Dr Kayvan Etebari

Senior Lecturer in Horticulture and Crop Entomology

School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability

+61 7 54601 479

k.etebari@uq.edu.au

Researcher biography

I am an entomologist with a research interest focused on studying host-pathogen interactions and discovering insect-specific viruses. I have investigated gene expression and the role of small non-coding RNAs in various host-pathogen models, particularly in crucial agricultural pests and medically significant vectors like the Aedes aegypti, responsible for transmitting dengue and Zika viruses. My previous project, aimed at exploring the function of Oryctes rhinoceros nudivirus in the biological control of the coconut rhinoceros beetle in the Pacific Islands, has substantially enhanced our comprehension of this invasive pest within the framework of an offshore biosecurity strategy. By establishing industry partnerships and securing funding to improve the Australian sugar industry, one of Australia's largest agricultural sectors, I have been able to focus on entomopathogenic viruses that affect root-feeding pests in sugarcane.

Publications

Book Chapter (1)

Journal Articles (56)

Data Collection (1)

Thesis (1)

Book Chapter

Hussain, M., Etebari, K. and Asgari, S. (2016). Functions of small RNAs in mosquitoes. Progress in Mosquito Research. (pp. 189-222) edited by Alexander S. Raikhel. London, United Kingdom: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/bs.aiip.2016.04.001

Journal Articles

Qi, Zhi, Etebari, Kayvan, Nouzova, Marcela, Noriega, Fernando G. and Asgari, Sassan (2024). Differential gene expression and microRNA profile in corpora allata-corpora cardiaca of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes with weak juvenile hormone signalling. BMC Genomics, 25 (1) 113. doi: 10.1186/s12864-024-10007-9

Divekar, Gayatri, Colmant, Agathe M. G., Furlong, Michael J. and Etebari, Kayvan (2024). Transcriptome analysis reveals a diverse range of novel viruses in Australian Sugarcane Soldier Fly (Inopus flavus) larvae. Viruses, 16 (4) 516. doi: 10.3390/v16040516

Hegde, Shivanand, Brettell, Laura E., Quek, Shannon, Etebari, Kayvan, Saldaña, Miguel A., Asgari, Sassan, Coon, Kerri L., Heinz, Eva and Hughes, Grant L. (2024). Aedes aegypti gut transcriptomes respond differently to microbiome transplants from field-caught or laboratory-reared mosquitoes. Environmental Microbiology, 26 (2) e16576, e16576. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.16576

Hussain, Mazhar, Etebari, Kayvan and Asgari, Sassan (2023). Analysing inhibition of dengue virus in Wolbachia-infected mosquito cells following the removal of Wolbachia. Virology, 581, 48-55. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2023.02.017

Wang, Leyun, Etebari, Kayvan, Walter, Gimme H. and Furlong, Michael J. (2023). Sex dependent transcriptome responses of the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella L. to cold stress. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part D: Genomics and Proteomics, 45 101053, 101053. doi: 10.1016/j.cbd.2022.101053

Dai, Zhenkai, Etebari, Kayvan and Asgari, Sassan (2022). N6-methyladenosine modification of the Aedes aegypti transcriptome and its alteration upon dengue virus infection in Aag2 cell line. Communications Biology, 5 (1) 607, 1-13. doi: 10.1038/s42003-022-03566-8

Filipović, Igor, Rašić, Gordana, Hereward, James, Gharuka, Maria, Devine, Gregor J., Furlong, Michael J. and Etebari, Kayvan (2022). A high-quality de novo genome assembly based on nanopore sequencing of a wild-caught coconut rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes rhinoceros). BMC Genomics, 23 (1) 426, 1-15. doi: 10.1186/s12864-022-08628-z

Wang, Leyun, Etebari, Kayvan, Zhao, Zihua, Walter, Gimme H. and Furlong, Michael J. (2022). Differential temperature responses between Plutella xylostella and its specialist endo‐larval parasitoid Diadegma semiclausum —Implications for biological control. Insect Science, 29 (3), 855-864. doi: 10.1111/1744-7917.12967

