By Dr Shafagh Waters

Book Chapters

McIntyre K; Waters S; Waters P, 2018, 'Sex Chromosomes', in Skinner MK (ed.), Encyclopedia of Reproduction, Academic Press, pp. 238 - 244, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-801238-3.64459-8

Al Nadaf S; Waters PD; Deakin JE; Graves JAM, 2010, 'Marsupial genetics reveals insights into evolution of mammalian X chromosome inactivation', in Marsupial Genetics and Genomics, pp. 259 - 280, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9023-2_13

Journal articles

McIntyre KL; Waters SA; Zhong L; Hart-Smith G; Raftery M; Chew ZA; Patel HR; Graves JAM; Waters PD, 2024, 'Identification of the RSX interactome in a marsupial shows functional coherence with the Xist interactome during X inactivation', Genome Biology, 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13059-024-03280-0

Umashankar B; Eliasson L; Ooi CY; Kim KW; Shaw JAM; Waters SA, 2024, 'Beyond insulin: Unraveling the complex interplay of ER stress, oxidative damage, and CFTR modulation in CFRD', Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 23, pp. 842 - 852, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcf.2024.06.004

Waters S; Middleton PG, 2024, 'Rectal organoid morphometric analysis (ROMA)-re: Optimising measurements automatically', Thorax, 79, pp. 801 - 802, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/thorax-2024-221829

Lister NC; Milton AM; Patel HR; Waters SA; Hanrahan BJ; McIntyre KL; Livernois AM; Horspool WB; Wee LK; Ringel AR; Mundlos S; Robson MI; Shearwin-Whyatt L; Grützner F; Marshall Graves JA; Ruiz-Herrera A; Waters PD, 2024, 'Incomplete transcriptional dosage compensation of chicken and platypus sex chromosomes is balanced by post-transcriptional compensation', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 121, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2322360121

Chang JJY; Grimley SL; Tran BM; Deliyannis G; Tumpach C; Nguyen ANT; Steinig E; Zhang JS; Schröder J; Caly L; McAuley J; Wong SL; Waters SA; Stinear TP; Pitt ME; Purcell D; Vincan E; Coin LJM, 2024, 'Uncovering strain- and age-dependent innate immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection in air-liquid-interface cultured nasal epithelia', iScience, 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.110009

Carrera Montoya J; Collett S; Fernandez Ruiz D; Earnest L; Edeling MA; Yap AHY; Wong CY; Cooney JP; Davidson KC; Roberts J; Rockman S; Tran BM; McAuley JL; Deliyannis G; Grimley SL; Purcell DFJ; Waters SA; Godfrey DI; Hans D; Pellegrini M; Mackenzie JM; Vincan E; Heath WR; Torresi J, 2024, 'Human Nasal Epithelium Organoids for Assessing Neutralizing Antibodies to a Protective SARS-CoV-2 Virus-like Particle Vaccine', Organoids, 3, pp. 18 - 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/organoids3010002

Poursani EM; Mercatelli D; Raninga P; Bell JL; Saletta F; Kohane FV; Neumann DP; Zheng Y; Rouaen JRC; Jue TR; Michniewicz FT; Schadel P; Kasiou E; Tsoli M; Cirillo G; Waters S; Shai-Hee T; Cazzoli R; Brettle M; Slapetova I; Kasherman M; Whan R; Souza-Fonseca-Guimaraes F; Vahdat L; Ziegler D; Lock JG; Giorgi FM; Khanna KK; Vittorio O, 2023, 'Copper chelation suppresses epithelial-mesenchymal transition by inhibition of canonical and non-canonical TGF-β signaling pathways in cancer', Cell and Bioscience, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13578-023-01083-7

Nguyen AK; Molley TG; Kardia E; Ganda S; Chakraborty S; Wong SL; Ruan J; Yee BE; Mata J; Vijayan A; Kumar N; Tilley RD; Waters SA; Kilian KA, 2023, 'Hierarchical assembly of tryptophan zipper peptides into stress-relaxing bioactive hydrogels', Nature Communications, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41907-1

Fawcett LK; Turgutoglu N; Allan KM; Belessis Y; Widger J; Jaffe A; Waters SA, 2023, 'Comparing Cytology Brushes for Optimal Human Nasal Epithelial Cell Collection: Implications for Airway Disease Diagnosis and Research', Journal of Personalized Medicine, 13, pp. 864, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm13050864

Molley TG; Jiang S; Ong L; Kopecky C; Ranaweera CD; Jalandhra GK; Milton L; Kardia E; Zhou Z; Rnjak-Kovacina J; Waters SA; Toh YC; Kilian KA, 2023, 'Gas-modulating microcapsules for spatiotemporal control of hypoxia', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120, pp. e2217557120, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2217557120

