Dr Arutha Kulasinghe
Senior Research Fellow
Frazer Institute
Researcher biography
Dr Arutha Kulasinghe is a Senior Research Fellow and leads the Clinical-oMx Lab at the University of Queensland. Dr Kulasinghe has pioneered spatial transcriptomics using digital spatial profiling approaches in the Asia-Pacific region, contributing to world-first studies for lung cancer, head and neck cancer, and COVID-19. His research aims to understand the underlying pathobiology by using an integrative multi-omics approach.
Book Chapters
Radfar, Payar, Es, Hamidreza Aboulkheyr, Kulasinghe, Arutha, Thiery, Jean Paul and Warkiani, Majid Ebrahimi (2023). Circulating tumour cell isolation and molecular profiling; potential therapeutic intervention. Circulating tumor cells. (pp. 359-385) edited by Richard J. Cote and Evi Lianidou. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-22903-9_14
Müller Bark, Juliana, Kulasinghe, Arutha, Amenábar, José Miguel and Punyadeera, Chamindie (2021). Exosomes in cancer. Advances in Clinical Chemistry. (pp. 1-40) edited by Gregory S Makowski. San Diego, CA, United States: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/bs.acc.2020.06.006
Azadi, Shohreh, Aboulkheyr Es, Hamidreza, Kulasinghe, Arutha, Bordhan, Pritam and Ebrahimi Warkiani, Majid (2020). Application of microfluidic technology in cancer research and therapy. Advances in Clinical Chemistry. (pp. 193-235) edited by Gregory S. Makowski. Cambridge, MA, United States: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/bs.acc.2020.02.012
Kulasinghe, Arutha, Warkiani, Majid Ebrahimi and Punyadeera, Chamindie (2019). The isolation and characterization of circulating tumor cells from head and neck cancer patient blood samples using spiral microfluidic technology. Methods in Molecular Biology. (pp. 129-136) New York, NY, United States: Humana Press. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9769-5_8
Kulasinghe, Arutha, Schmidt, Henri and Punyadeera, Chamindie (2016). Circulating tumor cells: isolation, expansion, characterization and translation to clinic. Circulating tumor cells (CTCs): detection methods, health impact and emerging clinical challenges. (pp. 1-18) edited by Paresh Chandra Ray. New York, NY United States: Nova Science Publishers, Inc..
Zhang, Xi, Kulasinghe, Arutha, Karim, Rafid Shahriyar and Punyadeera, Chamindie (2015). Saliva diagnostics for oral diseases. Advances in salivary diagnostics. (pp. 131-156) edited by Charles F. Streckfus. Berlin, Germany: Springer Berlin Heidelberg. doi: 10.1007/978-3-662-45399-5_7
Kulasinghe, Arutha, Lim, Yenkai, Perry, Chris F. L. and Punyadeera, Chamindie (2015). Current trends and management in head and neck cancers. Head and neck cancer: epidemiology, management, and treatment outcomes. (pp. 41-74) edited by Madison R. Hall. New York, NY United States: Nova Science Publishers.
Journal Articles
Donovan, Meg L., Jhaveri, Niyati, Ma, Ning, Cheikh, Bassem Ben, DeRosa, James, Mihani, Ritu, Berrell, Naomi, Suen, Jacky Y., Monkman, James, Fraser, John F. and Kulasinghe, Arutha (2024). Protocol for high-plex, whole-slide imaging of human formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue using PhenoCycler-Fusion. STAR Protocols, 5 (3) 103226, 103226. doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2024.103226
Sadeghirad, Habib, Monkman, James, Tan, Chin Wee, Liu, Ning, Yunis, Joseph, Donovan, Meg L., Moradi, Afshin, Jhaveri, Niyati, Perry, Chris, Adams, Mark N., O’Byrne, Ken, Warkiani, Majid E., Ladwa, Rahul, Hughes, Brett G.M. and Kulasinghe, Arutha (2024). Spatial dynamics of tertiary lymphoid aggregates in head and neck cancer: insights into immunotherapy response. Journal of Translational Medicine, 22 (1) 677, 677. doi: 10.1186/s12967-024-05409-y
Berrell, Naomi, Monkman, James, Donovan, Meg, Blick, Tony, O'Byrne, Ken, Ladwa, Rahul, Tan, Chin Wee and Kulasinghe, Arutha (2024). Spatial resolution of the head and neck cancer tumor microenvironment to identify tumor and stromal features associated with therapy response. Immunology & Cell Biology, 102 (9), 830-846. doi: 10.1111/imcb.12811
Shanmugasundaram, Karthik B., Ahmed, Emtiaz, Miao, Xinzhe, Kulasinghe, Arutha, Fletcher, James A., Monkman, James, Mainwaring, Paul, Masud, Mostafa Kamal, Park, Hyeongyu, Hossain, Md Shahriar A., Yamauchi, Yusuke, Sina, Abu A. I., O’Byrne, Kenneth, Wuethrich, Alain and Trau, Matt (2024). A mesoporous gold sensor unveils phospho PD-L1 in extracellular vesicles as a proxy for PD-L1 expression in lung cancer tissue. ACS Sensors, 9 (6), 3009-3016. doi: 10.1021/acssensors.4c00192
Menéndez, Victoria, Solórzano, José L., García-Cosío, Mónica, Cereceda, Laura, Díaz, Eva, Estévez, Mónica, Roncador, Giovanna, Vega, Zaira, Montalbán, Carlos, Kulasinghe, Arutha and García, Juan F. (2024). Mapping the spatial dynamics of the CD4+ T cell spectrum in classical Hodgkin lymphoma. Modern Pathology, 37 (9) 100551, 100551. doi: 10.1016/j.modpat.2024.100551
Sadeghirad, Habib, Yaghoubi Naei, Vahid, O’Byrne, Ken, Warkiani, Majid E and Kulasinghe, Arutha (2024). In situ characterization of the tumor microenvironment. Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 86 103083, 103083. doi: 10.1016/j.copbio.2024.103083
Monkman, James, Moradi, Afshin, Yunis, Joseph, Ivison, Geoff, Mayer, Aaron, Ladwa, Rahul, O’Byrne, Ken and Kulasinghe, Arutha (2024). Spatial insights into immunotherapy response in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) by multiplexed tissue imaging. Journal of Translational Medicine, 22 (1) 239, 239. doi: 10.1186/s12967-024-05035-8
Orr, Miranda E., Kulasinghe, Arutha, Kolar, Grant R., Heyn, Holger, Plummer, Jasmine, Kristensen, Lasse Sommer, Kjems, Jorgen, Mills, Gordon, Garcia-Vallejo, Juan J., Nijman, I.J., West, Nicholas P. and Cox, Amanda (2024). Sounding an Alarm over Spatial Biology : Scientists from across the globe highlight spatial biology's triumphs and legal trials while issuing an urgent call for antitrust action. Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, 44 (3), 16-17. doi: 10.1089/gen.44.03.07
Davoudi, Fatemeh, Moradi, Afshin, Sadeghirad, Habib and Kulasinghe, Arutha (2024). Tissue biomarkers of immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy. Immunology and Cell Biology, 102 (3), 179-193. doi: 10.1111/imcb.12723
Tan, Chin Wee, Chen, Jinjin, Liu, Ning, Bhuva, Dharmesh D., Blick, Tony, Monkman, James, Cooper, Caroline, Kharbanda, Malvika, Feher, Kristen, Phipson, Belinda, Killingbeck, Emily E., Pan, Liuliu, Kim, Youngmi, Liang, Yan, Nam, Andy, Leon, Michael, Souza-Fonseca-Guimaraes, Paulo, Nagashima, Seigo, Camargo Martins, Ana Paula, Machado-Souza, Cleber, de Noronha, Lucia, Tang, Benjamin, Short, Kirsty, Fraser, John, Belz, Gabrielle T., Souza-Fonseca-Guimaraes, Fernando, Kulasinghe, Arutha and Davis, Melissa J. (2024). In situ single-cell profiling sheds light on IFI27 localisation during SARS-CoV-2 infection. eBioMedicine, 101 105016, 1-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2024.105016
