By Professor William Rawlinson

Preprints

Swinburn K; Hui L; McIntyre S; Britton PN; Rogers P; Shand A; Sung V; Rawlinson W; Teagle H; Smithers-Sheedy H, 2026, Identifying Research Priorities for the Prevention and Early Management of Congenital Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in Australia and New Zealand: A Modified Delphi Consensus Informed by Lived Experience, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-9709413/v1

Aggarwal A; Ognenovska S; Ison T; Fichter C; Milogiannakis V; Afzal M; Stella AO; Waters S; Esneau C; Bartlett N; Pöhlmann S; Hoffmann M; Burrell L; Patel S; Ellis S; Wehrhahn M; Martinez E; Ginn A; Churchill M; Angelovich T; Rawlinson W; Yeang M; Kok J; Sintchenkov V; Parry R; Sng J; Neely G; Moreno C; Loo L; Kelleher A; Brilot F; Khromykh A; Turville S, 2025, Replication of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron lineages is defined by TMPRSS2 use in environments where ACE2 is complexed with solute carriers SLC6A19 and SLC6A20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2025.07.07.663433

Isaacs SR; Roy A; Dance B; Ward EJ; Foskett DB; Maxwell AJ; Rawlinson W; Kim KW; Craig ME, 2022, Enterovirus Infection and Risk of Islet Autoimmunity and Type 1 Diabetes: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Molecular Studies, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4308770

Aggarwal A; Stella A; Walker G; Akerman A; Milogiannakis V; Brilot F; Amatayakul-Chantler S; Roth N; Coppola G; Schofield P; Jackson J; Lenthall H; Mazigi O; Langley D; Lu Y; Forster C; McAllery S; Mathivanan V; Fitcher C; Hoppe AC; Munier CML; Jack H-M; Cromer D; Darley D; Matthews G; Christ D; Khoury D; Davenport M; Rawlinson W; Kelleher A; Turville S, 2022, SARS-CoV-2 Omicron: evasion of potent humoral responses and resistance to clinical immunotherapeutics relative to viral variants of concern, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1207364/v1

Roth-Schulze A; Penno M; Ngui K; Oakey H; Thomson R; Vuillermin P; Craig M; Rawlinson W; Davis E; Harris M; Soldatos G; Colman P; Wentworth J; Haynes A; Morahan G; Bediaga N; Smyth G; Papenfuss A; Couper J; Harrison L, 2020, Changes in the composition and function of the gut microbiome accompany type 1 diabetes in pregnancy, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-18520/v1

Bull RA; Adikari T; Ferguson JM; Hammond JM; Stevanovski I; Beukers AG; Naing Z; Yeang M; Verich A; Gamaarachchi H; Kim KW; Luciani F; Stelzer-Braid S; Eden J-S; Rawlinson WD; van Hal SJ; Deveson IW, Analytical validity of nanopore sequencing for rapid SARS-CoV-2 genome analysis, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.04.236893

Egilmezer E; Rawlinson W; Foster CSP, Antiviral efficacy versus host recovery: contrasting transcriptional footprints of four antivirals in human cytomegalovirus-infected brain organoids, http://dx.doi.org/10.64898/2026.05.01.722178

Foster CSP; Stelzer-Braid S; Deveson IW; Bull RA; Yeang M; Phan-Au J; Silva MR; van Hal SJ; Rockett RJ; Sintchenko V; Kim KW; Rawlinson WD, Assessment of inter-laboratory differences in SARS-CoV-2 consensus genome assemblies between public health laboratories in Australia, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2021.08.19.21262296

Zufan SE; Lau KA; Donald A; Hoang T; Foster CSP; Sikazwe C; Theis T; Rawlinson WD; Ballard SA; Stinear TP; Howden BP; Jennison AV; Seemann T, Bioinformatic investigation of discordant sequence data for SARS-CoV-2: insights for robust genomic analysis during pandemic surveillance, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2023.02.01.526694

Rouet R; Henry JY; Johansen MD; Sobti M; Balachandran H; Langley DB; Walker G; Lenthall H; Jackson J; Ubiparipovic S; Mazigi O; Schofield P; Burnett DL; Brown SHJ; Martinello M; Hudson B; Gilroy N; Post JJ; Kelleher A; Jäck H-M; Goodnow CC; Turville SG; Rawlinson WD; Bull RA; Stewart AG; Hansbro PM; Christ D, Broadly neutralizing SARS-CoV-2 antibodies through epitope-based selection from convalescent patients, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2022.10.19.512954

Madala BS; Reis ALM; Deveson IW; Rawlinson W; Mercer TR, Chimeric synthetic reference standards enable cross-validation of positive and negative controls in SARS-CoV-2 molecular tests, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.06.09.143412

