Dr Julian Zaugg

Featured projects	Duration
Adaptive sequencing for metagenomic sequencing of low biomass samples Genome Innovation Hub Collaborative Project (UQ infrastructure)	2022
Bacterial CRISPRi Genome Innovation Hub Collaborative Project (UQ infrastructure)	2023

Zaugg, Julian, Gumulya, Yosephine, Gillam, Elizabeth M. J. and Bodén, Mikael (2014). Computational tools for directed evolution: a comparison of prospective and retrospective strategies. Directed evolution library creation: methods and protocols. (pp. 315-333) edited by Elizabeth M. J. Gillam, Janine N. Copp and David F. Ackerley. New York, NY, United States: Humana Press. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-1053-3_21

Bromfield, Jacoba I., Zaugg, Julian, Straw, Rodney C., Cathie, Julia, Krueger, Annika, Sinha, Debottam, Chandra, Janin, Hugenholtz, Philip and Frazer, Ian H. (2024). Characterization of the skin microbiome in normal and cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma affected cats and dogs. mSphere. doi: 10.1128/msphere.00555-23

Wilson, Liam A., Melville, Jamie N., Pedroso, Marcelo M., Krco, Stefan, Hoelzl, Robert, Zaugg, Julian, Southam, Gordon, Virdis, Bernardino, Evans, Paul, Supper, Jenna, Harmer, Jeffrey R., Tyson, Gene, Clark, Alice, Schenk, Gerhard and Bernhardt, Paul V. (2024). Kinetic, electrochemical and spectral characterization of bacterial and archaeal rusticyanins; unexpected stability issues and consequences for applications in biotechnology. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 256 112539, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2024.112539

Song, Young C., Holland, Sophie I., Lee, Matthew, Chen, Gao, Zaugg, Julian, Löffler, Frank E., Manefield, Michael J., Hugenholtz, Philip and Kappler, Ulrike (2023). Corrigendum: 'A comparative genome analysis of the Bacillota (Firmicutes) class Dehalobacteriia'. Microbial Genomics, 9 (8) 001092. doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.001092

Bialasiewicz, Seweryn, May, Meryta, Tozer, Sarah, Day, Rebecca, Bernard, Anne, Zaugg, Julian, Gartrell, Kyana, Alexandersen, Soren, Chamings, Anthony, Wang, Claire Y. T., Clark, Julia, Grimwood, Keith, Heney, Claire, Schlapbach, Luregn, Ware, Robert S., Speers, David, Andrews, Ross M. and Lambert, Stephen (2023). HPeV3 diversity, recombination and clinical impact across 7-years: an Australian story. The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 227 (2), 278-287. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiac311

Foley, Gabriel, Mora, Ariane, Ross, Connie M., Bottoms, Scott, Sützl, Leander, Lamprecht, Marnie L., Zaugg, Julian, Essebier, Alexandra, Balderson, Brad, Newell, Rhys, Thomson, Raine E. S., Kobe, Bostjan, Barnard, Ross T., Guddat, Luke, Schenk, Gerhard, Carsten, Jörg, Gumulya, Yosephine, Rost, Burkhard, Haltrich, Dietmar, Sieber, Volker, Gillam, Elizabeth M. J. and Bodén, Mikael (2022). Engineering indel and substitution variants of diverse and ancient enzymes using Graphical Representation of Ancestral Sequence Predictions (GRASP). PL o S Computational Biology, 18 (10) e1010633, e1010633. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010633

Montgomery, Kate, Williams, Timothy J., Brettle, Merryn, Berengut, Jonathan F., Ray, Angelique E. , Zhang, Eden, Zaugg, Julian, Hugenholtz, Philip and Ferrari, Belinda C. (2022). Persistence and resistance: survival mechanisms of Candidatus Dormibacterota from nutrient‐poor Antarctic soils. Environmental Microbiology, 24 (9), 4491-4491. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.16191

Ray, Angelique E., Zaugg, Julian, Benaud, Nicole, Chelliah, Devan S., Bay, Sean, Wong, Hon Lun, Leung, Pok Man, Ji, Mukan, Terauds, Aleks, Montgomery, Kate, Greening, Chris, Cowan, Don A., Kong, Weidong, Williams, Timothy J., Hugenholtz, Philip and Ferrari, Belinda C. (2022). Atmospheric chemosynthesis is phylogenetically and geographically widespread and contributes significantly to carbon fixation throughout cold deserts. The ISME Journal, 16 (11), 1-14. doi: 10.1038/s41396-022-01298-5