Wiegmans, A. P., Ivanova, E., Naei, V. Y., Monkman, J., Fletcher, J., Mullally, W., Warkiani, M. E., O’Byrne, K. and Kulasinghe, A. (2024). Poor patient outcome correlates with active engulfment of cytokeratin positive CTCs within cancer-associated monocyte population in lung cancer. Clinical & Experimental Metastasis, 41 (2), 1-10. doi: 10.1007/s10585-024-10270-w
Carney, Meagan, Pelaia, Tiana Maria, Chew, Tracy, Teoh, Sally, Phu, Amy, Kim, Karan, Wang, Ya, Iredell, Jonathan, Zerbib, Yoann, McLean, Anthony, Schughart, Klaus, Tang, Benjamin, Shojaei, Maryam, Short, Kirsty R, PREDICT-19 consortium and Kulasinghe, Arutha (PREDICT-19 consortium member) (2024). Host transcriptomics and machine learning for secondary bacterial infections in patients with COVID-19: a prospective, observational cohort study. The Lancet Microbe, 5 (3), e272-e281. doi: 10.1016/S2666-5247(23)00363-4
Ravichandran, Akhilandeshwari, Monkman, James, Mehdi, Ahmed M., Blick, Tony, Snell, Cameron, Kulasinghe, Arutha and Bray, Laura J. (2024). The in situ transcriptomic landscape of breast tumour-associated and normal adjacent endothelial cells. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease, 1870 (2) 166985. doi: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2023.166985
Tu, Cui, Kulasinghe, Arutha, Barbour, Andrew and Souza-Fonseca-Guimaraes, Fernando (2024). Leveraging spatial omics for the development of precision sarcoma treatments. Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, 45 (2), 134-144. doi: 10.1016/j.tips.2023.12.006
Shah, Esha T., Molloy, Christopher, Gough, Madeline, Kryza, Thomas, Samuel, Selwin G., Tucker, Amos, Bhatia, Maneet, Ferguson, Genevieve, Heyman, Rebecca, Vora, Shivam, Monkman, James, Bolderson, Emma, Kulasinghe, Arutha, He, Yaowu, Gabrielli, Brian, Hooper, John D., Richard, Derek J., O’Byrne, Kenneth J. and Adams, Mark N. (2024). Inhibition of Aurora B kinase (AURKB) enhances the effectiveness of 5-fluorouracil chemotherapy against colorectal cancer cells. British Journal of Cancer, 130 (7), 1196-1205. doi: 10.1038/s41416-024-02584-z
Stylianou, Nataly, Sebina, Ismail, Matigian, Nicholas, Monkman, James, Doehler, Hadeel, Röhl, Joan, Allenby, Mark, Nam, Andy, Pan, Liuliu, Rockstroh, Anja, Sadeghirad, Habib, Chung, Kimberly, Sobanski, Thais, O'Byrne, Ken, Almeida, Ana Clara Simoes Florido, Rebutini, Patricia Zadorosnei, Machado‐Souza, Cleber, Stonoga, Emanuele Therezinha Schueda, Warkiani, Majid E, Salomon, Carlos, Short, Kirsty, McClements, Lana, de Noronha, Lucia, Huang, Ruby, Belz, Gabrielle T, Souza‐Fonseca‐Guimaraes, Fernando, Clifton, Vicki and Kulasinghe, Arutha (2024). Whole transcriptome profiling of placental pathobiology in SARS‐CoV‐2 pregnancies identifies placental dysfunction signatures. Clinical & Translational Immunology, 13 (2) e1488, e1488. doi: 10.1002/cti2.1488
Yaghoubi Naei, Vahid, Ivanova, Ekaterina, Mullally, William, O'Leary, Connor G, Ladwa, Rahul, O'Byrne, Ken, Warkiani, Majid E and Kulasinghe, Arutha (2024). Characterisation of circulating tumor‐associated and immune cells in patients with advanced‐stage non‐small cell lung cancer. Clinical & Translational Immunology, 13 (6) e1516, e1516. doi: 10.1002/cti2.1516
Zhou, Quan, Niu, Xueming, Zhang, Zhen, O'Byrne, Kenneth, Kulasinghe, Arutha, Fielding, David, Möller, Andreas, Wuethrich, Alain, Lobb, Richard J. and Trau, Matt (2024). Glycan profiling in small extracellular vesicles with a SERS microfluidic biosensor identifies early malignant development in lung cancer. Advanced Science, 11 (33) 2401818, e2401818. doi: 10.1002/advs.202401818
Yaghoubi Naei, Vahid, Monkman, James, Sadeghirad, Habib, Mehdi, Ahmed, Blick, Tony, Mullally, William, O'Byrne, Ken, Warkiani, Majid Ebrahimi and Kulasinghe, Arutha (2024). Spatial proteomic profiling of tumor and stromal compartments in non‐small‐cell lung cancer identifies signatures associated with overall survival. Clinical & Translational Immunology, 13 (7) e1522, e1522. doi: 10.1002/cti2.1522
Liu, Ning, Bhuva, Dharmesh D, Mohamed, Ahmed, Bokelund, Micah, Kulasinghe, Arutha, Tan, Chin Wee and Davis, Melissa J (2024). standR: spatial transcriptomic analysis for GeoMx DSP data. Nucleic Acids Research, 52 (1) e2, 1-11. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkad1026
Berrell, Naomi, Sadeghirad, Habib, Blick, Tony, Bidgood, Charles, Leggatt, Graham R., O'Byrne, Ken and Kulasinghe, Arutha (2023). Metabolomics at the tumor microenvironment interface: decoding cellular conversations. Medicinal Research Reviews, 44 (3), 1121-1146. doi: 10.1002/med.22010
Kulasinghe, A., Monkman, J., Moradi, A., Yunis, J., Ivison, G., Mayer, A. and O'Byrne, K. (2023). MA09.03 High-dimensional profiling of the tumour microenvironment of non-small cell lung cancer. Journal of Thoracic Oncology, 18 (11), S129-s129. doi: 10.1016/j.jtho.2023.09.173
Nair, Soumyalekshmi, Nova-Lamperti, Estefania, Labarca, Gonzalo, Kulasinghe, Arutha, Short, Kirsty R., Carrión, Flavio and Salomon, Carlos (2023). Genomic communication via circulating extracellular vesicles and long-term health consequences of COVID-19. Journal of Translational Medicine, 21 (1) 709, 1-19. doi: 10.1186/s12967-023-04552-2
Kulasinghe, Arutha, Wood, Fiona and Belz, Gabrielle (2023). The seductive allure of spatial biology: accelerating new discoveries in the life sciences. Immunology and Cell Biology, 101 (9), 798-804. doi: 10.1111/imcb.12669
Jhaveri, Niyati, Ben Cheikh, Bassem, Nikulina, Nadezhda, Ma, Ning, Klymyshyn, Dmytro, DeRosa, James, Mihani, Ritu, Pratapa, Aditya, Kassim, Yasmin, Bommakanti, Sidharth, Shang, Olive, Berry, Shannon, Ihley, Nicholas, McLane, Michael, He, Yan, Zheng, Yi, Monkman, James, Cooper, Caroline, O'Byrne, Ken, Anand, Bhaskar, Prater, Michael, Basu, Subham, Hughes, Brett G. M., Kulasinghe, Arutha and Braubach, Oliver (2023). Mapping the spatial proteome of head and neck tumors: key immune mediators and metabolic determinants in the tumor microenvironment. GEN Biotechnology, 2 (5), 418-434. doi: 10.1089/genbio.2023.0029
Yaghoubi Naei, Vahid, Bordhan, Pritam, Mirakhorli, Fatemeh, Khorrami, Motahare, Shrestha, Jesus, Nazari, Hojjatollah, Kulasinghe, Arutha and Ebrahimi Warkiani, Majid (2023). Advances in novel strategies for isolation, characterization, and analysis of CTCs and ctDNA. Therapeutic Advances in Medical Oncology, 15 ARTN 17588359231192401, 1-40. doi: 10.1177/17588359231192401
Tan, Xiao, Grice, Laura F., Tran, Minh, Mulay, Onkar, Monkman, James, Blick, Tony, Vo, Tuan, Almeida, Ana Clara, da Silva Motta, Jarbas, Fernandes de Moura, Karen, Machado‐Souza, Cleber, Souza‐Fonseca‐Guimaraes, Paulo, Baena, Cristina Pellegrino, de Noronha, Lucia, Guimaraes, Fernanda Simoes Fortes, Luu, Hung N., Drennon, Tingsheng, Williams, Stephen, Stern, Jacob, Uytingco, Cedric, Pan, Liuliu, Nam, Andy, Cooper, Caroline, Short, Kirsty, Belz, Gabrielle T., Souza‐Fonseca‐Guimaraes, Fernando, Kulasinghe, Arutha and Nguyen, Quan (2023). A robust platform for integrative spatial multi‐omics analysis to map immune responses to SARS‐CoV‐2 infection in lung tissues. Immunology, 170 (3), 401-418. doi: 10.1111/imm.13679
