QUT | Staff Profiles | Arutha Kulasinghe

Name

Dr Arutha Kulasinghe

Position(s)

Research Fellow
Faculty of Health,
School of 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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Qualifications

Doctor in Philosophy (Queensland University of Technology)

Professional memberships and associations

American Association for Cancer Research (AACR Associate Member)

AACR & American Head and Neck Society (AACR AHNS)

Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR)

Australian Metastasis Research Society (OZMRS)

Brisbane Life Science ECR Symposium (BLISS)

Nanostring GeoMX Translational Leadership Network (GTLN)

Visium Clinical Translational Research Network (CTRN)

COVID-Critical

PREDICT-19

EMCR Forum

Keywords

tumour microenvironment, lung cancer, head and neck cancer, circulating tumour cells, liquid biopsy, spatial profiling

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

Dr Arutha Kulasinghe completed his Bachelor of Science and Honours majoring in Medical Microbiology at the University of Pretoria (South Africa). In 2014, he undertook his PhD studies in the investigation of circulating tumour cells in head and neck cancers at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), receiving his doctorate in 2017. In 2019, Dr Kulasinghe began a Peter Doherty NHMRC Early Career Fellowship to develop biomarkers of immunotherapy response in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) and lung cancer. His research aims to use spatial analysis of the tumour microenvironment and profiling of liquid biopsy (circulating tumour cells/circulating tumour DNA) to identify biomarkers of response to immune checkpoint inhibitors. Dr Kulasinghe is supported by a number of funding agencies including the NHMRC, Cure Cancer, the PA Research Foundation and the GPRWMF.

This information has been contributed by Dr Arutha Kulasinghe.

Kulasinghe A, Schmidt H, Perry C, Whitfield B, Kenny L, Nelson C, Ebrahimi Warkiani M, Punyadeera C, (2018) A collective route to head and neck cancer metastasis, Scientific Reports p1-8
Kulasinghe A, Tran T, Blick T, O'Byrne K, Thompson R, Ebrahimi Warkiani M, Nelson C, Kenny L, Punyadeera C, (2017) Enrichment of circulating head and neck tumour cells using spiral microfluidic technology, Scientific Reports
Kulasinghe A, Perry C, Kenny L, Ebrahimi Warkiani M, Nelson C, Punyadeera C, (2017) PD-L1 expressing circulating tumour cells in head and neck cancers, BMC Cancer p1-6
Kulasinghe A, Kenny L, Punyadeera C, (2017) Circulating tumour cell PD-L1 test for head and neck cancers, Oral Oncology p6-7
Schmidt H, Kulasinghe A, Perry C, Nelson C, Punyadeera C, (2016) A liquid biopsy for head and neck cancers, Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics p165-172
Kulasinghe A, Perry C, Boyle G, O'Byrne K, Davies A, Jovanovic L, Nelson C, Punyadeera C, (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 C, Punyadeera C, (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 T, Davies A, O'Byrne K, Thompson R, Nelson C, Vela I, Punyadeera C, (2016) Short term ex-vivo expansion of circulating head and neck tumour cells, OncoTarget p60101-60109
Schmidt H, Kulasinghe A, Kenny L, Punyadeera C, (2016) The development of a liquid biopsy for head and neck cancers, Oral Oncology p8-11
Kulasinghe A, Perry C, Jovanovic L, Nelson C, Punyadeera C, (2015) Circulating tumour cells in metastatic head and neck cancers, International Journal of Cancer p2515-2523

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Dr Arutha Kulasinghe

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