Dr Jeffrey Mak
Research Fellow
Institute for Molecular Bioscience
+61 7 334 62988
Researcher biography
Biography
Jeffrey Mak (PhD) is an organic chemist at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience. His publications cover a range of disciplines such as biological and medicinal chemistry, total synthesis, and physical organic chemistry. Dr Mak was selected as a Rising Star of Chemistry by the Australian Journal of Chemistry (2022).
Jeffrey Mak was awarded the Harriett Marks Bursary and a UQ University Medal before undertaking doctorate studies in natural product total synthesis with Prof. Craig Williams. This culminated in the first total synthesis of two caged diterpenes, (−)-neovibsanin G and (−)-14-epi-neovibsanin G. Next, he joined Prof. David Fairlie's group at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience. He is currently active in the fields of chemical biology and drug development. He is recognised for his development of ligands that modulate mucosal associated invariant T (MAIT) cells, which are a newly characterised subset of immune cells important in antibacterial defence (Accounts of Chemical Research, 2021). In 2014, he was part of an Australian team that discovered the identity of the ligands that activate MAIT cells, as published in Nature, playing a key role in the chemical synthesis and characterisation of the unstable and structurally unprecedented ligands (Nature Communications, 2017). He was selected as a CAS SciFinder Future Leader by the Chemical Abstract Service (a division of the American Chemical Society, 2017). In 2018, Dr Mak was chief investigator on a UQ Early Career Researcher Grant for developing new drug leads that target MAIT cells. Other recent awards include RSC Twitter Poster Conference (Chemical Biology) 1st Prize (2018), and a CASS Travel Award (2018).
Dr Mak has lectured in the undergraduate course Advanced Organic Chemistry (CHEM3001, 2017-2023). He has also served as a member of the UQ Cultural Inclusion Council, and as an ACS Wikipedia Fellow to systematically improve the chemistry and scientific content on Wikipedia (2018).
Student projects
Projects in medicinal chemistry, synthesis, and chemical biology are available (depending on lab space) for enthusiastic organic chemistry students at all levels (PhD, Masters, Honours, Undergraduate). These include the design and synthesis of:
- Stable analogues of immunostimulating bacterial ligands towards vaccines and anti-cancer immunotherapies
- Chemical biology tools for exploring MAIT cell activation
- Highly selective histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors as new drug leads
Previous student publications:
- Mak JYW* et al. (2024) Potent Immunomodulators Developed from an Unstable Bacterial Metabolite of Vitamin B2 Biosynthesis. Angewandte Chemie, e202400632.
- Mak JYW et al. (2021) HDAC7 inhibition by phenacetyl and phenylbenzoyl hydroxamates. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 64 (4), 2186-2204.
- Awad W, Ler GJM et al. (2020) The molecular basis underpinning the potency and specificity of MAIT cell antigens. Nature Immunology, 21 (4), 400-411.
- Ler GJM, Xu W, Mak JYW, Liu L et al. (2019) Computer modelling and synthesis of deoxy and monohydroxy analogues of a ribitylaminouracil bacterial metabolite that potently activates human T cells. Chemistry – A European Journal, 25 (68), 15594-15608.
Book Chapter
Mak, Jeffrey Y. W., Xu, Weijun and Fairlie, David P. (2017). Thiazoles in peptides and peptidomimetics. Peptidomimetics I. (pp. 235-266) edited by William D. Lubell. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/7081_2015_176
Journal Articles
Kammann, Tobias, Cai, Curtis, Sekine, Takuya, Mouchtaridi, Elli, Boulouis, Caroline, Nilsén, Vera, Ballesteros, Olga Rivera, Müller, Thomas R., Gao, Yu, Raineri, Elisa J. M., Mily, Akhirunnesa, Adamo, Sarah, Constantz, Christian, Niessl, Julia, Weigel, Whitney, Kokkinou, Efthymia, Stamper, Christopher, Marchalot, Anne, Bassett, John, Ferreira, Sabrina, Rødahl, Inga, Wild, Nicole, Brownlie, Demi, Tibbitt, Chris, Mak, Jeffrey Y. W., Fairlie, David P., Leeansyah, Edwin, Michaelsson, Jakob, Marquardt, Nicole ... Sandberg, Johan K. (2024). MAIT cell heterogeneity across paired human tissues reveals specialization of distinct regulatory and enhanced effector profiles. Science Immunology, 9 (99) eadn2362, eadn2362. doi: 10.1126/sciimmunol.adn2362