Colmant, Agathe M. G., Furlong, Michael J. and Etebari, Kayvan (2022). Discovery of a novel jingmenvirus in Australian sugarcane soldier fly (Inopus flavus) larvae. Viruses, 14 (6) 1140, 1-10. doi: 10.3390/v14061140

Etebari, Kayvan, Lenancker, Pauline, Powell, Kevin S. and Furlong, Michael J. (2022). Transcriptomics reveal several novel viruses from canegrubs (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in central Queensland, Australia. Viruses, 14 (3) 649, 649. doi: 10.3390/v14030649

Leitner, Michael, Etebari, Kayvan and Asgari, Sassan (2022). Transcriptional response of Wolbachia-transinfected Aedes aegypti mosquito cells to dengue virus at early stages of infection. Journal of General Virology, 103 (1) 001694. doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.001694

Etebari, Kayvan, Hereward, James, Sailo, Apenisa, Ahoafi, Emeline M., Tautua, Robert, Tsatsia, Helen, Jackson, Grahame V. and Furlong, Michael J. (2022). Corrigendum to ‘‘Examination of population genetics of the Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle (Oryctes rhinoceros) and the incidence of its biocontrol agent (Oryctes rhinoceros nudivirus) in the South Pacific Islands Current'' [Research in Insect Science 1 (2021) 100015](S2666515821000081)(10.1016/j.cris.2021.100015). Current Research in Insect Science, 2 100035, 100035. doi: 10.1016/j.cris.2022.100035

Etebari, Kayvan, Taylor, Dianne B.J., Rahman, Md. Mahbubur, Dhileepan, Kunjithapatham, Furlong, Michael J. and Asgari, Sassan (2021). Exploration of RNA-Seq data to identify a potential pathogen of the leaf-mining moth, Stomphastis thraustica (Meyrick, 1908) (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). Data in Brief, 40 107708, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2021.107708

Etebari, Kayvan, Gharuka, Maria, Asgari, Sassan and Furlong, Michael J. (2021). Diverse host immune responses of different geographical populations of the coconut rhinoceros beetle to Oryctes rhinoceros nudivirus (OrNV) infection. Microbiology Spectrum, 9 (2) e00686-21, e0068621. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.00686-21

Asselin, Angelique K., Etebari, Kayvan, Furlong, Michael J. and Johnson, Karyn N. (2021). A new dicistro-like virus from soldier fly, Inopus flavus (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), a pest of sugarcane. Archives of Virology, 166 (10), 2841-2846. doi: 10.1007/s00705-021-05171-2

Perdomo, Hugo D., Hussain, Mazhar, Parry, Rhys, Etebari, Kayvan, Hedges, Lauren M., Zhang, Guangmei, Schulz, Benjamin L. and Asgari, Sassan (2021). Human blood microRNA hsa-miR-21-5p induces vitellogenin in the mosquito Aedes aegypti. Communications Biology, 4 (1) 856, 856. doi: 10.1038/s42003-021-02385-7

Etebari, Kayvan, Hereward, James, Sailo, Apenisa, Ahoafi, Emeline M., Tautua, Robert, Tsatsia, Helen, Jackson, Grahame V. and Furlong, Michael J. (2021). Examination of population genetics of the Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle (Oryctes rhinoceros) and the incidence of its biocontrol agent (Oryctes rhinoceros nudivirus) in the South Pacific Islands. Current Research in Insect Science, 1 100015, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.cris.2021.100015

Shelomi, Matan, Lin, Wei, Johnson, Brian R., Furlong, Michael J. and Etebari, Kayvan (2021). Detection of deformed wing virus (DWV) in the Vietnamese walking stick Medauroidea extradentata (Phasmatodea). Virus Research, 293 198263, 198263. doi: 10.1016/j.virusres.2020.198263