Liu, Yongqin, Ji, Mukan, Yu, Tao, Zaugg, Julian, Anesio, Alexandre M., Zhang, Zhihao, Hu, Songnian, Hugenholtz, Philip, Liu, Keshao, Liu, Pengfei, Chen, Yuying, Luo, Yingfeng and Yao, Tandong (2022). A genome and gene catalog of glacier microbiomes. Nature Biotechnology, 40 (9), 1341-1348. doi: 10.1038/s41587-022-01367-2

Krueger, Annika, Mohamed, Ahmed, Kolka, Cathryn M., Stoll, Thomas, Zaugg, Julian, Linedale, Richard, Morrison, Mark, Soyer, H. Peter, Hugenholtz, Philip, Frazer, Ian H. and Hill, Michelle M. (2022). Skin cancer-associated S. aureus strains can induce DNA damage in human keratinocytes by downregulating DNA repair and promoting oxidative stress. Cancers, 14 (9) 2143. doi: 10.3390/cancers14092143

Torquati, L., Gajanand, T., Cox, E. R., Willis, C. R. G., Zaugg, J., Keating, S. E. and Coombes, J. S. (2022). Effects of exercise intensity on gut microbiome composition and function in people with type 2 diabetes. European Journal of Sport Science, 23 (4), 1-12. doi: 10.1080/17461391.2022.2035436

Coleman, Andrea, Håkansson, Alexander, Grahn Håkansson, Eva, Cottrell, Kyra, Bialasiewicz, Seweryn, Zaugg, Julian and Cervin, Anders (2022). In vitro Inhibition of respiratory pathogens by lactobacillus and alpha haemolytic streptococci from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 132 (3), 2368-2378. doi: 10.1111/jam.15320

Krueger, Annika, Zaugg, Julian, Lachner, Nancy, Bialasiewicz, Seweryn, Lin, Lynlee L., Gabizon, Sharon, Sobarun, Priyamvada, Morrison, Mark, Soyer, H. Peter, Hugenholtz, Philip and Frazer, Ian H. (2022). Changes in the skin microbiome associated with squamous cell carcinoma in transplant recipients. ISME Communications, 2 (1) 13, 13. doi: 10.1038/s43705-022-00095-7

Krueger, Annika, Zaugg, Julian, Chisholm, Sarah, Linedale, Richard, Lachner, Nancy, Teoh, Siok Min, Tuong, Zewen K., Lukowski, Samuel W., Morrison, Mark, Soyer, H. Peter, Hugenholtz, Philip, Hill, Michelle M. and Frazer, Ian H. (2022). Secreted toxins from Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from keratinocyte skin cancers mediate pro-tumorigenic inflammatory responses in the skin. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12 789042, 789042. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.789042

Coleman, Andrea, Zaugg, Julian, Wood, Amanda, Cottrell, Kyra, Håkansson, Eva Grahn, Adams, Jasmyn, Brown, Matthew, Cervin, Anders and Bialasiewicz, Seweryn (2021). Upper respiratory tract microbiome of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in ear and nose health and disease. Microbiology Spectrum, 9 (2) e00367-21, e0036721. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.00367-21

Montgomery, Kate, Williams, Timothy J., Brettle, Merryn, Berengut, Jonathan F., Zhang, Eden, Zaugg, Julian, Hugenholtz, Philip and Ferrari, Belinda C. (2021). Persistence and resistance: survival mechanisms of Candidatus Dormibacterota from nutrient-poor Antarctic soils. Environmental Microbiology, 23 (8), 4276-4294. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.15610

Ji, Mukan, Williams, Timothy J., Montgomery, Kate, Wong, Hon Lun, Zaugg, Julian, Berengut, Jonathan F., Bissett, Andrew, Chuvochina, Maria, Hugenholtz, Philip and Ferrari, Belinda C. (2021). Candidatus Eremiobacterota, a metabolically and phylogenetically diverse terrestrial phylum with acid-tolerant adaptations. The ISME Journal, 15 (9), 2692-2707. doi: 10.1038/s41396-021-00944-8

Ahmed, Warish, Tscharke, Ben, Bertsch, Paul M., Bibby, Kyle, Bivins, Aaron, Choi, Phil, Clarke, Leah, Dwyer, Jason, Edson, Janette, Nguyen, Thi Minh Hong, O'Brien, Jake W., Simpson, Stuart L., Sherman, Paul, Thomas, Kevin V., Verhagen, Rory, Zaugg, Julian and Mueller, Jochen F. (2021). SARS-CoV-2 RNA monitoring in wastewater as a potential early warning system for COVID-19 transmission in the community: a temporal case study. Science of The Total Environment, 761 144216, 144216. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144216

