Overview
Availability
- Dr Keng Chew is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Melbourne
Works
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2025
Journal Article
Dual-functional antimicrobial and low-fouling cellulose coatings
Athukoralalage, Sandya S. A., Datson, Zane, Darwish, Nadim, Zhu, Yanshan, Chung, Ka H. K., Chew, Keng, Rowan, Alan E. and Amiralian, Nasim (2025). Dual-functional antimicrobial and low-fouling cellulose coatings. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 17 (10), 16027-16039. doi: 10.1021/acsami.4c21252
2025
Journal Article
Measurement of serum 1,5-AG provides insights for diabetes management and the anti-viral immune response
Wei, Marcus Tong Zhen, Gallo, Linda A., Hulme, Katina D., Alzaid, Fawaz, Julla, Jean-Baptiste, Dorey, Emily S., Morineau, Gilles, Chew, Keng Yih, Grant, Emma J., Gras, Stephanie, Barrett, Helen L., Riveline, Jean-Pierre, Carney, Meagan and Short, Kirsty R. (2025). Measurement of serum 1,5-AG provides insights for diabetes management and the anti-viral immune response. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 82 (1) 71, 1-10. doi: 10.1007/s00018-024-05568-7
2024
Journal Article
Post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 cardiovascular symptoms are associated with trace-level cytokines that affect cardiomyocyte function
Sinclair, Jane E., Vedelago, Courtney, Ryan, Feargal J., Carney, Meagan, Redd, Meredith A., Lynn, Miriam A., Grubor-Bauk, Branka, Cao, Yuanzhao, Henders, Anjali K., Chew, Keng Yih, Gilroy, Deborah, Greaves, Kim, Labzin, Larisa, Ziser, Laura, Ronacher, Katharina, Wallace, Leanne M., Zhang, Yiwen, Macauslane, Kyle, Ellis, Daniel J., Rao, Sudha, Burr, Lucy, Bain, Amanda, Karawita, Anjana, Schulz, Benjamin L., Li, Junrong, Lynn, David J., Palpant, Nathan, Wuethrich, Alain, Trau, Matt and Short, Kirsty R. (2024). Post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 cardiovascular symptoms are associated with trace-level cytokines that affect cardiomyocyte function. Nature Microbiology, 9 (12), 1-13. doi: 10.1038/s41564-024-01838-z
2024
Journal Article
Persistent viral RNA and protein contribute to post-acute pathology
Chew, Keng Yih and Short, Kirsty R. (2024). Persistent viral RNA and protein contribute to post-acute pathology. Nature Microbiology, 9 (11), 2797-2798. doi: 10.1038/s41564-024-01837-0
2024
Journal Article
High glycaemic variability is associated with a reduced T cell cytokine response to influenza A virus
Tong, Marcus Zhen Wei, Hulme, Katina D., Law, Soi Cheng, Noye, Ellesandra, Dorey, Emily S., Chew, Keng Yih, Rowntree, Louise C., van de Sandt, Carolien E., Kedzierska, Katherine, Goeijenbier, Marco, Ronacher, Katharina, Alzaid, Fawaz, Julla, Jean-Baptiste, Riveline, Jean-Pierre, Lineburg, Katie, Smith, Corey, Grant, Emma J., Gras, Stephanie, Gallo, Linda A., Barett, Helen L. and Short, Kirsty R. (2024). High glycaemic variability is associated with a reduced T cell cytokine response to influenza A virus. iScience, 27 (11) 111166, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.111166
2024
Journal Article
Nasal Delivery of Haemophilus haemolyticus is safe, reduces influenza severity, and prevents development of otitis media in mice
Scott, Naomi, Martinovich, Kelly M., Granland, Caitlyn M., Seppanen, Elke J., Tjiam, M Christian, de Gier, Camilla, Foo, Edison, Short, Kirsty R., Chew, Keng Yih, Fulurija, Alma, Strickland, Deborah H., Richmond, Peter C. and Kirkham, Lea-Ann S. (2024). Nasal Delivery of Haemophilus haemolyticus is safe, reduces influenza severity, and prevents development of otitis media in mice. The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 230 (2), 346-356. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiae069
