Dr Christina Zdenek
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of the Environment
Researcher biography
I am currently a postdoctoral researcher for the Celine Frere Research Group at The University of Queensland. Our lab collaborates with governments and industry to deliver cost-effective wildlife monitoring services, novel gut microbiome analyses, and important wildlife conservation outcomes. We currently mainly work on koalas but are expanding to other iconic and/or endangered species. Personally, with more than 16 years in field-based roles and 9 years in lab-based roles, my inter-disciplinary research interests have traversed parrot vocalisations to animal cognition, snake venom activity, antivenom efficacy, snake ecology, snake behaviour, and the human-snake conflict.
My vision is to use science to promote a better relationship between humans and wildlife. I also have a passion for science communication. For example, I was ABC's Top Five Scientist in 2021, am 1 of 3 Inspiring Australia's ambassadors for Qld in 2024, had >50 media interviews in 2023 alone, have been interviewed by Annabelle Crabb (host of several ABC shows), Leigh Sales (ABC's Australian Story host), and Liz Hayes (host of Under Investigation with Liz Hayes). Since 2022 I have been the the lead Communications Officer for the IUCN's Snake Specialist Group.
I have also devoted 15 years to working with Indigenous groups on Cape York Peninsula to save Australia’s only tool-using parrot, the Palm Cockatoo, whereby Prof. Rob Heinsohn and I successfully raised its conservation status twice. In 2024 I am the Deputy Chair of the EMCR Committee for the School of the Environment, and since 2022 I have been an active member of CBCS (Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science) (https://cbcs.centre.uq.edu.au/).
[Note: the grants section of this profile excludes 9 grants (totalling $188,400) that I was awarded during my PhD and MPhil stage, as well as two externally-funded grants via a non-profit I've partnered with.]
Prospective students: I am currently not taking on any new students. Feel free to try back in November 2024, but otherwise best of luck. For tips on getting in touch with an academic about a potential project, see this blog.
Journal Articles
Chandrasekara, Uthpala, Mancuso, Marco, Sumner, Joanna, Edwards, Dan, Zdenek, Christina N. and Fry, Bryan G. (2024). Sugar-coated survival: N-glycosylation as a unique bearded dragon venom resistance trait within Australian agamid lizards. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Toxicology & Pharmacology, 282 109929, 109929. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2024.109929
da Cruz Albino, Rayane, Brimble, Mark Allen, Zdenek, Christina, Vandenbroeck, Katrien, Masud, Sarah, Zhang, Xuan, Cosentino, Mel, Gupta, Ankita, Abdul-Ghani, Rashad, Gerarduzzi, Casimiro, Jackson, Pamela, Oomen, Rebekah, Servais, Bram, Manjunatha, Akshatha, Bulthuis, Nick, Romero-Molina, Carmen, Teng, Dequn, Kosanic, Aleksandra, de Angeli Dutra, Daniela, Alekkou, Demos, Venturini, Andressa M., Virguez, Edgar and Obasa, Adetayo Emmanuel (2024). Preventing bad behavior in academia. Science, 385 (6704), 22-24. doi: 10.1126/science.adr0734
Bourke, Lachlan A., Zdenek, Christina N., Huynh, Tam M., Hodgson, Wayne C., Alagón, Alejandro, Castro, Edgar N., Jones, Jason and Fry, Bryan G. (2024). Fangs and Foliage: Unearthing the Haemotoxic Secrets of Cannabis-Dwelling Rattlesnakes. Toxicon, 244 107756, 107756. doi: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2024.107756
Chandrasekara, Uthpala, Mancuso, Marco, Seneci, Lorenzo, Bourke, Lachlan, Trembath, Dane F., Sumner, Joanna, Zdenek, Christina N. and Fry, Bryan G. (2024). A Russian doll of resistance: Nested gains and losses of venom immunity in varanid lizards. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 25 (5) 2628, 1-28. doi: 10.3390/ijms25052628
Dashevsky, Daniel, Harris, Richard J., Zdenek, Christina N., Benard-Valle, Melisa, Alagón, Alejandro, Portes-Junior, José A., Tanaka-Azevedo, Anita M., Grego, Kathleen F., Sant’Anna, Sávio S., Frank, Nathaniel and Fry, Bryan G. (2024). Red-on-Yellow Queen: Bio-Layer Interferometry Reveals Functional Diversity Within Micrurus Venoms and Toxin Resistance in Prey Species. Journal of Molecular Evolution, 92 (3), 317-328. doi: 10.1007/s00239-024-10176-x
Heinsohn, R., Zdenek, C. N., Appleby, D. and Endler, J. A. (2023). Individual preferences for sound tool design in a parrot. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 290 (2006) 20231271, 1-8. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2023.1271
Walker, Andrew A., Robinson, Samuel D., Merritt, David J., Cardoso, Fernanda C., Goudarzi, Mohaddeseh Hedayati, Mercedes, Raine S., Eagles, David A., Cooper, Paul, Zdenek, Christina N., Fry, Bryan G., Hall, Donald W., Vetter, Irina and King, Glenn F. (2023). Horizontal gene transfer underlies the painful stings of asp caterpillars (Lepidoptera: Megalopygidae). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120 (29) e2305871120, e2305871120. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2305871120
Zdenek, Christina N. (2023). Reliable information. Science, 380 (6640), 31-31.