Purohit, Shivam K., Stern, Lauren, Corbett, Alexandra J., Mak, Jeffrey Y.W., Fairlie, David P., Slobedman, Barry and Abendroth, Allison (2024). Varicella Zoster Virus disrupts MAIT cell polyfunctional effector responses. PLoS Pathogens, 20 (8 August) e1012372, e1012372. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1012372
Mak, Jeffrey Y. W., Rivero, Ryan J. D., Hoang, Huy N., Lim, Xin Yi, Deng, Jieru, McWilliam, Hamish E. G., Villadangos, Jose A., McCluskey, James, Corbett, Alexandra J. and Fairlie, David P. (2024). Potent Immunomodulators Developed from an Unstable Bacterial Metabolite of Vitamin B2 Biosynthesis. Angewandte Chemie, 136 (31). doi: 10.1002/ange.202400632
Mak, Jeffrey Y. W., Rivero, Ryan J. D., Hoang, Huy N., Lim, Xin Yi, Deng, Jieru, McWilliam, Hamish E. G., Villadangos, Jose A., McCluskey, James, Corbett, Alexandra J. and Fairlie, David P. (2024). Potent immunomodulators developed from an unstable bacterial metabolite of vitamin B2 biosynthesis. Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), 63 (31) e202400632, e202400632. doi: 10.1002/anie.202400632
Zheng, Yichao, Han, Fei, Wu, Zhengyu, Wang, Bingjie, Chen, Xingchi, Boulouis, Caroline, Jiang, Yuebin, Ho, Amanda, He, Dan, Sia, Wan Rong, Mak, Jeffrey Y. W., Fairlie, David P., Wang, Lin-Fa, Sandberg, Johan K., Lobie, Peter E., Ma, Shaohua and Leeansyah, Edwin (2024). MAIT cell activation and recruitment in inflammation and tissue damage in acute appendicitis. Science Advances, 10 (24) eadn6331, eadn6331. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adn6331
Edmans, Matthew D., Connelley, Timothy K., Morgan, Sophie, Pediongco, Troi J., Jayaraman, Siddharth, Juno, Jennifer A., Meehan, Bronwyn S., Dewar, Phoebe M., Maze, Emmanuel A., Roos, Eduard O., Paudyal, Basu, Mak, Jeffrey YW., Liu, Ligong, Fairlie, David P., Wang, Huimeng, Corbett, Alexandra J., McCluskey, James, Benedictus, Lindert, Tchilian, Elma, Klenerman, Paul and Eckle, Sidonia BG. (2024). MAIT cell-MR1 reactivity is highly conserved across multiple divergent species. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 300 (6) 107338, 107338. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2024.107338
Ciacchi, Lisa, Mak, Jeffrey Y.W., Le, Jeremy P., Fairlie, David P., McCluskey, James, Corbett, Alexandra J., Rossjohn, Jamie and Awad, Wael (2024). Mouse mucosal-associated invariant T cell receptor recognition of MR1 presenting the vitamin B metabolite, 5-(2-oxopropylideneamino)-6-D-ribitylaminouracil. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 300 (5) 107229, 107229. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2024.107229
Kammann, Tobias, Gorin, Jean-Baptiste, Parrot, Tiphaine, Gao, Yu, Ponzetta, Andrea, Emgård, Johanna, Maleki, Kimia T., Sekine, Takuya, Rivera-Ballesteros, Olga, Gredmark-Russ, Sara, Rooyackers, Olav, Skagerberg, Magdalena, Eriksson, Lars I., Norrby-Teglund, Anna, Mak, Jeffrey Y. W., Fairlie, David P., Björkström, Niklas K., Klingström, Jonas, Ljunggren, Hans-Gustaf, Aleman, Soo, Buggert, Marcus, Strålin, Kristoffer, Sandberg, Johan K. and Karolinska COVID-19 Study Group (2024). Dynamic MAIT cell recovery after severe COVID-19 is transient with signs of heterogeneous functional anomalies. The Journal of Immunology, 212 (3), 389-396. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.2300639
Ito, Emi, Inuki, Shinsuke, Izumi, Yoshihiro, Takahashi, Masatomo, Dambayashi, Yuki, Ciacchi, Lisa, Awad, Wael, Takeyama, Ami, Shibata, Kensuke, Mori, Shotaro, Mak, Jeffrey Y. W., Fairlie, David P., Bamba, Takeshi, Ishikawa, Eri, Nagae, Masamichi, Rossjohn, Jamie and Yamasaki, Sho (2024). Sulfated bile acid is a host-derived ligand for MAIT cells. Science Immunology, 9 (91) ARTN eade6924, eade6924. doi: 10.1126/sciimmunol.ade6924
