Dr Megan Soon

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Child Health Research Centre
Faculty of Medicine
s.soon@uq.edu.au
+61 7 344 36985

Overview

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy of Biomedical Research, The University of Queensland

Publications

  • Soon, Sioe Fei (2021). Effector and memory CD4+ T cell development during experimental blood-stage malaria. PhD Thesis, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/6a26f34

  • Ng, Susanna S., De Labastida Rivera, Fabian, Yan, Juming, Corvino, Dillon, Das, Indrajit, Zhang, Ping, Kuns, Rachel, Chauhan, Shashi Bhushan, Hou, Jiajie, Li, Xian-Yang, Frame, Teija C. M., McEnroe, Benjamin A., Moore, Eilish, Na, Jinrui, Engel, Jessica A., Soon, Megan S. F., Singh, Bhawana, Kueh, Andrew J., Herold, Marco J., Montes de Oca, Marcela, Singh, Siddharth Sankar, Bunn, Patrick T., Aguilera, Amy Roman, Casey, Mika, Braun, Matthias, Ghazanfari, Nazanin, Wani, Shivangi, Wang, Yulin, Amante, Fiona H. ... Engwerda, Christian R. (2020). The NK cell granule protein NKG7 regulates cytotoxic granule exocytosis and inflammation. Nature Immunology, 21 (10), 1205-1218. doi: 10.1038/s41590-020-0758-6

  • Soon, Megan S. F., Lee, Hyun Jae, Engel, Jessica A., Straube, Jasmin, Thomas, Bryce S., Pernold, Clara P. S., Clarke, Lachlan S., Laohamonthonkul, Pawat, Haldar, Rohit N., Williams, Cameron G., Lansink, Lianne I. M., Moreira, Marcela L., Bramhall, Michael, Koufariotis, Lambros T., Wood, Scott, Chen, Xi, James, Kylie R., Lönnberg, Tapio, Lane, Steven W., Belz, Gabrielle T., Engwerda, Christian R., Khoury, David S., Davenport, Miles P., Svensson, Valentine, Teichmann, Sarah A. and Haque, Ashraful (2020). Transcriptome dynamics of CD4+ T cells during malaria maps gradual transit from effector to memory. Nature Immunology, 21 (12), 1597-1610. doi: 10.1038/s41590-020-0800-8

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Publications

Journal Article

  • Ng, Susanna S., De Labastida Rivera, Fabian, Yan, Juming, Corvino, Dillon, Das, Indrajit, Zhang, Ping, Kuns, Rachel, Chauhan, Shashi Bhushan, Hou, Jiajie, Li, Xian-Yang, Frame, Teija C. M., McEnroe, Benjamin A., Moore, Eilish, Na, Jinrui, Engel, Jessica A., Soon, Megan S. F., Singh, Bhawana, Kueh, Andrew J., Herold, Marco J., Montes de Oca, Marcela, Singh, Siddharth Sankar, Bunn, Patrick T., Aguilera, Amy Roman, Casey, Mika, Braun, Matthias, Ghazanfari, Nazanin, Wani, Shivangi, Wang, Yulin, Amante, Fiona H. ... Engwerda, Christian R. (2020). The NK cell granule protein NKG7 regulates cytotoxic granule exocytosis and inflammation. Nature Immunology, 21 (10), 1205-1218. doi: 10.1038/s41590-020-0758-6

  • Soon, Megan S. F., Lee, Hyun Jae, Engel, Jessica A., Straube, Jasmin, Thomas, Bryce S., Pernold, Clara P. S., Clarke, Lachlan S., Laohamonthonkul, Pawat, Haldar, Rohit N., Williams, Cameron G., Lansink, Lianne I. M., Moreira, Marcela L., Bramhall, Michael, Koufariotis, Lambros T., Wood, Scott, Chen, Xi, James, Kylie R., Lönnberg, Tapio, Lane, Steven W., Belz, Gabrielle T., Engwerda, Christian R., Khoury, David S., Davenport, Miles P., Svensson, Valentine, Teichmann, Sarah A. and Haque, Ashraful (2020). Transcriptome dynamics of CD4+ T cells during malaria maps gradual transit from effector to memory. Nature Immunology, 21 (12), 1597-1610. doi: 10.1038/s41590-020-0800-8

