By Dr Josie Maree van Dorst

Journal articles

Van Dorst JM; Hince G; Snape I; Ferrari BC, 2016, 'Novel Culturing Techniques Select for Heterotrophs and Hydrocarbon Degraders in a Subantarctic Soil', Scientific Reports, 6, pp. 36724, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep36724

Ji M; van Dorst J; Bissett A; Brown MV; Palmer AS; Snape I; Siciliano SD; Ferrari BC, 2016, 'Microbial diversity at Mitchell Peninsula, Eastern Antarctica: a potential biodiversity “hotspot”', Polar Biology, 39, pp. 237 - 249, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00300-015-1776-y

Ferrari BC; Bissett A; Snape I; van Dorst J; Palmer AS; Ji M; Siciliano SD; Stark JS; Winsley T; Brown MV, 2016, 'Geological connectivity drives microbial community structure and connectivity in polar, terrestrial ecosystems.', Environ Microbiol, 18, pp. 1834 - 1849, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.13034

Dorst JV; Siciliano SD; Winsley T; Snape I; Ferrari BC, 2014, 'Bacterial targets as potential indicators of diesel fuel toxicity in subantarctic soils', Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 80, pp. 4021 - 4033, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.03939-13

Siciliano SD; Palmer AS; Winsley T; Lamb E; Bissett A; Brown MV; van Dorst J; Ji M; Ferrari BC; Grogan P; Chu H; Snape I, 2014, 'Soil fertility is associated with fungal and bacterial richness, whereas pH is associated with community composition in polar soil microbial communities', Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 78, pp. 10 - 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.07.005

Winsley TJ; Snape I; McKinlay J; Stark J; van Dorst JM; Ji M; Ferrari BC; Siciliano SD, 2014, 'The ecological controls on the prevalence of candidate division TM7 in polar regions', Frontiers in Microbiology, 5, pp. 345, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00345

van Dorst J; Bissett A; Palmer AS; Brown M; Snape I; Stark JS; Raymond B; McKinlay J; Ji M; Winsley T; Ferrari BC, 2014, 'Community fingerprinting in a sequencing world', FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 89, pp. 316 - 330, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1574-6941.12308

Winsley T; van Dorst JM; Brown MV; Ferrari BC, 2012, 'Capturing greater 16S rRNA gene sequence diversity within the domain bacteria', Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 78, pp. 5938 - 5941, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.01299-12

Ferrari BC; Winsley T; Bergquist P; van Dorst JM, 2012, 'Flow cytometry in environmental microbiology: a rapid approach for the isolation of single cells for advanced molecular biology analysis.', Methods in Molecular Biology, 881, pp. 3 - 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-61779-827-6_1

Ferrari BC; Zhang C; van Dorst J, 2011, 'Recovering greater fungal diversity from pristine and diesel fuel contaminated sub-antarctic soil through cultivation using both a high and a low nutrient media approach', Frontiers in Microbiology, 2, pp. 217, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2011.00217

Conference Papers

Hudson J; Akhand A; Nwe MT; Coffey MJ; van Dorst J; Chuang S; Ooi CY, 2026, 'Obstructive sleep apnea and primary snoring in children are associated with oropharyngeal dysbiosis and a mild compositional imbalance in the gastrointestinal tract', in Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s44470-026-00058-y

Hudson J; Taylor N; Coffey MJ; Pushpakumara BLDU; Prentice B; Jaffe A; Visser S; Sivam S; Day AS; Oliver M; Ranganathan S; Selvadurai H; Wainwright C; Ooi CY; van Dorst J, 2026, 'Is the gut a reservoir of non-tuberculous mycobacteria in people with cystic fibrosis?', in Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcf.2026.06.001

van Dorst J; Katz T; Pushpakumara BLDU; Coffey MJ; Ooi CY, 2025, 'Butyrate associated with reduced alpha diversity and gastrointestinal inflammation in children with cystic fibrosis', in JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY, WILEY, pp. 162 - 162

Smith JS; van Dorst J; Coffey M; Katz T; Jaffe A; Chuang S; Prentice B; Ooi CY, 2025, 'Prevalence of disorders of gut-brain interaction in children with cystic fibrosis: A cross-sectional study', in JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY, WILEY, pp. 161 - 161

Dissanayake RY; Yuan H; Coffey MJ; Traini I; Chan SY; Menzies J; Hughes J; McKay I; van Dorst JM; Leach ST; Chee OY; Krishnan U, 2024, 'ARE AIRWAY MICROBIOTA AND INFLAMMATION IN CHILDREN WITH ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA RELATED TO REFLUX ASPIRATION?', in GASTROENTEROLOGY, W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC, DC, Washington, pp. S80 - S80, presented at Digestive Disease Week (DDW), DC, Washington, 18 May 2024 - 21 May 2024