Nelson, Adam G., Wang, Huimeng, Dewar, Phoebe M., Eddy, Eleanor M., Li, Songyi, Lim, Xin Yi, Patton, Timothy, Zhou, Yuchen, Pediongco, Troi J., Meehan, Lucy J., Meehan, Bronwyn S., Mak, Jeffrey Y. W., Fairlie, David P., Stent, Andrew W., Kjer-Nielsen, Lars, McCluskey, James, Eckle, Sidonia B. G., Corbett, Alexandra J., Souter, Michael N. T. and Chen, Zhenjun (2023). Synthetic 5-amino-6-D-ribitylaminouracil paired with inflammatory stimuli facilitates MAIT cell expansion in vivo. Frontiers in Immunology, 14 1109759, 1-15. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1109759
Wang, Yizhuo, Abrol, Rishika, Mak, Jeffrey Y. W., Das Gupta, Kaustav, Ramnath, Divya, Karunakaran, Denuja, Fairlie, David P. and Sweet, Matthew J. (2023). Histone deacetylase 7: a signalling hub controlling development, inflammation, metabolism and disease. The FEBS Journal, 290 (11), 2805-2832. doi: 10.1111/febs.16437
Wang, Carl J.H., Awad, Wael, Liu, Ligong, Mak, Jeffrey Y.W., Veerapen, Natacha, Illing, Patricia T., Purcell, Anthony W., Eckle, Sidonia B.G., McCluskey, James, Besra, Gurdyal S., Fairlie, David P., Rossjohn, Jamie and Le Nours, Jérôme (2022). Quantitative affinity measurement of small molecule ligand binding to Major Histocompatibility Complex class-I related protein 1 MR1. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 298 (12) 102714, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.102714
Lim, Hui Jing, Wubben, Jacinta M., Garcia, Cristian Pinero, Cruz-Gomez, Sebastian, Deng, Jieru, Mak, Jeffrey Y.W., Hachani, Abderrahman, Anderson, Regan J., Painter, Gavin F., Goyette, Jesse, Amarasinghe, Shanika L., Ritchie, Matthew E., Roquilly, Antoine, Fairlie, David P., Gaus, Katharina, Rossjohn, Jamie, Villadangos, Jose A. and McWilliam, Hamish E.G. (2022). A specialized tyrosine-based endocytosis signal in MR1 controls antigen presentation to MAIT cells. Journal of Cell Biology, 221 (12) e202110125. doi: 10.1083/jcb.202110125
Souter, Michael N.T., Awad, Wael, Li, Shihan, Pediongco, Troi J., Meehan, Bronwyn S., Meehan, Lucy J., Tian, Zehua, Zhao, Zhe, Wang, Huimeng, Nelson, Adam, Le Nours, Jérôme, Khandokar, Yogesh, Praveena, T., Wubben, Jacinta, Lin, Jie, Sullivan, Lucy C., Lovrecz, George O., Mak, Jeffrey Y.W., Liu, Ligong, Kostenko, Lyudmila, Kedzierska, Katherine, Corbett, Alexandra J., Fairlie, David P., Brooks, Andrew G., Gherardin, Nicholas A., Uldrich, Adam P., Chen, Zhenjun, Rossjohn, Jamie, Godfrey, Dale I. ... Eckle, Sidonia B.G. (2022). CD8 coreceptor engagement of MR1 enhances antigen responsiveness by human MAIT and other MR1-reactive T cells. Journal of Experimental Medicine, 219 (9) e20210828, 1-30. doi: 10.1084/jem.20210828
de Araujo, Aline Dantes, Hoang, Huy N., Lim, Junxian, Mak, Jeffrey and Fairlie, David P. (2022). Tuning electrostatic and hydrophobic surfaces of aromatic rings to enhance membrane association and cell uptake of peptides. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 61 (29) e202203995, e202203995. doi: 10.1002/anie.202203995
Wang, Huimeng, Nelson, Adam G., Wang, Bingjie, Zhao, Zhe, Lim, Xin Yi, Shi, Mai, Meehan, Lucy J., Jia, Xiaoxiao, Kedzierska, Katherine, Meehan, Bronwyn S., Eckle, Sidonia B. G., Souter, Michael N. T., Pediongco, Troi J., Mak, Jeffrey Y. W., Fairlie, David P., McCluskey, James, Wang, Zhongfang, Corbett, Alexandra J. and Chen, Zhenjun (2022). The balance of
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responses during bacterial infection. Immunology & Cell Biology, 100 (7), 547-561. doi: 10.1111/imcb.12556
Johnson, Darryl N., Ruan, Zheng, Petley, Emma V., Devi, Sapna, Holz, Lauren E., Uldrich, Adam P., Mak, Jeffrey Y. W., Hor, Jyh Liang, Mueller, Scott N., McCluskey, James, Fairlie, David P., Darcy, Phillip K., Beavis, Paul A., Heath, William R. and Godfrey, Dale I. (2022). Differential location of NKT and MAIT cells within lymphoid tissue. Scientific Reports, 12 (1) 4034, 4034. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-07704-4
Tran, Thao Thanh, Mathmann, Carmen D., Gatica-Andrades, Marcela, Rollo, Rachel F., Oelker, Melanie, Ljungberg, Johanna K., Nguyen, Tam T. K., Zamoshnikova, Alina, Kummari, Lalith K., Wyer, Orry J. K., Irvine, Katharine M., Melo-Bolívar, Javier, Gross, Annette, Brown, Darren, Mak, Jeffrey Y. W., Fairlie, David P., Hansford, Karl A., Cooper, Matthew A., Giri, Rabina, Schreiber, Veronika, Joseph, Shannon R., Simpson, Fiona, Barnett, Timothy C., Johansson, Jörgen, Dankers, Wendy, Harris, James, Wells, Timothy J., Kapetanovic, Ronan, Sweet, Matthew J. ... Blumenthal, Antje (2022). Inhibition of the master regulator of Listeria monocytogenes virulence enables bacterial clearance from spacious replication vacuoles in infected macrophages. PLoS Pathogens, 18 (1) e1010166, e1010166. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010166
