Mr Krishantha Wardamune Gedara
Higher degree by research (PhD) student
Institute for Molecular Bioscience
+61 7 334 62376
Book Chapters
Rousis, Nikolaos I., Bade, Richard, Dewapriya, Pradeep, Li, Jiaying, Duan, Haoran and Thomaidis, Nikolaos S. (2024). Removal of emerging contaminants from wastewater by various treatment technologies in wastewater treatment plants. Sustainable technologies for remediation of emerging pollutants from aqueous environment. (pp. 389-409) edited by Mohammad Hadi Dehghani, Rama Rao Karri and Inderjeet Tyagi. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/b978-0-443-18618-9.00020-6
Rousisa, Nikolaos I., Bade, Richard, Dewapriya, Pradeep, Li, Jiaying, Duan, Haoran and Thomaidis, Nikolaos S. (2023). Removal of emerging contaminants from wastewater by various treatment technologies in wastewater treatment plants. Sustainable Remediation Technologies for Emerging Pollutants in Aqueous Environment. (pp. 389-410) edited by Mohammad Hadi Dehghani, Rama Rao Karri and Inderjeet Tyagi. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier.
Dewapriya, Pradeep and Kim, Se-Kwon (2015). Marine algae for protecting your brain: neuroprotective potentials of marine algae. Marine algae extracts: processes, products, and applications. (pp. 359-370) Weinheim, Germany: Wiley‐VCH Verlag. doi: 10.1002/9783527679577.ch22
Kim, Se-Kwon and Dewapriya, Pradeep (2014). Enzymes from fish processing waste materials and their commercial applications. Seafood processing by-products: trends and applications. (pp. 183-196) edited by Se-Kwon Kim. New York, NY, United States: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4614-9590-1_10
Kim, Se-Kwon, Dewapriya, Pradeep and Li, Yong-Xin (2013). Marine sponge-associated microbes: a source of biologically active metabolites. Marine pharmacognosy: trends and applications. (pp. 219-229) edited by Se-Kwon Kim. Boca Raton, FL, United States: CRC Press. doi: 10.1201/b13868
Kim, Se-Kwon and Dewapriya, Pradeep (2013). Active ingredients from marine microorganisms for modern nutraceuticals. Marine nutraceuticals: prospects and perspectives. (pp. 187-198) edited by Se-Kwon Kim. Boca Raton, FL, United States: CRC Press. doi: 10.1201/b13904
Kim, Se-Kwon and Dewapriya, Pradeep (2013). Anticancer potentials of marine-derived fungal metabolites. Marine microbiology: bioactive compounds and biotechnological applications. (pp. 237-245) edited by Se-Kwon Kim. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH. doi: 10.1002/9783527665259.ch14
Kim, Se-Kwon and Dewapriya, Pradeep (2013). Biologically active compounds form seafood processing by-products. Biotransformation of waste biomass into high value biochemicals. (pp. 299-311) edited by Satinder Kaur Brar, Gurpreet Singh Dhillon and Carlos Ricardo Soccol. New York, NY, United States: Springer New York. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4614-8005-1_12
Kim, Se-Kwon and Dewapriya, Pradeep (2012). Bioactive Compounds from Marine Sponges and Their Symbiotic Microbes: A Potential Source of Nutraceuticals. Marine Medicinal Foods — Implications and Applications - Animals and Microbes. (pp. 137-151) Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier Academic Press . doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-416003-3.00008-1
Journal Articles
Bade, Richard, Huchthausen, Julia, Huber, Carolin, Dewapriya, Pradeep, Tscharke, Benjamin J., Verhagen, Rory, Puljevic, Cheneal, Escher, Beate I. and O'Brien, Jake W. (2024). Improving wastewater-based epidemiology for new psychoactive substance surveillance by combining a high-throughput in vitro metabolism assay and LC−HRMS metabolite identification. Water Research, 253 121297, 121297. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.121297