Akerman A; Fichter C; Milogiannakis V; Esneau C; Silva ; Ison T; Lopez J; Naing Z; Caguicla J; Amatayakul-Chantler S; Roth N; Manni S; Hauser T; Barnes T; Boss T; Condylios A; Yeang M; Sato K; Bartlett N; Darley D; Matthews G; Stark D; Promsri S; Rawlinson W; Murrell B; Kelleher A; Dwyer D; Sintchenko V; Kok J; Ellis S; Marris K; Knight E; Hoad ; Irving ; Gosbell I; Brilot F; Wood J; Aggarwal A; Turville S, Cross-sectional and longitudinal genotype to phenotype surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 variants over the first four years of the COVID-19 pandemic, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2024.04.18.24305862

Yeung VA; Thapa K; Rawlinson W; Georgiou A; Post J; Overton K, Differences in Antibiotic and Antiviral Use in People With Confirmed Influenza: a Retrospective Comparison of Rapid Influenza PCR and Multiplex Respiratory Virus PCR Tests., http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-109807/v1

Akerman A; Milogiannakis V; Jean T; Esneau C; Silva MR; Ison T; Fitcher C; Lopez JA; Chandra D; Naing Z; Caguicla J; Li D; Walker G; Amatayakul-Chantler S; Roth N; Manni S; Hauser T; Barnes T; Condylios A; Yeang M; Wong M; Foster CSP; Sato K; Lee S; Song Y; Mao L; Sigmund A; Phu A; More AMV; Hunt S; Douglas M; Caterson I; Sandgren K; Bull R; Lloyd A; Triccas J; Tangye S; Bartlett NW; Darley D; Matthews G; Stark DJ; Rawlinson WD; Murrell B; Brilot F; Cunningham AL; Kelleher AD; Aggarwal A; Turville SG, Emergence and antibody evasion of BQ, BA.2.75 and SARS-CoV-2 recombinant sublineages in the face of maturing antibody breadth at the population level, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2022.12.06.22283000

Tennant E; Figtree M; Tallon J; Bull RA; Yeang M; Deveson IW; Ferguson JM; Adikari T; Holmes EC; Van Hal S; Hammond JM; Stevanovski I; Mitsakos K; Hilditch-Roberts D; Rawlinson W; Hudson B, Epidemiological and Genomic analysis of a Sydney Hospital COVID-19 Outbreak, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2021.02.17.21251943

Schütz M; Müller R; Socher E; Wangen C; Full F; Wyler E; Wong D; Scherer M; Stamminger T; Chou S; Rawlinson WD; Hamilton ST; Sticht H; Marschall M, Highly conserved interaction profiles between clinically relevant mutants of the cytomegalovirus CDK-like kinase pUL97 and human cyclins: functional significance of cyclin H, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1676959/v1

Foster CSP; Walker GJ; Jean T; Wong M; Brassil L; Isaacs SR; Lyu Y; Turville S; Kelleher A; Rawlinson WD, Long-term serial passaging of SARS-CoV-2 reveals signatures of convergent evolution, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2023.11.02.565396

Adhikari A; Abayasingam A; Rodrigo C; Agapiou D; Pandzic E; Brasher NA; Fernando BSM; Keoshkerian E; Li H; Kim HN; Lord M; Popovic G; Rawlinson W; Mina M; Post JJ; Hudson B; Gilroy N; Bartlett AW; Ahlenstiel G; Grubor-Bauk B; Dwyer D; Konecny P; Lloyd AR; Martinello M; Bull RA; Tedla N, Longitudinal characterisation of phagocytic and neutralisation functions of anti-Spike antibodies in plasma of patients after SARS-CoV-2 infection, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2021.12.21.473774

Foster CSP; Bull RA; Tedla N; Santiago F; Agapiou D; Adhikari A; Walker GJ; Shrestha LB; van Hal SJ; Kim KW; Rawlinson WD, Persistence of a SARS-CoV-2 variant with a frameshifting deletion for the duration of a major outbreak, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2022.09.06.22279658

Rouet R; Mazigi O; Walker GJ; Langley DB; Sobti M; Schofield P; Lenthall H; Jackson J; Ubiparipovic S; Henry JY; Abayasingam A; Burnett D; Kelleher A; Brink R; Bull RA; Turville S; Stewart AG; Goodnow CC; Rawlinson WD; Christ D, Potent SARS-CoV-2 binding and neutralization through maturation of iconic SARS-CoV-1 antibodies, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.12.14.422791

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

Lau KA; da Silva AG; Theis T; Gray J; Ballard SA; Rawlinson WD, Proficiency Testing for bacterial whole genome sequencing in assuring the quality of microbiology diagnostics in clinical and public health laboratories, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.09.18.304519

Aggarwal A; Stella A; Akerman A; Walker G; Milogiannakis V; McAllery S; Esneau C; Silva MR; Lu Y; Forster C; Hal SV; Mathivanan V; Fitcher C; Hoppe AC; Munier CML; Darley D; Matthews G; Starck D; Robosa R; Bartlett N; Rawlinson W; Kelleher A; Turville S, Rapid isolation and resolution immune evasion and viral fitness across contemporary SARS-CoV-2 variants, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1210846/v1

Foster CSP; Rawlinson WD, Rapid spread of a SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant with a frameshift deletion in ORF7a, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2021.08.18.21262089