Phetsouphanh, Chansavath, Phalora, Prabhjeet, Hackstein, Carl-Philipp, Thornhill, John, Munier, Mee Ling, Meyerowitz, Jodi, Murray, Lyle, VanVuuren, Cloete, Goedhals, Dominique, Drexhage, Linnea, Moore, Rebecca, Sattentau, Quentin J, Mak, Jeffrey YW, Fairlie, David P, Fidler, Sarah, Kelleher, Anthony, Frater, John and Klenerman, Paul (2021). Human MAIT cells respond to and suppress HIV-1. eLife, 10 e50324. doi: 10.7554/elife.50324
Mak, Jeffrey Y.W., Liu, Ligong and Fairlie, David P. (2021). Chemical modulators of mucosal associated Invariant T cells. Accounts of Chemical Research, 54 (17) acs.accounts.1c00359, 3462-3475. doi: 10.1021/acs.accounts.1c00359
Petley, Emma V., Koay, Hui-Fern, Henderson, Melissa A., Sek, Kevin, Todd, Kirsten L., Keam, Simon P., Lai, Junyun, House, Imran G., Li, Jasmine, Zethoven, Magnus, Chen, Amanda X. Y., Oliver, Amanda J., Michie, Jessica, Freeman, Andrew J., Giuffrida, Lauren, Chan, Jack D., Pizzolla, Angela, Mak, Jeffrey Y. W., McCulloch, Timothy R., Souza-Fonseca-Guimaraes, Fernando, Kearney, Conor J., Millen, Rosemary, Ramsay, Robert G., Huntington, Nicholas D., McCluskey, James, Oliaro, Jane, Fairlie, David P., Neeson, Paul J., Godfrey, Dale I. ... Darcy, Phillip K. (2021). MAIT cells regulate NK cell-mediated tumor immunity. Nature Communications, 12 (1) 4746, 1-15. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-25009-4
Zhao, Zhe, Wang, Huimeng, Shi, Mai, Zhu, Tianyuan, Pediongco, Troi, Lim, Xin Yi, Meehan, Bronwyn S., Nelson, Adam G., Fairlie, David P., Mak, Jeffrey Y. W., Eckle, Sidonia B. G., de Lima Moreira, Marcela, Tumpach, Carolin, Bramhall, Michael, Williams, Cameron G., Lee, Hyun Jae, Haque, Ashraful, Evrard, Maximilien, Rossjohn, Jamie, McCluskey, James, Corbett, Alexandra J. and Chen, Zhenjun (2021). Francisella tularensis induces Th1 like MAIT cells conferring protection against systemic and local infection. Nature Communications, 12 (1) 4355, 1-15. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-24570-2
Edmans, Matthew D., Connelley, Timothy K., Jayaraman, Siddharth, Vrettou, Christina, Vordermeier, Martin, Mak, Jeffrey Y. W., Liu, Ligong, Fairlie, David P., Maze, Emmanuel Atangana, Chrun, Tiphany, Klenerman, Paul, Eckle, Sidonia B. G., Tchilian, Elma and Benedictus, Lindert (2021). Identification and phenotype of MAIT cells in cattle and their response to bacterial infections. Frontiers in Immunology, 12 627173, 627173. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.627173
Howson, Lauren J., Li, Jasmine, von Borstel, Anouk, Barugahare, Adele, Mak, Jeffrey Y. W., Fairlie, David P., McCluskey, James, Turner, Stephen J., Davey, Martin S. and Rossjohn, Jamie (2021). Mucosal-associated invariant t cell effector function is an intrinsic cell property that can be augmented by the metabolic cofactor α-ketoglutarate. The Journal of Immunology, 206 (7) ji2001048, 1425-1435. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.2001048
Mak, Jeffrey Y. W., Wu, Kai-Chen, Gupta, Praveer K., Barbero, Sheila, McLaughlin, Maddison G., Lucke, Andrew J., Tng, Jiahui, Lim, Junxian, Loh, Zhixuan, Sweet, Matthew J, Reid, Robert C., Liu, Ligong and Fairlie, David P. (2021). HDAC7 inhibition by phenacetyl and phenylbenzoyl hydroxamates. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 64 (4), 2186-2204. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c01967
Mak, Jeffrey Y. W. (2021). Determination of sample concentrations by PULCON NMR spectroscopy. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 75 (2), 160-164. doi: 10.1071/ch21149
Leeansyah, Edwin, Hey, Ying Ying, Sia, Wan Rong, Ng, Justin Han Jia, Gulam, Muhammad Yaaseen, Boulouis, Caroline, Zhu, Feng, Ahn, Matae, Mak, Jeffrey Y.W., Fairlie, David P., Kwa, Andrea Lay Hoon, Sandberg, Johan K. and Wang, Lin-Fa (2020). MR1-restricted T cells with MAIT-like characteristics are functionally conserved in the Pteropid Bat Pteropus alecto. iScience, 23 (12) 101876, 101876. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2020.101876
