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Dr Seth Cheetham is an ARC Discovery Early Career Award Fellow and group leader at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology. He is also the Deputy Director of the BASE facility, Australia's leading mRNA manufacturing hub. He completed his PhD at the University of Cambridge, supported by the Herchel Smith Research Studentship. Seth is a molecular biologist and geneticist with a focus on mRNA drugs, synthetic biology and epigenetics. He has authored 22 publications, including twelve as a first author and four as a corresponding author. He has published in some of the most influential molecular biology journals including Science, Molecular Cell, Nature Reviews Genetics , Genome Biology and Nature Structural and Molecular Biology. His work has attracted > $10M in funding from an ARC DECRA (2022), NHMRC Fellowship (2019), MRFF grants, UQ HERA Grant, a Cancer Australia Grant (2021), Mater Foundation seeding grant (2019), a UQ ECR grant (2019) and the UQ Genome Innovation Hub (2020). In 2021 Seth was awarded the Genetics Society of Australasia Alan Wilton ECR awarded for his research in the field of RNA and epigenetics.
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Featured
2021
Journal Article
Long-read cDNA sequencing identifies functional pseudogenes in the human transcriptome
Troskie, Robin-Lee, Jafrani, Yohaann, Mercer, Tim R., Ewing, Adam D., Faulkner, Geoffrey J. and Cheetham, Seth W. (2021). Long-read cDNA sequencing identifies functional pseudogenes in the human transcriptome. Genome Biology, 22 (1) 146, 1-15. doi: 10.1186/s13059-021-02369-0
Featured
2020
Journal Article
Nanopore sequencing enables comprehensive transposable element epigenomic profiling
Ewing, Adam D., Smits, Nathan, Sanchez-Luque, Francisco J., Faivre, Jamila, Brennan, Paul M., Richardson, Sandra R., Cheetham, Seth W. and Faulkner, Geoffrey J. (2020). Nanopore sequencing enables comprehensive transposable element epigenomic profiling. Molecular Cell, 80 (5), 915-928.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2020.10.024
Featured
2020
Journal Article
Overcoming challenges and dogmas to understand the functions of pseudogenes
Cheetham, Seth W., Faulkner, Geoffrey J. and Dinger, Marcel E. (2020). Overcoming challenges and dogmas to understand the functions of pseudogenes. Nature Reviews Genetics, 21 (3), 191-201. doi: 10.1038/s41576-019-0196-1
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2017
Journal Article
RNA-DamID reveals cell-type-specific binding of roX RNAs at chromatin-entry sites
Cheetham, Seth W and Brand, Andrea H (2017). RNA-DamID reveals cell-type-specific binding of roX RNAs at chromatin-entry sites. Nature structural & molecular biology, 25 (1), 109-114. doi: 10.1038/s41594-017-0006-4
2024
Journal Article
The activity of early-life gene regulatory elements is hijacked in aging through pervasive AP-1-linked chromatin opening
Patrick, Ralph, Naval-Sanchez, Marina, Deshpande, Nikita, Huang, Yifei, Zhang, Jingyu, Chen, Xiaoli, Yang, Ying, Tiwari, Kanupriya, Esmaeili, Mohammadhossein, Tran, Minh, Mohamed, Amin R., Wang, Binxu, Xia, Di, Ma, Jun, Bayliss, Jacqueline, Wong, Kahlia, Hun, Michael L., Sun, Xuan, Cao, Benjamin, Cottle, Denny L., Catterall, Tara, Barzilai-Tutsch, Hila, Troskie, Robin-Lee, Chen, Zhian, Wise, Andrea F., Saini, Sheetal, Soe, Ye Mon, Kumari, Snehlata, Sweet, Matthew J. ... Nefzger, Christian M. (2024). The activity of early-life gene regulatory elements is hijacked in aging through pervasive AP-1-linked chromatin opening. Cell Metabolism, 36 (8), 1858-1881.e23. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2024.06.006
2023
Journal Article
HOPX-associated molecular programs control cardiomyocyte cell states underpinning cardiac structure and function
Friedman, Clayton E., Cheetham, Seth W., Negi, Sumedha, Mills, Richard J., Ogawa, Masahito, Redd, Meredith A., Chiu, Han Sheng, Shen, Sophie, Sun, Yuliangzi, Mizikovsky, Dalia, Bouveret, Romaric, Chen, Xiaoli, Voges, Holly K., Paterson, Scott, De Angelis, Jessica E., Andersen, Stacey B., Cao, Yuanzhao, Wu, Yang, Jafrani, Yohaann M.A., Yoon, Sohye, Faulkner, Geoffrey J., Smith, Kelly A., Porrello, Enzo, Harvey, Richard P., Hogan, Benjamin M., Nguyen, Quan, Zeng, Jian, Kikuchi, Kazu, Hudson, James E. and Palpant, Nathan J. (2023). HOPX-associated molecular programs control cardiomyocyte cell states underpinning cardiac structure and function. Developmental Cell, 59 (1), 91-107.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2023.11.012
