Overview
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- Dr Naphak Modhiran is:
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Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Works
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2021
Journal Article
Development of molecular clamp stabilized hemagglutinin vaccines for Influenza A viruses
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
2021
Journal Article
Complete protection by a single-dose skin patch–delivered SARS-CoV-2 spike vaccine
McMillan, Christopher L. D., Choo, Jovin J. Y., Idris, Adi, Supramaniam, Aroon, Modhiran, Naphak, Amarilla, Alberto A., Isaacs, Ariel, Cheung, Stacey T. M., Liang, Benjamin, Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Azuar, Armira, Acharya, Dhruba, Kelly, Gabrielle, Fernando, Germain J. P., Landsberg, Michael J., Khromykh, Alexander A., Watterson, Daniel, Young, Paul R., McMillan, Nigel A. J. and Muller, David A. (2021). Complete protection by a single-dose skin patch–delivered SARS-CoV-2 spike vaccine. Science Advances, 7 (44) eabj8065, eabj8065. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abj8065
2021
Journal Article
Safety and immunogenicity of an MF59-adjuvanted spike glycoprotein-clamp vaccine for SARS-CoV-2: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 1 trial
Chappell, Keith J., Mordant, Francesca L., Li, Zheyi, Wijesundara, Danushka K., Ellenberg, Paula, Lackenby, Julia A., Cheung, Stacey T. M., Modhiran, Naphak, Avumegah, Michael S., Henderson, Christina L., Hoger, Kym, Griffin, Paul, Bennet, Jillian, Hensen, Luca, Zhang, Wuji, Nguyen, Thi H. O., Marrero-Hernandez, Sara, Selva, Kevin J., Chung, Amy W., Tran, Mai H., Tapley, Peter, Barnes, James, Reading, Patrick C., Nicholson, Suellen, Corby, Stavroula, Holgate, Thomas, Wines, Bruce D., Hogarth, P Mark, Kedzierska, Katherine ... Munro, Trent P. (2021). Safety and immunogenicity of an MF59-adjuvanted spike glycoprotein-clamp vaccine for SARS-CoV-2: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 1 trial. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 21 (10), 1383-1394. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00200-0
2021
Journal Article
Combinatorial F-G Immunogens as Nipah and Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine Candidates
Isaacs, Ariel, Cheung, Stacey T. M., Thakur, Nazia, Jaberolansar, Noushin, Young, Andrew, Modhiran, Naphak, Bailey, Dalan, Graham, Simon P., Young, Paul R., Chappell, Keith J. and Watterson, Daniel (2021). Combinatorial F-G Immunogens as Nipah and Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine Candidates. Viruses, 13 (10) 1942, 1942. doi: 10.3390/v13101942
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
No evidence of human genome integration of SARS-CoV-2 found by long-read DNA sequencing
Smits, Nathan, Rasmussen, Jay, Bodea, Gabriela O., Amarilla, Alberto A., Gerdes, Patricia, Sanchez-Luque, Francisco J., Ajjikuttira, Prabha, Modhiran, Naphak, Liang, Benjamin, Faivre, Jamila, Deveson, Ira W., Khromykh, Alexander A., Watterson, Daniel, Ewing, Adam D. and Faulkner, Geoffrey J. (2021). No evidence of human genome integration of SARS-CoV-2 found by long-read DNA sequencing. Cell Reports, 36 (7) 109530, 109530. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109530
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
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
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
2021
Journal Article
Assessing the potential of unmanned aerial vehicle spraying of aqueous ozone as an outdoor disinfectant for SARS-CoV-2
Albert, Simon, Amarilla, Alberto A., Trollope, Ben, Sng, Julian D.J., Setoh, Yin Xiang, Deering, Nathaniel, Modhiran, Naphak, Weng, Sung-Hsia, Melo, Maria C., Hutley, Nicholas, Nandy, Avik, Furlong, Michael J., Young, Paul R., Watterson, Daniel, Grinham, Alistair R. and Khromykh, Alexander A. (2021). Assessing the potential of unmanned aerial vehicle spraying of aqueous ozone as an outdoor disinfectant for SARS-CoV-2. Environmental Research, 196 110944, 110944. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.110944
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
2021
Journal Article
Preclinical development of a molecular clamp-stabilised subunit vaccine for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Watterson, Daniel, Wijesundara, Danushka K., Modhiran, Naphak, Mordant, Francesca L., Li, Zheyi, Avumegah, Michael S., McMillan, Christopher L. D., Lackenby, Julia, Guilfoyle, Kate, van Amerongen, Geert, Stittelaar, Koert, Cheung, Stacey T. M., Bibby, Summa, Daleris, Mallory, Hoger, Kym, Gillard, Marianne, Radunz, Eve, Jones, Martina L., Hughes, Karen, Hughes, Ben, Goh, Justin, Edwards, David, Scoble, Judith, Pearce, Lesley, Kowalczyk, Lukasz, Phan, Tram, La, Mylinh, Lu, Louis, Pham, Tam ... Chappell, Keith J. (2021). Preclinical development of a molecular clamp-stabilised subunit vaccine for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. Clinical & Translational Immunology, 10 (4) e1269, e1269. doi: 10.1002/cti2.1269
2021
Journal Article
An optimized high-throughput immuno-plaque assay for SARS-CoV-2