Yu, Huifeng, Yang, Amy, Derrick, Steven, Mak, Jeffrey Y. W., Liu, Ligong, Fairlie, David P. and Cowley, Siobhan (2020). Artificially induced MAIT cells inhibit M. bovis BCG but not M. tuberculosis during in vivo pulmonary infection. Scientific Reports, 10 (1) 13579, 13579. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-70615-9
McWilliam, Hamish E. G., Mak, Jeffrey Y. W., Awad, Wael, Zorkau, Matthew, Cruz-Gomez, Sebastian, Lim, Hui Jing, Yan, Yuting, Wormald, Sam, Dagley, Laura F., Eckle, Sidonia B. G., Corbett, Alexandra J., Liu, Haiyin, Li, Shihan, Reddiex, Scott J. J., Mintern, Justine D., Liu, Ligong, McCluskey, James, Rossjohn, Jamie, Fairlie, David P. and Villadangos, Jose A. (2020). Endoplasmic reticulum chaperones stabilize ligand-receptive MR1 molecules for efficient presentation of metabolite antigens. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117 (40), 1-12. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2011260117
Yu, Huifeng, Yang, Amy, Liu, Ligong, Mak, Jeffrey Y. W., Fairlie, David P. and Cowley, Siobhan (2020). CXCL16 stimulates antigen-induced MAIT cell accumulation but trafficking during lung infection is CXCR6-independent. Frontiers in Immunology, 11 1773, 1773. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.01773
Howson, Lauren J., Awad, Wael, von Borstel, Anouk, Lim, Hui Jing, McWilliam, Hamish E. G., Sandoval-Romero, Maria L., Majumdar, Shamik, Hamzeh, Abdul Rezzak, Andrews, Thomas D., McDermott, David H., Murphy, Philip M., Le Nours, Jérôme, Mak, Jeffrey Y. W., Liu, Ligong, Fairlie, David P., McCluskey, James, Villadangos, Jose A., Cook, Matthew C., Turner, Stephen J., Davey, Martin S., Ojaimi, Samar and Rossjohn, Jamie (2020). Absence of mucosal-associated invariant T cells in a person with a homozygous point mutation in MR1. Science Immunology, 5 (49) 9492, eabc9492. doi: 10.1126/sciimmunol.abc9492
Boulouis, Caroline, Sia, Wan Rong, Gulam, Muhammad Yaaseen, Teo, Jocelyn Qi Min, Png, Yi Tian, Phan, Thanh Kha, Mak, Jeffrey Y. W., Fairlie, David P., Poon, Ivan K. H., Koh, Tse Hsien, Bergman, Peter, Lim, Chwee Ming, Wang, Lin-Fa, Kwa, Andrea Lay Hoon, Sandberg, Johan K. and Leeansyah, Edwin (2020). Human MAIT cell cytolytic effector proteins synergize to overcome carbapenem resistance in Escherichia coli. PLoS Biology, 18 (6) e3000644, e3000644. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000644
Koay, Hui Fern, Su, Shian, Amann-Zalcenstein, Daniela, Daley, Stephen R, Comerford, Iain, Whyte, Carly E, Konstantinov, Igor E, d’Udekem, Yves, Baldwin, Tracey, Hickey, Peter F, Berzins, Stuart P, Mak, Jeffrey Y.W., Kallies, Axel, Chen, Zhenjun, Nussing, Simone, Kedzierska, Katherine, Mackay, Laura K, McColl, Shaun R, Deenick, Elissa K, Fairlie, David P, McCluskey, James, Goodnow, Christopher C, Ritchie, Matthew E, Belz, Gabrielle T, Naik, Shalin H, Pellicci, Daniel G and Godfrey, Dale I (2020). A divergent transcriptional landscape underpins the development and functional branching of MAIT cells. The Journal of Immunology, 204 (1_Supplement), 223.8-223.8. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.204.supp.223.8
Awad, Wael, Ler, Geraldine J. M., Xu, Weijun, Keller, Andrew N., Mak, Jeffrey Y. W., Lim, Xin Yi, Liu, Ligong, Eckle, Sidonia B. G., Le Nours, Jérôme, McCluskey, James, Corbett, Alexandra J., Fairlie, David P. and Rossjohn, Jamie (2020). The molecular basis underpinning the potency and specificity of MAIT cell antigens. Nature Immunology, 21 (4), 400-411. doi: 10.1038/s41590-020-0616-6
Yan, Juming, Allen, Stacey, McDonald, Elizabeth, Das, Indrajit, Mak, Jeffrey Y. W., Liu, Ligong, Fairlie, David P., Meehan, Bronwyn S., Chen, Zhenjun, Corbett, Alexandra J., Varelias, Antiopi, Smyth, Mark J. and Teng, Michele W. L. (2020). MAIT cells promote tumor initiation, growth and metastases via tumor MR1. Cancer Discovery, 10 (1), 124-141. doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.cd-19-0569