Monkman, James, Kim, Honesty, Mayer, Aaron, Mehdi, Ahmed, Matigian, Nicholas, Cumberbatch, Marie, Bhagat, Milan, Ladwa, Rahul, Mueller, Scott N., Adams, Mark N., O'Byrne, Ken and Kulasinghe, Arutha (2023). Multi‐omic and spatial dissection of immunotherapy response groups in non‐small cell lung cancer. Immunology, 169 (4), 487-502. doi: 10.1111/imm.13646
Kulasinghe, Arutha (2023). Mapping immunotherapy sensitivity with multiomic approaches. Immuno Oncology Insights, 4 (6), 235-237. doi: 10.18609/ioi.2023.031
Ahmed, Mostak, Wuethrich, Alain, Constantin, Nicolas, Shanmugasundaram, Karthik Balaji, Mainwaring, Paul, Kulasinghe, Arutha, O’Leary, Connor, O’Byrne, Ken, Sina, Abu Ali Ibn, Carrascosa, Laura G. and Trau, Matt (2023). Liquid biopsy snapshots of key phosphoproteomic pathways in lung cancer patients for diagnosis and therapy monitoring. Analytical Chemistry, 95 (22), 8522-8532. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c00519
Sadeghirad, Habib, Liu, Ning, Monkman, James, Ma, Ning, Cheikh, Bassem Ben, Jhaveri, Niyati, Tan, Chin Wee, Warkiani, Majid Ebrahimi, Adams, Mark N., Nguyen, Quan, Ladwa, Rahul, Braubach, Oliver, O’Byrne, Ken, Davis, Melissa, Hughes, Brett G. M. and Kulasinghe, Arutha (2023). Compartmentalized spatial profiling of the tumor microenvironment in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma identifies immune checkpoint molecules and tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily members as biomarkers of response to immunotherapy. Frontiers in Immunology, 14 1135489, 1-16. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1135489
Wang, Ya, Schughart, Klaus, Pelaia, Tiana Maria, Chew, Tracy, Kim, Karan, Karvunidis, Thomas, Knippenberg, Ben, Teoh, Sally, Phu, Amy L., Short, Kirsty R., Iredell, Jonathan, Thevarajan, Irani, Audsley, Jennifer, Macdonald, Stephen, Burcham, Jonathon, McLean, Anthony, Tang, Benjamin, Shojaei, Maryam, PREDICT-19 consortium, Kulasinghe, Arutha and Carney, Meagan E. (2023). Blood transcriptome responses in patients correlate with severity of COVID-19 disease. Frontiers in Immunology, 13 1043219, 1-18. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.1043219
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
Kulasinghe, Arutha, Liu, Ning, Tan, Chin Wee, Monkman, James, Sinclair, Jane E., Bhuva, Dharmesh D., Godbolt, David, Pan, Liuliu, Nam, Andy, Sadeghirad, Habib, Sato, Kei, Bassi, Gianluigi Li, O'Byrne, Ken, Hartmann, Camila, Miggiolaro, Anna Flavia Ribeiro dos Santos, Marques, Gustavo Lenci, Moura, Lidia Zytynski, Richard, Derek, Adams, Mark, Noronha, Lucia de, Baena, Cristina Pellegrino, Suen, Jacky Y., Arora, Rakesh, Belz, Gabrielle T., Short, Kirsty R., Davis, Melissa J., Souza‐Fonseca Guimaraes, Fernando and Fraser, John F. (2022). Transcriptomic profiling of cardiac tissues from
SARS‐CoV
‐2 patients identifies
DNA
damage. Immunology, 168 (3), 403-419. doi: 10.1111/imm.13577
Radfar, Payar, Aboulkheyr Es, Hamidreza, Salomon, Rob, Kulasinghe, Arutha, Ramalingam, Naveen, Sarafraz-Yazdi, Ehsan, Thiery, Jean Paul and Warkiani, Majid Ebrahimi (2022). Single-cell analysis of circulating tumour cells: enabling technologies and clinical applications. Trends in Biotechnology, 40 (9), 1041-1060. doi: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2022.02.004
Sadeghi Rad, Habib, Bahrami, Tayyeb, Layeghi, Sepideh Mehrpour, Yousefi, Hassan, Rezaei, Meysam, Hosseini‐Fard, Seyed Reza, Radfar, Payar, Warkiani, Majid Ebrahimi, O’Byrne, Ken and Kulasinghe, Arutha (2022). Immunotherapeutic targets in non‐small cell lung cancer. Immunology, 168 (2), 1-17. doi: 10.1111/imm.13562
Tran, M., Yoon, S., Teoh, M., Andersen, S., Lam, PY., Purdue, B. W., Raghubar, A., Hanson, S.J., Devitt, K., Jones, K., Walters, S., Monkman, J., Kulasinghe, A., Tuong, Z.K., Soyer, H.P., Frazer, I. H. and Nguyen, Q. (2022). A robust experimental and computational analysis framework at multiple resolutions, modalities and coverages. Frontiers in Immunology, 13 911873, 911873. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.911873
Sadeghirad, Habib, Monkman, James, Mehdi, Ahmed M., Ladwa, Rahul, O’Byrne, Ken, Hughes, Brett G. M. and Kulasinghe, Arutha (2022). Dissecting Tissue Compartment-Specific Protein Signatures in Primary and Metastatic Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinomas. Frontiers in Immunology, 13 895513, 1-11. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.895513
Shiravand, Yavar, Khodadadi, Faezeh, Kashani, Seyyed Mohammad Amin, Hosseini-Fard, Seyed Reza, Hosseini, Shadi, Sadeghirad, Habib, Ladwa, Rahul, O’Byrne, Ken and Kulasinghe, Arutha (2022). Immune checkpoint inhibitors in cancer therapy. Current Oncology, 29 (5), 3044-3060. doi: 10.3390/curroncol29050247
Kapeleris, Joanna, Ebrahimi Warkiani, Majid, Kulasinghe, Arutha, Vela, Ian, Kenny, Liz, Ladwa, Rahul, O’Byrne, Kenneth and Punyadeera, Chamindie (2022). Clinical applications of circulating tumour cells and circulating tumour dna in non-small cell lung cancer—an update. Frontiers in Oncology, 12 859152, 1-18. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2022.859152
Herath, Sayuri, Sadeghi Rad, Habib, Radfar, Payar, Ladwa, Rahul, Warkiani, Majid, O’Byrne, Ken and Kulasinghe, Arutha (2022). The role of circulating biomarkers in lung cancer. Frontiers in Oncology, 11 801269, 1-13. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2021.801269
Kulasinghe, Arutha, Monkman, James, Shah, Esha T., Matigian, Nicholas, Adams, Mark N. and O’Byrne, Ken (2022). Spatial profiling identifies prognostic features of response to adjuvant therapy in Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC). Frontiers in Oncology, 11 798296, 798296. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2021.798296
Kulasinghe, Arutha, Tan, Chin Wee, dos Santos Miggiolaro, Anna Flavia Ribeiro, Monkman, James, SadeghiRad, Habib, Bhuva, Dharmesh D., da Silva Motta Junior, Jarbas, Vaz de Paula, Caroline Busatta, Nagashima, Seigo, Baena, Cristina Pellegrino, Souza-Fonseca-Guimaraes, Paulo, de Noronha, Lucia, McCulloch, Timothy, Rodrigues Rossi, Gustavo, Cooper, Caroline, Tang, Benjamin, Short, Kirsty R., Davis, Melissa J., Souza-Fonseca-Guimaraes, Fernando, Belz, Gabrielle T. and O'Byrne, Ken (2022). Profiling of lung SARS-CoV-2 and influenza virus infection dissects virus-specific host responses and gene signatures. European Respiratory Journal, 59 (6) 2101881, 1-19. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01881-2021
Mackenzie, Nathan J, Nicholls, Clarissa, Templeton, Abby R, Perera, Mahasha PJ, Jeffery, Penny L, Zimmermann, Kate, Kulasinghe, Arutha, Kenna, Tony J, Vela, Ian, Williams, Elizabeth D and Thomas, Patrick B (2022). Modelling the tumor immune microenvironment for precision immunotherapy. Clinical and Translational Immunology, 11 (6) e1400, 1-22. doi: 10.1002/cti2.1400
Rad, Habib Sadeghi, Röhl, Joan, Stylianou, Nataly, Allenby, Mark C., Bazaz, Sajad Razavi, Warkiani, Majid E., Guimaraes, Fernando S F, Clifton, Vicki L. and Kulasinghe, Arutha (2022). Corrigendum: The effects of COVID-19 on the placenta during pregnancy. Frontiers in immunology, 13 998406, 998406. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.998406
