Tim Stinear

Use of emerging testing technologies and approaches for SARS-CoV-2: review of literature and global experience in an Australian context.

Maryza Graham, Susan A Ballard, Shivani Pasricha, Belinda Lin, Tuyet Hoang, Timothy Stinear, Julian Druce, Mike Catton, Norelle Sherry, Deborah Williamson, Benjamin P Howden

Journal article  |  2021  |  Pathology

Emerging testing technologies for detection of SARS-CoV-2 include those that are rapid and can be used at point-of-care (POC), and..

Tuberculosis in Australia's tropical north: a population-based genomic epidemiological study.

Ella M Meumann, Kristy Horan, Anna P Ralph, Belinda Farmer, Maria Globan, Elizabeth Stephenson, Tracy Popple, Rowena Boyd, Mirjam Kaestli, Torsten Seemann, Koen Vandelannoote, Christopher Lowbridge, Robert W Baird, Timothy P Stinear, Deborah A Williamson, Bart J Currie, Vicki L Krause

Journal article  |  2021  |  Lancet Reg Health West Pac

Background: The Northern Territory (NT) has the highest tuberculosis (TB) rate of all Australian jurisdictions. We combined TB pub..

Low-Cost, Open-Source Device for High-Performance Fluorescence Detection of Isothermal Nucleic Acid Amplification Reactions.

Andrew H Buultjens, Koen Vandelannoote, Liam K Sharkey, Benjamin P Howden, Ian R Monk, Jean YH Lee, Timothy P Stinear

Journal article  |  2021  |  ACS Biomater Sci Eng

The ability to detect SARS-CoV-2 is critical to implementing evidence-based strategies to address the COVID-19 global pandemic. Ex..

Bacterial endosymbionts protect beneficial soil fungus from nematode attack.

Hannah Büttner, Sarah P Niehs, Koen Vandelannoote, Zoltán Cseresnyés, Benjamin Dose, Ingrid Richter, Ruman Gerst, Marc Thilo Figge, Timothy P Stinear, Sacha J Pidot, Christian Hertweck

Journal article  |  2021  |  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

Fungi of the genus Mortierella occur ubiquitously in soils where they play pivotal roles in carbon cycling, xenobiont degradation,..

Accessible Platform for High-Throughput COVID-19 Molecular Diagnostics and Genome Sequencing Using a Repurposed 3D Printer for RNA Extraction.

Koen Vandelannoote, Andrew H Buultjens, Lucy Li, Liam K Sharkey, Marion Herisse, Sacha J Pidot, Tuyet Hoang, Benjamin P Howden, Ian R Monk, Torsten Seemann, Jean YH Lee, Timothy P Stinear

Journal article  |  2021  |  ACS Biomater Sci Eng

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the dependence of diagnostic laboratories on a handful of large corporations with market monopol..

Multi-Omic Analysis of Symbiotic Bacteria Associated With Aedes aegypti Breeding Sites

Katherine D Mosquera, Luis E Martinez Villegas, Sacha J Pidot, Chinhda Sharif, Sven Klimpel, Timothy P Stinear, Luciano A Moreira, Nicholas J Tobias, Marcelo G Lorenzo

Journal article  |  2021  |  FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Mosquito breeding sites are complex aquatic environments with wide microbial diversity and physicochemical parameters that can cha..

Key parameters for genomics-based real-time detection and tracking of multidrug-resistant bacteria: a systematic analysis

Claire L Gorrie, Anders Gonçalves Da Silva, Danielle J Ingle, Charlie Higgs, Torsten Seemann, Timothy P Stinear, Deborah A Williamson, Jason C Kwong, M Lindsay Grayson, Norelle L Sherry, Benjamin P Howden

Journal article  |  2021  |  The Lancet Microbe

Background Pairwise single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are a cornerstone of genomic approaches to the inference of transmissio..

Understanding the transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans: A step towards controlling Buruli ulcer.

Anthony J Muleta, Rachael Lappan, Timothy P Stinear, Chris Greening

Journal article  |  2021  |  PLoS Negl Trop Dis

Mycobacterium ulcerans is the causative agent of Buruli ulcer, a rare but chronic debilitating skin and soft tissue disease found ..

Genomics-informed responses in the elimination of COVID-19 in Victoria, Australia: an observational, genomic epidemiological study

Courtney R Lane, Norelle L Sherry, Ashleigh F Porter, Sebastian Duchene, Kristy Horan, Patiyan Andersson, Mathilda Wilmot, Annabelle Turner, Sally Dougall, Sandra A Johnson, Michelle Sait, Anders Gonsalves da Silva, Susan A Ballard, Tuyet Hoang, Timothy P Stinear, Leon Caly, Vitali Sintchenko, Rikki Graham, Jamie McMahon, David Smith, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  LANCET PUBLIC HEALTH

BACKGROUND: A cornerstone of Australia's ability to control COVID-19 has been effective border control with an extensive supervise..

Reducing mosquito-borne disease transmission to humans: A systematic review of cluster randomised controlled studies that assess interventions other than non-targeted insecticide

Jane Oliver, Stuart Larsen, Tim P Stinear, Ary Hoffmann, Simon Crouch, Katherine B Gibney

Journal article  |  2021  |  PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES

BACKGROUND: Mosquito control interventions are widely used to reduce mosquito-borne diseases. It is unclear what combination of in..