  • Lam, Pui Yeng, Kobayashi, Takumi, Soon, Megan, Zeng, Bijun, Dolcetti, Riccardo, Leggatt, Graham, Thomas, Ranjeny and Mattarollo, Stephen R. (2019). NKT cell-driven enhancement of antitumor immunity induced by Clec9a-targeted tailorable nanoemulsion. Cancer Immunology Research, 7 (6), 952-962. doi: 10.1158/2326-6066.cir-18-0650

  • Akter, Jasmin, Khoury, David S., Aogo, Rosemary, Lansink, Lianne I. M., SheelaNair, Arya, Thomas, Bryce S., Laohamonthonkul, Pawat, Pernold, Clara P. S., Dixon, Matthew W. A., Soon, Megan S. F., Fogg, Lily G., Engel, Jessica A., Elliott, Trish, Sebina, Ismail, James, Kylie R., Cromer, Deborah, Davenport, Miles P. and Haque, Ashraful (2019). Plasmodium-specific antibodies block in vivo parasite growth without clearing infected red blood cells. PLoS Pathogens, 15 (2) e1007599, e1007599. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007599

  • Aogo, Rosemary A., Khoury, David S., Cromer, Deborah, Elliott, Trish, Akter, Jasmin, Fogg, Lily G., Nair, Arya Sheela, Liligeto, Urijah N., Soon, Megan S. F., Thomas, Bryce S., Pernold, Clara P. S., Romanczuk, Aleksandra S., Laohamonthonkul, Pawat, Haque, Ashraful and Davenport, Miles P. (2018). Quantification of host-mediated parasite clearance during blood-stage Plasmodium infection and anti-malarial drug treatment in mice. International Journal for Parasitology, 48 (12), 903-913. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2018.05.010

  • Kerage, Daniel, Soon, Megan S. F., Doff, Brianna L., Kobayashi, Takumi, Nissen, Michael D., Lam, Pui Yeng, Leggatt, Graham R. and Mattarollo, Stephen R. (2018). Therapeutic vaccination with 4–1BB co-stimulation eradicates mouse acute myeloid leukemia. OncoImmunology, 7 (10) e1486952, 1-10. doi: 10.1080/2162402x.2018.1486952

  • Soon, Megan S F and Haque, Ashraful (2018). Recent insights into CD4 Th cell differentiation in malaria. Journal of Immunology, 200 (6), 1965-1975. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1701316

  • James, Kylie R., Soon, Megan S. F., Sebina, Ismail, Fernandez-Ruiz, Daniel, Davey, Gayle, Liligeto, Urijah N., Nair, Arya Sheela, Fogg, Lily G., Edwards, Chelsea L., Best, Shannon E., Lansink, Lianne I. M., Schroder, Kate, Wilson, Jane A. C., Austin, Rebecca, Suhrbier, Andreas, Lane, Steven W., Hill, Geoffrey R., Engwerda, Christian R., Heath, William R. and Haque, Ashraful (2018). IFN regulatory factor 3 balances Th1 and T follicular helper immunity during nonlethal blood-stage Plasmodium infection. Journal of Immunology, 200 (4), 1443-1456. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1700782

  • McKee, Sara J., Tuong, Zewen K., Kobayashi, Takumi, Doff, Brianna L., Soon, Megan S. F ., Nissen, Michael, Lam, Pui Yeng, Keane, Colm, Vari, Frank, Moi, Davide, Mazzieri, Roberta, Leggatt, Graham, Gandhi, Maher K. and Mattarollo, Stephen R. (2018). B cell lymphoma progression promotes the accumulation of circulating Ly6Clo monocytes with immunosuppressive activity. OncoImmunology, 7 (2) e1393599, e1393599. doi: 10.1080/2162402X.2017.1393599