Rad, Habib Sadeghi, Shiravand, Yavar, Radfar, Payar, Ladwa, Rahul, Perry, Chris, Han, Xiaoyuan, Warkiani, Majid Ebrahimi, Adams, Mark N., Hughes, Brett G.M., O'Byrne, Ken and Kulasinghe, Arutha (2022). Understanding the tumor microenvironment in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Clinical & Translational Immunology, 11 (6) e1397, e1397. doi: 10.1002/cti2.1397
Schimmel, Lilian, Chew, Keng Yih, Stocks, Claudia J., Yordanov, Teodor E., Essebier, Patricia, Kulasinghe, Arutha, Monkman, James, Santos Miggiolaro, Anna Flavia Ribeiro, Cooper, Caroline, Noronha, Lucia, Schroder, Kate, Lagendijk, Anne Karine, Labzin, Larisa I., Short, Kirsty R. and Gordon, Emma J. (2021). Endothelial cells are not productively infected by SARS‐CoV‐2. Clinical and Translational Immunology, 10 (10) e1350, e1350. doi: 10.1002/cti2.1350
Karimi, Amirali, Shobeiri, Parnian, Kulasinghe, Arutha and Rezaei, Nima (2021). Novel systemic inflammation markers to predict COVID-19 prognosis. Frontiers in Immunology, 12 741061. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.741061
Yekelchyk, Michail, Madan, Esha, Wilhelm, Jochen, Short, Kirsty R, Palma, António M, Liao, Linbu, Camacho, Denise, Nkadori, Everlyne, Winters, Michael T, Rice, Emily S, Rolim, Inês, Cruz‐Duarte, Raquel, Pelham, Christopher J, Nagane, Masaki, Gupta, Kartik, Chaudhary, Sahil, Braun, Thomas, Pillappa, Raghavendra, Parker, Mark S, Menter, Thomas, Matter, Matthias, Haslbauer, Jasmin Dionne, Tolnay, Markus, Galior, Kornelia D, Matkwoskyj, Kristina A, McGregor, Stephanie M, Muller, Laura K, Rakha, Emad A, Lopez‐Beltran, Antonio ... Gogna, Rajan (2021). Flower lose, a cell fitness marker, predicts COVID‐19 prognosis. EMBO Molecular Medicine, 13 (11) e13714, e13714. doi: 10.15252/emmm.202013714
Kulasinghe, Arutha, O'Leary, Connor, Monkman, James, Bharti, Vandhana, Irwin, Darryl, Dutta, Sanjay, Richard, Derek J., Hughes, Brett, Ladwa, Rahul and O'Byrne, Ken (2021). The identification of circulating tumour DNA using MassARRAY technology in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Lung Cancer, 160, 73-77. doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2021.08.005
Rad, Habib Sadeghi, Röhl, Joan, Stylianou, Nataly, Allenby, Mark C., Bazaz, Sajad Razavi, Warkiani, Majid E., Guimaraes, Fernando S. F., Clifton, Vicki L. and Kulasinghe, Arutha (2021). The effects of COVID-19 on the placenta during pregnancy. Frontiers in Immunology, 12 743022. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.743022
Sato, Kei, Sinclair, Jane E., Sadeghirad, Habib, Fraser, John F., Short, Kirsty R. and Kulasinghe, Arutha (2021). Cardiovascular disease in SARS‐CoV‐2 infection. Clinical and Translational Immunology, 10 (9) e1343, e1343. doi: 10.1002/cti2.1343
Rad, Habib Sadeghi, Rad, Hamid Sadeghi, Shiravand, Yavar, Radfar, Payar, Arpon, David, Warkiani, Majid Ebrahimi, O'Byrne, Ken and Kulasinghe, Arutha (2021). The Pandora’s box of novel technologies that may revolutionize lung cancer. Lung Cancer, 159, 34-41. doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2021.06.022
Rzhevskiy, Alexey, Kapitannikova, Alina, Malinina, Polina, Volovetsky, Arthur, Aboulkheyr Es, Hamidreza, Kulasinghe, Arutha, Thiery, Jean Paul, Maslennikova, Anna, Zvyagin, Andrei V. and Ebrahimi Warkiani, Majid (2021). Emerging role of circulating tumor cells in immunotherapy. Theranostics, 11 (16), 8057-8075. doi: 10.7150/thno.59677
Müller Bark, Juliana, Kulasinghe, Arutha, Hartel, Gunter, Leo, Paul, Warkiani, Majid Ebrahimi, Jeffree, Rosalind L., Chua, Benjamin, Day, Bryan W. and Punyadeera, Chamindie (2021). Isolation of circulating tumour cells in patients with glioblastoma using spiral microfluidic technology – a pilot study. Frontiers in Oncology, 11 681130, 681130. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2021.681130
Sadeghi Rad, Habib, Monkman, James, Warkiani, Majid E., Ladwa, Rahul, O'Byrne, Ken, Rezaei, Nima and Kulasinghe, Arutha (2021). Understanding the tumor microenvironment for effective immunotherapy. Medicinal Research Reviews, 41 (3), 1474-1498. doi: 10.1002/med.21765
Kalita-de Croft, Priyakshi, Rad, Habib Sadeghi, Gasper, Harry, O'Byrne, Ken, Lakhani, Sunil R. and Kulasinghe, Arutha (2021). Spatial profiling technologies and applications for brain cancers. Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics, 21 (3), 323-332. doi: 10.1080/14737159.2021.1900735
Kulasinghe, Arutha, Taheri, Touraj, O'Byrne, Ken, Hughes, Brett G. M., Kenny, Liz and Punyadeera, Chamindie (2021). Highly multiplexed digital spatial profiling of the tumor microenvironment of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patients. Frontiers in Oncology, 10 607349, 607349. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2020.607349
Rasheduzzaman, Mohammad, Kulasinghe, Arutha, Dolcetti, Riccardo, Kenny, Liz, Johnson, Newell W., Kolarich, Daniel and Punyadeera, Chamindie (2020). Protein glycosylation in head and neck cancers: From diagnosis to treatment. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Reviews on Cancer, 1874 (2) 188422. doi: 10.1016/j.bbcan.2020.188422
Monkman, James, Taheri, Touraj, Warkiani, Majid Ebrahimi, O’leary, Connor, Ladwa, Rahul, Richard, Derek, O’ Byrne, Ken and Kulasinghe, Arutha (2020). High-plex and high-throughput digital spatial profiling of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Cancers, 12 (12) 3551, 1-16. doi: 10.3390/cancers12123551
Kulasinghe, Arutha, Monkman, James, Nalder, Mark, O’Leary, Connor, Ladwa, Rahul and O’Byrne, Ken (2020). Transformation or progression from adenocarcinoma to small cell lung cancer detected by serially tracking mutations in the blood. Reports, 3 (4) 33, 33. doi: 10.3390/reports3040033
Herath, Sayuri, Razavi Bazaz, Sajad, Monkman, James, Ebrahimi Warkiani, Majid, Richard, Derek, O’Byrne, Ken and Kulasinghe, Arutha (2020). Circulating tumor cell clusters: insights into tumour dissemination and metastasis. Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics, 20 (11), 1139-1147. doi: 10.1080/14737159.2020.1846523
Hanaei, Sara, Takian, Amirhossein, Majdzadeh, Reza, Maboloc, Christopher Ryan, Grossmann, Igor, Gomes, Orlando, Milosevic, Milos, Gupta, Manoj, Shamshirsaz, Alireza A., Harbi, Amine, Burhan, Amer M., Uddin, Lucina Q., Kulasinghe, Arutha, Lam, Chi-Ming, Ramakrishna, Seeram, Alavi, Abass, Nouwen, Jan L., Dorigo, Tommaso, Schreiber, Michael, Abraham, Ajith, Shelkovaya, Natalya, Krysztofiak, Wojtek, Ebrahimi Warkiani, Majid, Sellke, Frank, Ogino, Shuji, Barba, Francisco J., Brand, Serge, Vasconcelos, Clara, Salunke, Deepak B. and Rezaei, Nima (2020). Emerging standards and the hybrid model for organizing scientific events during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 16 (3), 1-6. doi: 10.1017/dmp.2020.406
Kapeleris, Joanna, Kulasinghe, Arutha, Warkiani, Majid Ebrahimi, Oleary, Connor, Vela, Ian, Leo, Paul, Sternes, Peter, O'Byrne, Kenneth and Punyadeera, Chamindie (2020). Ex vivo culture of circulating tumour cells derived from non-small cell lung cancer. Translational Lung Cancer Research, 9 (5), 1795-1809. doi: 10.21037/tlcr-20-521
