Dr Deepani Fernando
Honorary Fellow
School of Biomedical Sciences
QIMR Berghofer
Journal Articles
Wang, Tao, Gasser, Robin B., Korhonen, Pasi K., Young, Neil D., Ang, Ching-Seng, Williamson, Nicholas A., Ma, Guangxu, Samarawickrama, Gangi R., Fernando, Deepani D. and Fischer, Katja (2022). Proteomic analysis of Sarcoptes scabiei reveals that proteins differentially expressed between eggs and female adult stages are involved predominantly in genetic information processing, metabolism and/or host-parasite interactions. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 16 (12) e0010946, 1-15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010946
Korhonen, Pasi K., Wang, Tao, Young, Neil D., Samarawickrama, Gangi R., Fernando, Deepani D., Ma, Guangxu, Gasser, Robin B. and Fischer, Katja (2022). Evidence that transcriptional alterations in Sarcoptes scabiei are under tight post-transcriptional (microRNA) control. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23 (17) 9719, 1-11. doi: 10.3390/ijms23179719
Fernando, Deepani D., Korhonen, Pasi K., Gasser, Robin B. and Fischer, Katja (2022). An RNA Interference Tool to Silence Genes in Sarcoptes scabiei Eggs. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23 (2) 873, 873. doi: 10.3390/ijms23020873
Fernando, Deepani D., Reynolds, Simone L., Hartel, Gunter, Cribier, Bernard, Ortonne, Nicolas, Jones, Malcolm K. and Fischer, Katja (2021). A unique group of scabies mite pseudoproteases promotes cutaneous blood coagulation and delays plasmin-induced fibrinolysis. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 15 (1) e0008997, 1-15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008997
Korhonen, Pasi K., Gasser, Robin B., Ma, Guangxu, Wang, Tao, Stroehlein, Andreas J., Young, Neil D., Ang, Ching-Seng, Fernando, Deepani D., Lu, Hieng C., Taylor, Sara, Reynolds, Simone L., Mofiz, Ehtesham, Najaraj, Shivashankar H., Gowda, Harsha, Madugundu, Anil, Renuse, Santosh, Holt, Deborah, Pandey, Akhilesh, Papenfuss, Anthony T. and Fischer, Katja (2020). High-quality nuclear genome for Sarcoptes scabiei-a critical resource for a neglected parasite. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 14 (10) e0008720, 1-20. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008720
Bernigaud, C., Fernando, D. D., Lu, H., Taylor, S., Hartel, G., Guillot, J., Chosidow, O. and Fischer, K. (2020). In vitro ovicidal activity of current and under-development scabicides: which treatments kill scabies eggs?. British Journal of Dermatology, 182 (2), 511-513. doi: 10.1111/bjd.18517
Data Collection
Samarawickrama, Gangi, Fischer, Katja and Fernando, Deepani (2025). Time-lapse documentation of S. scabiei embryogenesis. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/fe96dbe