2024
Other Outputs
1918 Pandemic Influenza Database WW1 Records from NAA, NZEF, and CA
Short, Kirsty, Steele, Lauren, Chew, Keng and Carney, Meagan (2024). 1918 Pandemic Influenza Database WW1 Records from NAA, NZEF, and CA. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/f7e4c44
2023
Journal Article
Elevated BMI reduces the humoral response to SARS‐CoV‐2 infection
Tong, Marcus Z. W., Sng, Julian D. J., Carney, Meagan, Cooper, Lucy, Brown, Samuel, Lineburg, Katie E., Chew, Keng Yih, Collins, Neve, Ignacio, Kirsten, Airey, Megan, Burr, Lucy, Joyce, Briony A., Jayasinghe, Dhilshan, McMillan, Christopher L. D., Muller, David A., Adhikari, Anurag, Gallo, Linda A., Dorey, Emily S., Barrett, Helen L., Gras, Stephanie, Smith, Corey, Good‐Jacobson, Kim and Short, Kirsty R. (2023). Elevated BMI reduces the humoral response to SARS‐CoV‐2 infection. Clinical and Translational Immunology, 12 (12) e1476, 1-13. doi: 10.1002/cti2.1476
2023
Journal Article
International pediatric COVID-19 severity over the course of the pandemic
Zhu, Yanshan, Almeida, Flávia Jacqueline, Baillie, J Kenneth, Bowen, Asha C, Britton, Philip N, Brizuela, Martin Eduardo, Buonsenso, Danilo, Burgner, David, Chew, Keng Yih, Chokephaibulkit, Kulkanya, Cohen, Cheryl, Cormier, Stephania A, Crawford, Nigel, Curtis, Nigel, Farias, Camila G A, Gilks, Charles F, von Gottberg, Anne, Hamer, Diana, Jarovsky, Daniel, Jassat, Waasila, Jesus, Ana Rita, Kemp, Lisa S, Khumcha, Benjawan, McCallum, Georgina, Miller, Jessica E, Morello, Rosa, Munro, Alasdair P S, Openshaw, Peter J M, Padmanabhan, Srivatsan ... Short, Kirsty R (2023). International pediatric COVID-19 severity over the course of the pandemic. JAMA Pediatrics, 177 (10), 1073-1084. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2023.3117
2023
Journal Article
In vivo inhibition of nuclear ACE2 translocation protects against SARS-CoV-2 replication and lung damage through epigenetic imprinting
Tu, Wen Juan, Melino, Michelle, Dunn, Jenny, McCuaig, Robert D., Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Tsimbalyuk, Sofiya, Forwood, Jade K., Ahuja, Taniya, Vandermeide, John, Tan, Xiao, Tran, Minh, Nguyen, Quan, Zhang, Liang, Nam, Andy, Pan, Liuliu, Liang, Yan, Smith, Corey, Lineburg, Katie, Nguyen, Tam H., Sng, Julian D. J., Tong, Zhen Wei Marcus, Chew, Keng Yih, Short, Kirsty R., Le Grand, Roger, Seddiki, Nabila and Rao, Sudha (2023). In vivo inhibition of nuclear ACE2 translocation protects against SARS-CoV-2 replication and lung damage through epigenetic imprinting. Nature Communications, 14 (1) 3680, 3680. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-39341-4
2023
Journal Article
SARS-CoV-2 infection and viral fusogens cause neuronal and glial fusion that compromises neuronal activity
Martínez-Mármol, Ramón, Giordano-Santini, Rosina, Kaulich, Eva, Cho, Ann-Na, Przybyla, Magdalena, Riyadh, Md Asrafuzzaman, Robinson, Emilija, Chew, Keng Yih, Amor, Rumelo, Meunier, Frédéric A., Balistreri, Giuseppe, Short, Kirsty R., Ke, Yazi D., Ittner, Lars M. and Hilliard, Massimo A. (2023). SARS-CoV-2 infection and viral fusogens cause neuronal and glial fusion that compromises neuronal activity. Science Advances, 9 (23) eadg2248, 1-15. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adg2248
2023
Journal Article
