By Dr Deborah Burnett

Journal articles

Barnet MB; Jackson KJL; Masle-Farquhar E; Russell A; Burnett DL; Chye A; Jara CJ; Faulks M; Mawson A; Peters TJ; Brink R; Wright K; Allen I; Junankar S; Davis ID; Heller G; Khan Z; Bruce J; Yang C; Prokopec S; Pugh T; Behren A; Hold GL; Zhang F; Cooper WA; Gao B; Nagrial A; Joshua AM; John T; Peters G; Hui R; Boyer M; Blinman PL; Kao SC; Cebon J; Goodnow CC, 2025, 'Common inherited loss-of-function mutations in the innate sensor NOD2 contribute to exceptional immune response to cancer immunotherapy', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 122, pp. e2314258122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2314258122

Khoury DS; Cromer D; Bailey B; Khan SR; Burnett DL; Kent SJ; Rudd BD; Marchant A; Turner T; Davenport MP, 2025, 'Towards evidence-based immunology', Nature Immunology, 26, pp. 980 - 982, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41590-025-02180-0

Stewart EL; Burnett DL, 2025, 'IL-9 and ZBTB18 are germinal center memory makers', Immunity, 58, pp. 773 - 775, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.immuni.2025.03.010

Mazigi O; Langley DB; Henry JY; Burnett DL; Sobti M; Walker GJ; Rouet R; Balachandran H; Lenthall H; Jackson J; Ubiparipovic S; Schofield P; Brown SHJ; Schulz SR; Hoffmann M; Pöhlmann S; Post J; Martinello M; Ahlenstiel G; Kelleher A; Rawlinson WD; Turville SG; Bull RA; Stewart AG; Jäck HM; Goodnow CC; Christ D, 2025, 'Affinity maturation endows potent activity onto class 6 SARS-CoV-2 broadly neutralizing antibodies', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2417544121

Dvorscek AR; McKenzie CI; Stäheli VC; Ding Z; White J; Fabb SA; Lim L; O'Donnell K; Pitt C; Christ D; Hill DL; Pouton CW; Burnett DL; Brink R; Robinson MJ; Tarlinton DM; Quast I, 2024, 'Conversion of vaccines from low to high immunogenicity by antibodies with epitope complementarity', Immunity, 57, pp. 2433 - 2452.e7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.immuni.2024.08.017

Rouet R; Henry JY; Johansen MD; Sobti M; Balachandran H; Langley DB; Walker GJ; Lenthall H; Jackson J; Ubiparipovic S; Mazigi O; Schofield P; Burnett DL; Brown SHJ; Martinello M; Hudson B; Gilroy N; Post JJ; Kelleher A; Jäck HM; Goodnow CC; Turville SG; Rawlinson WD; Bull RA; Stewart AG; Hansbro PM; Christ D, 2023, 'Broadly neutralizing SARS-CoV-2 antibodies through epitope-based selection from convalescent patients', Nature Communications, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36295-5

Burnett DL; Bull RA, 2023, 'Total recall? Understanding the effect of antigenic distance on original antigenic sin', Immunology and Cell Biology, 101, pp. 377 - 380, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imcb.12638

Barnet M; Masle-Farquhar E; Singh M; Burnett DL, 2023, 'Blood and guts: peripheral immune correlates of immunotherapy-induced colitis', Immunology and Cell Biology, 101, pp. 12 - 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imcb.12604

Burnett DL; Barnet MB; Moxon A; Tsang V; Samaras K, 2023, 'Editorial: Decoding checkpoint inhibitor-induced immune-related adverse events, volume II', Frontiers in Endocrinology, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2023.1317220

Burnett DL; Barnet MB; Samaras K, 2022, 'Editorial: Decoding checkpoint inhibitor-induced endocrinopathies', Frontiers in Endocrinology, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2022.987648

Young C; Lau AWY; Burnett DL, 2022, 'B cells in the balance: Offsetting self-reactivity avoidance with protection against foreign', Frontiers in Immunology, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2022.951385

Chye A; Allen I; Barnet M; Burnett DL, 2022, 'Insights Into the Host Contribution of Endocrine Associated Immune-Related Adverse Events to Immune Checkpoint Inhibition Therapy', Frontiers in Oncology, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2022.894015