2023
Journal Article
Vasculature organotropism in drug delivery
Amruta, A., Iannotta, Dalila, Cheetham, Seth W., Lammers, Twan and Wolfram, Joy (2023). Vasculature organotropism in drug delivery. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 201 115054, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.addr.2023.115054
2023
Journal Article
mRNA vaccine quality analysis using RNA sequencing
Gunter, Helen M., Idrisoglu, Senel, Singh, Swati, Han, Dae Jong, Ariens, Emily, Peters, Jonathan R., Wong, Ted, Cheetham, Seth W., Xu, Jun, Rai, Subash Kumar, Feldman, Robert, Herbert, Andy, Marcellin, Esteban, Tropee, Romain, Munro, Trent and Mercer, Tim R. (2023). mRNA vaccine quality analysis using RNA sequencing. Nature Communications, 14 (1) 5663, 1-12. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-41354-y
2022
Journal Article
Somatic retrotransposition in the developing rhesus macaque brain
Billon, Victor, Sanchez-Luque, Francisco J, Rasmussen, Jay, Bodea, Gabriela O, Gerhardt, Daniel J, Gerdes, Patricia, Cheetham, Seth W, Schauer, Stephanie N, Ajjikuttira, Prabha, Meyer, Thomas J, Layman, Cora E, Nevonen, Kimberly A, Jansz, Natasha, Garcia-Perez, Jose L, Richardson, Sandra R, Ewing, Adam D, Carbone, Lucia and Faulkner, Geoffrey J (2022). Somatic retrotransposition in the developing rhesus macaque brain. Genome Research, 32 (7), gr.276451.121-1314. doi: 10.1101/gr.276451.121
2022
Journal Article
Methylartist: tools for visualizing modified bases from nanopore sequence data
Cheetham, Seth W., Kindlova, Michaela and Ewing, Adam D. (2022). Methylartist: tools for visualizing modified bases from nanopore sequence data. Bioinformatics, 38 (11), 3109-3112. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btac292
2022
Journal Article
Reduced chromatin accessibility correlates with resistance to Notch activation
van den Ameele, Jelle, Krautz, Robert, Cheetham, Seth W., Donovan, Alex P. A., Llorà-Batlle, Oriol, Yakob, Rebecca and Brand, Andrea H. (2022). Reduced chromatin accessibility correlates with resistance to Notch activation. Nature Communications, 13 (1) 2210, 2210. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-29834-z
2021
Journal Article
In vivo targeted DamID identifies CHD8 genomic targets in fetal mouse brain
Wade, A. Ayanna, van den Ameele, Jelle, Cheetham, Seth W., Yakob, Rebecca, Brand, Andrea H. and Nord, Alex S. (2021). In vivo targeted DamID identifies CHD8 genomic targets in fetal mouse brain. iScience, 24 (11) 103234, 103234. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.103234
2021
Journal Article
Processed pseudogenes: a substrate for evolutionary innovation. Retrotransposition contributes to genome evolution by propagating pseudogene sequences with rich regulatory potential throughout the genome
Troskie, Robin-Lee, Faulkner, Geoffrey J. and Cheetham, Seth W. (2021). Processed pseudogenes: a substrate for evolutionary innovation. Retrotransposition contributes to genome evolution by propagating pseudogene sequences with rich regulatory potential throughout the genome. BioEssays, 43 (11) 2100186, 2100186. doi: 10.1002/bies.202100186
2021
Journal Article
Microdeletion of 9q22.3: a patient with minimal deletion size associated with a severe phenotype
Ewing, Adam D., Cheetham, Seth W., McGill, James J., Sharkey, Michael, Walker, Rick, West, Jennifer A., West, Malcolm J. and Summers, Kim M. (2021). Microdeletion of 9q22.3: a patient with minimal deletion size associated with a severe phenotype. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, 185 (7) ajmg.a.62224, 2070-2083. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.62224
2020
Book Chapter
Mapping RNA-Chromatin interactions in vivo with RNA-DamID
Cheetham, Seth W. and Brand, Andrea H. (2020). Mapping RNA-Chromatin interactions in vivo with RNA-DamID. RNA-Chromatin Interactions. (pp. 255-264) edited by Ulf Andersson Vang Ørom. New York, NY, United States: Humana Press. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0680-3_18
2019
Journal Article
LINE-1 Evasion of epigenetic repression in humans