Boisseaux, Paul, Rauert, Cassandra, Dewapriya, Pradeep, Delignette-Muller, Marie-Laure, Barrett, Robyn, Durndell, Lee, Pohl, Florian, Thompson, Richard, Thomas, Kevin V. and Galloway, Tamara (2024). Deep dive into the chronic toxicity of tyre particle mixtures and their leachates. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 466 133580, 133580. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.133580
Ghorbani Gorji, Sara, Gómez Ramos, María José, Dewapriya, Pradeep, Schulze, Bastian, Mackie, Rachel, Nguyen, Thi Minh Hong, Higgins, Christopher P., Bowles, Karl, Mueller, Jochen F., Thomas, Kevin V. and Kaserzon, Sarit L. (2024). New PFASs identified in AFFF impacted groundwater by passive sampling and nontarget analysis. Environmental Science and Technology, 58 (3), 1690-1699. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.3c06591
Salim, Angela A., Hussein, Waleed M., Dewapriya, Pradeep, Hoang, Huy N., Zhou, Yahao, Samarasekera, Kaumadi, Khalil, Zeinab G., Fairlie, David P. and Capon, Robert J. (2023). Talarolides Revisited: Cyclic Heptapeptides from an Australian Marine Tunicate-Associated Fungus, Talaromyces sp. CMB-TU011. Marine Drugs, 21 (9) 487, 1-17. doi: 10.3390/md21090487
Dewapriya, Pradeep, Chadwick, Lachlan, Gorji, Sara Ghorbani, Schulze, Bastian, Valsecchi, Sara, Samanipour, Saer, Thomas, Kevin V. and Kaserzon, Sarit L. (2023). Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in consumer products: current knowledge and research gaps. Journal of Hazardous Materials Letters, 4 100086, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.hazl.2023.100086
Dewapriya, Pradeep, Nilsson, Sandra, Ghorbani Gorji, Sara, O’Brien, Jake W., Bräunig, Jennifer, Gómez Ramos, María José, Donaldson, Eric, Samanipour, Saer, Martin, Jonathan W., Mueller, Jochen F., Kaserzon, Sarit L. and Thomas, Kevin V. (2023). Novel per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances discovered in cattle exposed to AFFF-impacted groundwater. Environmental Science and Technology, 57 (36), 13635-13645. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.3c03852
Feraud, Mathieu, O’Brien, Jake W., Samanipour, Saer, Dewapriya, Pradeep, van Herwerden, Denice, Kaserzon, Sarit, Wood, Ian, Rauert, Cassandra and Thomas, Kevin V. (2023). InSpectra – A Platform for Identifying Emerging Chemical Threats. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 455 131486, 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131486
Dewapriya, Pradeep, Rousis, Nikolaos, Rauert, Cassandra, Thomaidis, Nikolaos S. and Thomas, Kevin V. (2023). High-resolution mass spectrometric profiling of stormwater in an Australian creek. ACS ES and T Water, 3 (8), 2502-2511. doi: 10.1021/acsestwater.3c00119
Tan, Xiao, Dewapriya, Pradeep, Prasad, Pritesh, Chang, Yixin, Huang, Xumin, Wang, Yiqing, Gong, Xiaokai, Hopkins, Timothy E., Fu, Changkui, Thomas, Kevin V., Peng, Hui, Whittaker, Andrew Keith and Zhang, Cheng (2022). Efficient removal of perfluorinated chemicals from contaminated water sources using magnetic fluorinated polymer sorbents. Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), 61 (49) e202213071, e202213071. doi: 10.1002/anie.202213071