da Silva, Camila Fonseca Amorim, Virgüez, Edgar, Eker, Sibel, Zdenek, Christina N., Bergh, Cathrine, Gerarduzzi, Casimiro, Ge, Yan, Klinger, Madeline, Allareddy, Veerasathpurush, Hoots, Elizabeth, Henriquez, Tania, Waiho, Khor, D'Ippoliti, Carlo, Al Harraq, Ahmed, Xu, Hui, Zou, Junyu, Xia, Yuanxing, Abdul-Ghani, Rashad and Chugh, Mayank (2023). The future of scientific societies. Science, 380 (6640), 30-32. doi: 10.1126/science.adh8182
Zdenek, Christina N., Staples, Timothy, Hay, Chris, Bourke, Lachlan N. and Candusso, Damian (2023). Sound garden: How snakes respond to airborne and groundborne sounds. PLoS One, 18 (2) e0281285, 1-16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0281285
Zdenek, Christina N., Rodrigues, Caroline F. B., Bourke, Lachlan A., Tanaka-Azevedo, Anita Mitico, Monagle, Paul and Fry, Bryan G. (2023). Children and snakebite: snake venom effects on adult and paediatric plasma. Toxins, 15 (2) 158, 1-16. doi: 10.3390/toxins15020158
Tian, Sixin, Durek, Thomas, Wang, Conan K., Zdenek, Christina N., Fry, Bryan G., Craik, David J. and de Veer, Simon J. (2022). Engineering the cyclization loop of MCoTI-II generates targeted cyclotides that potently inhibit factor XIIa. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 65 (23), 15698-15709. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.2c01080
Chowdhury, Abhinandan, Zdenek, Christina N. and Fry, Bryan G. (2022). Diverse and dynamic alpha-neurotoxicity within venoms from the palearctic viperid snake clade of Daboia, Macrovipera, Montivipera, and Vipera. Neurotoxicity Research, 40 (6), 1-9. doi: 10.1007/s12640-022-00572-w
Bourke, Lachlan Allan, Zdenek, Christina N., Tanaka-Azevedo, Anita Mitico, Silveira, Giovanni Perez Machado, Sant’Anna, Sávio Stefanini, Grego, Kathleen Fernandes, Rodrigues, Caroline Fabri Bittencourt and Fry, Bryan Grieg (2022). Clinical and evolutionary implications of dynamic coagulotoxicity divergences in Bothrops (Lancehead Pit Viper) venoms. Toxins, 14 (5) 297. doi: 10.3390/toxins14050297
Zdenek, Christina N. (2022). Foster independence. Science, 376 (6588), 25-25.