Conference Presentations

van Dorst J; McKay I; Coffey M; Doumit M; Paida K; Jaffe A; Thomas T; Katz T; Ooi CY, 2021, 'WS02.4 Evaluating the role of short chain fatty acids in cystic fibrosis', http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1569-1993(21)00924-3

van Dorst J; McKay I; Coffey M; Doumit M; Bramley L; Paida K; Jaffe A; Thomas T; Katz T; Ooi CY, 2020, 'WS03.6 Does the cystic fibrosis diet contribute to intestinal dysbiosis?', http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1569-1993(20)30182-x

Conference Abstracts

Wilschanski M; Birimberg-Schwartz L; Hudson J; van Dorst JM; Pushpakumara U; Khan F; Halim J; Rabkin I; Ishay Y; Hershcovici T; Gonska T; Ooi CY, 2026, 'IMPACT OF ELEXACAFTOR/TEZACAFTOR/IVACAFTOR (ETI) ON GASTROINTESTINAL INFLAMMATION, MOTILITY, AND SYMPTOMS IN CYSTIC FIBROSIS: A MULTICENTER PROSPECTIVE STUDY', in GASTROENTEROLOGY, W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC, IL, Chicago, Vol. 170, pp. S2260 - S2661, presented at Digestive Disease Week (DDW), IL, Chicago, 02 May 2026 - 05 May 2026

Buthpitiya Lekamlage Don U; Becirovic R; van Dorst J; Coffey M; Halim J; Beheshti, B; Argha R; Alinejad-Rokny H; Ooi KC, 2025, 'Artificial intelligence integrating gut microbiome multi-omics to predict clinical outcomes in children with cystic fibrosis', in 16 Artificial intelligence integrating gut microbiome multi-omics to predict clinical outcomes in children with cystic fibrosis, presented at North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference

Smith JS; van Dorst J; Coffey MJ; Ooi CY, 2024, 'Anxiety in the paediatric cystic fibrosis population: Evaluation of a younger cohort', in Respirology, Wiley, Vol. 29, pp. 35 - 35, presented at 15th Australasian Cystic Fibrosis Conference, https://doi.org/10.1111/resp.14771

Taylor N; Sivam S; van Dorst J; Halim J; Volovets A; Haber P; Ooi CY, 2024, 'Colorectal cancer screening in cystic fibrosis-Utility of IFOBT?', in Respirology, Wiley, Vol. 29, pp. 42 - 42, presented at 15th Australasian Cystic Fibrosis Conference, https://doi.org/10.1111/resp.14771

van Dorst J; Coffey M; Halim J; Anderson D; Pushpakumara BLDU; Ooi CY, 2024, 'The cystic fibrosis metabolome across the first six years of life', in Respirology, Wiley, Vol. 29, pp. 35 - 35, presented at 15th Australasian Cystic Fibrosis Conference, https://doi.org/10.1111/resp.14771

Chan C; Ooi CY; van Dorst J, 2024, 'The prevalence of pks + E. coli in cystic fibrosis', in Respirology, Wiley, Vol. 29, pp. 7 - 7, presented at 15th Australasian Cystic Fibrosis Conference, https://doi.org/10.1111/resp.14771

Preprints

Wilkins D; Zhang E; Crane S; Chelliah DS; van Dorst J; Abdullah K; Tribbia DZ; Hince G; Spedding T; Ferrari B, 2023, Urea Amendment Decouples Nitrification in Hydrocarbon Contaminated Antarctic Soil, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4665353

Zhang E; Thibaut LM; Terauds A; Wong S; van Dorst J; Tanaka MM; Ferrari BC, Extreme niche partitioning promotes a remarkably high diversity of soil microbiomes across eastern Antarctica, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/559666

Coffey MJ; van Dorst J; Pushpakumara BLDU; Halim J; Hudson J; Plush L; Christi K; Foster C; Carzino R; Zajakovski N; Appleton L; Cheney J; Wood J; Monaghan SJ; Rawlinson W; Day AS; Oliver M; Ranganathan S; Selvadurai H; Wainwright C; Thomas T; Jaffe A; Ooi CY, Probiotics and the EARly Life effects on intestinal bacteria and inflammation in children with Cystic Fibrosis (The “PEARL-CF” Study), http://dx.doi.org/10.64898/2025.12.04.25341620

Williams IAR; van Dorst J; Leigh S-J; Baracz SJ; Pushpakumara BLDU; Marcus A; McCaffrey D; Walker AK; Ooi CY; Ward MC; Oei J-L; Clemens KJ, Sodium Butyrate Rescues Neurodevelopmental Deficits Following Perinatal Methadone Exposure, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2025.06.26.661851

Chan C; Coffey M; Murphy C; McKay I; Abdu J; Paida K; Tam R; Wrigley-Carr H; Prentice B; Owens L; Belessis Y; Chuang S; Jaffe A; van Dorst J; Ooi CY, The Prevalence of pks+ E. coli in Cystic Fibrosis, http://dx.doi.org/10.20944/preprints202502.0874.v1

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