Tan, Xiao, Dewapriya, Pradeep, Prasad, Pritesh, Chang, Yixin, Huang, Xumin, Wang, Yiqing, Gong, Xiaokai, Hopkins, Timothy E., Fu, Changkui, Thomas, Kevin V., Peng, Hui, Whittaker, Andrew K. and Zhang, Cheng (2022). Efficient removal of perfluorinated chemicals from contaminated water sources using magnetic fluorinated polymer sorbents. Angewandte Chemie, 134 (49) e202213071, 1-9. doi: 10.1002/ange.202213071
Charbonnet, Joseph A., McDonough, Carrie A., Xiao, Feng, Schwichtenberg, Trever, Cao, Dunping, Kaserzon, Sarit, Thomas, Kevin V., Dewapriya, Pradeep, Place, Benjamin J., Schymanski, Emma L., Field, Jennifer A., Helbling, Damian E. and Higgins, Christopher P. (2022). Communicating confidence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance identification via high-resolution mass spectrometry. Environmental Science and Technology Letters, 9 (6), 473-481. doi: 10.1021/acs.estlett.2c00206
Zheng, Qiuda, Dewapriya, Pradeep, Eaglesham, Geoff, Reeks, Tim, Thompson, Jack, Ahmed, Fahad, Prasad, Pritesh, Thomas, Kevin V., Mueller, Jochen F. and Thai, Phong K. (2022). Direct injection analysis of oxypurinol and metformin in wastewater by hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry. Drug Testing and Analysis, 14 (8), 1519-1524. doi: 10.1002/dta.3266
Schulze, Bastian, Jeon, Youngjoon, Kaserzon, Sarit, Heffernan, Amy L., Dewapriya, Pradeep, O'Brien, Jake, Gomez Ramos, Maria Jose, Ghorbani Gorji, Sara, Mueller, Jochen F., Thomas, Kevin V. and Samanipour, Saer (2020). An assessment of quality assurance/quality control efforts in high resolution mass spectrometry non-target workflows for analysis of environmental samples. TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 133 116063, 116063. doi: 10.1016/j.trac.2020.116063
Fan, Bicheng, Dewapriya, Pradeep, Li, Fengjie, Grauso, Laura, Blümel, Martina, Mangoni, Alfonso and Tasdemir, Deniz (2020). Pyrenosetin D, a New Pentacyclic Decalinoyltetramic Acid Derivative from the Algicolous Fungus Pyrenochaetopsis sp. FVE-087. Marine Drugs, 18 (6) 281, 281. doi: 10.3390/md18060281
Fan, Bicheng, Dewapriya, Pradeep, Li, Fengjie, Blümel, Martina and Tasdemir, Deniz (2020). Pyrenosetins A–C, new decalinoylspirotetramic acid derivatives isolated by bioactivity-based molecular networking from the seaweed-derived fungus Pyrenochaetopsis sp. FVE-001. Marine Drugs, 18 (1) 47, 47. doi: 10.3390/md18010047
Jiao, Wei-Hua, Salim, Angela A., Khalil, Zeinab G., Dewapriya, Pradeep, Lin, Hou-Wen, Butler, Mark S. and Capon, Robert J. (2019). Trivirensols: selectively bacteriostatic sesquiterpene trimers from the Australian termite nest-derived fungus Trichoderma virens CMB-TN16. Journal of Natural Products, 82 (11), 3165-3175. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.9b00760
McAlpine, James B., Chen, Shao-Nong, Kutateladze, Andrei, MacMillan, John B., Appendino, Giovanni, Barison, Andersson, Beniddir, Mehdi A., Biavatti, Maique W., Bluml, Stefan, Boufridi, Asmaa, Butler, Mark S., Capon, Robert J., Choi, Young H., Coppage, David, Crews, Phillip, Crimmins, Michael T., Csete, Marie, Dewapriya, Pradeep, Egan, Joseph M., Garson, Mary J., Genta-Jouve, Grégory, Gerwick, William H., Gross, Harald, Harper, Mary Kay, Hermanto, Precilia, Hook, James M., Hunter, Luke, Jeannerat, Damien, Ji, Nai-Yun ... Pauli, Guido F. (2019). Correction: The value of universally available raw NMR data for transparency, reproducibility, and integrity in natural product research. Natural Product Reports, 36 (1), 248-249. doi: 10.1039/c8np90041h
Jiao, Wei-Hua, Dewapriya, Pradeep, Mohamed, Osama, Khalil, Zeinab G., Salim, Angela A., Lin, Hou-Wen and Capon, Robert J. (2018). Divirensols: Sesquiterpene Dimers from the Australian Termite Nest-Derived Fungus Trichoderma virens CMB-TN16. Journal of Natural Products, 82 (1) acs.jnatprod.8b00746, 87-95. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.8b00746