Filipovic, Igor, Hereward, James P., Rasic, Gordana, Devine, Gregor J., Furlong, Michael J. and Etebari, Kayvan (2021). The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Oryctes rhinoceros (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) based on long-read nanopore sequencing. PeerJ, 9 e10552, e10552. doi: 10.7717/peerj.10552

Etebari, Kayvan, Parry, Rhys, Beltran, Marie Joy B. and Furlong, Michael J. (2020). Transcription profile and genomic variation of Oryctes rhinoceros nudivirus (OrNV) in Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle. Journal of Virology, 94 (22) e01097-20, 1-18. doi: 10.1128/jvi.01097-20

Etebari, Kayvan, Shelomi, Matan and Furlong, Michael J. (2020). Identification of a novel Picorna-like virus in coconut rhinoceros beetles (Oryctes rhinoceros). Virus Research, 287 198100, 198100. doi: 10.1016/j.virusres.2020.198100

Etebari, Kayvan, Filipović, Igor, Rašić, Gordana, Devine, Gregor J., Tsatsia, Helen and Furlong, Michael J. (2020). Complete genome sequence of Oryctes rhinoceros nudivirus isolated from the coconut rhinoceros beetle in Solomon Islands. Virus Research, 278 197864, 197864. doi: 10.1016/j.virusres.2020.197864

Etebari, Kayvan, Lindsay, Karel. R., Ward, Andrew L. and Furlong, Michael J. (2019). Australian sugarcane soldier fly's salivary gland transcriptome in response to starvation and feeding on sugarcane crops. Insect Science, 27 (4) 1744-7917.12676, 708-720. doi: 10.1111/1744-7917.12676

Etebari, K., Afrad, M. H., Tang, B., Silva, R., Furlong, M. J. and Asgari, S. (2018). Involvement of microRNA miR-2b-3p in regulation of metabolic resistance to insecticides in Plutella xylostella. Insect Molecular Biology, 27 (4), 478-491. doi: 10.1111/imb.12387

Nouzova, Marcela, Etebari, Kayvan, Noriega, Fernando G. and Asgari, Sassan (2018). A comparative analysis of corpora allata-corpora cardiaca microRNA repertories revealed significant changes during mosquito metamorphosis. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 96, 10-18. doi: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2018.03.007

Etebari, Kayvan, Hedge, Shivanand, Saldaña, Miguel A., Widen, Steven G., Wood, Thomas G., Asgari, Sassan and Hughes, Grant L. (2017). Global transcriptome analysis of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in response to Zika virus infection. MSphere, 2 (6) e00456-17, e00456-17. doi: 10.1128/mSphere.00456-17

Colmant, Agathe M. G. , Etebari, Kayvan, Webb, Cameron E., Ritchie, Scott A., Jansen, Cassie C. , van den Hurk, Andrew F., Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Hobson-Peters, Jody, Asgari, Sassan and Hall, Roy A. (2017). Discovery of new orbiviruses and totivirus from Anopheles mosquitoes in Eastern Australia. Archives of Virology, 162 (11), 1-6. doi: 10.1007/s00705-017-3515-x

Saldana, Miguel A., Etebari, Kayvan, Hart, Charles E., Widen, Steven G., Wood, Thomas G., Thangamani, Saravanan, Asgari, Sassan and Hughes, Grant L. (2017). Zika virus alters the microRNA expression profile and elicits an RNAi response in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 11 (7) e0005760, e0005760. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005760

Lee, Morris, Etebari, Kayvan, Hall-Mendelin, Sonja, van den Hurk, Andrew F., Hobson-Peters, Jody, Vatipally, Sreenu, Schnettler, Esther, Hall, Roy and Asgari, Sassan (2017). Understanding the role of microRNAs in the interaction of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes with an insect-specific flavivirus. Journal of General Virology, 98 (7) 000832, 1892-1903. doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.000832

Valenzuela-Miranda, Diego, Etebari, Kayvan, Asgari, Sassan and Gallardo-Escárate, Cristian (2017). Long noncoding RNAs: unexplored players in the drug response of the sea louse Caligus rogercresseyi. Agri Gene, 4, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.aggene.2017.03.001