O’Leary, Connor, Gasper, Harry, Sahin, Katherine B., Tang, Ming, Kulasinghe, Arutha, Adams, Mark N., Richard, Derek J. and O’Byrne, Ken J. (2020). Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-mutated non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Pharmaceuticals, 13 (10) 273, 1-16. doi: 10.3390/ph13100273
Kulasinghe, Arutha, Lim, Yenkai, Kapeleris, Joanna, Warkiani, Majid, O'Byrne, Ken and Punyadeera, Chamindie (2020). The use of three-dimensional DNA fluorescent in situ hybridization (3D DNA FISH) for the detection of Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase (ALK) in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) circulating tumor cells. Cells, 9 (6) 1465, 1-8. doi: 10.3390/cells9061465
Müller Bark, Juliana, Kulasinghe, Arutha, Chua, Benjamin, Day, Bryan W. and Punyadeera, Chamindie (2020). Circulating biomarkers in patients with glioblastoma. British Journal of Cancer, 122 (3), 295-305. doi: 10.1038/s41416-019-0603-6
Sadeghi Rad, Habib, Bazaz, Sajad Razavi, Monkman, James, Ebrahimi Warkiani, Majid, Rezaei, Nima, O'Byrne, Ken and Kulasinghe, Arutha (2020). The evolving landscape of predictive biomarkers in immuno-oncology with a focus on spatial technologies. Clinical and Translational Immunology, 9 (11) e1215, 1-12. doi: 10.1002/cti2.1215
Zhou, Jian, Kulasinghe, Arutha, Bogseth, Amanda, O’Byrne, Ken, Punyadeera, Chamindie and Papautsky, Ian (2019). Isolation of circulating tumor cells in non-small-cell-lung-cancer patients using a multi-flow microfluidic channel. Microsystems and Nanoengineering, 5 (1) 8, 8. doi: 10.1038/s41378-019-0045-6
Kulasinghe, Arutha, Hughes, Brett G. M., Kenny, Liz and Punyadeera, Chamindie (2019). An update: circulating tumor cells in head and neck cancer. Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics, 19 (12), 1109-1115. doi: 10.1080/14737159.2020.1688145
Kulasinghe, Arutha, Kapeleris, Joanna, Cooper, Carolina, Warkiani, Majid Ebrahimi, O’Byrne, Kenneth and Punyadeera, Chamindie (2019). Phenotypic characterization of circulating lung cancer cells for clinically actionable targets. Cancers, 11 (3) 380, 380. doi: 10.3390/cancers11030380
Kulasinghe, Arutha, Zhou, Jian, Kenny, Liz, Papautsky, Ian and Punyadeera, Chamindie (2019). Capture of circulating tumour cell clusters using straight microfluidic chips. Cancers, 11 (1) 89, 89. doi: 10.3390/cancers11010089
Kulasinghe, Arutha, Schmidt, Henri, Perry, Chris, Whitfield, Bernard, Kenny, Liz, Nelson, Colleen, Warkiani, Majid E. and Punyadeera, Chamindie (2018). A collective route to head and neck cancer metastasis. Scientific Reports, 8 (1) 746, 1-8. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-19117-9
Kulasinghe, Arutha, Kapeleris, Joanna, Kimberley, Rebecca, Mattarollo, Stephen R., Thompson, Erik W., Thiery, Jean-Paul, Kenny, Liz, O’Byrne, Ken and Punyadeera, Chamindie (2018). The prognostic significance of circulating tumor cells in head and neck and non-small-cell lung cancer. Cancer Medicine, 7 (12), 5910-5919. doi: 10.1002/cam4.1832
Schmidt, Henri, Kulasinghe, Arutha, Allcock, Richard J. N., Tan, Lit Yeen, Mokany, Elisa, Kenny, Liz and Punyadeera, Chamindie (2018). A pilot study to non-invasively track PIK3CA mutation in head and neck cancer. Diagnostics, 8 (4) 79, 79. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics8040079
Kapeleris, Joanna, Kulasinghe, Arutha, Warkiani, Majid E., Vela, Ian, Kenny, Liz, O' Byrne, Kenneth and Punyadeera, Chamindie (2018). The prognostic role of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in lung cancer. Frontiers in Oncology, 8 (AUG) 311, 311. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2018.00311
Kulasinghe, Arutha, Wu, Hanjie, Punyadeera, Chamindie and Warkiani, Majid Ebrahimi (2018). The use of microfluidic technology for cancer applications and liquid biopsy. Micromachines, 9 (8) 397, 1-22. doi: 10.3390/mi9080397
Kulasinghe, Arutha, Kenny, Liz and Punyadeera, Chamindie (2017). Circulating tumour cell PD-L1 test for head and neck cancers. Oral Oncology, 75, 6-7. doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2017.10.011
Kulasinghe, Arutha, Perry, Chris, Kenny, Liz, Warkiani, Majid E., Nelson, Colleen and Punyadeera, Chamindie (2017). PD-L1 expressing circulating tumour cells in head and neck cancers. BMC Cancer, 17 (1) 333, 333. doi: 10.1186/s12885-017-3316-3
Kulasinghe, Arutha, Tran, Thao Huynh Phuoc, Blick, Tony, O'Byrne, Ken, Thompson, Erik W., Warkiani, Majid E., Nelson, Colleen, Kenny, Liz and Punyadeera, Chamindie (2017). Enrichment of circulating head and neck tumour cells using spiral microfluidic technology. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) 42517, 42517. doi: 10.1038/srep42517
Schmidt, Henri, Kulasinghe, Arutha, Kenny, Liz and Punyadeera, Chamindie (2016). The development of a liquid biopsy for head and neck cancers. Oral Oncology, 61, 8-11. doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2016.07.014
Kulasinghe, Arutha, Kenny, Liz, Perry, Chris, Thiery, Jean-Paul, Jovanovic, Lidija, Vela, Ian, Nelson, Colleen and Punyadeera, Chamindie (2016). Impact of label-free technologies in head and neck cancer circulating tumour cells. Oncotarget, 7 (44), 71223-71234. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.12086
Schmidt, Henri, Kulasinghe, Arutha, Perry, Chris, Nelson, Colleen and Punyadeera, Chamindie (2016). A liquid biopsy for head and neck cancers. Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics, 16 (2), 165-172. doi: 10.1586/14737159.2016.1127758
Kulasinghe, Arutha, Perry, Chris, Boyle, Glen M., O'Byrne, Ken, Davies, Anthony, Jovanovic, Lidija, Nelson, Colleen and Punyadeera, Chamindie (2016). Epithelial-mesenchymal axis in head and neck cancer cell lines. Journal of Solid Tumors, 6 (1). doi: 10.5430/jst.v6n1p28
Kulasinghe, Arutha, Perry, Chris, Warkiani, Majid E., Blick, Tony, Davies, Anthony, O'Byrne, Ken, Thompson, Erik W., Nelson, Colleen C., Vela, Ian and Punyadeera, Chamindie (2016). Short term ex-vivo expansion of circulating head and neck tumour cells. Oncotarget, 7 (37), 60101-60109. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.11159
Kulasinghe, Arutha, Perry, Chris, Jovanovic, Lidija, Nelson, Colleen and Chamindie Punyadeera, (2015). Circulating tumour cells in metastatic head and neck cancers. International Journal of Cancer, 136 (11), 2515-2523. doi: 10.1002/ijc.29108
Conference Papers
Naei, Vahid Yaghoubi, Monkman, James, Hughes, Brett and Kulasinghe, Arutha (2024). 558 An integrated approach to high dimensional spatial proteomics and interaction mapping in head and neck cancer tissues prior to immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy. BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. doi: 10.1136/jitc-2024-sitc2024.0558
Yan, Raymond, Quinn, Shannon, Falkenstein, Brian, Monkman, James, O’Bryne, Kenneth, Chakra Chennubhotla, S, Pullara, Filippo and Kulasinghe, Arutha (2024). 212 Multi-omic spatial data integration resolves immunometabolic heterogeneity associated with Nivolumab response in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. doi: 10.1136/jitc-2024-sitc2024.0212