Li, Choi Yi, Rehm, Fabian B. H., Yap, Kuok, Zdenek, Christina N., Harding, Maxim D., Fry, Bryan G., Durek, Thomas, Craik, David J. and Veer, Simon J. (2022). Cystine knot peptides with tuneable activity and mechanism. Angewandte Chemie, 61 (19) e202200951, e202200951. doi: 10.1002/ange.202200951
Zdenek, Christina N., Chowdhury, Abhinandan, Haw, Grace Y.H., Violette, Aude, Fourmy, Rudy, Christ, Thomas, Vonk, Freek J. and Fry, Bryan G. (2022). Taxon-selective venom variation in adult and neonate Daboia russelii (Russell's Viper), and antivenom efficacy. Toxicon, 205, 11-19. doi: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2021.11.004
Zdenek, Christina, Cacho, Celina, Searle, Jason, Nevard, Harry and Dibben, Lauren (2022). Field methods to identify Palm Cockatoo nest hollows. Australian Field Ornithology, 39, 113-124. doi: 10.20938/afo39113124
Zdenek, Christina N. (2022). Australia is the lucky country when it comes to snakes. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 155 (1), 40-47.
Liu, Wenyu, de Veer, Simon J., Huang, Yen-Hua, Sengoku, Toru, Okada, Chikako, Ogata, Kazuhiro, Zdenek, Christina N., Fry, Bryan G., Swedberg, Joakim E., Passioura, Toby, Craik, David J. and Suga, Hiroaki (2021). An ultrapotent and selective cyclic peptide inhibitor of human β-factor XIIa in a cyclotide scaffold. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 143 (44) jacs.1c07574, 18481-18489. doi: 10.1021/jacs.1c07574
Chowdhury, Abhinandan, Lewin, Matthew R., Zdenek, Christina N., Carter, Rebecca and Fry, Bryan G. (2021). The Relative Efficacy of Chemically Diverse Small-Molecule Enzyme-Inhibitors Against Anticoagulant Activities of African Spitting Cobra (Naja Species) Venoms. Frontiers in Immunology, 12 752442, 1-9. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.752442
Bittencourt Rodrigues, Caroline Fabri, Zdenek, Christina N., Bourke, Lachlan A., Seneci, Lorenzo, Chowdhury, Abhinandan, Freitas-de-Sousa, Luciana Aparecida, de Alcantara Menezes, Frederico, Moura-da-Silva, Ana Maria, Tanaka-Azevedo, Anita Mitico and Fry, Bryan G. (2021). Clinical implications of ontogenetic differences in the coagulotoxic activity of Bothrops jararacussu venoms. Toxicology Letters, 348, 59-72. doi: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2021.05.005
Dobson, James S., Harris, Richard J., Zdenek, Christina N., Huynh, Tam, Hodgson, Wayne C., Bosmans, Frank, Fourmy, Rudy, Violette, Aude and Fry, Bryan G. (2021). The dragon’s paralysing spell: evidence of sodium and calcium ion channel binding neurotoxins in helodermatid and varanid lizard venoms. Toxins, 13 (8) 549, 1-14. doi: 10.3390/toxins13080549
Zdenek, Christina N., Hay, Chris J. and Michael, Damian R. (2021). Recommendations for using the subdermal stitch method to attach external transmitters on snakes. Herpetological Conservation and Biology, 16 (2), 374-385.