Macrophage ACE2 is necessary for SARS-CoV-2 replication and subsequent cytokine responses that restrict continued virion release
Labzin, Larisa I., Chew, Keng Yih, Eschke, Kathrin, Wang, Xiaohui, Esposito, Tyron, Stocks, Claudia J., Rae, James, Patrick, Ralph, Mostafavi, Helen, Hill, Brittany, Yordanov, Teodor E., Holley, Caroline L., Emming, Stefan, Fritzlar, Svenja, Mordant, Francesca L., Steinfort, Daniel P., Subbarao, Kanta, Nefzger, Christian M., Lagendijk, Anne K., Gordon, Emma J., Parton, Robert G., Short, Kirsty R., Londrigan, Sarah L. and Schroder, Kate (2023). Macrophage ACE2 is necessary for SARS-CoV-2 replication and subsequent cytokine responses that restrict continued virion release. Science Signaling, 16 (782) eabq1366, eabq1366. doi: 10.1126/scisignal.abq1366
2023
Journal Article
Environmentally persistent free radicals enhance SARS-CoV-2 replication in respiratory epithelium
Yamamoto, Ayaho, Sly, Peter D., Chew, Keng Yih, Khachatryan, Lavrent, Begum, Nelufa, Yeo, Abrey J., Vu, Luan D, Short, Kirsty R., Cormier, Stephania A and Fantino, Emmanuelle (2023). Environmentally persistent free radicals enhance SARS-CoV-2 replication in respiratory epithelium. Experimental Biology and Medicine, 248 (3), 271-279. doi: 10.1177/15353702221142616
2023
Conference Publication
Astaxanthin protect against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection on well-differentiated primary human nasal epithelial cells
Yamamoto, Ayaho, Sly, Peter, Chew, Keng, Yeo, Abrey, Short, Kirsty and Fantino, Emmanuelle (2023). Astaxanthin protect against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection on well-differentiated primary human nasal epithelial cells. 26th Congress of the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology Above and Beyond, Seoul, Korea, 17–20 November 2022. Richmond, VIC, Australia: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1111/resp.14433
2023
Journal Article
The swan genome and transcriptome, it is not all black and white
Karawita, Anjana C., Cheng, Yuanyuan, Chew, Keng Yih, Challagulla, Arjun, Kraus, Robert, Mueller, Ralf C., Tong, Marcus Z. W., Hulme, Katina D., Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Steele, Lauren E., Wu, Melanie, Sng, Julian, Noye, Ellesandra, Bruxner, Timothy J., Au, Gough G., Lowther, Suzanne, Blommaert, Julie, Suh, Alexander, McCauley, Alexander J., Kaur, Parwinder, Dudchenko, Olga, Aiden, Erez, Fedrigo, Olivier, Formenti, Giulio, Mountcastle, Jacquelyn, Chow, William, Martin, Fergal J., Ogeh, Denye N., Thiaud-Nissen, Françoise ... Short, Kirsty R. (2023). The swan genome and transcriptome, it is not all black and white. Genome Biology, 24 (1) 13, 1-24. doi: 10.1186/s13059-022-02838-0
2023
Journal Article
IFI27 transcription is an early predictor for COVID-19 outcomes, a multi-cohort observational study
Shojaei, Maryam, Shamshirian, Amir, Monkman, James, Grice, Laura, Tran, Minh, Tan, Chin Wee, Teo, Siok Min, Rodrigues Rossi, Gustavo, McCulloch, Timothy R., Nalos, Marek, Raei, Maedeh, Razavi, Alireza, Ghasemian, Roya, Gheibi, Mobina, Roozbeh, Fatemeh, Sly, Peter D., Spann, Kirsten M., Chew, Keng Yih, Zhu, Yanshan, Xia, Yao, Wells, Timothy J., Senegaglia, Alexandra Cristina, Kuniyoshi, Carmen Lúcia, Franck, Claudio Luciano, dos Santos, Anna Flavia Ribeiro, Noronha, Lucia de, Motamen, Sepideh, Valadan, Reza, Amjadi, Omolbanin ... Tang, Benjamin (2023). IFI27 transcription is an early predictor for COVID-19 outcomes, a multi-cohort observational study. Frontiers in Immunology, 13 1060438, 1-14. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.1060438
