Dr Venkateswara Addala
Honorary Fellow
School of Biomedical Sciences
QIMR Berghofer
Researcher biography
Research officer, Medical Genomics
QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Journal Articles
Newell, Felicity, Pires da Silva, Ines, Johansson, Peter A., Menzies, Alexander M., Wilmott, James S., Addala, Venkateswar, Carlino, Matteo S., Rizos, Helen, Nones, Katia, Edwards, Jarem J., Lakis, Vanessa, Kazakoff, Stephen H., Mukhopadhyay, Pamela, Ferguson, Peter M., Leonard, Conrad, Koufariotis, Lambros T., Wood, Scott, Blank, Christian U., Thompson, John F., Spillane, Andrew J., Saw, Robyn P.M., Shannon, Kerwin F., Pearson, John V., Mann, Graham J., Hayward, Nicholas K., Scolyer, Richard A., Waddell, Nicola and Long, Georgina V. (2025). Erratum: Multiomic profiling of checkpoint inhibitor-treated melanoma: Identifying predictors of response and resistance, and markers of biological discordance (Cancer Cell (2022) 40(1) (88–102.e7), (S1535610821006127), (10.1016/j.ccell.2021.11.012)). Cancer Cell, 43 (3), 563. doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2025.01.011
Brosda, Sandra, Aoude, Lauren G., Bonazzi, Vanessa F., Patel, Kalpana, Lonie, James M., Belle, Clemence J., Newell, Felicity, Koufariotis, Lambros T., Addala, Venkateswar, Naeini, Marjan M., Simes, John, Walpole, Euan T., Mai, Gang T., Watson, David I., Karapetis, Chris S., Gebski, Val, Barnes, Elizabeth H., Oostendorp, Martijn, Wilson, Kate, Ackland, Stephen P., Shannon, Jenny, Marx, Gavin, Burge, Matthew, Finch, Robert, Thomas, Janine, Varma, Suresh, Nott, Louise, Pearson, John V., Krause, Lutz ... Barbour, Andrew P. (2024). Spatial intra-tumour heterogeneity and treatment-induced genomic evolution in oesophageal adenocarcinoma: implications for prognosis and therapy. Genome Medicine, 16 (1) 90. doi: 10.1186/s13073-024-01362-z
Waddell, Nicola and Addala, Venkateswar (2024). Germline variants alter immune surveillance. Science, 384 (6699), 961-962. doi: 10.1126/science.adp7370
Addala, Venkateswar, Newell, Felicity, Pearson, John V., Redwood, Alec, Robinson, Bruce W., Creaney, Jenette and Waddell, Nicola (2023). Computational immunogenomic approaches to predict response to cancer immunotherapies. Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, 21 (1), 28-46. doi: 10.1038/s41571-023-00830-6
Lonie, James M., Brosda, Sandra, Bonazzi, Vanessa F., Aoude, Lauren G., Patel, Kalpana, Brown, Ian, Sharma, Sowmya, Lampe, Guy, Addala, Venkateswar, Koufariotis, Lambros T., Wood, Scott, Waddell, Nicola, Dolcetti, Riccardo and Barbour, Andrew P. (2023). The oesophageal adenocarcinoma tumour immune microenvironment dictates outcomes with different modalities of neoadjuvant therapy – results from the AGITG DOCTOR trial and the cancer evolution biobank. Frontiers in Immunology, 14 1220129, 1-15. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1220129
Tran, Khoa A., Addala, Venkateswar, Johnston, Rebecca L., Lovell, David, Bradley, Andrew, Koufariotis, Lambros T., Wood, Scott, Wu, Sunny Z., Roden, Daniel, Al-Eryani, Ghamdan, Swarbrick, Alexander, Williams, Elizabeth D., Pearson, John V., Kondrashova, Olga and Waddell, Nicola (2023). Performance of tumour microenvironment deconvolution methods in breast cancer using single-cell simulated bulk mixtures. Nature Communications, 14 (1) 5758, 1-17. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-41385-5