Sanchez-Luque, Francisco J., Kempen, Marie-Jeanne H.C., Gerdes, Patricia, Vargas-Landin, Dulce B., Richardson, Sandra R., Troskie, Robin-Lee, Jesuadian, J. Samuel, Cheetham, Seth W., Carreira, Patricia E., Salvador-Palomeque, Carmen, García-Cañadas, Marta, Muñoz-Lopez, Martin, Sanchez, Laura, Lundberg, Mischa, Macia, Angela, Heras, Sara R., Brennan, Paul M., Lister, Ryan, Garcia-Perez, Jose L., Ewing, Adam D. and Faulkner, Geoffrey J. (2019). LINE-1 Evasion of epigenetic repression in humans. Molecular Cell, 75 (3), 590-604.e12. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2019.05.024
2019
Journal Article
DamID as a versatile tool for understanding gene regulation
Aughey, Gabriel N., Cheetham, Seth W. and Southall, Tony D. (2019). DamID as a versatile tool for understanding gene regulation. Development, 146 (6) dev173666, dev173666. doi: 10.1242/dev.173666
2018
Journal Article
Targeted DamID reveals differential binding of mammalian pluripotency factors
Cheetham, Seth W., Gruhn, Wolfram H., van den Ameele, Jelle, Krautz, Robert, Southall, Tony D., Kobayashi, Toshihiro, Surani, M. Azim and Brand, Andrea H. (2018). Targeted DamID reveals differential binding of mammalian pluripotency factors. Development, 145 (20) dev170209, dev.170209. doi: 10.1242/dev.170209
2017
Journal Article
High resolution temporal transcriptomics of mouse embryoid body development reveals complex expression dynamics of coding and noncoding loci
Gloss, Brian S., Signal, Bethany, Cheetham, Seth W., Gruhl, Franziska, Kaczorowski, Dominik C., Perkins, Andrew C. and Dinger, Marcel E. (2017). High resolution temporal transcriptomics of mouse embryoid body development reveals complex expression dynamics of coding and noncoding loci. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) 6731, 6731. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-06110-5
2016
Journal Article
Cell-type-specific profiling of protein-DNA interactions without cell isolation using targeted DamID with next-generation sequencing
Marshall, Owen J., Southall, Tony D., Cheetham, Seth W. and Brand, Andrea H. (2016). Cell-type-specific profiling of protein-DNA interactions without cell isolation using targeted DamID with next-generation sequencing. Nature Protocols, 11 (9), 1586-1598. doi: 10.1038/nprot.2016.084
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Next generation mRNA vaccines and therapeutics
mRNA vaccines and therapeutics are rapidly emerging technologies with enormous potential to improve human health. The mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are credited with saving millions of lives throughout the pandemic and mRNA vaccine candidates have demonstrated the capacity to protect against various infectious diseases and cancer. mRNA-based gene therapies have the potential to alleviate a myriad of chronic diseases. This project will develop novel technologies to improve mRNA vaccines and therapeutics to achieve cell-type specific expression and enhance stability.
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Developing genomic profiling techniques using synthetic DNA methylases
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Geoff Faulkner
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Doctor Philosophy
Inhibition of transcription factors using mRNA technology
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Timothy Mercer
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Doctor Philosophy
Drugging the undruggable with mRNA technologies
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Timothy Mercer
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Doctor Philosophy
mRNA therapies for liver disorders
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor David Owen
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Doctor Philosophy
Building the next-generation of mRNA drugs
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Timothy Mercer
Completed supervision
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Functional coding and noncoding pseudogenes in the human genome
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Geoff Faulkner, Dr Adam Ewing
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Nanopore Sequencing for Mobile Element Research: The Long and Short of It
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Adam Ewing, Professor Geoff Faulkner
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