Mason, Olivia U., Chanton, Patricia, Knobbe, Loren N., Zaugg, Julian and Mortazavi, Behzad (2021). New insights into the influence of plant and microbial diversity on denitrification rates in a salt marsh. Wetlands, 41 (2) 33, 1-14. doi: 10.1007/s13157-021-01423-8

Coleman, Andrea, Bialasiewicz, Seweryn, Marsh, Robyn L., Grahn Håkansson, Eva, Cottrell, Kyra, Wood, Amanda, Jayasundara, Nadeesha, Ware, Robert S., Zaugg, Julian, Sidjabat, Hanna E., Adams, Jasmyn, Ferguson, Josephine, Brown, Matthew, Roos, Kristian and Cervin, Anders (2021). Upper respiratory microbiota in relation to ear and nose health among Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 10 (4), 468-476. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piaa141

Ahmed, Warish, Angel, Nicola, Edson, Janette, Bibby, Kyle, Bivins, Aaron, O'Brien, Jake W., Choi, Phil M., Kitajima, Masaaki, Simpson, Stuart L., Li, Jiaying, Tscharke, Ben, Verhagen, Rory, Smith, Wendy J.M., Zaugg, Julian, Dierens, Leanne, Hugenholtz, Philip, Thomas, Kevin V. and Mueller, Jochen F. (2020). First confirmed detection of SARS-CoV-2 in untreated wastewater in Australia: a proof of concept for the wastewater surveillance of COVID-19 in the community. Science of the Total Environment, 728 138764, 138764. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138764

Ahmed, Warish, Bertsch, Paul M., Angel, Nicola, Bibby, Kyle, Bivins, Aaron, Dierens, Leanne, Edson, Janette, Ehret, John, Gyawali, Pradip, Hamilton, Kerry, Hosegood, Ian, Hugenholtz, Philip, Jiang, Guangming, Kitajima, Masaaki, Sichani, Homa T., Shi, Jiahua, Shimko, Katja M., Simpson, Stuart L., Smith, Wendy J. M., Symonds, Erin M., Thomas, Kevin V., Verhagen, Rory, Zaugg, Julian and Mueller, Jochen F (2020). Detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in commercial passenger aircraft and cruise ship wastewater: a surveillance tool for assessing the presence of COVID-19 infected travelers. Journal of Travel Medicine, 27 (5) ARTN taaa116, 1-11. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taaa116

Gagen, Emma J., Zaugg, Julian, Tyson, Gene W. and Southam, Gordon (2019). Goethite Reduction by a Neutrophilic Member of the Alphaproteobacterial Genus Telmatospirillum. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10 2938, 2938. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02938

Zaugg, Julian, Gumulya, Yosephine, Bodén, Mikael, Mark, Alan E and Malde, Alpeshkumar K (2018). Effect of Binding on Enantioselectivity of Epoxide Hydrolase. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, 58 (3), 630-640. doi: 10.1021/acs.jcim.7b00353

Zaugg, Julian, Gumulya, Yosephine, Malde, Alpeshkumar K and Bodén, Mikael (2017). Learning epistatic interactions from sequence-activity data to predict enantioselectivity. Journal of computer-aided molecular design, 31 (12), 1085-1096. doi: 10.1007/s10822-017-0090-x

Bernhofer, Michael, Goldberg, Tatyana, Wolf, Silvana, Ahmed, Mohamed, Zaugg, Julian, Boden, Mikael and Rost, Burkhard (2017). NLSdb-major update for database of nuclear localization signals and nuclear export signals. Nucleic Acids Research, 46 (D1), D503-D508. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkx1021

Horsman, Sara, Zaugg, Julian, Mikkelsen, Deirdre, Soares Magalhaes, Ricardo J., Meler, Erika and Gibson, Justine S. (2024). Molecular epidemiological characteristics of Staphylococcus species cultured from clinical canine skin and ear samples in Queensland. Antimicrobials 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting, Sydney, NSW Australia, 15-17 February 2024.

Zaugg, Julian (2019). Computational modelling of enzymes: predicting and understanding the selectivity of an epoxide hydrolase. PhD Thesis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2019.300

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