Chitty, Jessica L., Yam, Michelle, Perryman, Lara, Parker, Amelia L., Skhinas, Joanna N., Setargew, Yordanos F. I., Mok, Ellie T. Y., Tran, Emmi, Grant, Rhiannon D., Latham, Sharissa L., Pereira, Brooke A., Ritchie, Shona C., Murphy, Kendelle J., Trpceski, Michael, Findlay, Alison D., Melenec, Pauline, Filipe, Elysse C., Nadalini, Audrey, Velayuthar, Sipiththa, Major, Gretel, Wyllie, Kaitlin, Papanicolaou, Michael, Ratnaseelan, Shivanjali, Phillips, Phoebe A., Sharbeen, George, Youkhana, Janet, Russo, Alice, Blackwell, Antonia, Hastings, Jordan F. ... Addala, Venkateswara (2023). A first-in-class pan-lysyl oxidase inhibitor impairs stromal remodeling and enhances gemcitabine response and survival in pancreatic cancer. Nature Cancer, 4 (9), 1326-1344+. doi: 10.1038/s43018-023-00614-y
Kojic, Marija, Maybury, Mellissa K., Waddell, Nicola, Koufariotis, Lambros T., Addala, Venkateswar, Millar, Amanda, Wood, Scott, Pearson, John V., Hansford, Jordan R., Hassall, Tim and Wainwright, Brandon J. (2023). Efficient detection and monitoring of pediatric brain malignancies with liquid biopsy based on patient-specific somatic mutation screening. Neuro-Oncology, 25 (8), 1507-1517. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noad032
M. Naeini, Marjan, Newell, Felicity, Aoude, Lauren G., Bonazzi, Vanessa F., Patel, Kalpana, Lampe, Guy, Koufariotis, Lambros T., Lakis, Vanessa, Addala, Venkateswar, Kondrashova, Olga, Johnston, Rebecca L., Sharma, Sowmya, Brosda, Sandra, Holmes, Oliver, Leonard, Conrad, Wood, Scott, Xu, Qinying, Thomas, Janine, Walpole, Euan, Tao Mai, G., Ackland, Stephen P., Martin, Jarad, Burge, Matthew, Finch, Robert, Karapetis, Christos S., Shannon, Jenny, Nott, Louise, Bohmer, Robert, Wilson, Kate ... Waddell, Nicola (2023). Multi-omic features of oesophageal adenocarcinoma in patients treated with preoperative neoadjuvant therapy. Nature Communications, 14 (1) 3155, 3155. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-38891-x
MacDonald, Samual, Foley, Helena, Yap, Melvyn, Johnston, Rebecca L., Steven, Kaiah, Koufariotis, Lambros T., Sharma, Sowmya, Wood, Scott, Addala, Venkateswar, Pearson, John V., Roosta, Fred, Waddell, Nicola, Kondrashova, Olga and Trzaskowski, Maciej (2023). Generalising uncertainty improves accuracy and safety of deep learning analytics applied to oncology. Scientific Reports, 13 (1) 7395, 1-14. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-31126-5
Ramarao-Milne, P, Kondrashova, O, Patch, A-M, Nones, K, Koufariotis, L T, Newell, F, Addala, V, Lakis, V, Holmes, O, Leonard, C, Wood, S, Xu, Q, Mukhopadhyay, P, Naeini, M M, Steinfort, D, Williamson, J P, Bint, M, Pahoff, C, Nguyen, P T, Twaddell, S, Arnold, D, Grainge, C, Basirzadeh, F, Fielding, D, Dalley, A J, Chittoory, H, Simpson, P T, Aoude, L G, Bonazzi, V F ... Waddell, N (2022). Comparison of actionable events detected in cancer genomes by whole-genome sequencing, in silico whole-exome and mutation panels. ESMO Open, 7 (4) 100540, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.esmoop.2022.100540