Kulasinghe, Arutha (2024). 110 Spatial dynamics and cellular architecture mapping in head and neck cancer: insights into immunotherapy response. BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. doi: 10.1136/jitc-2024-sitc2024.0110
Markovits, Ettai, Monkman, James, Aung, Thazin, Reeves, Jason, O’Byrne, Ken, Czertock, Rotem, Puig, Oscar, Rimm, David and Kulasinghe, Arutha (2024). 109 Development of a novel immuno-metabolic spatial signature to predict response and resistance to immunotherapy in NSCLC patients. BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. doi: 10.1136/jitc-2024-sitc2024.0109
Kulasinghe, A., Monkman, J., Markovits, E. and O'Byrne, K. (2024). Deciphering Single-Cell Resolved Tumour Microenvironment Profiles Using Spatial Metabolic Mapping. 2024 World Conference on Lung Cancer, San Diego, CA United States, 7-10 September 2024. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jtho.2024.09.032
Yaghoubi Naei, V., Mullally, W., Warkiani, M., O'Byrne, K. and Kulasinghe, A. (2024). Characterization of Circulating Tumor-Associated and Immune Cells in Advanced-Stage NSCLC. 2024 World Conference on Lung Cancer, San Diego, CA United States, 7-10 September 2024. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jtho.2024.09.473
Kulasinghe, A., Monkman, J. and O'Byrne, K.J. (2024). Multiomic spatial profiling of whole-slide NSCLC tissues from patients receiving anti PD-1 therapy identifies metabolic phenotypes associated with therapy resistance. ESMO Congress 2024, Barcelona, Spain, 13-17 September 2024. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.annonc.2024.08.2037
Kulasinghe, A., Yan, R., Quinn, S., Falkenstein, B., Monkman, J., O'Byrne, K.J., Chennubhotla, S.C. and Pullara, F. (2024). Unraveling functionally distinct metabolic programs to predict immunotherapy response in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). ESMO Congress 2024, Barcelona, Spain, 13-17 September 2024. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.annonc.2024.08.142
Monkman, James, Czertok, Rotem, Bookstein, Shai, Arbiv, Becky, Shachaf, Yuval, Elran, Ron, Bloom, Kenneth, Puig, Oscar, O'Byrne, Ken, Markovits, Ettai and Kulasinghe, Arutha (2024). Spatially resolved cell profiling unveils tumor metabolic states associated with immunotherapy response in NSCLC. American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2024, San Diego, CA United States, 5-10 April 2024. Philadelphia, PA United States: American Association for Cancer Research. doi: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2024-1158
Bodbin, Sara, Ma, Ning, Pratapa, Aditya, Nikulina, Nadya, Monkman, James, Jhaveri, Niyati, Elofsson, Hampus, Basu, Subham, Zieba-Wicher, Agata and Kulasinghe, Arutha (2024). Integration of high-plex tumor-Immune phenotyping and checkpoint interactions for deeper spatial characterization of human cancer tissues. American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2024, San Diego, CA United States, 5-10 April 2024. Philadelphia, PA United States: American Association for Cancer Research. doi: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2024-1525
Jhaveri, Niyati, Ben Cheikh, Bassem, Klymyshyn, Dmytro, Ma, Ning, Pratapa, Aditya, Monkman, James, Nelson, Nadine and Kulasinghe, Arutha (2024). A spatio-temporal approach to mapping the dynamics of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma progression and immunotherapy response: A journey through TiME. American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2024, San Diego, CA United States, 5-10 April 2024. Philadelphia, PA United States: American Association for Cancer Research. doi: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2024-6872
Sadeghirad, Habib, Tan, Chin Wee, Liu, Ning, Monkman, James, Cooper, Caroline, O’Byrne, Ken, Davis, Melissa, Hughes, Brett and Kulasinghe, Arutha (2024). Spatial profiling of the tumor microenvironment in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma revealed immune cell type infiltration into the TME as a predictor of immunotherapy response. American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2024, San Diego, CA United States, 5-10 April 2024. Philadelphia, PA United States: American Association for Cancer Research. doi: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2024-1154
Tu, Cui, Tan, Chin Wee, Liu, Ning, Kulasinghe, Arutha and Souza-Fonseca-Guimaraes, Fernando (2024). Spatial profiling of pediatric rhabdomyosarcoma to elucidate their immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment. American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2024, San Diego, CA United States, 5-10 April 2024. Philadelphia, PA United States: American Association for Cancer Research. doi: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2024-73
Sadeghirad, Habib, Naei, Vahid Yaghoubi, Monkman, James, Basu, Subham, Wicher, Agata, Ladwa, Rahul, Hughes, Brett G.M. and Kulasinghe, Arutha (2024). Defining PD-1/PD-L1 receptor-ligand interactions in the head and neck cancer tumor microenvironment identifies unique ‘immune cell rivers’ of cellular interactions. American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2024, San Diego, CA United States, 5-10 April 2024. Philadelphia, PA United States: American Association for Cancer Research. doi: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2024-5188
Pratapa, Aditya, Hernandez, Lydia, Cheikh, Bassem Ben, Jhaveri, Niyati and Kulasinghe, Arutha (2024). Ultrahigh-plex spatial phenotyping of head and neck cancer tissue uncovers multiomic signatures of immunotherapy response. American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2024, San Diego, CA United States, 5-10 April 2024. Philadelphia, PA United States: American Association for Cancer Research. doi: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2024-5503
Aung, Thazin N., Moutafi, Myrto, Trontzas, Ioannis, Kulasinghe, Arutha, Monkman, James, Gavrielatou, Niki, Vathiotis, Ioannis, Warrell, Jonathan H. and Rimm, David L. (2024). Spatial-specific gene signatures to predict immunotherapy outcomes in lung cancer. American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2024, San Diego, CA United States, 5-10 April 2024. Philadelphia, PA United States: American Association for Cancer Research. doi: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2024-1141
O'Byrne, K., Shanmugasundaram, K.B., Ahmed, E., Kulasinghe, A., Monkman, J., Fletcher, J.A., Mainwaring, P.N., Masud, M.K., Park, H., Hossain, M.S.A., Yamauchi, Y., Sina, A.A.I., Wuethrich, A. and Trau, M. (2023). Extracellular Small Vesicle Phosphorylated PD-L1 Liquid Biopsy Levels Correlate with Tumour Proportion Score (TPS) in NSCLC. 2023 World Conference on Lung Cancer, Singapore, 9-12 September 2023. New York, NY United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jtho.2023.09.432
Kulasinghe, A., Monkman, J., Moradi, A., Yunis, J., Ivison, G., Mayer, A. and O'Byrne, K. (2023). High-dimensional profiling of the tumour microenvironment of non-small cell lung cancer. 2023 World Conference on Lung Cancer, Singapore, Singapore, 9 - 12 September 2023. New York, NY, United States: Elsevier.