Westhaus A; Cabanes-Creus M; Dilworth KL; Zhu E; Salas Gómez D; Navarro RG; Amaya AK; Scott S; Kwiatek M; McCorkindale AL; Hayman TE; Frahm S; Perocheau DP; Tran BM; Vincan E; Wong SL; Waters SA; Riddiough GE; Perini MV; Wilson LOW; Baruteau J; Diecke S; González-Aseguinolaza G; Santilli G; Thrasher AJ; Alexander IE; Lisowski L, 2023, 'Assessment of Pre-Clinical Liver Models Based on Their Ability to Predict the Liver-Tropism of Adeno-Associated Virus Vectors', Human Gene Therapy, 34, pp. 273 - 288, http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/hum.2022.188

Wong SL; Kardia E; Vijayan A; Umashankar B; Pandzic E; Zhong L; Jaffe A; Waters SA, 2023, 'Molecular and Functional Characteristics of Airway Epithelium under Chronic Hypoxia', International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms24076475

Allan KM; Astore MA; Kardia E; Wong SL; Fawcett LK; Bell JL; Visser S; Chen PC; Griffith R; Jaffe A; Sivam S; Vittorio O; Kuyucak S; Waters SA, 2023, 'Q1291H-CFTR molecular dynamics simulations and ex vivo theratyping in nasal epithelial models and clinical response to elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor in a Q1291H/F508del patient', Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmolb.2023.1148501

Fawcett LK; Jaffe A; Waters SA, 2023, 'WS14.02 Cystic fibrosis personalised medicine; paediatric in vitro airway cell models to predict CFTR modulator patient outcomes', Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 22, pp. S28 - S28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1569-1993(23)00266-7

Allan KM; Astore MA; Fawcett LK; Wong SL; Chen PC; Griffith R; Jaffe A; Kuyucak S; Waters SA, 2022, 'S945L-CFTR molecular dynamics, functional characterization and tezacaftor/ivacaftor efficacy in vivo and in vitro in matched pediatric patient-derived cell models', Frontiers in Pediatrics, 10, pp. 1062766, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2022.1062766

Wong SL; Pandzic E; Kardia E; Allan KM; Whan RM; Waters SA, 2022, 'Quantifying Intracellular Viral Pathogen: Specimen Preparation, Visualization and Quantification of Multiple Immunofluorescent Signals in Fixed Human Airway Epithelium Cultured at Air-Liquid Interface', Journal of Personalized Medicine, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm12101668

Wong SL; Awatade NT; Astore MA; Allan KM; Carnell MJ; Slapetova I; Chen PC; Setiadi J; Pandzic E; Fawcett LK; Widger JR; Whan RM; Griffith R; Ooi CY; Kuyucak S; Jaffe A; Waters SA, 2022, 'Molecular Dynamics and Theratyping in Airway and Gut Organoids Reveal R352Q-CFTR Conductance Defect', American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, 67, pp. 99 - 111, http://dx.doi.org/10.1165/rcmb.2021-0337OC

Astore MA; Chen P-C; Waters S; Kuyucak S, 2022, 'Computer modelling the root cause of cystic fibrosis', BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 121, pp. 506A - 506A, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000759523003277&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Wong SL; Awatade NT; Astore MA; Allan KM; Carnell MJ; Slapetova I; Chen PC; Capraro A; Fawcett LK; Whan RM; Griffith R; Ooi CY; Kuyucak S; Jaffe A; Waters SA, 2022, 'Molecular dynamics and functional characterization of I37R-CFTR lasso mutation provide insights into channel gating activity', iScience, 25, pp. 103710, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2021.103710

Tran BM; Grimley SL; McAuley JL; Hachani A; Earnest L; Wong SL; Caly L; Druce J; Purcell DFJ; Jackson DC; Catton M; Nowell CJ; Leonie L; Deliyannis G; Waters SA; Torresi J; Vincan E, 2022, 'Air-Liquid-Interface Differentiated Human Nose Epithelium: A Robust Primary Tissue Culture Model of SARS-CoV-2 Infection', International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms23020835

Dunnet MJ; Ortega-Recalde OJ; Waters SA; Weeks RJ; Morison IM; Hore TA, 2022, 'Leukocyte-specific DNA methylation biomarkers and their implication for pathological epigenetic analysis', Epigenetics Communications, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s43682-022-00011-z

Deshpande NP; Riordan SM; Gorman CJ; Nielsen S; Russell TL; Correa-Ospina C; Fernando BSM; Waters SA; Castaño-Rodríguez N; Man SM; Tedla N; Wilkins MR; Kaakoush NO, 2021, 'Multi-omics of the esophageal microenvironment identifies signatures associated with progression of Barrett’s esophagus', Genome Medicine, 13, pp. 133, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13073-021-00951-6