Seneci, Lorenzo, Zdenek, Christina N., Bourke, Lachlan A., Cochran, Chip, Sánchez, Elda E., Neri-Castro, Edgar, Bénard-Valle, Melisa, Alagón, Alejandro, Frank, Nathaniel and Fry, Bryan G. (2021). A symphony of destruction: dynamic differential fibrinogenolytic toxicity by rattlesnake (Crotalus and Sistrurus) venoms. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part - C: Toxicology and Pharmacology, 245 109034, 109034. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2021.109034
Chowdhury, Abhinandan, Zdenek, Christina N., Lewin, Matthew R., Carter, Rebecca, Jagar, Tomaž, Ostanek, Erika, Harjen, Hannah, Aldridge, Matt, Soria, Raul, Haw, Grace and Fry, Bryan G. (2021). Venom-induced blood disturbances by palearctic viperid snakes, and their relative neutralization by antivenoms and enzyme-inhibitors. Frontiers in Immunology, 12 688802, 688802. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.688802
Chowdhury, Abhinandan, Zdenek, Christina N., Dobson, James S., Bourke, Lachlan A., Soria, Raul and Fry, Bryan G. (2021). Clinical implications of differential procoagulant toxicity of the palearctic viperid genus Macrovipera, and the relative neutralization efficacy of antivenoms and enzyme inhibitors. Toxicology Letters, 340, 77-88. doi: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2020.12.019
Seneci, Lorenzo, Zdenek, Christina N., Chowdhury, Abhinandan, Rodrigues, Caroline F. B., Neri-Castro, Edgar, Benard-Valle, Melisa, Alagon, Alejandro and Fry, Bryan G. (2021). A clot twist: extreme variation in coagulotoxicity mechanisms in Mexican neotropical rattlesnake venoms. Frontiers in Immunology, 12 612846, 612846. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.612846
Youngman, Nicholas J., Chowdhury, Abhinandan, Zdenek, Christina N., Coster, Kristian, Sundman, Eric, Braun, Ralph and Fry, Bryan G. (2021). Utilising venom activity to infer dietary composition of the Kenyan horned viper (Bitis worthingtoni). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Toxicology and Pharmacology, 240 108921, 108921. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2020.108921
Dashevsky, Daniel, Benard-Valle, Melisa, Neri-Castro, Edgar, Youngman, Nicholas J., Zdenek, Christina N., Alagon, Alejandro, Portes-Junior, Jose A., Frank, Nathaniel and Fry, Bryan G. (2021). Anticoagulant Micrurus venoms: targets and neutralization. Toxicology Letters, 337, 91-97. doi: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2020.11.010
Bourke, Lachlan A., Zdenek, Christina N., Neri-Castro, Edgar, Bénard-Valle, Melisa, Alagón, Alejandro, Gutiérrez, José María, Sanchez, Eladio F., Aldridge, Matt and Fry, Bryan G. (2021). Pan-American lancehead pit-vipers: coagulotoxic venom effects and antivenom neutralisation of Bothrops asper and B. atrox geographical variants. Toxins, 13 (2) 78, 1-18. doi: 10.3390/toxins13020078
Keighley, Miles V., Haslett, Stephen, Zdenek, Christina N. and Heinsohn, Robert (2021). Slow breeding rates and low population connectivity indicate Australian palm cockatoos are in severe decline. Biological Conservation, 253 108865. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108865
Rodrigues, Caroline Fabri Bittencourt, Zdenek, Christina N., Serino-Silva, Caroline, de Morais-Zani, Karen, Grego, Kathleen Fernandes, Bénard-Valle, Melisa, Neri-Castro, Edgar, Alagón, Alejandro, Tanaka-Azevedo, Anita Mitico and Fry, Bryan Grieg (2021). BoaγPLI from boa constrictor blood is a broad-spectrum inhibitor of venom PLA2 pathophysiological actions. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 47 (10-11), 907-914. doi: 10.1007/s10886-021-01289-4
Sousa, Leijiane F., Bernardoni, Juliana L., Zdenek, Christina N., Dobson, James, Coimbra, Francisco, Gillett, Amber, Lopes-Ferreira, Mônica, Moura-da-Silva, A.M. and Fry, Bryan G. (2020). Differential coagulotoxicity of metalloprotease isoforms from Bothrops neuwiedi snake venom and consequent variations in antivenom efficacy. Toxicology Letters, 333, 211-221. doi: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2020.08.009