Niu, Jinzhi, Meeus, Ivan, DeConinck, Dieter IM, Deforce, Dieter, Etebari, Kayvan, Asgari, Sassan and Smagghe, Guy (2017). Infections of virulent and avirulent viruses differentially influenced the expression of dicer-1, ago-1, and microRNAs in Bombus terrestris. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) 45620, 45620.1-45620.11. doi: 10.1038/srep45620

Zhang, Guagmei, Etebari, Kayvan and Asgari, Sassan (2016). Wolbachia suppresses cell fusing agent virus in mosquito cells. Journal of General Virology, 97 (12) 000653, 3427-3432. doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.000653

Etebari, K. and Asgari, S. (2016). Revised annotation of Plutella xylostella microRNAs and their genome-wide target identification. Insect Molecular Biology, 25 (6), 788-799. doi: 10.1111/imb.12263

Etebari, Kayvan, Asad, Sultan, Zhang, Guangmei and Asgari, Sassan (2016). Identification of Aedes aegypti long intergenic non-coding RNAs and their association with Wolbachia and Dengue virus infection. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 10 (10) e0005069, e0005069. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005069

Etebari, Kayvan, Osei-Amo, Solomon, Blomberg, Simon Phillip and Asgari, Sassan (2015). Dengue virus infection alters posttranscriptional modification of microRNAs in the mosquito vector Aedes aegypti. Scientific Reports, 5 (1) 15968, 15968.1-15968.14. doi: 10.1038/srep15968

Etebari, Kayvan, Furlong, Michael J. and Asgari, Sassan (2015). Genome wide discovery of long intergenic non-coding RNAs in Diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella) and their expression in insecticide resistant strains. Scientific Reports, 5 (14642) 14642, 14642. doi: 10.1038/srep14642

Mayoral, Jamie G., Etebari, Kayvan, Hussain, Mazhar, Khromykh, Alexander A. and Asgari, Sassan (2014). Wolbachia infection modifies the profile, shuttling and structure of MicroRNAs in a mosquito cell line. PLoS One, 9 (4) e96107, e96107. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096107

Etebari, Kayvan and Asgari, Sassan (2014). Accuracy of microRNA discovery pipelines in non-model organisms using closely related species genomes. PloS One, 9 (1) e84747, 1-10. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084747

Etebari, Kayvan and Asgari, Sassan (2013). Conserved microRNA miR-8 blocks activation of the Toll pathway by upregulating Serpin 27 transcripts. RNA Biology, 10 (8), 1356-1364. doi: 10.4161/rna.25481

Etebari, Kayvan, Hussain, Mazhar and Asgari, Sassan (2013). Identification of microRNAs from Plutella xylostella larvae associated with parasitization by Diadegma semiclausum. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 43 (4), 309-318. doi: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2013.01.004

Etebari, Kayvan, Hussain, Mazhar and Asgari, Sassan (2012). Suppression of scavenger receptors transcription by parasitoid factors. Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 38 (4), 517-524. doi: 10.1016/j.dci.2012.08.006

Etebari, Kayvan, Palfreyman, Robin W., Schlipalius, David, Nielsen, Lars K., Glatz, Richard V. and Asgari, Sassan (2011). Deep sequencing-based transcriptome analysis of Plutella xylostella larvae parasitized by Diadegma semiclausum. BMC Genomics, 12 (1) 446, 446.1-446.18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-12-446

Zibaee, Arash, Jalali Sendi, Jalal, Ghadamyari, Mohammad, Alinia, Faramarz and Etebari, Kayvan (2009). Diazinon resistance in different selected strains of Chilo suppressalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in northern Iran. Journal of Economic Entomology, 102 (3), 1189-1196. doi: 10.1603/029.102.0343

