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Email

sushama.telwatte@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Locarnini Fellow in Virology
Department of Infectious Diseases
Education
Bachelors Degree
Monash University
ORCID

0000-0003-4086-5212

Dr Sushama Telwatte

Locarnini Fellow in Virology
Department of Infectious Diseases

37 Scholarly works
3 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    HIV-seq reveals gene expression differences between HIV-transcribing cells from viremic and suppressed people with HIV
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-68797-3
  • 2026

    Journal article

    microRNA-422a promotes HIV replication and innate immune evasion by targeting MECP2
    DOI: 10.1016/j.omtn.2026.102844
  • 2026

    Journal article

    To Kill a Macrophage: Targeted Strategies to Eliminate Macrophage Reservoirs of HIV
    DOI: 10.3390/v18030347
  • 2026

    Research grants (other domestic)

    Silent Sparks: Decoding and Disrupting Low-Level Viremia in HIV for Real-World Cure Strategies
  • 2025

    Research contracts (non-grants)

    Clearance of Transient Low-Level HIV-1 Viremia in a Blood Donor
  • 2025

    Research grants (international)

    Direct and Indirect Targeting of HIV Tat for Selective RNA Degradation and Protein Suppression
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Efficient mRNA delivery to resting T cells to reverse HIV latency
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-60001-2
Sushama Telwatte

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    HIV and the gut: implications for HIV persistence, immune dysfunction and cure strategies
    DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2025.1650852
  • 2024

    Journal article

    HIV-SEQ REVEALS GLOBAL HOST GENE EXPRESSION DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HIV-TRANSCRIBING CELLS FROM VIREMIC AND SUPPRESSED PEOPLE WITH HIV.
    DOI: 10.1101/2024.12.17.629023
  • 2024

    Journal article

    PP4.14 – 00024 HIV RNA cells from ART-suppressed PWH exhibit transcriptional profiles distinct from those during active viremia
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jve.2024.100501
  • 2024

    Journal article

    HIV transcription persists in the brain of virally suppressed people with HIV
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1012446
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Differential susceptibility of cells infected with defective and intact HIV proviruses to killing by obatoclax and other small molecules
    DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000003908
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Adaptation of Droplet Digital PCR-Based HIV Transcription Profiling to Digital PCR and Association of HIV Transcription and Total or Intact HIV DNA
    DOI: 10.3390/v15071606

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