Overview
Background
Dr Keane is a haematologist at Princess Alexandra Hospital and runs the Lymphoma Research Lab at the UQDI in Brisbane. His main research interest is focused on the interface between the tumour microenvironment and the malignant lymphoma cell, with a goal to build an understanding of lymphoma from an immunological and biomarkers perspective. To bridge developments between the clinic and bench-top, the laboratory has a strong emphasis on patient material, which it obtains from international and national clinical collaborators, much being from investigator-led clinical trials.
Lymphomas studied include more common lymphomas such as Hodgkin Lymphoma, Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma and Follicular Lymphoma but his lab has a particular focus on rare lymphomas such as primary central nervous system lymphoma and lymphomas that develop in patients who are immunocompromised.
Dr. Keane has been instrumental in translating work from his lab into multiple immune based clinical trials currently being run across Australia, many in rare and hard to treat lymphomas, where patients have limited treatments available.
The goals of the lab are to directly improve outcomes for all lymphoma patients by performing innovative translational science that not only generates new knowledge and brings new treatments to Australian patients but helps to train the next generation of lymphoma researchers in Australia.
Availability
- Associate Professor Colm Keane is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Masters (Coursework) of Business Administration, Griffith University
- Doctor of Philosophy, Griffith University
Research interests
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Tumour Immunology
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DLBCL
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Primary CNS Lymphoma
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Hodgkin Lymphoma
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Viral Associated Lymphomas
Works
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2018
Journal Article
Immune evasion via PD-1/PD-L1 on NK-cells and monocyte/macrophages is more prominent in Hodgkin lymphoma than DLBCL
Vari, Frank, Arpon, David, Keane, Colm, Hertzberg, Mark S, Talaulikar, Dipti, Jain, Sanjiv, Cui, Qingyan, Han, Erica, Tobin, Josh, Bird, Robert, Cross, Donna, Hernandez, Annette, Gould, Clare, Birch, Simone and Gandhi, Maher K (2018). Immune evasion via PD-1/PD-L1 on NK-cells and monocyte/macrophages is more prominent in Hodgkin lymphoma than DLBCL. Blood, 131 (16), 1809-1819. doi: 10.1182/blood-2017-07-796342
2018
Conference Publication
Elevated LAG-3 111,xpression in the Tumor Microenvironement of Patients with DLBCL Is Associated with a Non-GCB Phenotype and Poor Prognosis
Keane, Colm, Law, Soi C., Gould, Clare, Francis, Santiyagu, Abro, Emad Uddin, Tobin, Joshua W. D., Birch, Simone, Gifford, Grace, Gabreilli, Sara, Stevenson, William S., Talaulikar, Dipti, Gill, Anthony, Jain, Sanjiv, Cross, Donna, Hernadez, Annette, Halliday, Sarah-Jane, Bird, Robert, Hertzberg, Mark and Gandhi, Maher K. (2018). Elevated LAG-3 111,xpression in the Tumor Microenvironement of Patients with DLBCL Is Associated with a Non-GCB Phenotype and Poor Prognosis. 60th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Hematology (ASH), San Diego, CA, United States, 1-4 December 2018. Washington, DC, Untied States: American Society of Hematology. doi: 10.1182/blood-2018-99-112830
2018
Conference Publication
The Tumor Microenvironment of Nodular Lymphocyte Predominant Hodgkin Lymphoma Is a Unique Immunobiological Entity Distinct from Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma
Gunawardana, Jay, Bednarska, Karolina, Law, Soi C., Lee, Justina, Sabdia, Muhammed Bilal, Tobin, Joshua W. D., Birch, Simone, Keane, Colm and Gandhi, Maher K. (2018). The Tumor Microenvironment of Nodular Lymphocyte Predominant Hodgkin Lymphoma Is a Unique Immunobiological Entity Distinct from Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma. 60th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Hematology (ASH), San Diego CA, United States, 1-4 December 2018. Washington, DC United States: American Society of Hematology. doi: 10.1182/blood-2018-99-115836
2018
Journal Article