Creaney, Jenette, Patch, Ann-Marie, Addala, Venkateswar, Sneddon, Sophie A., Nones, Katia, Dick, Ian M., Lee, Y. C. Gary, Newell, Felicity, Rouse, Ebony J., Naeini, Marjan M., Kondrashova, Olga, Lakis, Vanessa, Nakas, Apostolos, Waller, David, Sharkey, Annabel, Mukhopadhyay, Pamela, Kazakoff, Stephen H., Koufariotis, Lambros T., Davidson, Aimee L., Ramarao-Milne, Priya, Holmes, Oliver, Xu, Qinying, Leonard, Conrad, Wood, Scott, Grimmond, Sean M., Bueno, Raphael, Fennell, Dean A., Pearson, John V., Robinson, Bruce W. and Waddell, Nicola (2022). Comprehensive genomic and tumour immune profiling reveals potential therapeutic targets in malignant pleural mesothelioma. Genome Medicine, 14 (1) 58, 1-18. doi: 10.1186/s13073-022-01060-8
Newell, Felicity, Pires da Silva, Ines, Johansson, Peter A., Menzies, Alexander M., Wilmott, James S., Addala, Venkateswar, Carlino, Matteo S., Rizos, Helen, Nones, Katia, Edwards, Jarem J., Lakis, Vanessa, Kazakoff, Stephen H., Mukhopadhyay, Pamela, Ferguson, Peter M., Leonard, Conrad, Koufariotis, Lambros T., Wood, Scott, Blank, Christian U., Thompson, John F., Spillane, Andrew J., Saw, Robyn P.M., Shannon, Kerwin F., Pearson, John V., Mann, Graham J., Hayward, Nicholas K., Scolyer, Richard A., Waddell, Nicola and Long, Georgina V. (2022). Multiomic profiling of checkpoint inhibitor-treated melanoma: Identifying predictors of response and resistance, and markers of biological discordance. Cancer Cell, 40 (1), 88-102.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2021.11.012
Dreyer, Stephan B., Upstill-Goddard, Rosie, Legrini, Assya, Biankin, Andrew V., Allison, Sarah, Beraldi, Dario, Cameron, Euan, Chang, David K., Cooke, Susanna L., Cunningham, Richard, Dreyer, Stephan, Grimwood, Paul, Kelly, Shane, Marshall, John, McDade, Brian, Musgrove, Elizabeth A., Ramsay, Donna, Evers, Lisa, Rebus, Selma, Rahib, Lola, Serrels, Bryan, Jamieson, Nigel B., McKay, Colin J., Westwood, Paul, Williams, Nicola, Duthie, Fraser, Shen, William, Pea, Antonio, Johns, Amber L. ... Bassi, Claudio (2022). Genomic and molecular analyses identify molecular subtypes of pancreatic cancer recurrence. Gastroenterology, 162 (1), 320-324. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2021.09.022
Liu, Dongli, Sharbeen, George, Phillips, Phoebe, Johns, Amber L., Gill, Anthony J., Chantrill, Lorraine A., Timpson, Paul, Chou, Angela, Pajic, Marina, Dwarte, Tanya, Herrmann, David, Vennin, Claire, Cox, Thomas R., Pereira, Brooke, Ritchie, Shona, Reed, Daniel A., Chambers, Cecilia R., Metcalf, Xanthe, Nobis, Max, Waddell, Nicola, Pearson, John V., Patch, Ann-Marie, Nones, Katia, Newell, Felicity, Mukhopadhyay, Pamela, Addala, Venkateswar, Kazakoff, Stephen, Holmes, Oliver, Leonard, Conrad ... Ford, Caroline E. (2021). ROR1 and ROR2 expression in pancreatic cancer. BMC Cancer, 21 (1) 1199. doi: 10.1186/s12885-021-08952-9
Lakis, Vanessa, Lawlor, Rita T., Newell, Felicity, Patch, Ann-Marie, Mafficini, Andrea, Sadanandam, Anguraj, Koufariotis, Lambros T., Johnston, Rebecca L., Leonard, Conrad, Wood, Scott, Rusev, Borislav, Corbo, Vincenzo, Luchini, Claudio, Cingarlini, Sara, Landoni, Luca, Salvia, Roberto, Milella, Michele, Chang, David, Bailey, Peter, Jamieson, Nigel B., Duthie, Fraser, Gingras, Marie-Claude, Muzny, Donna M., Wheeler, David A., Gibbs, Richard A., Milione, Massimo, Chantrill, Lorraine A., Timpson, Paul, Chou, Angela ... Scarpa, Aldo (2021). DNA methylation patterns identify subgroups of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors with clinical association. Communications Biology, 4 (1) 155, 1-11. doi: 10.1038/s42003-020-01469-0
