Dr Sheen Wong
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of the Environment
Journal Articles
Degnan, Sandie M., Wong, Z. Sheen, Degnan, Bernard M., Erpenbeck, Dirk, Hentschel, Ute, Oatley, Graeme, Sinclair, Elizabeth, Aunin, Eerik, Gettle, Noah, Santos, Camilla, Paulini, Michael, Niu, Haoyu, McKenna, Victoria, O’Brien, Rebecca, Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Management, Samples and Laboratory team, Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: Sequencing Operations, Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Core Informatics team, EBI Aquatic Symbiosis Genomics Data Portal Team and Aquatic Symbiosis Genomics Project Leadership (2026). The chromosomal genome sequence of the sponge, Rhabdastrella globostellata (Carter, 1883) (Tetractinellida: Ancorinidae) and its associated microbial metagenome sequences. Wellcome Open Research, 11, 459-459. doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27093.1
Wong, Zhee Sheen, Sokol-Borrelli, Sarah L., Olias, Philip, Dubey, J. P. and Boyle, Jon P. (2020). Head-to-head comparisons of Toxoplasma gondii and its near relative Hammondia hammondi reveal dramatic differences in the host response and effectors with species-specific functions. PLoS Pathogens, 16 (6) e1008528, e1008528. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008528
Sokol, Sarah L., Primack, Abby S., Nair, Sethu C., Wong, Zhee S., Tembo, Maiwase, Verma, Shiv K., Cerqueira-Ceszar, Camila K., Dubey, J. P. and Boyle, Jon P. (2018). Dissection of the in vitro developmental program of Hammondia hammondi reveals a link between stress sensitivity and life cycle flexibility in Toxoplasma gondii. eLife, 7. doi: 10.7554/eLife.36491
Monsanto-Hearne, Verna, Tham, Annabelle L. Y., Wong, Zhee Sheen, Asgari, Sassan and Johnson, Karyn N. (2017). Drosophila miR-956 suppression modulates Ectoderm-expressed 4 and inhibits viral replication. Virology, 502, 20-27. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2016.12.009
Wong, Zhee Sheen, Brownlie, Jeremy C. and Johnson, Karyn N. (2016). Impact of ERK activation on fly survival and Wolbachia-mediated protection during virus infection. Journal of General Virology, 97 (6) 000456, 1446-1452. doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.000456
Wong, Zhee Sheen, Brownlie, Jeremy C and Johnson, Karyn N (2015). Oxidative stress correlates with Wolbachia-mediated antiviral protection in Wolbachia-Drosophila associations. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 81 (9), 3001-3005. doi: 10.1128/AEM.03847-14
Wong, Zhee Sheen, Hedges, Lauren M., Brownlie, Jeremy C. and Johnson, Karyn N. (2011). Wolbachia-mediated antibacterial protection and immune gene regulation in Drosophila. PLoS One, 6 (9 Article # e25430) e25430, e25430-1-e25430-8. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025430
Conference Paper
Wong, Zhee S., Borrelli, Sarah L. Sokol, Coyne, Carolyn C. and Boyle, Jon P. (2020). Cell type- and species-specific host responses to Toxoplasma gondii and its near relatives. 5th International Meeting on Apicomplexan Parasites in Farm Animals (ApiCOWplexa), Berlin, Germany, 2-4 October 2019. London, United Kingdom: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2020.05.001
Thesis
Wong, Zhee Sheen (2016). Wolbachia-mediated antiviral protection in Drosophila. PhD Thesis, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2016.296