Schulz SR; Hoffmann M; Roth E; Pracht K; Burnett DL; Mazigi O; Schuh W; Manger B; Mielenz D; Goodnow CC; Christ D; Pöhlmann S; Jäck HM, 2022, 'Augmented neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant by boost vaccination and monoclonal antibodies', European Journal of Immunology, 52, pp. 970 - 977, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eji.202249841

Aggarwal A; Stella AO; Walker G; Akerman A; Esneau C; Milogiannakis V; Burnett DL; McAllery S; Silva MR; Lu Y; Foster CSP; Brilot F; Pillay A; Van Hal S; Mathivanan V; Fichter C; Kindinger A; Hoppe AC; Munier ML; Amatayakul-Chantler S; Roth N; Coppola G; Symonds GP; Schofield P; Jackson J; Lenthall H; Henry JY; Mazigi O; Jäck HM; Davenport MP; Darley DR; Matthews GV; Khoury DS; Cromer D; Goodnow CC; Christ D; Robosa R; Starck DJ; Bartlett NW; Rawlinson WD; Kelleher AD; Turville SG; Ruiz Silva M, 2022, 'Platform for isolation and characterization of SARS-CoV-2 variants enables rapid characterization of Omicron in Australia', Nature Microbiology, 7, pp. 896 - 908, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41564-022-01135-7

Tangye SG; Burnett DL; Bull RA, 2022, 'Getting to the (germinal) center of humoral immune responses to SARS-CoV-2', Cell, 185, pp. 945 - 948, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2022.02.018

Burnett DL; Jackson KJL; Langley DB; Aggrawal A; Stella AO; Johansen MD; Balachandran H; Lenthall H; Rouet R; Walker G; Saunders BM; Singh M; Li H; Henry JY; Jackson J; Stewart AG; Witthauer F; Spence MA; Hansbro NG; Jackson C; Schofield P; Milthorpe C; Martinello M; Schulz SR; Roth E; Kelleher A; Emery S; Britton WJ; Rawlinson WD; Karl R; Schäfer S; Winkler TH; Brink R; Bull RA; Hansbro PM; Jäck HM; Turville S; Christ D; Goodnow CC, 2021, 'Immunizations with diverse sarbecovirus receptor-binding domains elicit SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies against a conserved site of vulnerability', Immunity, 54, pp. 2908 - 2921.e6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.immuni.2021.10.019

Abayasingam A; Balachandran H; Agapiou D; Hammoud M; Rodrigo C; Keoshkerian E; Li H; Brasher NA; Christ D; Rouet R; Burnet D; Grubor-Bauk B; Rawlinson W; Turville S; Aggarwal A; Stella AO; Fichter C; Brilot F; Mina M; Post JJ; Hudson B; Gilroy N; Dwyer D; Sasson SC; Tea F; Pilli D; Kelleher A; Tedla N; Lloyd AR; Martinello M; Bull RA; Burnett D, 2021, 'Long-term persistence of RBD+ memory B cells encoding neutralizing antibodies in SARS-CoV-2 infection', Cell Reports Medicine, 2, pp. 100228, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrm.2021.100228

Rouet R; Mazigi O; Walker GJ; Langley DB; Sobti M; Schofield P; Lenthall H; Jackson J; Ubiparipovic S; Henry JY; Abayasingam A; Burnett D; Kelleher A; Brink R; Bull RA; Turville S; Stewart AG; Goodnow CC; Rawlinson WD; Christ D, 2021, 'Potent SARS-CoV-2 binding and neutralization through maturation of iconic SARS-CoV-1 antibodies', Mabs, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19420862.2021.1922134

Burnett DL; Schofield P; Langley DB; Jackson J; Bourne K; Wilson E; Porebski BT; Buckle AM; Brink R; Goodnow CC; Christ D, 2020, 'Conformational diversity facilitates antibody mutation trajectories and discrimination between foreign and self-antigens', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117, pp. 22341 - 22350, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2005102117

Stokol T; Yeo WM; Burnett D; DeAngelis N; Huang T; Osterrieder N; Catalfamo J, 2020, 'Erratum: Equid herpesvirus type 1 activates platelets (PLoS ONE (2015) 10: 4 (e0122640) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122640)', Plos One, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237679