B cell lymphoma progression promotes the accumulation of circulating Ly6Clo monocytes with immunosuppressive activity
McKee, Sara J., Tuong, Zewen K., Kobayashi, Takumi, Doff, Brianna L., Soon, Megan S. F ., Nissen, Michael, Lam, Pui Yeng, Keane, Colm, Vari, Frank, Moi, Davide, Mazzieri, Roberta, Leggatt, Graham, Gandhi, Maher K. and Mattarollo, Stephen R. (2018). B cell lymphoma progression promotes the accumulation of circulating Ly6Clo monocytes with immunosuppressive activity. OncoImmunology, 7 (2) e1393599, e1393599. doi: 10.1080/2162402X.2017.1393599
2018
Conference Publication
The Tumour Microenvironment as an Independent Prognostic Biomarker in Follicular Lymphoma
Tobin, J., Keane, C., Mollee, P., Birch, S., Gould, C., Gunawardana, J., Hoang, T., Savarimuthu, S., Ma, T., Li, L., Murigneux, V. , Fink, L., Matigian, N. and Gandhi, M. K. (2018). The Tumour Microenvironment as an Independent Prognostic Biomarker in Follicular Lymphoma. RACP Congress 2018, Disruption for Healthy Futures, Sydney, NSW Australia, 14–16 May 2018. Hoboken, NJ United States: Wiley. doi: 10.1111/imj.2_13826
2017
Conference Publication
The tumor microenvironment is independently prognostic of conventional and clinicogenetic risk models in follicular lymphoma
Tobin, Joshua W. D., Keane, Colm, Mollee, Peter, Birch, Simone, Gould, Clare, Gunawardana, Jay, Hoang, Thanh, Ma, Ti, Abro, Emad Uddin, Shanavas, Mohamed, Yoo, Hyung, Li, Li, Scuffham, Paul, Murigneux, Valentine, Fink, Lynn, Matigian, Nicholas, Vari, Frank, Francis, Santiyagu and Gandhi, Maher K. (2017). The tumor microenvironment is independently prognostic of conventional and clinicogenetic risk models in follicular lymphoma. 59th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Hematology (ASH), Atlanta, GA United States, 9-12 December 2017. Washington, DC United States: American Society of Hematology. doi: 10.1182/blood.V130.Suppl_1.728.728
2017
Journal Article
Stem cell-based therapies for sepsis
Keane, Colm, Jerkic, Mirjana and Laffey, John G. (2017). Stem cell-based therapies for sepsis. Anesthesiology, 127 (6), 1017-1034. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000001882
2017
Journal Article
The T-cell receptor repertoire influences the tumor microenvironment and is associated with survival in aggressive B-cell lymphoma
Keane, Colm, Gould, Clare, Jones, Kimberley, Hamm, David, Talaulikar, Dipti, Ellis, Jonathan, Vari, Frank, Birch, Simone, Han, Erica, Wood, Peter, Le-Cao, Kim-Anh, Green, Michael R., Crooks, Pauline, Jain, Sanjiv, Tobin, Josh, Steptoe, Raymond J. and Gandhi, Maher K. (2017). The T-cell receptor repertoire influences the tumor microenvironment and is associated with survival in aggressive B-cell lymphoma. Clinical Cancer Research, 23 (7), 1820-1828. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-16-1576
2017
Conference Publication
The Effect of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Patients with Concomitant Advanced Melanoma and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia
Tobin, Joshua W. D., Royle, Jane, Mason, Robert, Michael, Millward, Lydia, Warburton, Sandhu, Shahneen, Haydon, Andrew, Long, Georgina, Carlino, Matteo, Smith, Jessica L., Dearden, Helen, Mollee, Peter, Gill, Devinder, Mapp, Sally, Atkinson, Victoria and Keane, Colm (2017). The Effect of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Patients with Concomitant Advanced Melanoma and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia. 59th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Hematology (ASH), Atlanta, GA United States, 9-12 December 2017. Washington, DC United States: American Society of Hematology.
2017
Conference Publication
The impact of EBV upon the tumor microenvironment and mutational profile of primary CNS lymphoma in PTLD
Gandhi, Maher K., Keane, Colm, Tobin, Joshua W. D., Talaulikar, Dipti, Jain, Sanjiv, Vari, Frank, Kruze, Lutz, Murigneux, Valentine, Fink, Lynn, Gunawardana, Jithendra, Gould, Clare, Oey, Harold, Fink, Susanne, Trappe, Ralf Ulrich, Mathews, Marina, Francis, Santiyagu and Hoang, Thanh (2017). The impact of EBV upon the tumor microenvironment and mutational profile of primary CNS lymphoma in PTLD. 59th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Hematology (ASH), Atlanta, GA, United States, 9-12 December 2017. Washington, DC, United States: American Society of Hematology.
