QUT | Staff Profiles | Arutha Kulasinghe

Name

Dr Arutha Kulasinghe

Position(s)

Research Fellow
Faculty of Health,
School - Biomedical Sciences,
Research - Biomedical Sciences

IHBI Membership
Institute of Health Biomedical Innovation (IHBI),
IHBI Health Projects,
IHBI Biomedical Sciences - CDA

Discipline *

Medical Biotechnology, Oncology and Carcinogenesis

Phone

+61 7 3138 6227

Email

arutha.kulasinghe@qut.edu.au

Location

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Identifiers and profiles

Qualifications

Doctor in Philosophy (Queensland University of Technology)

Professional memberships and associations

American Association for Cancer Research (AACR Associate Member)

Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR)

Australian Metastasis Research Society (OZMRS)

Brisbane Life Science ECR Symposium (BLISS)

EMCR Forum

* Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008

I am a Peter Doherty NHMRC Early Career Fellow at the Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation (IHBI/QUT) and the Translational Research Institute (TRI). My research focus over the last few years has been in the isolation, characterisation, expansion and identification of therapeutic targets in circulating tumour cells in a number of tumour types including head and neck and lung cancers. More recently, my work has expanded into understanding the tumour microenvironment which compliments my work in the liquid biopsy space.

My ultimate goal is to find better therapies for cancer patients.

This information has been contributed by Dr Arutha Kulasinghe.

Kulasinghe A, Schmidt HE, Perry C, Whitfield B, Kenny L, Nelson CC, Ebrahimi Warkiani M, Punyadeera CK, (2018) A collective route to head and neck cancer metastasis, Scientific Reports p1-8
Kulasinghe A, Tran T, Blick TJ, O'Byrne KJ, Thompson RW, Ebrahimi Warkiani M, Nelson CC, Kenny L, Punyadeera CK, (2017) Enrichment of circulating head and neck tumour cells using spiral microfluidic technology, Scientific Reports p1-10
Kulasinghe A, Perry C, Kenny L, Ebrahimi Warkiani M, Nelson CC, Punyadeera CK, (2017) PD-L1 expressing circulating tumour cells in head and neck cancers, BMC Cancer p1-6
Kulasinghe A, Kenny L, Punyadeera CK, (2017) Circulating tumour cell PD-L1 test for head and neck cancers, Oral Oncology p6-7
Schmidt HE, Kulasinghe A, Perry C, Nelson CC, Punyadeera CK, (2016) A liquid biopsy for head and neck cancers, Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics p165-172
Kulasinghe A, Perry C, Boyle GM, O'Byrne KJ, Davies AM, Jovanovic L, Nelson CC, Punyadeera CK, (2016) Epithelial-mesenchymal axis in head and neck cancer cell lines, Journal of Solid Tumors p28-37
Kulasinghe A, Kenny L, Perry C, Thiery J, Jovanovic L, Vela I, Nelson CC, Punyadeera CK, (2016) Impact of label-free technologies in head and neck cancer circulating tumour cells, OncoTarget p71223-71234
Kulasinghe A, Perry C, Ebrahimi Warkiani M, Blick TJ, Davies AM, O'Byrne KJ, Thompson RW, Nelson CC, Vela I, Punyadeera CK, (2016) Short term ex-vivo expansion of circulating head and neck tumour cells, OncoTarget p60101-60109
Schmidt HE, Kulasinghe A, Kenny L, Punyadeera CK, (2016) The development of a liquid biopsy for head and neck cancers, Oral Oncology p8-11
Kulasinghe A, Perry C, Jovanovic L, Nelson CC, Punyadeera C, (2015) Circulating tumour cells in metastatic head and neck cancers, International Journal of Cancer p2515-2523

For more publications by this staff member, visit QUT ePrints, the University's research repository.

Dr Arutha Kulasinghe

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