Burnett DL; Bertzbach LD, 2020, 'The importance of veterinary specialized generalists in biomedical research', Research in Veterinary Science, 129, pp. 185 - 186, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rvsc.2020.02.003

Singh M; Jackson KJL; Wang JJ; Schofield P; Field MA; Koppstein D; Peters TJ; Burnett DL; Rizzetto S; Nevoltris D; Masle-Farquhar E; Faulks ML; Russell A; Gokal D; Hanioka A; Horikawa K; Colella AD; Chataway TK; Blackburn J; Mercer TR; Langley DB; Goodall DM; Jefferis R; Gangadharan Komala M; Kelleher AD; Suan D; Rischmueller M; Christ D; Brink R; Luciani F; Gordon TP; Goodnow CC; Reed JH, 2020, 'Lymphoma Driver Mutations in the Pathogenic Evolution of an Iconic Human Autoantibody', Cell, 180, pp. 878 - 894.e19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2020.01.029

Burnett DL; Reed JH; Christ D; Goodnow CC, 2019, 'Clonal redemption and clonal anergy as mechanisms to balance B cell tolerance and immunity', Immunological Reviews, 292, pp. 61 - 75, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imr.12808

Burnett DL; Langley DB; Schofield P; Hermes JR; Chan TD; Jackson J; Bourne K; Reed JH; Patterson K; Porebski BT; Brink R; Christ D; Goodnow CC, 2018, 'Germinal center antibody mutation trajectories are determined by rapid self/foreign discrimination', Science, 360, pp. 223 - 226, http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aao3859

Langley DB; Crossett B; Schofield P; Jackson J; Zeraati M; Maltby D; Christie M; Burnett D; Brink R; Goodnow C; Christ D, 2017, 'Structural basis of antigen recognition: Crystal structure of duck egg lysozyme', Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology, 73, pp. 910 - 920, http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S2059798317013730

Burnett DL; Parish IA; Masle-Farquhar E; Brink R; Goodnow CC, 2017, 'Murine LRBA deficiency causes CTLA-4 deficiency in Tregs without progression to immune dysregulation', Immunology and Cell Biology, 95, pp. 775 - 788, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/icb.2017.50

Burnett DL; Cave NJ; Gedye KR; Bridges JP, 2016, 'Investigation of cell-free DNA in canine plasma and its relation to disease', Veterinary Quarterly, 36, pp. 122 - 129, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01652176.2016.1182230

Stokol T; Yeo WM; Burnett D; DeAngelis N; Huang T; Osterrieder N; Catalfamo J, 2015, 'Equid herpesvirus type 1 activates platelets', Plos One, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0122640

Josefsson EC; Burnett DL; Lebois M; Debrincat MA; White MJ; Henley KJ; Lane RM; Moujalled D; Preston SP; O'Reilly LA; Pellegrini M; Metcalf D; Strasser A; Kile BT, 2014, 'Platelet production proceeds independently of the intrinsic and extrinsic apoptosis pathways', Nature Communications, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms4455

Burnett DL; Burnett L, 2010, 'A rare granulomatous reaction to Q fever vaccination following influenza vaccination.', The Medical Journal of Australia, 193, pp. 60 - 60

Conference Papers

Barnet MB; Masle-Farquhar E; Russell A; Burnett DL; Jackson KJL; Brink R; Heller G; Yang C; Prokopec S; Behren A; Davis ID; Peters GD; Boyer MJ; John T; Nagrial A; Gao B; Blinman P; Kao SC-H; Cebon JS; Goodnow CC, 2023, 'Association of common inherited NOD2 mutations with exceptional response to immune checkpoint inhibitors', in JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, IL, Chicago, presented at Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Clinical-Oncology (ASCO), IL, Chicago, 02 June 2023 - 06 June 2023

Preprints

Rouet R; Mazigi O; Walker G; Langley D; Sobti M; Schofield P; Lenthall H; Jackson J; Ubiparipovic S; Henry J; Abayasingam A; Burnett D; Kelleher A; Brink R; Bull R; Turville S; Stewart A; Goodnow C; Rawlinson W; Christ D, 2020, Potent SARS-CoV-2 binding and neutralization through maturation of iconic SARS-CoV-1 antibodies, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.12.14.422791

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