Dewapriya, Pradeep, Khalil, Zeinab G., Prasad, Pritesh, Salim, Angela A., Cruz-Morales, Pablo, Marcellin, Esteban and Capon, Robert J. (2018). Talaropeptides A-D: Structure and Biosynthesis of Extensively N-methylated Linear Peptides From an Australian Marine Tunicate-Derived Talaromyces sp. Frontiers in Chemistry, 6 394, 394. doi: 10.3389/fchem.2018.00394
McAlpine, James B., Chen, Shao-Nong, Kutateladze, Andrei, MacMillan, John B., Appendino, Giovanni, Barison, Andersson, Beniddir, Mehdi A., Biavatti, Maique W., Bluml, Stefan, Boufridi, Asmaa, Butler, Mark S., Capon, Robert J., Choi, Young H., Coppage, David, Crews, Phillip, Crimmins, Michael T., Csete, Marie, Dewapriya, Pradeep, Egan, Joseph M., Garson, Mary J., Genta-Jouve, Grégory, Gerwick, William H., Gross, Harald, Harper, Mary Kay, Hermanto, Precilia, Hook, James M., Hunter, Luke, Jeannerat, Damien, Ji, Nai-Yun ... Pauli, Guido F. (2018). The value of universally available raw NMR data for transparency, reproducibility, and integrity in natural product research. Natural Product Reports, 36 (1), 35-107. doi: 10.1039/c7np00064b
Jiao, Wei-Hua, Khalil, Zeinab, Dewapriya, Pradeep, Salim, Angela A, Lin, Hou-Wen and Capon, Robert J (2018). Trichodermides A-E: New peptaibols isolated from the Australian termite nest-derived fungus trichoderma virens CMB-TN16. Journal of Natural Products, 81 (4), 976-984. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.7b01072
Forster, Louise C., Pierens, Gregory K., White, Andrew M., Cheney, Karen L., Dewapriya, Pradeep, Capon, Robert J. and Garson, Mary J. (2017). Cytotoxic spiroepoxide lactone and its putative biosynthetic precursor from Goniobranchus Splendidus. ACS Omega, 2 (6), 2672-2677. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.7b00641
Dewapriya, Pradeep, Prasad, Pritesh, Damodar, Rakesh, Salim, Angela A. and Capon, Robert J. (2017). Talarolide A, a cyclic heptapeptide hydroxamate from an Australian marine tunicate-associated fungus, Talaromyces sp. (CMB-TU011). Organic Letters, 19 (8), 2046-2049. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.7b00638
Forster, Louise C., Winters, Anne E., Cheney, Karen L., Dewapriya, Pradeep, Capon, Robert J. and Garson, Mary J. (2017). Spongian-16-one Diterpenes and their Anatomical Distribution in the Australian Nudibranch Goniobranchus collingwoodi. Journal of Natural Products, 80 (3), 670-675. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.6b00936
Li, Yong-Xin, Himaya, S. W. A., Dewapriya, Pradeep, Kim, Hak Jun and Kim, Se-Kwon (2014). Anti-proliferative effects of isosclerone isolated from marine fungus Aspergillus fumigatus in MCF-7 human breast cancer cells. Process Biochemistry, 49 (12), 2292-2298. doi: 10.1016/j.procbio.2014.08.016
Dewapriya, Pradeep, Li, Yong-Xin, Himaya, S. W. A. and Kim, Se-Kwon (2014). Isolation and characterization of marine- derived Mucor sp. for the fermentative production of tyrosol. Process Biochemistry, 49 (9), 1402-1408. doi: 10.1016/j.procbio.2014.06.004
Dewapriya, Pradeep and Kim, Se-kwon (2014). Marine microorganisms: An emerging avenue in modern nutraceuticals and functional foods. Food Research International, 56, 115-125. doi: 10.1016/j.foodres.2013.12.022
Li, Yong-Xin, Himaya, S.W.A., Dewapriya, Pradeep, Zhang, Chen and Kim, Se-Kwon (2013). Fumigaclavine c from a marine-derived fungus Aspergillus fumigatus induces apoptosis in MCF-7 breast cancer cells. Marine Drugs, 11 (12), 5063-5086. doi: 10.3390/md11125063
