Dr Arutha Kulasinghe

Senior Research Fellow

Frazer Institute
Faculty of Medicine

Overview

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.

Research Interests

  • Immuno-oncology
    Applications in lung, skin, and head and neck cancers.
  • Spatial transcriptomics
    Applications across solid tumours and COVID-19
  • Liquid Biopsies
    Applications in lung cancer, and head and neck cancer

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Queensland University of Technology

Publications

  • 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. doi: 10.1111/imm.13679

  • Kulasinghe, Arutha, Wood, Fiona and Belz, Gabrielle (2023). The seductive allure of spatial biology: accelerating new discoveries in the life sciences. Immunology & Cell Biology. doi: 10.1111/imcb.12669

  • 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

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Grants

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Supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

  • Doctor Philosophy

  • Doctor Philosophy

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Publications

Featured Publications

  • 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

Book Chapter

  • 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) Cham: Springer International Publishing. 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..

  • 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.

  • 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

Journal Article

  • 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. doi: 10.1111/imm.13679

  • Kulasinghe, Arutha, Wood, Fiona and Belz, Gabrielle (2023). The seductive allure of spatial biology: accelerating new discoveries in the life sciences. Immunology & Cell Biology. doi: 10.1111/imcb.12669

  • 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

  • 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. The Journal of Immunology, 210 (1_Supplement), 171.09-171.09. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.210.supp.171.09

  • 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

  • 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 and Kulasinghe, Arutha (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

  • 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. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.998406

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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. 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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. 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

  • 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

  • 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, 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. 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. 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 Publication

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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). 117 High-plex spatial proteomic profiling of immunotherapy response groups in head and neck cancer identifies tissue signatures associated with therapy response. LONDON: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. 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). 79 High-dimensional spatial phenotyping of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma from immune-competent and immunocompromised patients. LONDON: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. doi: 10.1136/jitc-2022-sitc2022.0079

  • 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, 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

  • 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

  • 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, 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

  • 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, 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

Other Outputs

Grants (Administered at UQ)

PhD and MPhil Supervision

Current Supervision