Harris, Richard J., Youngman, Nicholas J., Zdenek, Christina N., Huynh, Tam M., Nouwens, Amanda, Hodgson, Wayne C., Harrich, David, Dunstan, Nathan, Portes-Junior, José A. and Fry, Bryan G. (2020). Assessing the binding of venoms from aquatic elapids to the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor orthosteric site of different prey models. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 21 (19) 7377, 1-13. doi: 10.3390/ijms21197377
Zdenek, Christina N., Llinas, Joshua, Dobson, James, Allen, Luke, Dunstan, Nathan, Sousa, Leijiane F., Moura da Silva, Ana M. and Fry, Bryan G. (2020). Pets in peril: the relative susceptibility of cats and dogs to procoagulant snake venoms. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part C: Toxicology and Pharmacology, 236 108769, 108769. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2020.108769
Harris, Richard J., Zdenek, Christina N., Nouwens, Amanda, Sweeney, Charlotte, Dunstan, Nathan and Fry, Bryan G. (2020). A symmetry or asymmetry: functional and compositional comparison of venom from the left and right glands of the Indochinese spitting cobra (Naja siamensis). Toxicon: X, 7 100050, 100050. doi: 10.1016/j.toxcx.2020.100050
Bourke, Lachlan A., Youngman, Nicholas J., Zdenek, Christina N., op den Brouw, Bianca, Violette, Aude, Fourmy, Rudy and Fry, Bryan G. (2020). Trimeresurus albolabris snakebite treatment implications arising from ontogenetic venom comparisons of anticoagulant function, and antivenom efficacy. Toxicology Letters, 327, 2-8. doi: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2020.03.009
Harris, Richard J., Zdenek, Christina N., Debono, Jordan, Harrich, David and Fry, Bryan G. (2020). Evolutionary interpretations of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor targeting venom effects by a clade of Asian viperidae snakes. Neurotoxicity Research, 38 (2), 312-318. doi: 10.1007/s12640-020-00211-2
Zdenek, Christina N., Youngman, Nicholas J., Hay, Chris, Dobson, James, Dunstan, Nathan, Allen, Luke, Milanovic, Leontina and Fry, Bryan G. (2020). Anticoagulant toxicity of black snake (Elapidae: Pseudechis) venoms: Potency, mechanisms, and antivenom efficacy. Toxicology Letters, 330, 176-184. doi: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2020.05.014
Harris, Richard J., Zdenek, Christina N., Harrich, David, Frank, Nathaniel and Fry, Bryan G. (2020). An appetite for destruction: detecting prey-selective binding of α-neurotoxins in the venom of Afro-Asian elapids. Toxins, 12 (3) 205, 205. doi: 10.3390/toxins12030205
Grashof, Dwin, Zdenek, Christina N., Dobson, James S., Youngman, Nicholas J., Coimbra, Francisco, Benard-Valle, Melisa, Alagon, Alejandro and Fry, Bryan G. (2020). A web of coagulotoxicity: failure of antivenom to neutralize the destructive (non-clotting) fibrinogenolytic activity of Loxosceles and Sicarius spider venoms. Toxins, 12 (2) toxins12020091, 91. doi: 10.3390/toxins12020091
Zdenek, Christina N., den Brouw, Bianca op, Dashevsky, Daniel, Gloria, Alexandra, Youngman, Nicholas, Watson, Ebony, Green, Patrick, Hay, Chris, Dunstan, Nathan, Allen, Luke and Fry, Bryan G. (2019). Clinical implications of convergent procoagulant toxicity and differential antivenom efficacy in Australian elapid snake venoms. Toxicology Letters, 316, 171-182. doi: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2019.08.014
Zdenek, Christina N., Harris, Richard J., Kuruppu, Sanjaya, Youngman, Nicholas J., Dobson, James S., Debono, Jordan, Khan, Muzaffar, Smith, Ian, Yarski, Mike, Harrich, David, Sweeney, Charlotte, Dunstan, Nathan, Allen, Luke and Fry, Bryan G. (2019). A taxon-specific and high-throughput method for measuring ligand binding to nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Toxins, 11 (10) 600, 600. doi: 10.3390/toxins11100600