Koay, H-. F., Su, S., Amann-Zalcenstein, D., Daley, S. R., Comerford, I., Miosge, L., Whyte, C. E., Konstantinov, I. E., d'Udekem, Y., Baldwin, T., Hickey, P. F., Berzins, S. P., Mak, J. Y. W., Sontani, Y., Roots, C. M., Sidwell, T., Kallies, A., Chen, Z., Nüssing, S., Kedzierska, K., Mackay, L. K., McColl, S. R., Deenick, E. K., Fairlie, D. P., McCluskey, J., Goodnow, C. C., Ritchie, M. E., Belz, G. T., Naik, S. H. ... Godfrey, D. I. (2019). A divergent transcriptional landscape underpins the development and functional branching of MAIT cells. Science Immunology, 4 (41) eaay6039, eaay6039. doi: 10.1126/sciimmunol.aay6039
Wang, Huimeng, Kjer-Nielsen, Lars, Shi, Mai, D'Souza, Criselle, Pediongco, Troi J., Cao, Hanwei, Kostenko, Lyudmila, Lim, Xin Yi, Eckle, Sidonia B. G., Meehan, Bronwyn S., Zhu, Tianyuan, Wang, Bingjie, Zhao, Zhe, Mak, Jeffrey Y. W., Fairlie, David P., Teng, Michele W. L., Rossjohn, Jamie, Yu, Di, de St Groth, Barbara Fazekas, Lovrecz, George, Lu, Louis, McCluskey, James, Strugnell, Richard A., Corbett, Alexandra J. and Chen, Zhenjun (2019). IL-23 costimulates antigen-specific MAIT cell activation and enables vaccination against bacterial infection. Science Immunology, 4 (41) eaaw0402, eaaw0402. doi: 10.1126/sciimmunol.aaw0402
Ler, Geraldine J. M., Xu, Weijun, Mak, Jeffrey Y. W., Liu, Ligong, Bernhardt, Paul V. and Fairlie, David P (2019). Computer modelling and synthesis of deoxy and monohydroxy analogues of a ribitylaminouracil bacterial metabolite that potently activates human T cells. Chemistry – A European Journal, 25 (68) chem.201903732, 15594-15608. doi: 10.1002/chem.201903732
Juno, Jennifer A., Wragg, Kathleen M., Amarasena, Thakshila, Meehan, Bronwyn S., Mak, Jeffrey Y. W., Liu, Ligong, Fairlie, David P., McCluskey, James, Eckle, Sidonia B. G. and Kent, Stephen J. (2019). MAIT cells upregulate α4β7 in response to acute simian immunodeficiency virus/simian HIV infection but are resistant to peripheral depletion in pigtail macaques. The Journal of Immunology, 202 (7), ji1801405-2120. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1801405
Wang, Huimeng, D’Souza, Criselle, Lim, Xin Yi, Kostenko, Lyudmila, Pediongco, Troi J., Eckle, Sidonia B. G., Meehan, Bronwyn S., Shi, Mai, Wang, Nancy, Li, Shihan, Liu, Ligong, Mak, Jeffrey Y. W., Fairlie, David P., Iwakura, Yoichiro, Gunnersen, Jennifer M., Stent, Andrew W., Godfrey, Dale I., Rossjohn, Jamie, Westall, Glen P., Kjer-Nielsen, Lars, Strugnell, Richard A., McCluskey, James, Corbett, Alexandra J., Hinks, Timothy S. C. and Chen, Zhenjun (2018). MAIT cells protect against pulmonary Legionella longbeachae infection. Nature Communications, 9 (1) 3350, 3350. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-05202-8
Kjer-Nielsen, Lars, Corbett, Alexandra J., Chen, Zhenjun, Liu, Ligong, Mak, Jeffrey Y. W., Godfrey, Dale I., Rossjohn, Jamie, Fairlie, David P., McCluskey, James and Eckle, Sidonia B. G. (2018). An overview on the identification of MAIT cell antigens. Immunology and Cell Biology, 96 (6), 573-587. doi: 10.1111/imcb.12057
Varelias, Antiopi, Bunting, Mark D., Ormerod, Kate L., Koyama, Motoko, Olver, Stuart D., Straube, Jasmin, Kuns, Rachel D., Robb, Renee J., Henden, Andrea S., Cooper, Leanne, Lachner, Nancy, Gartlan, Kate H., Lantz, Olivier, Kjer-Nielsen, Lars, Mak, Jeffrey Y. W., Fairlie, David P., Clouston, Andrew D., McCluskey, James, Rossjohn, Jamie, Lane, Steven W., Hugenholtz, Philip and Hill, Geoffrey R. (2018). Recipient mucosal-associated invariant T cells control GVHD within the colon. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 128 (5), 1919-1936. doi: 10.1172/JCI91646
D'Souza, Criselle, Pediongco, Troi, Wang, Huimeng, Scheerlinck, Jean-Pierre Y., Kostenko, Lyudmila, Esterbauer, Robyn, Stent, Andrew W., Eckle, Sidonia B. G., Meehan, Bronwyn S., Strugnell, Richard A., Cao, Hanwei, Liu, Ligong, Mak, Jeffrey Y. W., Lovrecz, George, Lu, Louis, Fairlie, David P., Rossjohn, Jamie, McCluskey, James, Every, Alison L., Chen, Zhenjun and Corbett, Alexandra J. (2018). Mucosal-Associated Invariant T Cells Augment Immunopathology and Gastritis in Chronic Helicobacter pylori Infection. Journal of Immunology, 200 (5), 1901-1916. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1701512