Allan KM; Wong SL; Fawcett LK; Capraro A; Jaffe A; Herbert C; Pandzic E; Waters SA, 2021, 'Collection, Expansion, and Differentiation of Primary Human Nasal Epithelial Cell Models for Quantification of Cilia Beat Frequency', Journal of Visualized Experiments, http://dx.doi.org/10.3791/63090-v

Allan KM; Wong SL; Fawcett LK; Capraro A; Jaffe A; Herbert C; Pandzic E; Waters SA, 2021, 'Collection, expansion, and differentiation of primary human nasal epithelial cell models for quantification of cilia beat frequency', Journal of Visualized Experiments, http://dx.doi.org/10.3791/63090

Prentice BJ; Jaffe A; Hameed S; Verge CF; Waters S; Widger J, 2021, 'Cystic fibrosis-related diabetes and lung disease: An update', European Respiratory Review, 30, pp. 200293, http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/16000617.0293-2020

Allen K; Jaffe A; Waters S; Allan K, 2021, 'Treatment of Cystic Fibrosis: From Gene- to Cell-Based Therapies', Frontiers in Pharmacology, 12, pp. 639475, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2021.639475

Awatade N; Wong S; Capraro A; Pandzic E; Slapetova I; Zhong L; Fawcett L; Whan R; Jaffe A; Waters S, 2021, 'Significant functional differences in differentiated Conditionally Reprogrammed (CRC)- and Feeder-free Dual SMAD inhibited-expanded human nasal epithelial cells', Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 20, pp. 364 - 371, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcf.2020.12.019

Fawcett LK; Wakefield CE; Sivam S; Middleton PG; Wark P; Widger J; Jaffe A; Waters SA, 2021, 'Avatar acceptability: Views from the australian cystic fibrosis community on the use of personalised organoid technology to guide treatment decisions', ERJ Open Research, 7, pp. 1 - 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00448-2020

Azad AKM; Fatima S; Capraro A; Waters SA; Vafaee F, 2021, 'Integrative resource for network-based investigation of COVID-19 combinatorial drug repositioning and mechanism of action', Patterns, 2, pp. 100325, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.patter.2021.100325

Villamizar O; Waters SA; Scott T; Grepo N; Jaffe A; Morris KV, 2021, 'Mesenchymal Stem Cell exosome delivered Zinc Finger Protein activation of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator', Journal of Extracellular Vesicles, 10, pp. e12053, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jev2.12053

Capraro A; Wong S; Adhikari A; Allan K; Patel H; Zhong L; Raftery M; Jaffe A; Yeang M; Aggarwal A; Wu L; Pandzic E; Whan R; Turville S; Vittorio O; Bull R; Kaakoush N; Rawlinson W; Tedla N; Vafaee F; Waters S, 2021, 'Ageing impairs the airway epithelium defence response to SARS-CoV-2', , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2021.04.05.437453

Capraro A; O‘Meally D; Waters SA; Patel HR; Georges A; Waters PD, 2020, 'MicroRNA dynamics during hibernation of the Australian central bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps)', Scientific Reports, 10, pp. 17854, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-73706-9

Capraro A; Whan R; Thomas S; Jaffe A; Bridge W; Waters S; Hart-Smith G; Zhong L; Pandzic E; Fernando BSM; Awatade N; Wong S, 2020, 'Novel Antioxidant Therapy with the Immediate Precursor to Glutathione, -Glutamylcysteine (GGC), Ameliorates LPS-Induced Cellular Stress in In Vitro 3D-Differentiated Airway Model from Primary Cystic Fibrosis Human Bronchial Cells', Antioxidants, 9, pp. 1 - 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antiox9121204

Coffey MJ; Mckay IR; Doumit M; Chuang S; Adams S; Stelzer-Braid S; Waters SA; Kasparian NA; Thomas T; Jaffe A; Katz T; Ooi CY, 2020, 'Evaluating the Alimentary and Respiratory Tracts in Health and disease (EARTH) research programme: a protocol for prospective, longitudinal, controlled, observational studies in children with chronic disease at an Australian tertiary paediatric hospital', BMJ Open, 10, pp. e033916, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033916

Hewson C; Capraro A; Wong S; Pandzic E; Fernando BSM; Awatade N; Zhong L; Hart-Smith G; Whan R; Thomas S; Jaffe A; Bridge W; Waters S, 2020, 'Novel antioxidant therapy with the immediate precursor to glutathione, γ-glutamylcysteine (GGC), ameliorates LPS-induced cellular stress in anin vitrocystic fibrosis model', , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.05.27.119990