Bittenbinder, Mátyás A., Dobson, James S., Zdenek, Christina N., op den Brouw, Bianca, Naude, Arno, Vonk, Freek J. and Fry, Bryan G. (2019). Differential destructive (non-clotting) fibrinogenolytic activity in Afro-Asian elapid snake venoms and the links to defensive hooding behavior. Toxicology in Vitro, 60, 330-335. doi: 10.1016/j.tiv.2019.05.026
Zdenek, Christina N., Hay, Chris, Arbuckle, Kevin, Jackson, Timothy N.W., Bos, Mettine H.A., op den Brouw, Bianca, Debono, Jordan, Allen, Luke, Dunstan, Nathan, Morley, Terry, Herrera, María, Gutiérrez, José M., Williams, David J. and Fry, Bryan G. (2019). Coagulotoxic effects by brown snake (Pseudonaja) and taipan (Oxyuranus) venoms, and the efficacy of a new antivenom. Toxicology in Vitro, 58, 97-109. doi: 10.1016/j.tiv.2019.03.031
Youngman, Nicholas J., Debono, Jordan, Dobson, James S., Zdenek, Christina N., Harris, Richard J., op den Brouw, Bianca, Coimbra, Francisco C. P., Naude, Arno, Coster, Kristian, Sundman, Eric, Braun, Ralph, Hendrikx, Iwan and Fry, Bryan G. (2019). Venomous landmines: Clinical implications of extreme coagulotoxic diversification and differential neutralization by antivenom of venoms within the viperid snake genus Bitis. Toxins, 11 (7) 422, 422. doi: 10.3390/toxins11070422
Dobson, James S., Zdenek, Christina N., Hay, Chris, Violette, Aude, Fourmy, Rudy, Cochran, Chip and Fry, Bryan G. (2019). Varanid lizard venoms disrupt the clotting ability of human fibrinogen through destructive cleavage. Toxins, 11 (5) 255, 255. doi: 10.3390/toxins11050255
Youngman, Nicholas J., Zdenek, Christina N., Dobson, James S., Bittenbinder, Matyas A., Gillett, Amber, Hamilton, Brett, Dunstan, Nathan, Allen, Luke, Veary, Andrew, Veary, Elle and Fry, Bryan G. (2019). Mud in the blood: Novel potent anticoagulant coagulotoxicity in the venoms of the Australian elapid snake genus Denisonia (mud adders) and relative antivenom efficacy. Toxicology Letters, 302, 1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2018.11.015
Bittenbinder, Mátyás A., Zdenek, Christina N., op den Brouw, Bianca, Youngman, Nicholas J., Dobson, James S., Naude, Arno, Vonk, Freek J. and Fry, Bryan G. (2018). Coagulotoxic Cobras: Clinical Implications of Strong Anticoagulant Actions of African Spitting Naja Venoms That Are Not Neutralised by Antivenom but Are by LY315920 (Varespladib). Toxins, 10 (12) 516, 516. doi: 10.3390/toxins10120516
Sousa, Leijiane F., Zdenek, Christina N., Dobson, James S., Op den Brouw, Bianca, Coimbra, Francisco, Gillett, Amber, Del-Rei, Tiago H M, Chalkidis, Hipócrates de M, Sant'Anna, Sávio, Teixeira-da-Rocha, Marisa M., Grego, Kathleen, Travaglia Cardoso, Silvia R., Moura da Silva, Ana M. and Fry, Bryan G. (2018). Coagulotoxicity of Bothrops (Lancehead Pit-Vipers) venoms from Brazil: differential biochemistry and antivenom efficacy resulting from prey-driven venom variation. Toxins, 10 (10) 411, 411. doi: 10.3390/toxins10100411
Coimbra, Francisco C. P., Dobson, James, Zdenek, Christina N., Op den Brouw, Bianca, Hamilton, Brett, Debono, Jordan, Masci, Paul, Frank, Nathaniel, Ge, Lilin, Kwok, Hang Fai and Fry, Bryan G. (2018). Does size matter? Venom proteomic and functional comparison between night adder species (Viperidae: Causus) with short and long venom glands. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part C: Toxicology & Pharmacology, 211, 7-14. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2018.05.003
Oulion, Brice, Dobson, James S., Zdenek, Christina N., Arbuckle, Kevin, Lister, Callum, Coimbra, Francisco C. P., Op den Brouw, Bianca, Debono, Jordan, Rogalski, Aymeric, Violette, Aude, Fourmy, Rudy, Frank, Nathaniel and Fry, Bryan G. (2018). Factor X activating atractaspis snake venoms and the relative coagulotoxicity neutralising efficacy of African antivenoms. Toxicology Letters, 288, 119-128. doi: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2018.02.020