2023
Journal Article
GPR183 antagonism reduces macrophage infiltration in influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infection
Foo, Cheng Xiang, Bartlett, Stacey, Chew, Keng Yih, Ngo, Minh Dao, Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Jayakody Arachchige, Buddhika, Matthews, Benjamin, Reed, Sarah, Wang, Ran, Smith, Christian, Sweet, Matthew J., Burr, Lucy, Bisht, Kavita, Shatunova, Svetlana, Sinclair, Jane E., Parry, Rhys, Yang, Yuanhao, Lévesque, Jean-Pierre, Khromykh, Alexander, Rosenkilde, Mette Marie, Short, Kirsty R. and Ronacher, Katharina (2023). GPR183 antagonism reduces macrophage infiltration in influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infection. European Respiratory Journal, 61 (3) 2201306, 1-15. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01306-2022
2022
Journal Article
Emulation of epidemics via Bluetooth-based virtual safe virus spread: Experimental setup, software, and data
Asanjarani, Azam, Shausan, Aminath, Chew, Keng, Graham, Thomas, Henderson, Shane G., Jansen, Hermanus M., Short, Kirsty R., Taylor, Peter G., Vuorinen, Aapeli, Yadav, Yuvraj, Ziedins, Ilze and Nazarathy, Yoni (2022). Emulation of epidemics via Bluetooth-based virtual safe virus spread: Experimental setup, software, and data. PLoS Digital Health, 1 (12) e0000142, 1-23. doi: 10.1371/journal.pdig.0000142
2022
Journal Article
Developing an antiviral surface cleaner utilising unique surface adsorption properties of hydroxyproline-rich-proteins
Shewan, Heather M. , Siauw, Meiliana , Vinden, Naomi , Dong, Anran , Beheshti, Amir , Chew, Keng Yih, Stokes, Jason R. , Short, Kirsty R., Mikkelsen, Deirdre, Koehler, Berthold and Reihmann, Matthias (2022). Developing an antiviral surface cleaner utilising unique surface adsorption properties of hydroxyproline-rich-proteins. Household and Personal Care Today, 17 (5), 57-61.
2022
Journal Article
Ancestral SARS-CoV-2, but not Omicron, replicates less efficiently in primary pediatric nasal epithelial cells
Zhu, Yanshan, Chew, Keng Yih, Wu, Melanie, Karawita, Anjana C., McCallum, Georgina, Steele, Lauren E., Yamamoto, Ayaho, Labzin, Larisa I., Yarlagadda, Tejasri, Khromykh, Alexander A., Wang, Xiaohui, Sng, Julian D. J., Stocks, Claudia J., Xia, Yao, Kollmann, Tobias R., Martino, David, Joensuu, Merja, Meunier, Frédéric A., Balistreri, Giuseppe, Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Bowen, Asha C., Kicic, Anthony, Sly, Peter D., Spann, Kirsten M. and Short, Kirsty R. (2022). Ancestral SARS-CoV-2, but not Omicron, replicates less efficiently in primary pediatric nasal epithelial cells. PLoS Biology, 20 (8) e3001728, 1-19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001728
Supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Biodegradable medical textiles
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Alan Rowan, Dr Nasim Amiralian
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Doctor Philosophy
Innate immune training in long COVID
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Kirsty Short
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Doctor Philosophy
Investigating the vascular dysfunction in COVID-19
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Emma Gordon, Dr Larisa Labzin
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Doctor Philosophy
Genesis and Pathognesis of avain influenza
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Arutha Kulasinghe, Professor Kirsty Short
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