2017
Conference Publication
The T-Cell Receptor Repertoire Predicts Interim-PET in Patients with DLBCL Treated with R-CHOP: An Observational Study from a Prospective Clinical Trial
Shanavas, Mohamed, Hertzberg, Mark, Hicks, Rodney J., Seymour, John F., Tobin, Joshua W. D., Mathews, Marina, Francis, Santiyagu, Vari, Frank, Gandhi, Maher K. and Keane, Colm (2017). The T-Cell Receptor Repertoire Predicts Interim-PET in Patients with DLBCL Treated with R-CHOP: An Observational Study from a Prospective Clinical Trial. 59th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Hematology (ASH), Atlanta, GA United States, 9-12 December 2017. Washington, DC United States: American Society of Hematology.
2016
Journal Article
The impact of HLA class I and EBV latency-II antigen-specific CD8+ T cells on the pathogenesis of EBV+ Hodgkin lymphoma
Jones, K., Wockner, L., Brennan, R. M., Keane, C., Chattopadhyay, P. K., Roederer, M., Price, D. A., Cole, D. K., Hassan, B., Beck, K., Gottlieb, D., Ritchie, D. S., Seymour, J. F., Vari, F., Crooks, P., Burrows, S. R. and Gandhi, M. K. (2016). The impact of HLA class I and EBV latency-II antigen-specific CD8+ T cells on the pathogenesis of EBV+ Hodgkin lymphoma. Clinical and Experimental Immunology, 183 (2), 206-220. doi: 10.1111/cei.12716
2016
Conference Publication
A Novel Anti-Lymphoma Immune Evasion Mediated By the Interaction Between PD-1 Enriched NK-Cells and CD163+PD-L1+PD-L2+Tumor Associated Macrophages, That Is More Prominent in Hodgkin Lymphoma Than Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma
Gandhi, Maher K., Arpon, David, Keane, Colm, Han, Erica, Tobin, Josh, Bird, Robert, Hertzberg, Mark S., Self, Marlene, Cross, Donna, Hernandez, Annette and Vari, Frank (2016). A Novel Anti-Lymphoma Immune Evasion Mediated By the Interaction Between PD-1 Enriched NK-Cells and CD163+PD-L1+PD-L2+Tumor Associated Macrophages, That Is More Prominent in Hodgkin Lymphoma Than Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma. 58th Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American-Society-of-Hematology, San Diego CA, United States, 3-6 December 2016. Washington, DC United States: American Society of Hematology.
2015
Journal Article
Copy-number variation and false positive results of prenatal screening
Kingsley, Christopher, Wang, Eric, Oliphant, Arnold, Van Den Boom, Dirk, Ehrich, Mathias, Kim, Sung K., Jivan, Yatika, Peach, Betsy, Keane, Colm, Snyder, Matthew W., Gammill, Hilary S. and Shendure, Jay (2015). Copy-number variation and false positive results of prenatal screening. New England Journal of Medicine, 373 (26), 2583-2585. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1507106
2015
Journal Article
Copy-number variation and false positive results of prenatal screening
Jivan, Yatika, Peach, Betsy and Keane, Colm (2015). Copy-number variation and false positive results of prenatal screening. The New England Journal of Medicine, 373 (26), 2584-2585. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1507106
2015
Journal Article
Ratios of T-cell immune effectors and checkpoint molecules as prognostic biomarkers in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: a population-based study
Keane, Colm, Vari, Frank, Hertzberg, Mark, Le Cao, Kim-Anh, Green, Michael R., Han, Erica, Seymour, John F., Hicks, Rodney J., Gill, Devinder, Crooks, Pauline, Gould, Clare, Jones, Kimberley, Griffiths, Lyn R., Talaulikar, Dipti, Jain, Sanjiv, Tobin, Josh and Gandhi, Maher K. (2015). Ratios of T-cell immune effectors and checkpoint molecules as prognostic biomarkers in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: a population-based study. Lancet Haematology, 2 (10), e445-e455. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3026(15)00150-7
2015
Journal Article
Noninvasive monitoring of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma by immunoglobulin high-throughput sequencing
Kurtz, David M., Green, Michael R., Bratman, Scott V., Scherer, Florian, Liu, Chih Long, Kunder, Christian A., Takahashi, Kazuhiro, Glover, Cynthia, Keane, Colm, Kihira, Shingo, Visser, Brendan, Callahan, Jason, Kong, Katherine A., Faham, Malek, Corbelli, Karen S., Miklos, David, Advani, Ranjana H., Levy, Ronald, Hicks, Rodney J., Hertzberg, Mark, Ohgami, Robert S., Gandhi, Maher K., Diehn, Maximilian and Alizadeh, Ash A. (2015). Noninvasive monitoring of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma by immunoglobulin high-throughput sequencing. Blood, 125 (24), 3679-3687. doi: 10.1182/blood-2015-03-635169
2015
Journal Article
Prehospital use of magnesium sulfate as neuroprotection in acute stroke