Lister, Callum, Arbuckle, Kevin, Jackson, Timothy N. W., Debono, Jordan, Zdenek, Christina N., Dashevsky, Daniel, Dunstan, Nathan, Allen, Luke, Hay, Chris, Bush, Brian, Gillett, Amber and Fry, Bryan G. (2017). Catch a tiger snake by its tail: differential toxicity, co-factor dependence and antivenom efficacy in a procoagulant clade of Australian venomous snakes. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, 202, 39-54. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2017.07.005
Rogalskia, Aymeric, Rowley, Paul, Soerensen, Christoffer, op den Brouw, Bianca, Lister, Callum, Dashevsky, Daniel, Arbuckle, Kevin, Gloria, Alexandra, Zdeneka, Christina N., Casewell, Nicholas R., Gutiérrez, José María, Mascig, Paul, Wüster, Wolfgang, Alia, Syed A., Frank, Nathaniel and Fry, Bryan G. (2017). Differential procoagulant effects of saw-scaled viper (Serpentes: Viperidae: Echis) snake venoms on human plasma and the narrow taxonomic ranges of antivenom efficacies. Toxicology Letters, 280, 159-170. doi: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2017.08.020
Heinsohn, Robert, Zdenek, Christina N., Cunningham, Ross B., Endler, John A. and Langmore, Naomi E. (2017). Tool-assisted rhythmic drumming in palm cockatoos shares key elements of human instrumental music. Science Advances, 3 (6) e1602399, e1602399. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1602399
Zdenek, C. N., Heinsohn, R. and Langmore, N. E. (2017). Vocal individuality, but not stability, in wild palm cockatoos (Probosciger aterrimus). Bioacoustics-The International Journal of Animal Sound and its Recording, 27 (1), 27-42. doi: 10.1080/09524622.2016.1272004
Keighley, M. V., Langmore, N. E., Zdenek, C. N. and Heinsohn, R. (2017). Geographic variation in the vocalizations of Australian palm cockatoos (Probosciger aterrimus). Bioacoustics, 26 (1), 91-108. doi: 10.1080/09524622.2016.1201778
Zdenek, C. N. (2017). A prolonged agonistic interaction between two Papuan Frogmouths Podargus papuensis. Australian Field Ornithology, 34, 26-29. doi: 10.20938/afo34026029
Jackson, Timothy N. W., Koludarov, Ivan, Ali, Syed A., Dobson, James, Zdenek, Christina N., Dashevsky, Daniel, Op den Brouw, Bianca, Masci, Paul P., Nouwens, Amanda, Josh, Peter, Goldenberg, Jonathan, Cipriani, Vittoria, Hay, Chris, Hendrikx, Iwan, Dunstan, Nathan, Allen, Luke and Fry, Bryan G. (2016). Rapid radiations and the race to redundancy: an investigation of the evolution of Australian elapid snake venoms. Toxins, 8 (11) ARTN 309, 309. doi: 10.3390/toxins8110309
Youngentob, Kara N., Zdenek, Christina and van Gorsel, Eva (2016). A simple and effective method to collect leaves and seeds from tall trees. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 7 (9), 1119-1123. doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.12554
Zdenek, C. N., Heinsohn, R. and Langmore, N. E. (2015). Vocal complexity in the palm cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus). Bioacoustics, 24 (3), 253-267. doi: 10.1080/09524622.2015.1070281
Thesis
Zdenek, Christina (2020). Effects of Australian snake venoms on coagulation: differential potency, biochemistry, and antivenom efficacy. PhD Thesis, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2020.825
Creative Works
Wiles, Janet, De Nagy Koves Hrabar, Catherine, Muhlberger, Ralf, Murtagh, Emma, Thomas, Shelly and Zdenek, Christina (2023). Visualising AI #2 - Rockatoo Augmented Reality. Apple App store; Google Play Store: Ardacious; The University of Queensland.
Wiles, Janet, Zdenek, Christina, De Nagy Koves Hrabar, Catherine, Muhlberger, Ralf and Thomas, Shelley (2021). Visualising AI #3 – Rockatoo National Science Week STEM event. Westfield Garden City, Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland; The Queensland AI Hub; Audacious.