Ma, Ning, Pratapa, Aditya, Monkman, James, O’Byrne, Ken and Kulasinghe, Arutha (2023). Identifying a role for macrophages in predicting immunotherapy responses of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) 38th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA United States, 1-5 November 2023. London, United Kingdom: BMJ Group. doi: 10.1136/jitc-2023-sitc2023.0105
Jhaveri, Niyati, Klymyshyn, Dmytro, Pratapa, Aditya, Cheikh, Bassem Ben, Monkman, James, Prater, Michael, Nelson, Nadine, Mammadova, Najiba and Kulasinghe, Arutha (2023). Spatio-temporal monitoring of the tumor microenvironment in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma. Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) 38th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA United States, 1-5 November 2023. London, United Kingdom: BMJ Group. doi: 10.1136/jitc-2023-sitc2023.0090
Kulasinghe, Arutha (2023). From pixels to clinical Insights: deciphering spatial tumour-immune microenvironment features of immunotherapy response and resistance in lung cancer. Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) 38th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA United States, 1-5 November 2023. London, United Kingdom: BMJ Group. doi: 10.1136/jitc-2023-sitc2023.0099
Ladwa, R., Monkman, J., Sadeghirad, H., Cooper, C., Belz, G., Bowman, J., Schaider, H., Liu, H., Kulasinghe, A. and Porceddu, S. (2023). High-plex spatial profiling of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma to identify biomarkers associated with clinical outcomes: The cMIC study. ESMO Congress 2023, Madrid, Spain, 20-24 October 2023. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.annonc.2023.09.2278
Kulasinghe, A., Ma, N., Pratapa, A., Monkman, J., Braubach, O. and O'Byrne, K. J. (2023). Multi-omic spatial phenotyping of the NSCLC tumour microenvironment for the development of a spatial score associated with immunotherapy resistance. ESMO Congress 2023, Madrid, Spain, 20-24 October 2023. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.annonc.2023.09.1352
Ji, HaYeun, Jhaveri, Niyati, Pratapa, Aditya, Ma, Ning, Ben Cheikh, Bassem, Monkman, James, O'Byrne, Ken, Hughes, Brett, Kulasinghe, Arutha and Braubach, Oliver (2023). Spatial phenotyping of cytokine signatures reflecting the immunotherapy responses in head and neck cancer. Annual Meeting of the American-Association-of-Immunologists (AAI), Washington Dc, May 11-15, 2023. BETHESDA: AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS.
Ji, HaYeun, Jhaveri, Niyati, Pratapa, Aditya, Ma, Ning, Ben Cheikh, Bassem, Monkman, James, O’Byrne, Ken, Hughes, Brett, Kulasinghe, Arutha and Braubach, Oliver (2023). Spatial phenotyping of cytokine signatures reflecting the immunotherapy responses in head and neck cancer. Immunology 2023™ Meeting, Washington, DC United States, 11-15 May 2023. Rockville, MD United States: American Association of Immunologists. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.210.supp.171.09
Ji, HaYeun, Jhaveri, Niyati, Ma, Ning, Cheikh, Bassem B., Pratapa, Aditya, Monkman, James, O’Byrne, Ken, Hughes, Brett, Kulasinghe, Arutha and Braubach, Oliver (2023). Abstract 5647: Single cell, multiomic spatial phenotyping of immunotherapy responses in head and neck cancer. AACR Annual Meeting 2023, Orlando, FL United States, 14-19 April 2023. Philadelphia, PA United States: American Association for Cancer Research. doi: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2023-5647
Sadeghirad, Habib, Liu, Ning, Monkman, James, Tan, Chin Wee, Cooper, Caroline, Caldera, Jeni, Church, Sarah, Schneider, Fabian, Mansfield, James Robert, O'Byrne, Ken, Davis, Melissa, Hughes, Brett and Kulasinghe, Arutha (2023). Abstract 4626: Spatial profiling of the tumor microenvironment in head and neck cancer identifies immune checkpoints and proteins involved in cell death signaling biomarkers of immunotherapy response. AACR Annual Meeting 2023, Orlando, FL United States, 14-19 April 2023. Philadelphia, PA United States: American Association for Cancer Research. doi: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2023-4626
Jhaveri, Niyati, Klymyshyn, Dmytro, Cheikh, Bassem B., Monkman, James, Winkowski, Dan, Mansfield, James, Basu, Subham, Prater, Michael, Nelson, Nadine, Belz, Gabrielle, Braubach, Oliver and Kulasinghe, Arutha (2023). Abstract 6774: The development of a spatial metabolic map of immunotherapy sensitive and resistant cutaneous skin carcinoma. AACR Annual Meeting 2023, Orlando, FL United States, 14-19 April 2023. Philadelphia, PA United States: American Association for Cancer Research. doi: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2023-6774
Ma, Ning, Pratapa, Aditya, Monkman, James, O’Byrne, Ken, Braubach, Oliver and Kulasinghe, Arutha (2023). Abstract 6768: The potential predictive role of spatial phenotyping in non-small cell lung cancer. AACR Annual Meeting 2023, Orlando, FL United States, 14-19 April 2023. Philadelphia, PA United States: American Association for Cancer Research. doi: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2023-6768
Monkman, James, Moradi, Afshin, O'Leary, Connor, Wu, Zhenqin, Hamel, Steven, Mason, David, Schneider, Fabian, Mansfield, James Robert, Meyer, Aaron, O'Byrne, Ken and Kulasinghe, Arutha (2023). Abstract 4627: Immune profiling of immunotherapy and adjuvant chemotherapy pretreatment NSCLC tissues by CODEX. AACR Annual Meeting 2023, Orlando, FL United States, 14-19 April 2023. Philadelphia, PA United States: American Association for Cancer Research. doi: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2023-4627
Kulasinghe, Arutha (2023). Multiomic dissection of immunotherapy response groups in lung cancer. HOBOKEN: WILEY.