  • Fernandez-Ruiz, Daniel, Lau, Lei Shong, Ghazanfari, Nazanin, Jones, Claerwen M., Ng, Wei Yi, Davey, Gayle M., Berthold, Dorothee, Holz, Lauren, Kato, Yu, Enders, Matthias H., Bayarsaikhan, Ganchimeg, Hendriks, Sanne H., Lansink, Lianne I. M., Engel, Jessica A., Soon, Megan S. F., James, Kylie R., Cozijnsen, Anton, Mollard, Vanessa, Uboldi, Alessandro D., Tonkin, Christopher J., de Koning-Ward, Tania F., Gilson, Paul R., Kaisho, Tsuneyasu, Haque, Ashraful, Crabb, Brendan S., Carbone, Francis R., McFadden, Geoffrey I. and Heath, William R. (2017). Development of a novel CD4+ TCR transgenic line that reveals a dominant role for CD8+ dendritic cells and CD40 signaling in the generation of helper and CTL responses to blood-stage malaria. The Journal of Immunology, 199 (12), 4165-4179. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1700186

  • Khoury, David S., Cromer, Deborah, Elliott, Trish, Soon, Megan S. F., Thomas, Bryce S., James, Kylie R., Best, Shannon E., Aogo, Rosemary A., Engel, Jessica A., Gartlan, Kate H., Akter, Jasmin, Sebina, Ismail, Haque, Ashraful and Davenport, Miles P. (2017). Characterising the effect of antimalarial drugs on the maturation and clearance of murine blood-stage Plasmodium parasites in vivo. International Journal for Parasitology, 47 (14), 913-922. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2017.05.009

  • Khoury, David S., Cromer, Deborah, Akter, Jasmin, Sebina, Ismail, Elliott, Trish, Thomas, Bryce S., Soon, Megan S. F., James, Kylie R., Best, Shannon E., Haque, Ashraful and Davenport, Miles P. (2017). Host-mediated impairment of parasite maturation during blood-stage Plasmodium infection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114 (29), 7701-7706. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1618939114

  • Lönnberg, Tapio, Svensson, Valentine, James, Kylie R., Fernandez-Ruiz, Daniel, Sebina, Ismail, Montandon, Ruddy, Soon, Megan S. F., Fogg, Lily G., Nair, Arya Sheela, Liligeto, Urijah N., Stubbington, Michael J. T., Ly, Lam-Ha, Bagger, Frederik Otzen, Zwiessele, Max, Lawrence, Neil D., Souza-Fonseca-Guimaraes, Fernando, Bunn, Patrick T., Engwerda, Christian R., Heath, William R., Billker, Oliver, Stegle, Oliver, Haque, Ashraful and Teichmann, Sarah A. (2017). Single-cell RNA-seq and computational analysis using temporal mixture modeling resolves TH1/TFHfate bifurcation in malaria. Science Immunology, 2 (9) eaal2192, eaal2192. doi: 10.1126/sciimmunol.aal2192

  • McKee, Sara J., Doff, Brianna L., Soon, Megan S. F. and Mattarollo, Stephen R. (2017). Therapeutic efficacy of 4-1BB costimulation is abrogated by PD-1 blockade in a model of spontaneous B-cell lymphoma. Cancer Immunology Research, 5 (3), 191-197. doi: 10.1158/2326-6066.CIR-16-0249

  • Sebina, Ismail, James, Kylie R., Soon, Megan S. F., Fogg, Lily G., Best, Shannon E., Labastida Rivera, Fabian de, Montes de Oca, Marcela, Amante, Fiona H., Thomas, Bryce S., Beattie, Lynette, Souza-Fonseca-Guimaraes, Fernando, Smyth, Mark J., Hertzog, Paul J., Hill, Geoffrey R., Hutloff, Andreas, Engwerda, Christian R. and Haque, Ashraful (2016). IFNAR1-signalling obstructs ICOS-mediated humoral immunity during non-lethal blood-stage Plasmodium infection. PLoS Pathogens, 12 (11) e1005999, e1005999. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005999

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