Stoermer, Martin J., Wickramasinghe, Wasantha A., Byriel, Karl A., Hockless, David C. R., Skelton, Brian W., Sobolev, Alexandre N., White, Allan H., Mak, Jeffrey Y. W. and Fairlie, David P. (2017). Stereoelectronic Effects on Dienophile Separation Influence the Diels–Alder Synthesis of Molecular Clefts. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2017 (45), 6793-6796. doi: 10.1002/ejoc.201701319
Mak, Jeffrey Y. W., Xu, Weijun, Reid, Robert C., Corbett, Alexandra J., Meehan, Bronwyn S., Wang, Huimeng, Chen, Zhenjun, Rossjohn, Jamie, McCluskey, James, Liu, Ligong and Fairlie, David P. (2017). Stabilizing short-lived Schiff base derivatives of 5-aminouracils that activate mucosal-associated invariant T cells. Nature Communications, 8 (1) 14599, 14599. doi: 10.1038/ncomms14599
Keller, Andrew N., Eckle, Sidonia B. G., Xu, Weijun, Liu, Ligong, Hughes, Victoria A., Mak, Jeffrey Y. W., Meehan, Bronwyn S., Pediongco, Troi, Birkinshaw, Richard W., Chen, Zhenjun, Wang, Huimeng, D'Souza, Criselle, Kjer-Nielsen, Lars, Gherardin, Nicholas A., Godfrey, Dale I., Kostenko, Lyudmila, Corbett, Alexandra J., Purcell, Anthony W., Fairlie, David P., McCluskey, James and Rossjohn, Jamie (2017). Drugs and drug-like molecules can modulate the function of mucosal-associated invariant T cells. Nature Immunology, 18 (4), 402-411. doi: 10.1038/ni.3679
Yau, Mei-Kwan, Liu, Ligong, Suen, Jacky Y., Lim, Junxian, Lohman, Rink-Jan, Jiang, Yuhong, Cotterell, Adam J., Barry, Grant D., Mak, Jeffrey Y. W., Vesey, David A., Reid, Robert C. and Fairlie, David P. (2016). PAR2 modulators derived from GB88. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 7 (12), 1179-1184. doi: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.6b00306
Eckle, Sidonia B.G., Corbett, Alexandra J., Keller, Andrew, Chen, Zhenjun, Godfrey, Dale I., Liu, Ligong, Mak, Jeffrey Y. W., Fairlie, David P., Rossjohn, Jamie and McCluskey, James (2015). Recognition of Vitamin B precursors and byproducts by Mucosal Associated Invariant T cells. The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 290 (51), 30204-30211. doi: 10.1074/jbc.R115.685990
Mak, Jeffrey Y. W., Pouwer, Rebecca H. and Williams, Craig M. (2014). Natural Products with Anti-Bredt and Bridgehead Double Bonds. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 53 (50), 13664-13688. doi: 10.1002/anie.201400932
Corbett, Alexandra J., Eckle, Sidonia B. G., Birkinshaw, Richard W., Liu, Ligong, Patel, Onisha, Mahony, Jennifer, Chen, Zhenjun, Reantragoon, Rangsima, Meehan, Bronwyn, Cao, Hanwei, Williamson, Nicholas A., Strugnell, Richard A., Van Sinderen, Douwe, Mak, Jeffrey Y. W., Fairlie, David P., Kjer-Nielsen, Lars, Rossjohn, Jamie and McClusky, James (2014). T-cell activation by transitory neo-antigens derived from distinct microbial pathways. Nature, 509 (7500), 361-365. doi: 10.1038/nature13160
Mak, Jeffrey Y. W. and Williams, Craig M. (2012). Erratum: Enantioselective total synthesis of ()-neovibsanin G and ()-14-epi-neovibsanin G (Chemical Communications (2012) (287-289) DOI: 10.1039/c1cc15995j)). Chemical Communications, 48 (100) doi: 10.1039/c2cc90426h
Mak, Jeffrey Y. W. and Williams, Craig M. (2012). Total synthesis of (-)-neovibsanin G and (-)-14-epi-neovibsanin G: Towards the synthesis of 15-O-methylneovibsanin F and 14-epi-15-O-methylneovibsanin F. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2012 (10), 2001-2012. doi: 10.1002/ejoc.201101796
Mak, Jeffrey Y. W. and Williams, Craig M. (2012). Key achievements in the total synthesis of vibsane-type diterpenoids. Natural Product Reports, 29 (4), 440-448. doi: 10.1039/c2np00067a
Mak, Jeffrey Y.W. and Williams, Craig M. (2012). Enantioselective total synthesis of (-)-neovibsanin G and (-)-14-epi-neovibsanin G. Chemical Communications, 48 (2), 287-289. doi: 10.1039/c1cc15995j
McGeary, Ross P., Vella, Peter, Mak, Jeffery Y. W., Guddat, Luke W. and Schenk, Gerhard (2009). Inhibition of purple acid phosphatase with alpha-alkoxynaphthylmethylphosphonic acids. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 19 (1), 163-166. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2008.10.125
Conference Papers
