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Shannon Quek

Liverpool School of Tropical MedicineORCID 0000-0002-1583-9541Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Bioengineering· 1 Ecology· 1 Molecular Biology· 1

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Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Organism:Drosophila· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1

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Ashutosh K. PathakiD· 2 shared Courtney Cuinn MurdockiD· 2 shared Grant L. HughesiD· 2 shared Justine C. ShiauiD· 2 shared Ritu SharmaiD· 2 shared Adam WesthorpeiD· 1 shared Cassandra Marie ModahliD· 1 shared Charlotte A. DawsoniD· 1 shared

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Impact of thermal variation on the transcriptome of Plasmodium falciparum infected Anopheles stephensi

Ashutosh K. Pathak, Shannon Quek, Ritu Sharma, Justine C. Shiau, Matthew B. Thomas, Grant L. Hughes, Courtney Cuinn Murdock

This study examines how temperature and time affect gene expression in Anopheles stephensi infected with Plasmodium falciparum, revealing coordinated transcriptional responses in midgut and systemic tissues.

bioRxiv · Jul 22, 2026 · PreprintEcology

Establishment of snake venom gland organoids from a novel family, Colubridae

Stephanie A. French, Rachael Da Silva, Rohit N. Patel, Claire H Caygill, Shannon Quek, Adam Westhorpe, Jens Puschhof, Rebecca J. Edge, Charlotte A. Dawson, Edouard Crittenden, Paul D. Rowley, Zachary Holland, Stephen P. Mackessy, Cassandra Marie Modahl

This study establishes venom gland organoids from Colubridae snakes and shows in vitro toxin production.

bioRxiv · Mar 31, 2026 · PreprintBioengineering

Thermal variation influences the transcriptome of the major malaria vector Anopheles stephensi.

Ashutosh K. Pathak, Shannon Quek, Ritu Sharma, Justine C. Shiau, Matthew Brian Thomas, Grant L. Hughes, Courtney Cuinn Murdock

This study examines how temperature affects the transcriptome of Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes, identifying gene expression patterns and their implications for mosquito physiology and malaria transmission.

bioRxiv · May 27, 2024 · PreprintMolecular Biology