Kim KW; Deveson IW; Pang CNI; Yeang M; Naing Z; Adikari T; Hammond JM; Stevanovski I; Beukers AG; Verich A; Yin S; McFarlane D; Wilkins MR; Stelzer-Braid S; Bull RA; Craig ME; Hal SJV; Rawlinson WD, Respiratory viral co-infections among SARS-CoV-2 cases confirmed by virome capture sequencing, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-105996/v1

Walker GJ; Naing Z; Stella AO; Yeang M; Caguicla J; Ramachandran V; Isaacs SR; Agapiou D; Bull RA; Stelzer-Braid S; Daly J; Gosbell IB; Hoad VC; Irving DO; Pink JM; Turville S; Kelleher AD; Rawlinson WD, SARS Coronavirus-2 microneutralisation and commercial serological assays correlated closely for some but not all enzyme immunoassays, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.12.07.20245696

Walker GJ; Clifford V; Bansal N; Stella AO; Turville S; Stelzer-Braid S; Klein LD; Rawlinson W, SARS-CoV-2 in human milk is inactivated by Holder pasteurization but not cold storage, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.06.18.20134395

Tea F; Stella AO; Aggarwal A; Darley DR; Pilli D; Vitale D; Merheb V; Lee FXZ; Cunningham P; Walker GJ; Brown DA; Rawlinson WD; Isaacs SR; Mathivanan V; Hoffman M; Pöhlmann S; Dwyer DE; Rockett R; Sintchenko V; Hoad VC; Irving DO; Dore GJ; Gosbell IB; Kelleher AD; Matthews GV; Brilot F; Turville SG, SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies; longevity, breadth, and evasion by emerging viral variants, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.12.19.20248567

Aggarwal A; Akerman A; Milogiannakis V; Silva MR; Walker G; Kidinger A; Angelovich T; Waring E; Amatayakul-Chantler S; Roth N; Coppola G; Yeang M; Jean T; Foster C; Hoppe AC; Munier CML; Darley D; Churchill M; Starck D; Christ D; Matthews G; Rawlinson W; Kelleher AD; Turville S, SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.5: Evolving tropism and evasion of potent humoral responses and resistance to clinical immunotherapeutics relative to viral variants of concern, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2022.07.07.22277128

Walker GJ; Davis R; Naing Z; McEntee B; Lu Y; Denadija T; Rawlinson WD, Serological detection of SARS-CoV-2 IgG using commercially available immunoassays on dried blood spots collected from patients, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2021.08.11.21261877

Koirala A; McRae J; Britton PN; Downes M; Prasad SA; Nicholson S; Winkler NE; O’Sullivan MVN; Gondalwala F; Castellano C; Carey E; Hendry A; Crawford N; Wadia U; Richmond P; Marshall HS; Clark JE; Francis JR; Carr J; Bartlett A; McMullan B; Skowno J; Hannah D; Davidson A; von Ungern-Sternberg BS; Lee-Archer P; Burgoyne LL; Waugh EB; Carlin JB; Naing Z; Kerly N; McMinn A; Hunter G; Heath C; D’Angelo N; Finucane C; Francis LA; Dougherty S; Rawlinson W; Karapanagiotidis T; Cain N; Brizuela R; Blyth CC; Wood N; Macartney K, The seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2-specific antibodies in Australian children: a cross sectional study, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2024.03.03.24303672

Aggarwal A; Fichter C; Milogiannakis V; Ison T; Silva MR; Esneau C; Bartlett N; Burrell LM; Patel SK; Churchill M; Angelovich T; Walker G; Rawlinson W; Yeang M; Kok J; Sintchenkov V; Chandra D; Kindinger A; Akerman A; Parry R; Sng JD; Neely G; Moreno C; Loo L; Kelleher AD; Brilot F; Khromykh A; Turville SG, TMPRSS2 activation of Omicron lineage Spike glycoprotein is regulated by Collectrin-like domain of ACE2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2023.09.22.558930

Roth-Schulze AJ; Penno MAS; Ngui KM; Oakey H; Bandala-Sanchez E; Smith AD; Allnutt TR; Thomson RL; Vuillermin PJ; Craig ME; Rawlinson WD; Davis EA; Harris M; Soldatos G; Colman PG; Wentworth JM; Haynes A; Morahan G; Bediaga NG; Smyth GK; Papenfuss AT; Couper JJ; Harrison L, Type 1 Diabetes in Pregnancy Is Associated With Distinct Changes in the Composition and Function of the Gut Microbiome, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-376289/v1

Foster CSP; Rawlinson WD, vartracker: an end-to-end tool for pathogen longitudinal variant analysis and visualisation, http://dx.doi.org/10.64898/2026.05.06.723370

Isaacs SR; Foskett DB; Maxwell AJ; Ward EJ; Faulkner CL; Luo JYX; Rawlinson WD; Craig ME; Kim KW, Viruses and Type 1 Diabetes: From Enteroviruses to the Virome, http://dx.doi.org/10.20944/preprints202106.0574.v1

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