Amarilla, Alberto A., Modhiran, Naphak, Setoh, Yin Xiang, Peng, Nias Y. G., Sng, Julian D. J., Liang, Benjamin, McMillan, Christopher L. D., Freney, Morgan E, Cheung, Stacey T. M., Chappell, Keith J., Khromykh, Alexander A., Young, Paul R. and Watterson, Daniel (2021). An optimized high-throughput immuno-plaque assay for SARS-CoV-2. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12 625136, 625136. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.625136
2021
Journal Article
Adjuvant selection for influenza and RSV prefusion subunit vaccines
Isaacs, Ariel, Li, Zheyi, Cheung, Stacey T. M., Wijesundara, Danushka K., McMillan, Christopher L. D., Modhiran, Naphak, Young, Paul R., Ranasinghe, Charani, Watterson, Daniel and Chappell, Keith J. (2021). Adjuvant selection for influenza and RSV prefusion subunit vaccines. Vaccines, 9 (2) 71, 1-14. doi: 10.3390/vaccines9020071
2021
Journal Article
A broadly protective antibody that targets the flavivirus NS1 protein
Modhiran, Naphak, Song, Hao, Liu, Lidong, Bletchly, Cheryl, Brillault, Lou, Amarilla, Alberto A., Xu, Xiaoying, Qi, Jianxun, Chai, Yan, Cheung, Stacey T. M., Traves, Renee, Setoh, Yin Xiang, Bibby, Summa, Scott, Connor A. P., Freney, Morgan E., Newton, Natalee D., Khromykh, Alexander A., Chappell, Keith J., Muller, David A., Stacey, Katryn J., Landsberg, Michael J., Shi, Yi, Gao, George F., Young, Paul R. and Watterson, Daniel (2021). A broadly protective antibody that targets the flavivirus NS1 protein. Science, 371 (6525), 190-194. doi: 10.1126/science.abb9425
2020
Journal Article
Rapid response subunit vaccine design in the absence of structural information
Wijesundara, Danushka K., Avumegah, Michael S., Lackenby, Julia, Modhiran, Naphak, Isaacs, Ariel, Young, Paul R., Watterson, Daniel and Chappell, Keith J. (2020). Rapid response subunit vaccine design in the absence of structural information. Frontiers in Immunology, 11 592370, 592370. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.592370
2020
Journal Article
Micro-fusion inhibition tests: quantifying antibody neutralization of virus-mediated cell–cell fusion
Thakur, Nazia, Conceicao, Carina, Isaacs, Ariel, Human, Stacey, Modhiran, Naphak, McLean, Rebecca K., Pedrera, Miriam, Tan, Tiong Kit, Rijal, Pramila, Townsend, Alain, Taylor, Geraldine, Young, Paul R., Watterson, Daniel, Chappell, Keith J., Graham, Simon P. and Bailey, Dalan (2020). Micro-fusion inhibition tests: quantifying antibody neutralization of virus-mediated cell–cell fusion. Journal of General Virology, 102 (1) 001506. doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.001506
2019
Journal Article
A recombinant platform for flavivirus vaccines and diagnostics using chimeras of a new insect-specific virus
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
2019
Journal Article
Basimarols A, B, and C, Highly Oxygenated Pimarane Diterpenoids from Basilicum polystachyon
Tan, Yuen P., Xue, Yongbo, Savchenko, Andrei I., Houston, Sevan D., Modhiran, Naphak, McMillan, Christopher L. D., Boyle, Glen M., Bernhardt, Paul V., Young, Paul R., Watterson, Daniel and Williams, Craig M. (2019). Basimarols A, B, and C, Highly Oxygenated Pimarane Diterpenoids from Basilicum polystachyon. Journal of Natural Products, 82 (10) acs.jnatprod.9b00522, 2828-2834. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.9b00522
2019
Journal Article
Dual targeting of dengue virus virions and NS1 protein with the heparan sulfate mimic PG545
Modhiran, Naphak, Gandhi, Neha S., Wimmer, Norbert, Cheung, Stacey, Stacey, Katryn, Young, Paul R., Ferro, Vito and Watterson, Daniel (2019). Dual targeting of dengue virus virions and NS1 protein with the heparan sulfate mimic PG545. Antiviral Research, 168, 121-127. doi: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2019.05.004
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Structural and functional characterization of bat antiviral antibodies
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Daniel Watterson
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Doctor Philosophy
Vaccines and therapies for emerging hemorrhagic viruses
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Daniel Watterson
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Doctor Philosophy
Broad-spectrum vaccines and therapies for coronaviruses
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Daniel Watterson
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Doctor Philosophy
Unravelling the cytokine-mediated immune cell selection in mRNA vaccine response
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Di Yu, Dr Yang Yang, Dr Zhian Chen
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Doctor Philosophy
Cooperation between sfRNA and non-structural protein NS5 for flavivirus immune evasion
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Alexander Khromykh
Completed supervision
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
Recombinant insect-specific alphaviruses as novel antigens for vaccine and diagnostic purposes
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Jody Peters
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
The Structural and Antigenic Landscape of Emerging Encephalitic Flaviviruses
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Jody Peters, Professor Daniel Watterson
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Yellow Fever Virus Structure and Antigenicity
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Jody Peters, Professor Daniel Watterson
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