Dewapriya, Pradeep, Himaya, S. W. A., Li, Yong-Xin and Kim, Se-Kwon (2013). Tyrosol exerts a protective effect against dopaminergic cell death in in vitro model of Parkinson's disease. Food Chemistry, 141 (2), 1147-1157. doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2013.04.004
Kim, MinJeong, Li, Yong-Xin, Dewapriya, Pradeep, Ryu, BoMi and Kim, Se-Kwon (2013). Floridoside suppresses pro-inflammatory responses by blocking MAPK signaling in activated microglia. BMB Reports, 46 (8), 398-403. doi: 10.5483/BMBRep.2013.46.8.237
Himaya, S.W.A., Dewapriya, Pradeep and Kim, Se-Kwon (2013). EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitory peptide attenuates Helicobacter pylori-mediated hyper proliferation in AGS enteric epithelial cells. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, 269 (3), 205-214. doi: 10.1016/j.taap.2013.03.020
Dewapriya, Pradeep, Li, Yong-Xin, Himaya, S. W. A., Pangestuti, Ratih and Kim, Se-Kwon (2013). Neoechinulin A suppresses amyloid-β oligomer-induced microglia activation and thereby protects PC-12 cells from inflammation-mediated toxicity. NeuroToxicology, 35 (1), 30-40. doi: 10.1016/j.neuro.2012.12.004
Conference Papers
Dewapriya, Pradeep, Bräunig, Jennifer, Donaldson, Eric, Mueller, Jochen F., Kaserzon, Sarit and Thomas, Kevin (2022). Non-target screening of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in cattle exposed to AFFF-contaminated groundwater. Queensland Mass Spectrometry Symposium 2022, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 1-2 December 2022.
Dewapriya, Pradeep, Jeon, Youngjoon, Feraud, Mathieu, O'Brien, Jake, Gorji, Sara Ghorbani, Samanipour, Saer, Kaserzon, Sarit and Thomas, Kevin (2021). A global emerging contaminant early warning exercise through the use of retrospective suspect screening with high-resolution mass spectrometry. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Australasia Conference, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 3 August-2 September 2021.
Dewapriya, Pradeep, Khalil, Zeinab G., Prasad, Pritesh, Salim, Angela A., Morales, Pablo C., Marcellin, Esteban and Capon, Robert J. (2018). Talaropeptides A–D: Structure and biosynthesis of extensively N-methylated linear peptides from an Australian marine tunicate-derived Talaromyces sp.. American Society of Pharmacognosy Annual Meeting ASP 2018, Lexington, KY United States, 21-25 July 2018.
Dewapriya, Pradeep, Prasad, Pritesh, Khalil, Zeinab G. and Capon, Robert J. (2017). 2D C3 Marfey’s method for amino acid analysis and structure elucidation in peptidic natural products. Queensland Annual Chemistry Symposium, Brisbane, Australia, 27 November 2017.
Dewapriya, Pradeep, Prasad, Pritesh, Damodar, Rakesh, Salim, Angela A. and Capon, Robert J. (2017). Talarolide A, a cyclic heptapeptide hydroxamate from an Australian marine tunicate-associated fungus, Talaromyces sp.. 2nd International Conference of Marine Fungal Natural Products, Kiel, Germany, 27-29 June 2017.
Dewapriya, Pradeep, Himaya, SWA., Li, Yong-Xin and Kim, Se-Kwon (2013). Protective effect of tyrosol on MPP+-induced dopaminergic neuronal degradation in cellular model of Parkinson’s disease. International Conference on Life Science & Biological Engineering, Tokyo, Japan, 15-17 March 2013.
Thesis
Wardamune Gedara, Krishantha Pradeep (2019). Fungal biodiscovery: Strategies to explore fungal secondary metabolite potential. PhD Thesis, Institute of Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2019.180