Kulasinghe, Arutha, Monkman, James, Kim, Honesty, Mayer, Aaron, Mehdi, Ahmed, Cumberbatch, Marie, Bhagat, Milan, Schneider, Fabian, Thaagard, Jeppe, Mansfield, James, Ladwa, Rahul, Mueller, Scott, Adams, Mark and O’byrne, Kenneth (2022). Delineation of spatial tissue signatures of immunotherapy response groups in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). SITC 37th Annual Meeting (SITC 2022), Boston, MA USA, 8-12 November 2022. London, United Kingdom: BMJ Publishing Group. doi: 10.1136/jitc-2022-sitc2022.0118
Ma, Ning, Pratapa, Aditya, Monkman, James, O’Byrne, Ken, Braubach, Oliver and Kulasinghe, Arutha (2022). Decoding immunotherapy responses with high-dimensional and high-throughput spatial phenotyping of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). SITC 37th Annual Meeting (SITC 2022), Boston, MA USA, 8-12 November 2022. London, United Kingdom: BMJ Publishing Group. doi: 10.1136/jitc-2022-sitc2022.0120
Kulasinghe, Arutha, Tan, Chin Wee, Liu, Ning, Monkman, James, Killingbeck, Emily, Kim, Youngmi, Pan, Liuliu, Blick, Tony, Bhuva, Dharmesh, Feher, Kristen, Leon, Michael, Gregory, Mark, Short, Kirsty, Guimaraes, Fernando, Rhodes, Michael, Belz, Gabrielle and Davis, Melissa (2022). Deep single-cell, proteogenomic insights from SARS-CoV-2 infected lung tissues. SITC 37th Annual Meeting (SITC 2022), Boston, MA USA, 8-12 November 2022. London, United Kingdom: BMJ Publishing Group. doi: 10.1136/jitc-2022-sitc2022.0923
Kulasinghe, Arutha, Sadeghirad, Habib, Liu, Ning, Monkman, James, Tan, Chin Wee, Cooper, Caroline, Church, Sarah, Schneider, Fabian, Thaagard, Jeppe, Mansfield, James, O’byrne, Kenneth, Davis, Melissa and Hughes, Brett (2022). High-plex spatial proteomic profiling of immunotherapy response groups in head and neck cancer identifies tissue signatures associated with therapy response. SITC 37th Annual Meeting (SITC 2022), Boston, MA United States, 8–12 November 2022. London, United Kingdom: BMJ Group. doi: 10.1136/jitc-2022-sitc2022.0117
Kulasinghe, Arutha, Jhaveri, Niyati, Klymyshyn, Dmytro, Cheikh, Bassem Ben, Ladwa, Rahul, Liu, Howard, Cooper, Caroline, Belz, Gabrielle, Porceddu, Sandro and Braubach, Oliver (2022). High-dimensional spatial phenotyping of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma from immune-competent and immunocompromised patients. SITC 37th Annual Meeting (SITC 2022), Boston, MA United States, 8–12 November 2022. London, United Kingdom: BMJ Group. doi: 10.1136/jitc-2022-sitc2022.0079
Grice, Laura, Ni, Guiyan, Jin, Xinnan, Tran, Minh, Killingbeck, Emily, Gregory, Mark, Mulay, Onkar, Teoh, Siok-Min, Kulasinghe, Arutha, Leon, Michael, Murphy, Sarah, Warren, Sarah, Kim, Youngmi and Nguyen, Quan (2022). Abstract 3817: A single-cell, spatial multiomics atlas and cellular interactome of all major skin cancer types. American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 8-13 April 2022. Philadelphia, PA, United States: American Association for Cancer Research. doi: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2022-3817
Ma, Ning, Braubach, Oliver, Rebutini, Patricia Zadorosnei, Machado-Souza, Cleber, Stonoga, Emanuele Therezinha Schueda, de Noronha, Lucia, Souza-Fonseca-Guimaraes, Fernando and Kulasinghe, Arutha (2022). Mapping the spatial biology of COVID-19 immunopathology in placenta tissues. Immunology 2022 Meeting, Portland, OR United States, 6-10 May 2022. Rockville, MD United States: American Association of Immunologists. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.208.supp.125.20
Monkman, James, Kulasinghe, Arutha, O’Leary, Connor, Richard, Derek and O’Byrne, Ken (2021). The role of the immune microenvironment in EGFR mutant NSCLC. 19th Annual British Thoracic Oncology Group Conference, Online, 22-23 April 2021. Shannon, Ireland: Elsevier Ireland. doi: 10.1016/s0169-5002(21)00204-x
Kulasinghe, Arutha, Monkman, James, Dutta, Sanjay, O’Leary, Connor, Ladwa, Rahul and O’Byrne, Ken (2021). The identification of circulating tumour DNA using MassARRAY technology in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). 19th Annual British Thoracic Oncology Group Conference 2021, Virtual, 22-23 April 2021. Shannon, Ireland: Elsevier Ireland. doi: 10.1016/s0169-5002(21)00199-9
Dutta, Sanjay, Leo, Paul, Kulasinghe, Arutha, Monkman, James, Pennisi, David, Roberts, Kate, Ladwa, Rahul and O’Byrne, Ken (2021). Genetic mutations and signatures in lung cancer – findings from a whole exome sequencing platform. 19th Annual British Thoracic Oncology Group Conference 2021, Virtual, 22-23 April 2021. Shannon, Ireland: Elsevier Ireland. doi: 10.1016/s0169-5002(21)00200-2
Kulasinghe, Arutha, O’Leary, Connor, Ladwa, Rahul, Warkiani, Majid and O’byrne, Kenneth (2020). Highly multiplexed digital spatial profiling of the tumor microenvironment of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). 35th Anniversary Annual Meeting (SITC 2020), Virtual, 9-14 November 2020. London, United Kingdom: BMJ Group. doi: 10.1136/jitc-2020-sitc2020.0043
Kulasinghe, Arutha, Kapeleris, Joanna, Kenny, Liz, Hughes, Brett, Warkiani, Majid, Vela, Ian, Thiery, Jean-Paul, O'Byrne, Ken and Punyadeera, Chamindie (2020). Abstract 3384: characterization of the tumor microenvironment and liquid biopsy in head and neck and non-small cell lung cancer. AACR Annual Meeting 2020, Philadelphia, PA USA, 27-28 April 2020 and 22-24 June 2020. Philadelphia, PA USA: American Association for Cancer Research. doi: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2020-3384
Kulasinghe, Arutha, Kapeleris, Joanna, Kenny, Liz, Warkiani, Majid, Vela, Ian, Thiery, Jean Paul, O’Byrne, Ken and Punyadeera, Chamindie (2020). Abstract A03: isolation, characterization, and expansion of circulating tumor cells in head and neck cancers. AACR-AHNS Head and Neck Cancer Conference: Optimizing Survival and Quality of Life through Basic, Clinical, and Translational Research, Austin, TX USA, 29-30 April 2019. Philadelphia, PA USA: American Association for Cancer Research. doi: 10.1158/1557-3265.aacrahns19-a03
O'Byrne, Kenneth John, Kapeleris, Joanna, Kulasinghe, Arutha, Warkiani, Majid E., O'Leary, Connor Gerard, Ladwa, Rahul, Vela, Ian, Leo, Paul, Sternes, Peter and Punyadeera, Chamindie (2020). Culture of circulating tumour cells derived from non-small cell lung cancer. 2020 ASCO Annual Meeting, Online, 30 May 2020. Alexandria, VA USA: American Society of Clinical Oncology. doi: 10.1200/jco.2020.38.15_suppl.e21692
Kulasinghe, Arutha, Perry, Chris, Kenny, Liz, Blick, Tony, Warkiani, Majid, Vela, Ian, O'Byrne, Ken, Thiery, Jean-Paul, Thompson, Erik, Nelson, Colleen and Punyadeera, Chamindie (2018). Abstract 5572: Circulating tumor cells: The tumor trail left in the blood. Annual Meeting of the American-Association-for-Cancer-Research (AACR), Chicago Il, Apr 14-18, 2018. PHILADELPHIA: American Association for Cancer Research. doi: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2018-5572
Preprint
Monkman, James, Kim, Honesty, Mayer, Aaron, Mehdi, Ahmed, Matigian, Nicholas, Cumberbatch, Marie, Bhagat, Milan, Ladwa, Rahul, Mueller, Scott N., Adams, Mark N., O’Byrne, Ken and Kulasinghe, Arutha (2021). IL-2 stromal signatures dissect immunotherapy response groups in nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Thesis
Kulasinghe, Arutha Jeevana (2021). Circulating tumour cells in head and neck cancers. PhD Thesis, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology. doi: 10.5204/thesis.eprints.110534