Wang, H., Kjer-Nielsen, L., Shi, M., Souza, D. C., Pediongco, T., Cao, H., Kostenko, L., Lim, X., Eckle, S., Meeha, B., Wang, B., Zhu, T., Mak, J., Fairlie, D., Teng, M., Rossjohn, J., Yu, D., Groth, B., McCluskey, J., Strugnell, R., Corbett, A. and Chen, Z. (2019). IL-23 co-stimulation drives antigen-specific MAIT cell activation and enables vaccination against bacterial infection. 17th International Congress of Immunology (IUIS), Beijing, China, 19-23 October, 2019. Weinheim, Germany: WILEY. doi: 10.1002/eji.201970400
Varelias, Antiopi, Bunting, Mark, Ormerod, Kate, Koyama, Motoko, Olver, Stuart, Straube, Jasmin, Kuns, Rachel, Robb, Renee, Henden, Andrea, Cooper, Leanne, Lachner, Nancy, Gartlan, Kate, Lantz, Olivier J., Kjer-Nielsen, Lars, Mak, Jeffrey, Fairlie, David, Clouston, Andrew, McCluskey, James, Rossjohn, Jamie, Lane, Steven, Hugenholtz, Phil and Hill, Geoff (2018). Recipient mucosal-associated invariant T cells control graft-versus-host-disease within the colon. Immunology 2018™ Meeting, Austin, TX United States, 4-8 May 2018. Rockville, MD United States: American Association of Immunologists. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.200.supp.55.15
Varelias, Antiopi, Bunting, Mark, Ormerod, Kate, Koyama, Motoko, Olver, Stuart, Straube, Jasmin, Kuns, Rachel, Robb, Renee, Henden, Andrea, Cooper, Leanne, Lachner, Nancy, Gartlan, Kate, Lantz, Olivier J., Kjer-Nielsen, Lars, Mak, Jeffrey, Fairlie, David, Clouston, Andrew, McCluskey, James, Rossjohn, Jamie, Lane, Steven, Hugenholtz, Phil and Hill, Geoff (2018). Recipient mucosal-associated invariant T cells control graft-versus-host-disease within the colon. Immunology Meeting, Austin Tx, 4-8 May 2018. Bethesda, MD United States: American Association of Immunologists.
Stoermer, Martin J., Wickramasinghe, Wasantha A., Byriel, Karl A., Hockless, David C. R., Skelton, Brian W., Sobolev, Alexandre N., White, Alan H., Mak, Jeffrey Y. W. and Fairlie, David P. (2018). Stereoelectronic effects on dienophile separation influence the Diels–Alder synthesis of molecular clefts. 2018 Royal Society of Chemistry Twitter Conference, London, United Kingdom (held online), 6-7 March 2018. London, United Kingdom: Royal Society of Chemistry.
Mak, Jeffrey, Xu, Weijun, Reid, Robert, Corbett, Alexandra, Meehan, Bronwyn, Wang, Huimeng, Chen, Zhenjun, Rossjohn, Jamie, McCluskey, James, Liu, Ligong and Fairlie, David (2017). Vitamin B2 related molecules that activate T cells. 254th National Meeting and Exposition of the American-Chemical-Society (ACS) on Chemistry's Impact on the Global Economy, Washington DC, USA, 20-24 August 2017. Washington DC, USA: American Chemical Society.
McCluskey, J., Corbett, A. J., Eckle, S. B. G., Chen, Z., Wang, H., Sun, S., D'Souza, C., Kostenko, L., Reantragoon, R., Meehan, B., Birkinshaw, R. W., Liu, L., Patel, O., Mahony, J., Cao, H., Jackson, D., Williamson, N. A., Strugnell, R. A., Mak, J. Y. W., Van Sinderen, D., Fairlie, D. P., Kjer-Nielsen, L., Godfrey, D., I and Rossjohn, J. (2016). MAIT cells: Friend or Foe in recognising microbial vitamin metabolites presented by the MHC-I-related molecule MR1. International Congress of Immunology (ICI), Melbourne, Australia, August 21-26, 2016. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley. doi: 10.1002/eji.201670200
Eckle, S. B. G., Keller, A. N., Xu, W., Meehan, B., Pediongco, T., Liu, L., Hughes, V. A., Mak, J. Y. W., Birkinshaw, R. W., Chen, Z., Wang, H., D'Souza, C., Kostenko, L., Corbett, A. J., Purcell, A. W., Fairlie, D. P., Rossjohn, J. and McCluskey, J. (2016). Drugs/drug analogues modulate MAIT cell function in an MR1-dependent manner. International Congress of Immunology (ICI), Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 21-26 August 2016. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley - VCH. doi: 10.1002/eji.201670200
Keller, A. N., Eckle, S. B. G., Xu, W., Liu, L., Hughes, V. A., Mak, J., Meehan, B., Pediongco, T., Birkinshaw, R. W., Chen, Z., Wang, H., Souza, C., Kostenko, L., Corbett, A. J., Purcell, A. W., Fairlie, D. P., McCluskey, J. and Rossjohn, J. (2016). Common drugs modulate mucosal-associated invariant T cell function. International Congress of Immunology (ICI), Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 21-26 August 2016. Germany: Wiley. doi: 10.1002/eji.201670200