Daryaei, Mehrdad Ghodskhahe, Darvishi, Simin, Etebari, Kayvan and Salehi, Mansor (2008). Host preference and nutrition efficiency of the gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar L. (Lymantriidae: Lepidoptera), on different poplar clones. Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry, 32 (6), 469-477. doi: 10.3906/tar-0712-23

Matindoost, Leila, Jalali Sendi, Jalal, Soleimanjahi, Hoorieh, Etebari, Kayvan and Rahbarizadeh, Fateme (2008). The effects of BmNPV on biochemical changes in primary cultures of Bombyx mori embryonic tissue. In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Animal, 44 (3-4), 121-127. doi: 10.1007/s11626-008-9083-3

Shekari, Maryam, Jalali Sendi, Jalal, Etebari, Kayvan, Zibaee, Arash and Shadparvar, Abdolahad (2008). Effects of Artemisia annua L. (Asteracea) on nutritional physiology and enzyme activities of elm leaf beetle, Xanthogaleruca luteola Mull. (Coleoptera: Chrysomellidae). Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology, 91 (1), 66-74. doi: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2008.01.003

Etebari, Kayvan, Ebadi, Rahim and Matindoost, Leila (2007). Physiological changes of silkworm (Bombyx mori L.) larvae fed on mulberry leaves supplemented with nitrogenous compounds. Journal of the Entomological Research Society, 9 (2), 1-15.

Etebari, K., Bizhannia, A. R., Sorati, R. and Matindoost, L. (2007). Biochemical changes in haemolymph of silkworm larvae due to pyriproxyfen residue. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology, 88 (1), 14-19. doi: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2006.08.005

Etebari, Kayvan, Matindoost, L., Mirhoseini, S. Z. and Turnbull, M. W. (2007). The effect of BmNPV infection on protein metabolism in silkworm (Bombyx mori) larva. Invertebrate Survival Journal, 4 (1), 13-17.

Rajabi Kanafi, R., Ebadi, R., Mirhosseini, S. Z., Seidavi, A. R., Zolfaghari, M. and Etebari, K. (2007). A review on nutritive effect of mulberry leaves enrichment with vitamins on economic traits and biological parameters of silkworm Bombyx mori L. Invertebrate Survival Journal, 4 (2), 86-91.

MATINDOOST, LEILA, SENDI, JALAL J., JAHI, HOORIEH SOLEIMAN and ETEBARI, KAYVAN (2006). Differences in nutrient uptake between the fat body and embryonic primary cultures of silkworm (Bombyx mori). Insect Science, 13 (1), 19-24. doi: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2006.00063.x

Shadparvar, AA, Ghanipoor, M, Mirhosseini, SZ and Etebari, K (2005). Derivation of economic values for productive and reproductive traits of Bombyx mori (Lepidoptera : Bombycidae) from profit equation. Journal of Economic Entomology, 98 (5), 1717-1722. doi: 10.1093/jee/98.5.1717

Mirhosseini, SZ, Ghanipoor, M, Shadparvar, A and Etebari, K (2005). Selection indices for cocoon traits in six commercial silkworm (Bombyx mori L.) lines. Philippine Agricultural Scientist, 88 (3), 328-336.

Etebari, Kayvan and Matindoost, Leila (2005). Application of Multi-vitamins as Supplementary Nutrients on Biological and Economical Characteristics of Silkworm Bombyx mori L. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 8 (1), 107-112. doi: 10.1016/S1226-8615(08)60078-3

Etebari, Kayvan and Matindoost, Leila (2004). Effects of hypervitaminosis of vitamin B3 on silkworm biology. Journal of Biosciences, 29 (4), 417-422. doi: 10.1007/BF02712113

Data Collection

Wang, Leyun, Etebari, Kayvan, Walter, Gimme and Furlong, Michael (2020). Reponses of Diadegma semiclausum to temperature. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/8c63210

Thesis

Etebari Jirsaraei, Kayvan (2013). The impact of parasitism on the host transcriptome and microRNA profile in Diadegma semiclausum - Plutella xylostella system. PhD Thesis, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland.