian cells is inhibited by physiological temperature and the zinc-finger antiviral protein

2021

Book Chapter

Mesoniviruses (Mesoniviridae)

Hobson-Peters, Jody and Watterson, Daniel (2021). Mesoniviruses (Mesoniviridae). Encyclopedia of Virology. (pp. 804-807) Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-814515-9.00007-2

Mesoniviruses (Mesoniviridae)

2021

Journal Article

The insect-specific Parramatta River Virus Is vertically transmitted by Aedes vigilax mosquitoes and suppresses replication of pathogenic flaviviruses in Vitro

McLean, Breeanna J., Hall-Mendelin, Sonja, Webb, Cameron E., Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Ritchie, Scott A., Hobson-Peters, Jody, Hall, Roy A. and Van Den Hurk, Andrew F. (2021). The insect-specific Parramatta River Virus Is vertically transmitted by Aedes vigilax mosquitoes and suppresses replication of pathogenic flaviviruses in Vitro. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 21 (3), 208-215. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2020.2692

The insect-specific Parramatta River Virus Is vertically transmitted by Aedes vigilax mosquitoes and suppresses replication of pathogenic flaviviruses in Vitro

2020

Journal Article

Inactivation of Japanese encephalitis virus in plasma by methylene blue combined with visible light and in platelet concentrates by ultraviolet C light

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

Inactivation of Japanese encephalitis virus in plasma by methylene blue combined with visible light and in platelet concentrates by ultraviolet C light

2020

Journal Article

Genetic, morphological and antigenic relationships between mesonivirus isolates from Australian mosquitoes and evidence for their horizontal transmission

Newton, Natalee D., Colmant, Agathe M. G., O’Brien, Caitlin A., Ledger, Emma, Paramitha, Devina, Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Watterson, Daniel, McLean, Breeanna J., Hall-Mendelin, Sonja, Warrilow, David, van den Hurk, Andrew F., Liu, Wenjun, Hoare, Christina, Kizu, Joanne R., Gauci, Penelope J., Haniotis, John, Doggett, Stephen L., Shaban, Babak, Johansen, Cheryl A., Hall, Roy A. and Hobson-Peters, Jody (2020). Genetic, morphological and antigenic relationships between mesonivirus isolates from Australian mosquitoes and evidence for their horizontal transmission. Viruses, 12 (10) 1159, 1159. doi: 10.3390/v12101159

Genetic, morphological and antigenic relationships between mesonivirus isolates from Australian mosquitoes and evidence for their horizontal transmission

Current funding

  • 2025 - 2028
    Yada Yada: a new chimeric system to combat alphaviral disease of livestock
    ARC Future Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2025
    ChimerDx - Next generation rapid diagnostics using chimeric viral antigens
    Australia's Economic Accelerator Seed Grants
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2027
    New vaccines and diagnostics to control viral disease in farmed crocodiles
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2022
    Exploitation of insect-specific viruses for bioprocessing
    UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2023
    Chimeric insect-specific viruses for laboratory and point-of-care diagnosis of emergent viral disease
    Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2023
    Chimeric insect-specific viruses as novel vaccines for mosquito-borne diseases
    NHMRC Development Grant
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2023
    Noncoding RNAs of insect-specific flaviviruses: biogenesis and functions
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2021
    High resolution structural determination of pathogenic flaviviruses by cryo-EM using a chimeric platform
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2020
    Chimeric insect-specific flaviviruses: a new generation of diagnostics and vaccines against mosquito-borne viral disease
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2018
    Inactivation of Yellow Fever virus in plasma and in platelet concentrates following treatment with the THERAFLEX pathogen inactivation technologies
    UniQuest Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2018
    Hitchhikers from the jungle: assessment of evolution, emergence potential and public health implications of rare and divergent dengue viruses (grant administered by Qld Health)
    Queensland Health Forensic and Scientific Services
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2017
    Viral Reduction of Flavivirus Transmission
    Western Australia Department of Health
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2017
    Inactivation of Zika virus in plasma and in platelet concentrates following treatment with the THERAFLEX pathogen inactivation technologies
    UniQuest Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2015
    Effect of the THERAFLEX UV-Platelets system on the infectivity of Chikungunya and Ross River viruses
    UniQuest Pty Ltd
    Open grant

Availability

Associate Professor Jody Peters is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Mechanisms of host restriction underpinning the safety and efficacy of novel chimeric flaviviral vaccines

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Alexander Khromykh, Dr Natalee Newton

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Combatting alphaviral disease through the development of chimeric vaccine and diagnostic candidates

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Recombinant chimeric insect-specific viruses as novel antigens for diagnostic platforms

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Naphak Modhiran

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Recombinant insect-specific alphaviruses as novel antigens for vaccine and diagnostic purposes

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Naphak Modhiran

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Engineering chimeric viruses as protective and safe vaccines against mosquito-borne viral disease

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Alexander Khromykh, Dr Andrii Slonchak

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Recombinant insect-specific alphaviruses as novel antigens for vaccine and diagnostic purposes

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Naphak Modhiran

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Integration of innovative platform technologies for the diagnosis of flaviviral infections

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Christopher Howard

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Integration of innovative diagnostic technologies for the detection of flaviviral infections

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Christopher Howard

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Investigation of factors affecting the maternal transmission of Insect-specific viruses by mosquitoes

    Associate Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Investigation of factors affecting the maternal transmission of Insect-specific viruses by mosquitoes

    Associate Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Insect-specific viruses as tools for the downregulation of mosquito vector competence for arboviruses

    Associate Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Developing and optimizing bioprocesses for scale-up of their Chimeric antigen for flavivirus vaccines and diagnosis.

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor David Muller

  • 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

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Structural and functional characterisation of an orphan family of opioid peptides

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Mehdi Mobli

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Yellow Fever Virus Structure and Antigenicity

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Naphak Modhiran, Professor Daniel Watterson

Completed supervision

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