Newell, Felicity, Wilmott, James S., Johansson, Peter A., Nones, Katia, Addala, Venkateswar, Mukhopadhyay, Pamela, Broit, Natasa, Amato, Carol M., Van Gulick, Robert, Kazakoff, Stephen H., Patch, Ann-Marie, Koufariotis, Lambros T., Lakis, Vanessa, Leonard, Conrad, Wood, Scott, Holmes, Oliver, Xu, Qinying, Lewis, Karl, Medina, Theresa, Gonzalez, Rene, Saw, Robyn P. M., Spillane, Andrew J., Stretch, Jonathan R., Rawson, Robert V., Ferguson, Peter M., Dodds, Tristan J., Thompson, John F., Long, Georgina V., Levesque, Mitchell P. ... Hayward, Nicholas K. (2020). Whole-genome sequencing of acral melanoma reveals genomic complexity and diversity. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 5259, 5259. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-18988-3
Munshi, Anjana, Khetarpal, Preeti, Das, Satrupa, Rao, Venkateshwar, Valecha, Monica, Bansal, Manita and Kumar, Roshan (2018). Apert's syndrome: study by whole exome sequencing. Genes and Diseases, 5 (2), 119-122. doi: 10.1016/j.gendis.2017.07.008
Patch, Ann-Marie, Nones, Katia, Kazakoff, Stephen H., Newell, Felicity, Wood, Scott, Leonard, Conrad, Holmes, Oliver, Xu, Qinying, Addala, Venkateswar, Creaney, Jenette, Robinson, Bruce W., Fu, Shujin, Geng, Chunyu, Li, Tong, Zhang, Wenwei, Liang, Xinming, Rao, Junhua, Wang, Jiahao, Tian, Mingyu, Zhao, Yonggang, Teng, Fei, Gou, Honglan, Yang, Bicheng, Jiang, Hui, Mu, Feng, Pearson, John V. and Waddell, Nicola (2018). Germline and somatic variant identification using BGISEQ-500 and HiSeq X Ten whole genome sequencing. PloS One, 13 (1) e0190264, e0190264. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0190264
Balachandran, Vinod P., Łuksza, Marta, Zhao, Julia N., Makarov, Vladimir, Moral, John Alec, Remark, Romain, Herbst, Brian, Askan, Gokce, Bhanot, Umesh, Senbabaoglu, Yasin, Wells, Daniel K., Cary, Charles Ian Ormsby, Grbovic-Huezo, Olivera, Attiyeh, Marc, Medina, Benjamin, Zhang, Jennifer, Loo, Jennifer, Saglimbeni, Joseph, Abu-Akeel, Mohsen, Zappasodi, Roberta, Riaz, Nadeem, Smoragiewicz, Martin, Larkin Kelley, Z., Basturk, Olca, Gönen, Mithat, Levine, Arnold J., Allen, Peter J., Fearon, Douglas T., Merad, Miriam ... Bassi, Claudio (2017). Identification of unique neoantigen qualities in long-term survivors of pancreatic cancer. Nature, 551 (7681), 512-516. doi: 10.1038/nature24462
Dadheech, Sneha, Rao, A. Venkateswara, Shaheen, Uzma, Hussien, Mohammed Dyia, Jain, Suman, Jyothy, A. and Munshi, Anjana (2013). Three most common nonsynonymous UGT1A6*2 polymorphisms (Thr181Ala, Arg184Ser and Ser7Ala) and therapeutic response to deferiprone in β-thalassemia major patients. Gene, 531 (2), 301-5. doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2013.08.078
Conference Paper
Naeini, Marjan, Newell, Felicity, Aoude, Lauren G., Bonazzi, Vanessa F., Patel, Kalpana, Koufariotis, Lambros T., Johnson, Rebecca, Addala, Venkateswar, Kondrashova, Olga, Holmes, Oliver, Leonard, Conrad, Wood, Scott, Xu, Christina, Nones, Katia, Pearson, John V., Smithers, Mark, Watson, David, Simes, John, Price, Tim, Gebski, Val, Barbour, Andrew P. and Waddell, Nic (2020). Tracking genomic and transcriptomic features of oesophageal adenocarcinoma for improving patients outcome. HOBOKEN: WILEY.
Thesis
Addala, Venkateswara (2020). Therapeutic Opportunity in Cancers with Poor Survival. PhD Thesis, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/9fd77b2