Awatade N; Wong S; Pandzic E; Slapetova I; Capraro A; Zhong L; Turgutoglu N; Fawcett L; Whan R; Jaffe A; Waters S, 2020, 'Significant functional differences despite morphological and molecular similarity in fully differentiated matched Conditionally Reprogrammed (CRC) and Feeder free dual SMAD inhibited expanded human nasal epithelial cells', , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.05.29.120006

Prentice BJ; Ooi CY; Strachan RE; Hameed S; Ebrahimkhani S; Waters SA; Verge CF; Widger J, 2019, 'Early glucose abnormalities are associated with pulmonary inflammation in young children with cystic fibrosis', Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 18, pp. 869 - 873, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcf.2019.03.010

Villamizar O; Waters SA; Scott T; Saayman S; Grepo N; Urak R; Davis A; Jaffe A; Morris KV, 2019, 'Targeted Activation of Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator', Molecular Therapy, 27, pp. 1737 - 1748, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ymthe.2019.07.002

Waters S; Waters P; Capraro A, 2019, 'Waking the sleeping dragon: gene expression profiling reveals adaptive strategies of the hibernating reptile Pogona vitticeps', BMC Genomics, 20, pp. 460, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12864-019-5750-x

Sprague D; Waters SA; Kirk JM; Wang JR; Samollow PB; Waters PD; Calabrese JM, 2019, 'Nonlinear sequence similarity between the Xist and Rsx long noncoding RNAs suggests shared functions of tandem repeat domains', RNA, 25, pp. 1004 - 1019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1261/rna.069815.118

Coffey MJ; Zhong L; Jaffe A; Ooi CY; Waters S, 2019, 'Tu1872 – The Human Intestinal Proteome in Children with Cystic Fibrosis', Gastroenterology, 156, pp. S - 1153, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0016-5085(19)39855-5

Awatade N; Wong S; Jaffe A; Waters S; Fawcett L, 2018, 'Human Primary Epithelial Cell Models: Promising Tools in the Era of Cystic Fibrosis Personalized Medicine', Frontiers in Pharmacology, 9, pp. 1429, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2018.01429

Johnson RN; O’Meally D; Chen Z; Etherington GJ; Ho SYW; Nash WJ; Grueber CE; Cheng Y; Whittington CM; Dennison S; Peel E; Haerty W; O’Neill RJ; Colgan D; Russell TL; Alquezar-Planas DE; Attenbrow V; Bragg JG; Brandies PA; Chong AYY; Deakin JE; Di Palma F; Duda Z; Eldridge MDB; Ewart KM; Hogg CJ; Frankham GJ; Georges A; Gillett AK; Govendir M; Greenwood AD; Hayakawa T; Helgen KM; Hobbs M; Holleley CE; Heider TN; Jones EA; King A; Madden D; Graves JAM; Morris KM; Neaves LE; Patel HR; Polkinghorne A; Renfree MB; Robin C; Salinas R; Tsangaras K; Waters PD; Waters SA; Wright B; Wilkins MR; Timms P; Belov K, 2018, 'Adaptation and conservation insights from the koala genome', Nature Genetics, 50, pp. 1102 - 1111, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41588-018-0153-5

Waters SA; Capraro A; McIntyre KL; Graves JAM; Waters PD, 2018, 'The methylome of vertebrate sex chromosomes', Genes, 9, pp. 230, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes9050230

Waters SA; Livernois AM; Patel H; O’Meally D; Craig JM; Marshall Graves JA; Suter CM; Waters PD, 2018, 'Landscape of DNA methylation on the marsupial x', Molecular Biology and Evolution, 35, pp. 431 - 439, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msx297

Waters SA; McAteer SP; Kudla G; Pang I; Deshpande NP; Amos TG; Leong KW; Wilkins MR; Strugnell R; Gally DL; Tollervey D; Tree JJ, 2017, 'Small RNA interactome of pathogenic E. coli revealed through crosslinking of RNase E', EMBO Journal, 36, pp. 374 - 387, http://dx.doi.org/10.15252/embj.201694639

Alinejad-Rokny H; Anwar F; Waters SA; Davenport MP; Ebrahimi D, 2016, 'Source of CpG depletion in the HIV-1 genome', Molecular Biology and Evolution, 33, pp. 3205 - 3212, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msw205

Waters SA; Waters PD, 2015, 'Imprinted X chromosome inactivation: evolution of mechanisms in distantly related mammals', AIMS GENETICS, 2, pp. 110 - 126, http://dx.doi.org/10.3934/genet.2015.2.110

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