Saver, Jeffrey L., Starkman, Sidney, Eckstein, Marc, Stratton, Samuel J., Pratt, Franklin D., Hamilton, Scott, Conwit, Robin, Liebeskind, David S., Sung, Gene, Kramer, Ian, Moreau, Gary, Goldweber, Robert, Sanossian, Nerses, Ali, A., Andruss, K., Beck, B., Chin, S., Conneen, D., Copeland, D., Crisan, A., Gale, L., Ganguly, G., Gonzalez, J. E., Helfgott, P., Hovanessian, H., Jarema, E., Liu, M., Martin, M. L., Meyer, G. ... Sacco, R. (2015). Prehospital use of magnesium sulfate as neuroprotection in acute stroke. New England Journal of Medicine, 372 (6), 528-536. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1408827
2015
Conference Publication
Improving conventional prognosticators in diffuse large B cell lymphoma using marker ratios
Lecao K.-A., Keane C., Han E., Talaulikar D. and Gandhi M. (2015). Improving conventional prognosticators in diffuse large B cell lymphoma using marker ratios. Scientific Stream at Big Data in Health Analytics 2015, BigData 2015, Sydney; Australia, October 20, 2015-October 21, 2015. Aachen, Germany: Rheinisch-Westfaelische Technische Hochschule Aachen.
2015
Conference Publication
Pre-treatment circulating tumor DNA as a biomarker for disease burden in diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL)
Scherer, Florian, Kurtz, David Matthew, Green, Michael Richard, Newman, Aaron M., Klass, Daniel M., Zhou, Li, Krishnan, Rashi, Liu, Chih Long, Glover, Cynthia, Ohgami, Robert S., Hicks, Rodney J., Keane, Colm, Kong, Katherine A., Faham, Malek, Hertzberg, Mark S., Gandhi, Maher K., Advani, Ranjana H., Levy, Ronald, Diehn, Maximilian and Alizadeh, Ash A. (2015). Pre-treatment circulating tumor DNA as a biomarker for disease burden in diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL). Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), Chicago, United States, May 29-June 2, 2015. Alexandria, United States: American Society of Clinical Oncology.
Funding
Current funding
Supervision
Availability
- Associate Professor Colm Keane is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Investigating the mechanisms of immune evasion in relapsed/refractory DLBCL
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Zachary Hawula
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Doctor Philosophy
Investigation of immune responses to novel and standard therapies in DLBCL
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Joshua Tobin, Associate Professor Fernando Guimaraes
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Doctor Philosophy
Immuno-genetic biomarkers of response in a prospective study of immune checkpoint therapy in primary CNS lymphoma
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Arutha Kulasinghe, Dr Zachary Hawula
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Doctor Philosophy
Investigation of responses to CAR-T cell therapy in PCNSL
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Zachary Hawula
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Master Philosophy
Novel Radionuclide Tracers for Imaging in Amyloidosis
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Peter Mollee
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Doctor Philosophy
Impact of genetics upon the tumour microenvironment in Follicular Lymphoma
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Soi Law, Professor Maher Gandhi, Dr Joshua Tobin
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Doctor Philosophy
Reversing tumour necrosis factor-mediated immunosuppression to boost immunity against experimental CD19+ blood cancers
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Allie Lam, Associate Professor Fernando Guimaraes
Completed supervision
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
A Comprehensive Study of Intratumoural T-cells in Follicular Lymphoma
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Soi Law, Professor Maher Gandhi
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Clinical and Prognostic Tools to Improve Frontline Management Strategies in Follicular Lymphoma
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Maher Gandhi
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
The impact of deficient antigen presentation on the tumour microenvironment of diffuse large B cell lymphoma
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Maher Gandhi
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
A LABORATORY STUDY OF PRIMARY CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM LYMPHOMA
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Maher Gandhi
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